  Sean Paul Henriques was born
January 8, 1975 in Jamaica, and it was in
Jamaica in the mid-90s where Sean Paul first
began finding success with his musical mix of
reggae and dance tunes (after a successful
attempt at water polo for his country). The
musical journey (which replaced a brief
career goal of hotel management) soon led to
the US and a recording contract. By the late
90s, Sean Paul teamed with Spanner
Banner and topped the charts in
Jamaica with "Ladies Man." Other
singles hitting it big in Jamaica included
"Baby Girl" and "Who Am
I."
Sean Paul released Stage
One.
 # 131
Singles Artist of the Year
 Sean Paul released his LP Dutty
Rock.
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"Gimme The Light."
Sean Paul could be heard on Jay-Z's The
Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse on the track
"What They Gonna Do."
Sean Paul could
be heard on Busta Rhymes' LP, It
Ain't Safe No More, on the remix of
"Make It Clap."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Reggae Albums chart for 64 weeks with Dutty
Rock.
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 helping
out Blu Cantrell with "Breathe."
Dutty
Rock was certified platinum.
 Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"Get Busy." He told VH1 the
meaning of the song: "It's mainly a
party song. It's not all about smoking
weed. It's more like what I do when I'm in a
party environment, looking at the ladies
passing, realizing which one is sexy, which
one is going to catch my flow. Realizing that
I got my dough, let's bust some Moet. That
song is about what I do in a club."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart
for a week with "Get Busy."
Sean Paul hit the Top 10 with "Get Busy."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Hot 100 Singles chart for 3 weeks and the Hot
100 Airplay chart for 3 weeks with "Get Busy."
Sean Paul performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Sean Paul returned to the Top 40 helping out Blu
Cantrell with "Breathe."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Top 40 Tracks chart with "Get Busy."
Sean Paul will next be heard
helping out Beyoncé
Knowles on her solo LP Dangerously
In Love on the track "Baby Boy."
Sean Paul won a MuchMusic Award
for Best International Video ("Gimme The Light").
Dutty
Rock topped the LP charts in Canada.
Sean Paul ran into some trouble
after performing in Jamaica when he was
issued a summons by the police for using
profane language while performing.
 Sean Paul's video for "Get Busy" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Dance Video and Best New Artist.
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"Like Glue."
Sean Paul topped the UK Singles
chart for 4 weeks helping out Blu
Cantrell on "Breathe."
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 helping
out Beyoncé
Knowles with "Baby Boy."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Track chart for
5 weeks, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for
weeks, and Rhythmic Top 40 chart by helping
out Beyoncé
Knowles with "Baby Boy."
Dutty
Rock was certified 2x platinum.
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Hot 100 Singles chart for 9 weeks, Hot 100
Airplay chart for 9 weeks, and the Top 40
Tracks chart by helping out Beyoncé
Knowles with "Baby Boy."
Sean Paul took
home a Source Award for Dancehall Reggae
Album of the Year (Dutty
Rock).
Sean Paul hit #1 for 5 weeks by helping
out Beyoncé
Knowles with "Baby Boy."
Sean Paul won a MTV Europe Award
for Best New Act of the Year.
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Hot Dance Radio Airplay chart and Mainstream
Top 40 chart by helping out Beyoncé
Knowles with "Baby Boy."
Sean Paul was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Male
Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, and
performed at the ceremony.
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Reggae
Artist and with the Top Reggae Album (Dutty
Rock).
 # 61
Singles Artist of the Year
Sean Paul won a Grammy Award for Best
Reggae Album (Dutty
Rock), and was nominated
for Best Rap Solo
Performance - Male ("Get Busy")
and Best New Artist. Sean Paul also
performed at the ceremony.
 Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"I'm Still In Love With
You."
The video for "Like Glue" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award including Best Choreography.
 Sean Paul could be heard on the
soundtrack for Shark
Tale with "3 Little
Birds."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Reggae
Artist and with the Top Reggae Album (Dutty
Rock) for the second year in a row.
 # 287 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 # 57
Singles Artist of the Year
Sean Paul released his next LP The
Trinity.
 Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"We Be Burnin'."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Top Reggae Albums chart with The
Trinity.
Sean Paul hit the Top 10 with "We Be Burnin'."
The
Trinity was certified gold.
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Reggae
Album (The
Trinity) and as the Top Reggae Artist.
 # 3
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Male Artist of the Year)
 Sean Paul was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
(The
Trinity).
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"Temperature."
The single "We Be Burnin'" was certified 2x
platinum.
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Hot 100 and Pop 100 Airplay chart with "Temperature."
Sean Paul hit the Top 10 with "Temperature."
 Sean Paul hit #1 for 2 weeks with "Temperature."
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"Give It Up To Me."
The single "Temperature" was certified
gold.
The video for "Temperature" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Dance Video and Best Choreography.
The single "Temperature" was certified
platinum.
 Sean Paul hit the Top 10 with "Give It Up To Me."
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Hot 100 Airplay chart with "Give It Up To Me."
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with Rihanna with
"Break It Off."
Sean Paul won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot 100
Singles Artist, Top Hot 100 Singles Artist -
Male, and with the Top Reggae Album (The
Trinity).
 The single "Temperature" was certified 2x
platinum and the single "Give It Up To Me" was certified
gold.
 # 89
Singles Artist of the Year
Sean Paul hit the Top 10 with Rihanna with
"Break It Off."
 # 71
Singles Artist of the Year
 Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"So Fine."
Sean Paul released his next LP Imperial
Blaze.
Sean Paul topped the Billboard
Top Rap Albums chart with Imperial
Blaze.
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 helping
out Jay Sean with "Do You Remember."
Sean Paul hit the Top 10 helping out Jay Sean with "Do You Remember."
 # 96
Singles Artist of the Year
 Sean Paul was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
(Imperial
Blaze).
Sean Paul hit the Top 40 with
"She Doesn't Mind."
Sean Paul was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Reggae Album (Tomahawk Technique).
Sean Paul topped the UK singles
chart helping out Saturdays
with "What About Us."
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Stage One
Released: March, 2000
Tracks: "Mental
Prelude" - "She Want It" -
"Infiltrate" -
"Nicky" (skit) - "Haffiget
de Gal Ya (Hot Gal Today)" -
"Real Man" - "Duty
Techniques" (skit) - "Check It
Deeply" - "Mek It Go So
Den" - "Examples Of Things Not
To Do In Bed" (skit) - "Deport
Them" - "Tiger Bone" -
"Faded" - "Definite"
- "Shineface" (skit) -
"Disrespect" - "Sound The
Alarm" - "Uptowners"
(skit) - "No Bligh" -
"Slap Trap" -
"Strategy" - "Word From
The Hon. Minister" (skit) -
"Next Generation" - "You
Must Lose" - "Outro" |
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Dutty Rock
Released: November, 2002
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 9
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Dutty Rock
Intro" - "Shout (Street
Respect)" - "Gimme The Light" - "Like Glue" - "Get Busy" - "Top
Of The Game" - "Police
Skit" - "Ganja Breed" -
"Concrete" - "I'm Still In
Love With You" (featuring Sasha) -
"International Affair"
(featuring Debbie Nova) - "Can You
Do The Work" (featuring Ce'Cile) -
"Punkie" - "My Name"
- "Junkin' Punny" -
"Uptown Haters Skit" - "Gimme The Light" (featuring
Busta Rhymes) - "Bubble"
(featuring Farenheit) - "Shake That
Thing" - "Esa Loca"
(featuring Tony Touch & R.O.B.B.) -
"It's On" - "Punkie"
(Espanol) |
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The Trinity
Released: September, 2005
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 7
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "Fire Links
Intro" - "Head In The
Zone" - "We Be Burnin'" - "Send
It On" - "Ever Blazin'" -
"Eye Deh A Mi Knee" - "Give It Up To Me" -
"Yardie Bone" - "Never
Gonna Be The Same" - "I'll Take
You There" - "Temperature" -
"Breakout" - "Head To
Toe" - "Connection" -
"Straight Up" - "All Of
Me" - "Change The Game" |
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Imperial Blaze
Released: August, 2009
Billboard
peak:
# 12
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Intro: Chi
Ching Ching" - "Lace It" -
"So Fine" - "Now
That I've Got Your Love" -
"Birthday Suit" - "Press
It Up" - "Evening Ride" -
"Hold My Hand (I'll Be There)"
(featuring Keri Hilson) - "She Want
Me" - "Daddy's Home" -
"Bruk Out" -
"Pepperpot" - "Wine Baby
Wine" - "Running Out Of
Time" - "Don't Tease Me" -
"Lately" - "She Wanna Be
Down" - "Straing From My
Heart" - "Private Party" -
"I Know U Like It" |
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