Jay Sean
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1981
- Works
- 1
Top works
- All or nothing
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Film & TV
Acting · London, England
From Wikipedia: Jay Sean (born Kamaljit Singh Jhooti on March 26, 1981, in London) is a British R&B and pop singer. His parents came to England from India in the late 1970s. Jay Sean is a Sikh.
Known for
- OK! TV2011
- When I Was 17 — Self2010
- Mel B: It's a Scary World — Self2010
- BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge — Self2010
- Live from Studio Five — Self2009
- Germany's Next Topmodel — Self - Show Act2006
- Kyaa Kool Hai Hum — Himself2005
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self - Musical Guest2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest2003
- GMTV — Self1993
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 1,861,219
- Total plays
- 20,676,440
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Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born March 26, 1981 in Southall, London, England), better known by his stage name Jay Sean, is a British singer-songwriter and actor signed to Cash Money Records. Best known for international top 40 hits "Down" and "Do You Remember", his work transcends multiple genres from pop rap to soul to rnb and more. He released his debut album, 'Me Against Myself', in 2004, and his sophomore release, 'My Own Way', in 2008. Gaining momentum, his third studio album, 'All or Nothing',
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage
· 1991 · cited 34,966x
- ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge
· 2015 · cited 30,072x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
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Key facts
- Born
- Kamaljit Singh Jhooti , ( 1981-03-26 ) 26 March 1981 (age 45) , London , England
- Other name
- MC Nicky J
- Education
- Latymer Upper School
- Alma mater
- Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry , Queen Mary University of London
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter record producer arranger
- Years active
- 2002–present
- Spouse
- Thara Prashad ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2009 )
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- R&B pop hip hop bhangra British soul
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Jayded Universal Republic Universal Motown Cash Money 2Point9 Motown Republic Def Jam Virgin
- Formerly of
- The Rishi Rich Project
Key dates
- Born
- 26 March 1981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London Borough of Hounslow
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
Article
Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), known professionally as Jay Sean, is a British singer and songwriter. He debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with "Dance with You", which reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 2003. This led to him being signed to Virgin Records and having two UK top 10 hits as a solo artist in 2004: "Eyes on You" at No. 6 and "Stolen" at No. 4. They were included in his critically acclaimed debut album Me Against Myself which, though only moderately successful in the UK, sold more than two million copies across Asia and remains his most successful album to date. Alongside the Rishi Rich Project, Sean was a pioneer of Bhangra-R&B fusion, which his debut album helped popularize among the worldwide South Asian diaspora.
He patted ways with Virgin in 2006 and founded his own label, Jayded Records. After a gap of nearly four years, he returned in 2008 with "Ride It", which peaked at number 11 on the UK singles chart. It was followed by hits such as "Maybe", which peaked at number 7 on the Japan Hot 100, and "Tonight". All three songs were included in his second album, My Own Way (2008). A critical and commercial success, it peaked at number 6 in the UK Albums Chart and topped the UK R&B Chart. At around this time, he began incorporating electropop sounds into his R&B music.
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