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This article is on the Dancehall singer from Jamaica. For the Atlanta-based rapper, See YoungBloodZ.

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Sean Paul (born Sean Paul Henriques on January 9, 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a very popular Dancehall singer, also called the Dancehall King

Biography

Born Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques. Sean Paul has a multiracial background. He states that "My heritage is mixed up. My mother's mother was born in Coventry, England, but the rest of my grandparents were born in Jamaica. My mother's father is Chinese and my father's father is mixed with white and Portuguese. My father's mother is mixed with black and white." This includes Sephardic Jewish heritage. Both his parents are Jamaican natives. His nicknames include "Movin Easy", "City Kitty Controller", "S Peezy", "Di gal dem overall". Sean Paul's voice and style of singing is often compared to Jamaican 1990s dancehall sensation Super Cat.

He played for the Jamaican national water polo team and alleges to be related to King Solomon through his father.

Henriques's whole family were swimmers. His father's father was on the first Jamaican water polo team. When Henriques was 3, his father would throw him in the water at summer camp and would say to the other children "not bad for a little dude". Henriques himself joined the Jamaican Water Polo Team. In 1997, Henriques and Spanner Banner recorded the Jamaican chart-topper, Ladies Man, through the singer's Sweet Angel Productions. The song resulted in his embarking on sessions with Jeremy Harding, a then little-known producer who burst on the scene with his production of Beenie Man's crossover hit, Who Am I. The producer released the dancehall favorite Baby Girl. The following single, Infiltrate, joined the singer's combination hit in the Jamaican top charts.

In 2000 Henriques released his first album, Stage One. Two years later he announced the release of his second effort, Dutty Rock. Pushed by the success of the CD's first and second singles Gimme The Light and the Hot 100 topper Get Busy, the album became a worldwide smash, eventually selling over 6 million copies all around the globe. Simultaneously Sean was heard on Beyoncé's single Baby Boy and Blu Cantrell's Breathe, two further charts hits in 2003. Sean Paul appeared on Punk'd, 106 & Park and Sean Paul Makes a Video, while his music videos appeared on MTV and BET. Amongst Henriques biggest hits are Get Busy, Like Glue, Breathe, Gimme The Light, Baby Boy, We Be Burnin, Ever Blazin, Temperatureand many more.

On September 27 2005, Henriques released his third album called The Trinity. His current #1 hit from The Trinity (album) is Temperature.

Sean Paul will start working on his fourth album in September 2006. The singleBreak it Off featuring Rihanna (which appears on her A Girl Like Me album & Sean Paul's "The Trinity Special Edition" album)) will hit radios early July. This title is part of a 'riddim set' (a set of artists that are singing on the same rythmic base (version also called riddim in Jamaican slang)) as all Jamaican producers use to edit, especially dedicated to Sound Systems's selectaz (those who play the 7 inches singles).

Discography

For complete discography and sales information see: Sean Paul discography

Albums

• Stage One (2000)
• Dutty Rock (2002) #9 US (2x Platinum), #2 UK (2x Platinum), #22 AUS, 6 million worldwide
• The Trinity (2005) #7 US (Platinum), #11 UK (Gold) 4 million worldwide
• The Trinity Special Edition

• 1973 births
• Dancehall musicians
• Grammy Award winners
• Hip hop singers
• Jamaican musicians
• Living people
• Male singers
• Multiracial people
• Reggae musicians
• Rhythmic Top 40 acts
• Dancehall Kings
• Best Singers Worldwide