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Born in London ENGLAND on February 19, 1963 to Brazilian and Nigerian
parents, Sealhenry Samuel started playing music in the mid-'80s with some
Soul-oriented bands, but he had a first big break in 1990.
That year, he contributed lyrics to "Killer", a #1 U.K. single,
recorded in collaboration with the Techno-House DJ-producer Adamski.
In 1991, Seal released his self-titled debut album, with Trevor Horn producing,
the record quickly grabbed critical and commercial success in U.K. and
the rest of Europe; the single "Crazy" gave him enormous popularity;
in the U.S. the now-staple song reached the #5 slot on The Modern Rock
Tracks chart and #7 on The Billboard Hot 100; "The Beginning",
another smash single, followed and eventually the album peaked at #24
on The Billboard 200 chart selling 3 and a half million copies worlwide.
In May of 1994, the singer+songwriter issued his second album, also entitled
"Seal", it reached the #15 position on The Billboard's Top 200
chart and included "Prayer For The Dying" which shot to #3 on
The Modern Rock Tracks chart; the LP had been on shelves for more than
a year, when "Kiss From A Rose" was used as the soundtrack theme
for the film "Batman Forever" going at the top of The Billboard
Hot 100, subsequently spent nearly a year on chart and helped pump album
sales to multi-platinum in the States, reaching 5 million copies around
the globe; another single, "Don't Cry", hit the top 5 of the
American Adult Contemporary chart. "Kiss From A Rose", was a
big winner at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996, the track was named
Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
In late 1996 Seal contributed his version of Steve
Miller Band's "Fly Like An Eagle" to the soundtrack of "Space
Jam", this single was another Billboard's Hot 100 top 10 hit for
the artist.
"Human Being" appeared two years later, his third effort peaked
at #22 in U.S. Top 200 Albums chart; although it was critically well-received,
sales were disappointing; the title-track was the lone single off of the
album, but it failed to chart.
Seal resurfaced after five full years with a new album, "Seal IV";
the first single "Get It Together" topped the Dance charts,
"Love's Divine" became a top 3 on Adult Contemporary chart pushing
the album to #3 on The Billboard Top 200 chart, his best chart-placing
to date.
In November 2004 he released a retrospective collection entitled "Best
1991-2004" available in a single-disc version and as a double-disc
set, the latter of which contained a CD of all acoustic version of Seal's
best songs; the sets includes his rendition of the Bacharach / David classic
"Walk On By".
Seal will release a new album, "System", on Warner Bros. Records
on November 17. It is the artist's fifth studio album and first since
2003's "Seal IV". The 10-track disc includes his new single
"Amazing".
Seal biography is an exclusive of 100xr.com
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