  Seal was born Seal Henry Samuel
in England on February 19, 1963 to Nigerian
and Brazilian parents. Before beginning a
singing career, Seal studied architecture and
worked in electrical engineering. Although he
had won Grammys and had success in the US,
and internationally, questions about his
facial scares still persist. The scars were
caused by a disease called lupus which Seal
suffered from when he was a child. The
particular strain of lupus Seal deals with
causes blistering especially around the
facial area, which when ruptured cause deep
scarring. When questioned about his scares,
Seal had often eluded to mystical or
spiritual causes. In the late 80's, Seal
began singing with various bands and on his
own - eventually meeting producer, Adamski.
Seal and Adamski collaborated on
the track "Killer" which shot to #1
in England.
 # 67
Singles Artist of the Year
 The success of
"Killer" lead to a record contract
for Seal.
Seal's debut LP, Seal, was released and gave
him his first Top 10 hit, "Crazy." The dance track
"Killer" was also released in the
U.S. and made some waves on the dance scene.
Seal hit the Top 40 with "Crazy."
Seal hit the Top 10 with "Crazy."
The video for "Crazy" was nominated
for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards (Best New Artist, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, and Breakthrough Video).
Seal was certified gold.
Seal was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Male Vocal Performance ("Crazy").
Seal dominated the Brit Awards.
When asked how Seal classifies his own music
he responds: "...soul music... in the
literal sense of the word... music from the soul."
 # 62
Singles Artist of the Year
Seal (the first LP) was
certified platinum.
 Seal's second LP was also
entitled, Seal, and was released (he
stated "(because he) could not think of
a better title at the time"). From this
LP came Seal's second Top 10 hit, the
haunting "Prayer For The Dying." By this time,
Seal had established his music and sound into
the music scene, and made numerous live
performances and concert appearances.
Seal hit the Top 40 with "Prayer For The Dying."
Seal (2nd LP) was
certified gold.
Seal hit the Top 10 with "Prayer For The Dying."
 # 15
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
 Seal (2nd LP) was
certified platinum.
Seal was
nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album (Seal), and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Prayer
For The Dying").
A track from Seal's second LP
made it on the soundtrack of Batman
Forever and became a #1 hit for Seal:
"Kiss
From A Rose" (debuting in the Top 40
in June). The song became a huge hit for Seal
in the summer.
Seal hit the Top 10 with "Kiss
From A Rose."
 Seal (2nd LP) was
certified 2x platinum and the single "Kiss
From A Rose" was certified gold.
Seal hit #1 for 4 weeks with
"Kiss
From A Rose."
Seal topped the Billboard Hot
100 Singles chart for a week, the Airplay
chart for 10 weeks, and the Adult
Contemporary Singles chart for 12 weeks with
"Kiss
From A Rose."
The video for "Kiss
From A Rose" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film.
Seal appeared on MTV
Unplugged later in the year.
Seal hit the Top 40 with "Don't Cry."
Seal topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers with the Top Hot 100
Airplay Track ("Kiss
From A Rose").
 # 32
Singles Artist of the Year
Seal (2nd LP) was
certified 3x platinum.
Seal was nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male
Artist.
Seal hit the Topo 10 with "Don't Cry."
Seal won 3 Grammy
Awards for Record of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance, and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Kiss
From A Rose").
 Seal (2nd LP) was
certified 4x platinum.
The video for "Don't Cry" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Male Video.
Seal appeared on the Set
It Off soundtrack with "Hey
Joe."
 Seal hit the Top 40 with "Fly Like An Eagle" - from the Space
Jam soundtrack.
Seal hit the Top 10 with "Fly Like An Eagle."
 # 104
Singles Artist of the Year
Seal was nominated for
an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male
Artist.
 # 115
Singles Artist of the Year
Seal was nominated for a Grammy
Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Fly Like An Eagle."
 A new LP by Seal called Human
Being hit stores. Trevor Horn (the
producer of Seal's first 2 LPs) was an
influence on the LP once again after the 2
worked out their differences for the new LP.
He told CNN: "The album is more like a
celebration of human beings and all the
wonderful things we human beings do when
we're living in our natural state, which I
believe to be love. (The first single
"Human Beings") ...was initially
inspired by the death of and the loss of the
2 rappers, Notorious
B.I.G. and (particularly) 2Pac. I think there was a
situation where there was a perfect example
of a lack of love of the self. So it was
initially inspired by those 2." At the
end of November, Seal talked with MTV more
about his working relationship with producer,
Trevor Horn: "Well, we fell out to put
it bluntly... but then I think that's the
thing about any working relationship or
creative working relationship, if they tend
to be successful, they also tend to be
tempestuous. I think that's largely because
you have two creative minds, personalities,
working together and it's not as if Trevor is
just a producer. He's also an artist. The
fact that he produces records, you know, it's
coincidental. But he is a bass player by
trade, and also he's a singer and he has
fronted a band before, a couple of bands
actually. So you really, if you put the two
of us together in a room, yes we have, I
hope, great creative moments, but there can
also be tempestuous times. Particularly when
you are striving for something new and you
don't want to repeat yourself. I guess it
would be similar to that of a band situation,
so we fell out, and we kissed and made up and
we finished the record. That's basically what
happened."
Seal hit the Top 40 with "Human
Beings."
Human
Being was certified gold.
 Seal could be found on the the Family
Man soundtrack with "This
Could Be Heaven."
Seal appeared on Santana's LP, Shaman, on the track
"You Are My Kind."
 # 135
Singles Artist of the Year
 Seal released Seal
IV,
with the first single "Waiting For
You." The LP evolved after 2 years of
working on a new LP and scapping work meant
to be titled Togetherland after Seal
felt wasn't good enough, telling VH1:
"There is an emotional quality in my
music that resonates with people. If
there’s no emotion or belief in the song
or the delivery, then there is nothing. It
was not the easiest reality to come to terms
with, but it was one that I had to
accept."
Seal topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music / Club Play for 2 weeks with the
remixes of "Get It Together."
Seal began a tour of the US to
last into December.
Seal hit the Top 40 with "Waiting For You."
Seal could be heard on the
soundtrack for Mona
Lisa Smile with "Mona Lisa
Smile."
Seal
IV
was certified gold.
Seal topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music - Club Play chart for a week with
the remixes of "Waiting For You."
 # 143
Singles Artist of the Year
 Seal
contributed the remake of "Lips Like
Sugar" to the soundtrack for 50
First Dates.
Seal hit the
Top 40 with "Love's Divine."
Seal topped the
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart for a week
with the remixes of "Love's Divine."
 Seal released
the hits collection Best:
1991-2004.
# 140 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
Seal topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart with the remixes
of "Killer 2005."
 Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Love's Divine").
Seal married supermodel Heidi
Klum.
Seal released the CD/DVD Live
In Paris.
Seal was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Walk On By").
Seal was nominated for a Golden
Globe for Best Original Song for "A
Father's Way" from the film The
Pursuit Of Happyness.
 Seal topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with
"Amazing."
Seal released System.
Seal topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Airplay chart with "Amazing."
Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance -
Male
("Amazing").
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