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SEAL
(voc,g)

Personal Data:

Born:

19.02.1963

(London, GB, as Sealhenry Olumid Samuel)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Seal produced by: Trevor Horn	20.05.1991	ZTT/WEA		1	24
2.	Seal II produced by: Trevor Horn featuring: Gus Isidore, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Jamie Muhoberac, Jeff Beck, Joni MItchell, Luis Jardim, Anne Dudley, Andy Newmark, William Orbit, Pino Palladino, Gavyn Wright, Betsy Cook	23.05.1994	ZTT		1	15
3.	Human Being produced by: Seal	16.11.1998	Warner Bros		44	22
4.	Seal IV produced by: Trevor Horn	09.09.2003	Warner Bros		4	3
5.	Best: 1991-2004	09.11.2004	Warner Bros		27	47
6.	Live In Paris	06.06.2005	Warner Bros
7.	System	13.11.2007	Warner Bros		37	35
8.	Soul	11.11.2008	Warner Bros		12	13
9.	Soul Live	6/2009	Warner Bros
10.	Hits (2CD)	27.11.2009	Warner Bros		37
11.	6 - Commitment	28.09.2010	Reprise		11	31
12.	Seal Box Set: A Retrospective (5x7" box set)	04.05.2011
13.	Soul 2 produced by: Trevor Horn/David Foster	21.11.2011	Reprise		17	8
14.	Anthony Hopkins - Composer & CBSO	1/2012	Classic FM		85
15.	Padded Cell	16.10.2015	Warner Bros
16.	7	06.11.2015	Warner Bros		13	45
17.	Reggae Roast	22.01.2016
18.	Standards	11/2017	Decca		17

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Killer & Adamski	3/1990	MCA	3
2.	Crazy / Sparkle 12" + Krazy produced by: Tim Simenon	11/1990	ZTT	1	7
3.	Future Love Paradise / A-minor Groove / Violet	4/1991	ZTT	12
4.	The Beginning / Deep Water (acoustic)	7/1991	ZTT	6
5.	Killer / Hey Joe / Come See What Love Has Done CD + Whirlpool	11/1991	ZTT	5	100
6.	The Acoustic Session (A promo)	1992	Sire
7.	Violet - The Acoustic EP (live) (Violet / Whirlpool / Wild / Show Me)	17.02.1992	ZTT	25
8.	Love Is Powerful / Hide (live) (v Japonsku)	25.07.1993	ZTT
9.	Prayer For The Dying / Dreaming In Metaphors CD + Crazy (live) produced by: Trevor Horn	25.04.1994	ZTT	8	21
10.	The Man I Love	7/1994	ZTT	30
11.	Kiss From A Rose / The Wind Cries Mary / Blues in 'E' produced by: Trevor Horn	11.07.1994	ZTT	20
12.	Newborn Friend	26.09.1994	ZTT	45
13.	How Do You Stop & Joni Mitchell	14.11.1994
14.	Kiss From A Rose / I'm Alive (Son Of Bontempi) / I'm Alive (Sasha & B.T. remix)	6/1995	ZTT	4	1
15.	If I Could & Joni Mitchell	02.10.1995	ZTT
16.	Don't Cry / Prayer For The Dying / Don't Cry (You're Not Alone)	27.11.1995	ZTT	51	33
17.	Fly Like An Eagle	07.02.1997	ZTT	13	10
18.	Human Beings	30.11.1998	Warner Bros	50
19.	Les Mots & Mylene Farmer	11/2001
20.	My Vision & Jakatta	30.09.2002	Rulin	6
	My Vision (Sebastien Leger remixes) & Jakatta	04.11.2002	Rulin
	My Vision (Joey Negro club mix & "Medusa" dub, Layo & Bushwacka vocal mix, Sebastien Leger "Funkyness" remix)	25.11.2002	Scorpio
21.	Waiting For You	7/2003	Warner Bros
22.	Get It Together 12" Get It Together (Bill Hamel vocal mix & dub, Superchumbo's "Guiding Light" mix & "Leadhead" dub, Peter Rauhofer "Classic" club mix, Roy Davis Jr Soldiers Of Universal Love" mix) CD + Get It Together (album version, Wide Horizon remix)	25.08.2003	Warner Bros
23.	Waiting For You / Loneliest Star (album version)	08.09.2003	Warner Bros		89
24.	Get It Together	9/2003	Warner Bros	25
25.	Waiting For You (Thick D vocal remix, The Passengerz remix, BHQ vocal remix, Machine Head remix, 29 Palms remix)	06.10.2003	Warner Bros
26.	Love's Divine (Passengerz "Sanctuary" club mix & dub, Murk "Dark-N-Dirty" dub, Deepsky club mix)	27.10.2003	Warner Bros	68	79
	Love's Divine / Where There's Gold	23.02.2004	Warner Bros
27.	Walk On By	11/2004
28.	Killer 2005	24.01.2005	Warner Bros
29.	Violet	09.04.2007	Underground Access
30.	Kiss From A Rose	10/2007		57
31.	People Asking Why	05.11.2007	Luv Dancin'
32.	Amazing	19.11.2007	Warner Bros	74
33.	The Right Life	6/2008
34.	Prayer For The Dying	18.08.2008	Underground Access
35.	A Change Is Gonna Come	10/2008	Warner Bros
36.	I Can't Stand The Rain	3/2009
37.	Secret	9/2010	Reprise	82
38.	Weight Of My Mistakes	13.12.2010
39.	Kiss From A Rose	1/2011	Warner Bros	87

Videos:

1. Seal - 2/1992, ZTT/Warner Music Vision
2. Live At The Point - 1992, ZTT/Warner Music Vision, live, 115 min
3. Live In Paris - 06.06.2005, Warner Bros, live

Awards:

1992 Brit Awards

- Best British Male
- Best British Album ("Seal")
- Best British Video ("Killer")

1995 Grammy Awards

- Record Of A Year ("Kiss From A Rose")
- Song Of A Year ("Kiss From A Rose")
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Kiss From A Rose")

2010 Grammy Awards - Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (track "Imagine", & Pink, India.Arie, Herbie Hancock, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck & Oumou Sangare)

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Santana: Shaman (22.10.02, Arista)
Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project (22.6.10)
Barbra Streisand: The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two (27.6.25, Columbia)

Compilation Appearances:

"Mona Lisa" on OST "Mona Lisa Smile" (25.11.03, Epic)
"Love's Divine" on compilation "2005 Grammy Nominees CD" (1.2.05, Capitol)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	8		22		profile
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1992	8	22.02.1992	3	News
1992	8	22.02.1992	31	Singles	single review
1994	22	04.06.1994	34	Albums	album review
1994	31	06.08.1994	31	Singles	single review
1995	48	02.12.1995	33	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	08.12.1990	20	Paradise
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	23	22.11.1991	19	Profily	profile
1997	9		117	Recenze - CD Retro	album review
1998	12		109	Recenze - Novinky	album review
1999	1		10	Rock & Top	interview
2003	9		42		profile
2003	9		76	Recenze	album review
2004	6		90	DVD
2004	12		57	Recenze	album review
2005	4		76	Předzvěsti
2005	5		79	Live	gig review
2005	7		68	Recenze	album review
2006	11		86	Live	gig review
2007	12		62	Recenze	album review
2008	7		78	Replay
2008	12		72	Record	album review
2010	1		67	Recenze CD	album review