Music career
2007–2008: Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston was discovered through MySpace by Tommy Rotem at
Beluga Heights, and signed to the label in a partnership deal with Sony.
[6] Beluga is a label notable for its focus on discovering and developing artists.
[7] 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. At Beluga we essentially refine the talent so that it's more of a marketable product."[6]
In a venture between
Epic Records and
Koch Records, Kingston recorded and released the single "
Beautiful Girls" in May 2007.
[8] 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. Since Sean is a Jamaican singer, he got his stage name "Kingston" from the capital of Jamaica called
Kingston, Jamaica. Which lead him to having the stage name "Sean Kingston".
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.
[9] 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 Derülo's "
Whatcha Say". He also found the
R&B-reggae singer
Iyaz on
MySpace and signed him to his record label.
[10]
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: Third Studio Album, King Of Kingz and other projects
According to Sean Kingston, he is already working on his next album. The lead single was confirmed to be "
Dumb Love". It is still possibly a future single will be released with a music video, however this has not been confirmed. The song is also featured in a episode of
The Suite Life on Deck which Kingston guest starred on. The album will also feature
T-Pain,
Nicki Minaj,
Kanye West,
Wyclef Jean,
Akon and
Dr. Dre.
[11][12] The first single from the album is "
Eenie Meenie" featuring
Justin Bieber, released on March 23, 2010,
[13] which is also included on Bieber's
My World 2.0 album. This collaboration with the young star has been the source of much disapproval from the rap community. The second single from the album is "
Letting Go (Dutty Love)", which features a verse from
Nicki Minaj. It was released on
iTunes August 3, while the third is "Dumb Love" and was released on iTunes September 8. Sean Kingston's new song "She Moves" samples Irena Cara's "What a Feeling" from the film
Flashdance. This has not been release as a single. A fourth single "Party All Night (Sleep All Day)" was released on December 21, 2010. The song leaked online in December of 2010. The music video has already been shot. The video was released on December 23, 2010. Sean said this would be the song of the new year.
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)
[14] However, Kingston was unable to attend, the Singapore Youth Olympics 2010 opening ceremony, due to passport mix ups.
[15]
Sean was invited to featured on
Cash Money Records/former
So So Def member
Bow Wow on his single "
For My Hood". He performed it with him along with
DJ Khaled on
BET's television program
106 & Park the day after release.
Sean Released his first mixtape
King Of Kingz on February 3, 2011 as a free Download only. The mixtape includes guest appearances by
Akon,
Flo-Rida,
Soulja Boy,
Justin Bieber,
B.O.B and Tory Lanez.
Sean Kingston will release a mixtape with pop star Justin Bieber, called
Our World. It will feature about 12-14 songs and includes their versions of songs like Pretty Boy Swag and Billionaire. The mixtape is finished and Sean showed his fans a preview on ustream on August, 19, 2010. The release date is yet to be confirmed. Kingston also went on to perform on Justin Biebers tour for the first leg.
Source "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Kingston"
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