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2003–2006: Me Against Myself with Relentless RecordsĪfter Sean's track "One Minute" fell into the hands of producer Rishi Rich, the Rishi Rich Project was formed (consisting of Rich, Sean and Juggy D) in 2003. For his music career, he chose the stage name Jay Sean "Jay" being his nickname, while "Sean" is derived from "Shaan"-a nickname he was called at home by his grandmother-which means "shining star" or "pride" in the Punjabi language. He later enrolled in Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London, to study Medicine before he dropped out in 2003 to pursue a singing career. He finished his GCSEs as a "straight-A student" and then completed his A Levels with an A grade in Biology and B grades in Mathematics and Chemistry.
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He was a student at Latymer Upper School, the same private school that Hugh Grant, Heston Blumenthal and Lily Cole had attended. He eventually came to be known by the nickname "Jay" among his friends. His stage name at the time was MC "Nicky J", with the "J" being derived from the first letter of his last name "Jhooti". At age 11, he and his cousin Pritpal Rupra formed a hip hop duo named "Compulsive Disorder". He was raised in Southall, West London and displayed musical talent at an early age. Jay Sean was born as Kamaljit Singh Jhooti ( Hindi: कमलजीत सिंह झूटी Punjabi: ਕਮਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਝੂਤੀ ) on 26 March 1981 in Hounslow, West London into an Indian Punjabi Sikh family to parents Sharan Singh Jhooti and Bindi Kaur Jhooti.
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Life and career Early life and career beginnings 35 in Billboard's Hot 100 Artists of 2009. Sean has also been a featured artist on several hits including " What Happened to Us" by Australian singer Jessica Mauboy, which charted within the top 20 on the ARIA singles chart and certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. 37 on the US Billboard 200 and reached No. Its success was matched with his followed-up hit, " Do You Remember" (featuring Lil Jon and Sean Paul), which has sold more than a million copies in the US, and entered the top ten on the Hot 100, making him the first male act since Chingy in 2003 to "simultaneously appear in the Hot 100 top 10 with his first two charting singles." They were included in his American-debut album All or Nothing, which debuted at No. As of 2011, it is the fifth best selling song by a British artist in the digital era. It was the seventh-best selling song of 2009, having sold more than three million copies in the United States that year, eventually reaching six million sales in the United States, making him the most successful British/European male urban artist in US chart history at the time. In 2009, his American debut single " Down" (featuring Lil Wayne) topped the Billboard Hot 100, making him the first solo artist of South Asian origin and first UK urban act to top the Hot 100. įrom 2009 up to 2014, he was signed to Cash Money Records. At around this time, he began increasingly incorporating electropop sounds into his R&B music. They were included in his second album, My Own Way, which became his most successful album on the UK Albums Chart, reaching No. It was followed by hits such as " Maybe", which reached No. 11 in the UK and topped the charts in several Eastern European countries, including Romania where it was one of the best-selling singles of the year. After a gap of nearly four years, he returned in 2008 with " Ride It", which reached No. He eventually left Virgin in 2006 and founded his own independent label, Jayded Records. 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. 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. 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. He debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with " Dance with You", which reached No. Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), better known by the stage name Jay Sean, is a British singer and songwriter.