  Shaggy was born Orville Richard
Burrell in Jamaica on October 22, 1968. He
stayed in Jamaica as a youth and eventually
moved to New York in his late teens and
fought in the Gulf War. The name Shaggy came
early on after his friends nicknamed him
after the Scooby Doo cartoon
character. By the time Shaggy hit New York
his ambition for a musical career was in
full-swing and Shaggy had local success with
the dance track "Big Up" and
"Mampie."
 Shaggy released Pure
Pleasure and the track "Oh
Carolina" became a huge hit in England
and several other countries. Shaggy had
recorded the track while in the military
stationed in North Carolina.
Shaggy released Original
Doberman.
 # 67
Singles Artist of the Year
Shaggy hit the Top 40 with
"Boombastic."
Shaggy topped the Billboard
R&B Singles chart for a week and the
R&B Singles Sales chart for a week with
"Boombastic/Summer Time."
 Shaggy released Boombastic and found his success
crossover to the U.S. Boombastic eventually topped the
Billboard Reggae Albums chart for 52 weeks.
The single "Boombastic" was certified
platinum.
Shaggy hit the Top 10 with "Boombastic."
Shaggy topped the Billboard
Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks and the Hot
Rap Singles chart for a week with "Boombastic/Summer Time."
Boombastic was certified gold.
Shaggy topped the UK Singles
chart for a week with "Boombastic."
Shaggy toured Europe with his
opening act - the Backstreet Boys.
Shaggy topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top Reggae
Artist and Top Reggae Album (Boombastic).
 # 129
Singles Artist of the Year
Shaggy won a Grammy
Award
for Best Reggae Album (Boombastic).
Shaggy hit the Top 40 helping
out Maxi Priest with "That Girl."
Shaggy hit the Top 10 with "That Girl."
 Boombastic was certified
platinum.
Shaggy released Midnite
Lover. The LP wasn't a big commercial
success and eventually led his record label
to drop him.
 # 129
Singles Artist of the Year
 Shaggy hit the Top 40 with Janet Jackson on
"Luv Me, Luv Me" from the
soundtrack How
Stella Got Her Groove Back.
 # 155
Singles Artist of the Year
Shaggy hit the Top 40 with
"Hope."
 # 51
Singles Artist of the Year
Shaggy hit the Top 40 with
"Dance & Shout."
 Shaggy released Hotshot.
Hotshot was certified gold.
"It Wasn't Me" (featuring Ricardo
"Rikrok" Ducent) hit the
Top 40. The success of "It Wasn't Me" started when a
DJ in Hawaii downloaded the track from Napster and began playing it
frequently - and gradually the song spread.
 Shaggy hit the Top 10 with "It Wasn't Me."
 # 15
Singles Artist of the Year
Hotshot was certified 3x
platinum.
Shaggy hit the #1 with "It Wasn't Me."
"It Wasn't Me" also topped the
Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, the Top 40
Tracks chart for 4 weeks, and the Hot 100
Airplay chart for 5 weeks.
Shaggy hit the Top 40 with
"Angel" (featuring Rayvon).
 Hotshot was certified 4x
platinum.
Hotshot hit #1 on the
Billboard 200 Albums chart for 6 weeks and
the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 5 weeks.
Shaggy hit the Top 10 with "Angel"
Shaggy appeared on Saturday
Night Live.
"It Wasn't Me" also topped the
Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart for 2 weeks.
Hotshot was certified 5x
platinum.
"It Wasn't Me" hit #1 in the UK
for a week.
Shaggy hit #1 on the ARC Weekly Top 40.
"Angel" (featuring Rayvon)
topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a week, the
Top 40 Tracks chart for 7 weeks, and the Hot
100 Airplay chart for 5 weeks.
Shaggy opened for the Backstreet Boys' tour starting in
Orlando, Florida.
Shaggy hit the Top 40 with
"Freaky Girl."
Hotshot was certified 6x
platinum.
Shaggy topped the UK singles
chart for 3 weeks with "Angel" and Hotshot topped the UK Albums
chart for a week.
Shaggy won 2 Teen Choice Awards
for Choice R&B/Hip Hop Artist and Choice
Love Song ("Angel").
 Shaggy helped out Michael Jackson in celebrating his 30
years in the music business as a solo artist
with a party.
Shaggy was nominated for 2 MTV
Europe Music Awards for Best Male Act and
Best Pop Act.
Shaggy topped Billboard
Year-End Charts as Top Pop Artist -
Male and Top Billboard 200 Artist - Male.
Hotshot was the 2nd
best-selling LP in the US for the year,
selling 4.5 million copies.
 # 95
Singles Artist of the Year
 Shaggy was nominated for 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite Male Pop/Rock
Artist, Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist, and and
Internet Artist of the Year.
Mr.
Lover Lover - The Best Of Shaggy was released.
Shaggy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("It Wasn't Me" with Ricardo
"RikRok" Ducent).
A remix LP, Hot
Shot Ultramix, was released.
Shaggy won a Brit Award for Best
International Male.
Shaggy won 2 World Music Awards
for World's Best-Selling Pop Male Artist and
World's Best-Selling R&B Male Artist.
Shaggy won a Juno Award for Best
Selling Album (Hotshot).
 Shaggy opened for the Rolling
Stones for 2 concert dates.
Shaggy released his next LP, Lucky
Day.
Shaggy hit the Top 40 with
"Strength Of A Woman."
Lucky
Day was certified gold.
# 157 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Shaggy released Clothes
Drop.
Shaggy could be heard on Cyndi
Lauper's LP The
Body Acoustic on the track "All Through
The Night."
Shaggy was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
(Clothes
Drop).
 Shaggy could be heard on Lumidee's LP Unexpected on the track
"Feel Like Makin Love."
Shaggy released Intoxication.
Shaggy topped the Billboard Top
Reggae Albums chart with Intoxication.
Shaggy was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Reggae Album (Intoxication).
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Pure Pleasure
Released: August, 1993
Tracks: "Soon
Be Done" - "Give Thanks And
Praise" - "Lust" -
"Oh Carolina" - "Tek
Set" - "Bedroom Bounty
Hunter" - "Nice And
Lovely" - "Love How Them
Flex" - "All Virgins" -
"Ah-E-A-Oh" - "It Bun
Me" - "Big Up" - "Bow
Wow Wow" - "Follow Me" -
"Mampie" - "Oh
Carolina" (Raas Bumba Claat Version) |
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Original Doberman
Released: 1994
Tracks: "Kibbles And
Bits" - "Bullet-Proof
Buddy" - "We Neve Danced To The
Rub-A-Dub Sound" -
"Alimony" - "Jump And
Rock" - "Chow" -
"P.H.A.T." -
"Wildfire" - "Glamity
Power" - "Man A Yard" -
"Get Down To In" -
"Soldering" -
"Lately" |
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Boombastic
Released: July, 1995
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 34
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "In The
Summertime" - "Boombastic" -
"Something Different" -
"Forgive Them Father" -
"Heartbreak Suzie" -
"Finger Smith" - "Why You
Treat Me So Bad" - "Woman A
Pressure Me" - "The Train Is
Coming" - "Island Lover" -
"Day Oh" - "Jenny" -
"How Much More " - "Gal Yu
A Pepper" - "Boombastic" (Sting
Remix) |
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Midnite Lover
Released: August, 1997
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "My
Dream" - "Perfect Song " -
"Tender Love" -
"Geenie" - "Sexy Body
Girls" - "Piece of My
Heart" - "Think Ah So It
Go" - "Midnite Lover" -
"Mission" - "Way Back
Home" - "John Doe" -
"Thank You Lord" - "Piece
of My Heart" (Urban Remix) |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Hotshot
Released: August, 2000
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 6 weeks)
Tracks: "Hot
Shot" - "Lonely Lover" -
"Dance & Shout" -
"Leave It To Me" - "Angel" - "Hope" -
"Keep'n It Real" - "Luv Me, Luv Me" - "Freaky Girl" - "It Wasn't Me" - "Not
Fair" - "Hey Love" -
"Why Me Lord?" - "Chica
Bonita" |
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Mr. Lover Lover - The
Best Of Shaggy
Released: January, 2002
Tracks: "Boombastic" (Sting
Remix) - "In The Summertime" -
"Oh Carolina" - "Nice
& Lovely" - "The Train Is
Coming" - "Why You Treat Me So
Bad" - "Big Up" -
"Piece Of My Heart" - "Luv Me, Luv Me" -
"Ey-Yo (The Reggae Virus)" -
"Sexy Body Girls" (Eye Of The
Tiger Remix) - "Something
Different" - "That Girl" -
"Better Not Be" - "Hot
Gal" - "Boombastic" (Album
Version) |
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Hot Shot Ultramix
Released: February, 2002
Tracks: "It Wasn't Me" (Punch Mix)
- "Special Request" (Rough Cut
Demo) - "Freaky Girl" (Strip Mix)
- "Too Hot To Handle" -
"Why You Mad At Me?" -
"Keep'n It Real" (Swingers Mix)
- "Leave It To Me" (Early Mix)
- "Chica Bonita" (Players Mix)
- "It Wasn't Me" (The Cartel
Mix) - "Dance & Shout" (Dance Hall
Mix) - "Hope" (Dukes Mix)
- "Angel" (live) |
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Lucky Day
Released: October, 2002
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 24
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Shake
Shake" - "Full Control" -
"Hooky Jucky" - "Hey Sexy
Lady" - "Get My Party On"
- "Lucky Day" - "Strength Of A Woman" -
"Lost" - "Get Away" -
"Strange Love" - "Give
Thanks" - "These Are The
Lips" - "We Are The Ones
Walking In My Shoes" |
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Clothes Drop
Released: September, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 144
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C-
Tracks: "Clothes
Drop" - "Ready Fi Di Ride"
- "Broadway" - "Wild
2Nite" - "Back In The
Dayz" - "Supa Hypnotic" -
"Would You Be" - "Stand
Up" - "Repent" -
"Love Me Up" - "Ahead In
Life" - "Utimatum" -
"Shut Up And Dance" -
"Don't Ask Her That" |
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Intoxication
Released: November, 2007
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Can't Hold
Me" - "Bonafide Girl" -
"Intoxication" - "Those
Days" - "More Woman" -
"Woman Scorn" - "Mad Mad
World" - "Out Of Control"
- "Church Heathen" - "Wear
Di Crown" - "Criteria" -
"Body Shake" - "What's
Love" - "Holla At You" -
"All About Love" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
44/876 (with Sting}
Released: April 20, 2018
Billboard
peak:
# 40
Tracks:
"44/876" - "Morning Is
Coming" - "Waiting For The
Break Of Day" - "Gotta Get Back
My Baby" - "Don't Make Me
Wait" - "Just One
Lifetime" - "22nd Street"
- "Dreaming In The U.S.A." -
"Crooked Tree" - "To Love
And Be Loved" - "Sad
Trombone" - "Night Shift" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Wah Gwaan?!
Released: May 10, 2019
Tracks: "Caribbean
Way" - "When She Loves Me"
- "You" (featuring Alexander
Stewart) - "Friends" (featuring
Gene Noble) - "Money Up"
(featuring Noah Powa) -
"Supernatural" (featuring Stacy
Barthe & Shenseea) - "Wrong
Room" - "Praise" -
"Ketch Mi Up" - "Use
Me" - "Makeup Sex"
(featuring Nyanda) - "Body
Good" (featuring Nicky Jam) -
"Live" - "Frenemy" |
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