 | Jay Sean, born Kamaljit Singh Jhooti, is a British Asian R&B singer-songwriter, best known for his hits "Stolen", "Eyes On You" and "Ride It". He has released two albums, Me Against Myself (2004) and My Own Way (2008) along with five top 20 hits (of which 2 hit the top 10, 1 even the top 5) in the UK singles chart.
His first taste of UK chart success began with his collaboration with Rishi Rich and Juggy D. The song, "Dance With You (Nachna Tere Naal)" became a top twenty hit. Sean secured a one million pounds record deal with Virgin Records. His second single, "Eyes on You", became a top ten hit, peaking at number six. His third single "Stolen", and his biggest hit to date, peaked at number four. Bollywood actress, |
Bipasha Basu made an appearance in the video. His début album, Me Against Myself was released and received much critical praise and acclaim. The album became a commercial success, not only in the UK, but abroad as well. In India it became a substantial hit, selling more than two million copies. He made a brief appearance in the Bollywood flick 'Kya Kool Hai Hum', and providing the song "Dil Mera (One Night)" to the soundtrack. In February 2006, after several delays of his second album, he left Virgin Records. The label says, his Hip Hop style is not the sort of direction they want from Sean.
After parting ways with Virgin Records, Jay Sean returned in late 2007 with new single "Ride It". It was the first single from his second album My Own Way (originally provisionally titled Deal With It). The video for the single was shot on the 12 August 2007 in the central London nightclub Mo*Vida. On 28 September 2007, the video was exclusively available to watch on 3G mobile handsets and on 9 October 2007 was officially released to the internet by 2Point9 Records. The new video featured Jay Sean with a new style after being out of the limelight for nearly three and a half years. My Own Way was released on May 12, 2008 and débuted at number 6 on the UK Album Charts.
"Ride It", produced by Alan Sampson, became Song of the Week on London's Kiss 100 Radio on 10 December 2007 and was also played on Capital FM, Choice FM, Galaxy, BBC 1xtra, and being featured on BBC Radio 1's B-list. It reached the number 1 spot on MTV's The Base Chart Show.
At the 2008 UK Asian Music Awards (AMA), Jay Sean walked away with double honours after being presented with the 2008 - UK Asian Music Award for both Best Video (Ride It) and Best Urban Act.
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