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Sean Kingston

Kisean Anderson (born February 3, 1990 in Miami, Florida[1]) better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican American reggae singer and rapper. Although he was born in the United States, he was predominantly raised in Kingston, Jamaica, after moving there at the age of six [1]. His stage name "Sean Kingston" pays homage to Kingston, Jamaica. Reggae superstar, Buju Banton is a close friend of Sean Kingston's family and gave him advice upon entering the music industry.

Career

Sean Kingston, through a venture between Epic Records and Koch Records, released the single "Beautiful Girls" in Summer 2007 [2]. 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. Similarly, the song "Me Love" is a loose derivative work of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er", off of their 1973 album, 'Houses of the Holy. The song also debuted at number one in Australia; where it knocked off Fergie who had been 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" was the longest a song has ever stayed at the number one spot in 2007, in Canada.

In October 2007 Kingston was the opening act for Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape Tour. In 2007, he appeared in an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba.

Discography

Main article: Sean Kingston discography

Solo singles

Guest appearances

Covers

A few months after "Beautiful Girls" was released 2007, a new online video service called Votigo began a cover contest in which fans could submit covers of the song for a chance to get a call from Sean Kingston. After an online vote user Mallory Robbins won with an a cappella version of the song. Top honors also went to a rock cover of the song performed by the Ailan Christopher Project. Shortly afterwards, recording artist JoJo released a cover response version of the track which was released on MySpace, however will not be featured on her upcoming album. British DJ Chris Moyles also released a cover version however it was about the song describing how bad it was in his opinion.

Awards/Nominations

References

  1. ^ a b Biography - Sean Kingston Billboard. Accessed September 28, 2007.
  2. ^ Garrity, Briran (12 Aug 07)No Rap Turf War Here. New York Post. Accessed September 24, 2007.
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