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'''Sean Kingston''' (born '''Kisean Anderson''' on February 3, 1990) is an American [[reggae fusion]] [[singing|singer]] and [[rapper]].
'''Sean Kingston''' (born '''Kisean Anderson''' on February 3, 1990) is an American [[reggae fusion]] [[singing|singer]], [[rapper]] and [[sniper]]


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 01:24, 17 June 2010

Sean Kingston

Sean Kingston (born Kisean Anderson on February 3, 1990) is an American reggae fusion singer, rapper and sniper

Early life

Kisean Anderson was born in Miami, Florida and attended Ocho Rios High School in Kingston, Jamaica.[1] His grandfather was the noted Jamaican reggae producer Lawrence Lindo,[2] who worked under the stage name Jack Ruby.[3] At age 11, Anderson served 21 days in jail and attended boot camp for breaking and entering; Anderson lived in a car while his mother went to prison for identity theft.[4]

Music career

2007–2008: Sean Kingston

Anderson moved back to Miami to pursue a music career.[3][4] Sean Kingston was discovered through MySpace by Tommy Rotem at Beluga Heights, and signed to the label in a partnership deal with Sony.[5] Beluga is a label notable for its focus on discovering and developing artists.[6] In an interview with HitQuarters label head and producer J.R. Rotem described this process with regards to Kingston:

"Sean Kingston was a rapper when we found him and it was a development process to get him more melodic. He is a tight dawg who rocks. At Beluga we essentially refine the talent so that it's more of a marketable product."[5]

In a venture between Epic Records and Koch Records, Kingston recorded and released the single "Beautiful Girls" in May 2007.[7] The single, based on the bass line and lyrical "association" of the 1961 hit "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King, reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and topped the UK Singles Chart along with many other international charts. Similarly, the song "Me Love" samples the main hook out Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er", from their 1973 album Houses of the Holy. The song also debuted at number one in Australia, where it knocked off Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry", which had been at number one for nine weeks. The song stayed on the Canadian Hot 100 number one spot for over six weeks before getting knocked down to third place by the Plain White T's. "Beautiful Girls" remained at number one in Canada longer than any other song in 2007. In 2007, Kingston was the opening act for Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape Tour and for select dates on Beyoncé's The Beyoncé Experience Tour.

2009–2010: Tomorrow

The album Tomorrow was released on September 22, 2009. Big-name producers involved in the album included former Fugee Wyclef Jean; RedOne (of recent Lady GaGa fame); plus Sean's original mentor, J.R. Rotem.[8] So far, the singles "Fire Burning", and "Face Drop" have been released. Additionally, five promotional digital singles were released leading up to the album.

Kingston co-wrote Jason Derulo's number one hit "Whatcha Say". He also found the R&B-reggae singer Iyaz on MySpace and signed him to his record label.[9]

He also recorded the track "Miss Everything" for the UK girl-group Sugababes studio album Sweet 7 which was released March 15, 2010 in the UK.

Kingston and DJ Khaled are being featured on Bow Wow's New Single "For My Hood" From the upcoming movie, The Lottery Ticket

2010–present: Untitled Third Album & other projects

according to my Sean Kingston, he is already working on his next album. The lead single was rumored to be Dumb Love featuring Lil Wayne, but Lil Wayne is serving a prison sentence and a music video has not been filmed. It is still possibly a future single to be released with a music video shot after Lil Wayne is released from prison. The album will also feature T-Pain , Nicki Minaj and Kanye West.[10]. The first single from the album is "Eenie Meenie" featuring Justin Bieber, released on March 23, 2010,[11] which is also included on Bieber's My World 2.0 album. Sean Kingston's new song "She Moves" is a cover of Irena Cara's "What a Feeling" from the film Flashdance

Kingston represented the continent of America to sing the Official Theme Song of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, "Everyone". He collaborated with four other international artists representing their continent, South African Jody Williams representing Africa, Singaporean Tabitha Nauser (Asia), British Steve Appleton (Europe), and Australian Jessica Mauboy representing (Oceania)[12] Sean Kingston Announced On Twitter That His Next Single Would Be Letting Go (Dutty Love) (featuring Nicki Minaj). The song leaked online June 7, 2010.

Television appearances

For his 18th birthday, Sean appeared on the US TV show "My Super Sweet 16." The show was memorable for Sean's elaborate entrance to his party, which involved Sean arriving at his party on a private yacht, wearing his own personalized white suit.

Sean appeared on the kid TV show "Yo Gabba Gabba" titled "Find."

Discography

Main article: Sean Kingston discography

Awards/nominations

References

  1. ^ Lewis, Pete (February 14, 2008), "A Beauuutiful Interview with Sean Kingston", Blues and Soul, no. 1003, retrieved June 15, 2010
  2. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Jack "L. Lindo" Ruby > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Lewis, Pete (August 17, 2009), Sean Kingston: Fired Up
  4. ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Sean Kingston > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Interview With JR Rotem". HitQuarters. April 4, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  6. ^ "Beluga Heights: Our Team". belugaheights.com. Retrieved April 8, 2010.
  7. ^ Garrity, Brian (August 12, 2007). "No Rap Turf War Here". New York Post. Retrieved September 24, 2007.
  8. ^ Sean Kingston interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' August 2009
  9. ^ "http://www.digitalspy.com/music/singlesreviews/a193427/iyaz-replay.html"
  10. ^ "http://www.lilwaynehq.com/2009/11/20/two-new-lil-wayne-songs-to-be-looking-out-for-rebirth-album-pushed-back/"
  11. ^ Bartolomeo, Joey (2010-03-04). "LISTEN: Justin Bieber and Sean Kingston's New Jam". People. Retrieved 2010-03-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Singapore Youth Olympics 2010 Retrieved 4 June 2010
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