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• REAL NAME: Seal Henry Samuel
• BIRTHDAY: February 19, 1963
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Kiss From A Rose" (1995)
• BIGGEST LP: Seal II (1994)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 4

• Seal was born Seal Henry Samuel in England on February 19, 1963 to Nigerian and Brazilian parents. Before beginning a singing career, Seal studied architecture and worked in electrical engineering. Although he had won Grammys and had success in the US, and internationally, questions about his facial scares still persist. The scars were caused by a disease called lupus which Seal suffered from when he was a child. The particular strain of lupus Seal deals with causes blistering especially around the facial area, which when ruptured cause deep scarring. When questioned about his scares, Seal had often eluded to mystical or spiritual causes. In the late 80's, Seal began singing with various bands and on his own - eventually meeting producer, Adamski.

• May 12: Seal and Adamski collaborated on the track "Killer" which shot to #1 in the UK for 1 week.

# 67 Singles Artist of the Year

• June: The success of "Killer" lead to a record contract for Seal.

• June 11: Seal's debut LP, Seal, was released and gave him his first Top 10 hit, "Crazy." The dance track "Killer" was also released in the U.S. and made some waves on the dance scene.

• July 13: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Crazy."

• August 24: Seal hit the Top 10 with "Crazy."

• September 5: The video for "Crazy" was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards (Best New Artist, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, and Breakthrough Video).

• November 8: Seal was certified gold.

• February 12: Seal dominated the Brit Awards. When asked how Seal classifies his own music he responds: "...soul music... in the literal sense of the word... music from the soul."
• February 25: Seal was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Male Vocal Performance ("Crazy").

# 62 Singles Artist of the Year

• April 29: Seal was certified platinum.

• May 31: Seal's second LP was also entitled, Seal, and was released (he stated "(because he) could not think of a better title at the time"). The LP was later referred to as Seal II.

• June 25: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Prayer For The Dying."

• August 3: Seal II was certified gold.
• August 13: Seal hit the Top 10 with "Prayer For The Dying."

• October 15: Seal performed "Prayer For The Dying" and "Crazy" on Saturday Night Live.

# 15 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Male Artist of the Year)

• January 24: Seal II was certified platinum.

• March 1: Seal was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Album (Seal II), and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Prayer For The Dying").

• June 24: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Kiss From A Rose." The track could be found on the LP Seal II and the Batman Forever soundtrack.

• July 15: Seal hit the Top 10 with "Kiss From A Rose."

• August 12: Seal hit #1 for 4 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Kiss From A Rose."
• August 12: Seal topped the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 10 weeks and the Top 40 Mainstream chart for 9 weeks with "Kiss From A Rose."
• August 25: Seal II was certified 2x platinum.
• August 26: Seal topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1 week and the Adult Contemporary chart for 12 weeks with "Kiss From A Rose."

• September 7: The video for "Kiss From A Rose" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film.

• December 30: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Don't Cry."
• December 31: Seal topped the Billboard Year-End Chart-Toppers with the Top Hot 100 Airplay Track ("Kiss From A Rose").

# 32 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 18: Seal II was certified 3x platinum.
• January 29: Seal was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

• February 3: Seal hit the Top 10 with "Don't Cry."
• February 28: Seal won 3 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and Song of the Year (songwriter) ("Kiss From A Rose").

• May 16: Seal II was certified 4x platinum.

• September 4: The video for "Don't Cry" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video.
• September 24: Seal appeared on the Set It Off soundtrack with "Hey Joe."

• November 9: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Fly Like An Eagle" - from the Space Jam soundtrack.

• December 14: Seal hit the Top 10 with "Fly Like An Eagle."

• January 27: Seal was nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.

• February 25:Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Fly Like An Eagle."

• November 14: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Human Beings."
• November 17: A new LP by Seal called Human Being hit stores. Trevor Horn (the producer of Seal's first 2 LPs) was an influence on the LP once again after the 2 worked out their differences for the new LP.
• Seal told CNN about Human Being: "The album is more like a celebration of human beings and all the wonderful things we human beings do when we're living in our natural state, which I believe to be love. (The first single "Human Beings") ...was initially inspired by the death of and the loss of the 2 rappers, Notorious B.I.G. and (particularly) 2Pac. I think there was a situation where there was a perfect example of a lack of love of the self. So it was initially inspired by those 2." At the end of November, Seal talked with MTV more about his working relationship with producer, Trevor Horn: "Well, we fell out to put it bluntly... but then I think that's the thing about any working relationship or creative working relationship, if they tend to be successful, they also tend to be tempestuous. I think that's largely because you have two creative minds, personalities, working together and it's not as if Trevor is just a producer. He's also an artist. The fact that he produces records, you know, it's coincidental. But he is a bass player by trade, and also he's a singer and he has fronted a band before, a couple of bands actually. So you really, if you put the two of us together in a room, yes we have, I hope, great creative moments, but there can also be tempestuous times. Particularly when you are striving for something new and you don't want to repeat yourself. I guess it would be similar to that of a band situation, so we fell out, and we kissed and made up and we finished the record. That's basically what happened."

• January 22: Human Being was certified gold.

• December 5: Seal could be found on the Family Man soundtrack with "This Could Be Heaven."

• October 22: Seal appeared on the Santana LP, Shaman, on the track "You Are My Kind."

• September 9: Seal released Seal IV, with the first single "Waiting For You." The LP evolved after 2 years of working on a new LP and scrapping work meant to be titled Togetherland after Seal felt wasn't good enough, telling VH1: "There is an emotional quality in my music that resonates with people. If there’s no emotion or belief in the song or the delivery, then there is nothing. It was not the easiest reality to come to terms with, but it was one that I had to accept."
• September 27: Seal topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Get It Together."

• October 25: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Waiting For You."

• November 1: Seal could be heard on the soundtrack for Mona Smile with "Mona Lisa Smile."
• November 10: Seal IV was certified gold.

• December 13: Seal topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 1 week with "Waiting For You."

• February 3: Seal could be heard on the soundtrack for 50 First Dates with his cover of "Lips Like Sugar."
• February 21: Seal hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Love's Divine."

• March 6: Seal topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 1 week with "Love's Divine."

• November 9: Seal released the hits collection Best: 1991-2004.

• # 140 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

• February 5: Seal topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Killer 2005."
• February 13: Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Love's Divine").

• May 10: Seal married supermodel Heidi Klum.

• June 7: Seal released the CD/DVD Live In Paris.

• February 8: Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Walk On By").

• January 15: Seal was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "A Father's Way" from the film The Pursuit Of Happyness.

• November 13: Seal released System.
• November 17: Seal topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart for 2 weeks with "Amazing."

• December 29: Seal topped the Billboard Dance Airplay chart for 2 weeks with "Amazing."

• February 10: Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("Amazing").

• November 11: Seal released Soul - a collection of soul covers.

• December 8: Seal released another hits collection - Hits.

• January 31: Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male ("If You Don't Know Me By Now").

• September 28: Seal released 6: Commitment.

• February 13: Seal won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals ("Imagine" with Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Konono No 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare).

• January 24: Seal released Soul 2.

• February 11: Seal topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hops Albums chart for 1 week with Soul 2.

• November 6: Seal released 7.

• January 2: Seal topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart with "This Christmas."

• November 10: WalkThe collection Standards was released.

• February 10: Seal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album (Standards).

• Seal II was certified 5x platinum.

iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Seal Released: June 11, 1991 US: Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 27 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Beginning" - "Deep Water" - "Crazy" - "Killer" - "Whirlpool" - "Future Love Paradise" - "Wild" - "Show Me" - "Violet"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Seal II Released: May 31, 1994 US: 5x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 15 Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year, Best Pop Album Tracks: "Bring It On" - "Prayer For The Dying" - "Dreaming In Metaphors" - "Don't Cry" - "Fast Changes" - "Kiss From A Rose" - "People Asking Why" - "Newborn Friend" - "If I Could" - "I'm Alive" - "Bring It On (Reprise)"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Human Being Released: November 17, 1998 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 22 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Human Beings" - "State Of Grace" - "Latest Craze" - "Just Like You Said" - "Princess" - "Lost My Faith" - "Excert From" - "When A Man Is Wrong" - "Colour" - "Still Love Remains" - "No Easy Way" - "Human Beings (Reprise)"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Seal IV Released: September 9, 2003 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 3 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Let Me Roll" - "Get It Together" - "Love's Divine" - "Waiting For You" - "My Vision" - "Don't Make Me Wait" - "Touch" - "Where There's Gold" - "Loneliest Star" - "Heavenly... (Good Feeling)" - "Tinsel Town"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Best: 1991-2004 Released: November 9, 2004 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 47 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Crazy" - "Kiss From A Rose" - "Killer" - "Prayer For The Dying" - "Waiting For You" - "Don't Cry" - "My Vision" - "Love's Divine" - "Walk On By" - "Get It Together" - "Fly Like An Eagle" - "Human Beings" - "Future Love Paradise"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Live In Paris (CD/DVD) Released: June 7, 2005 Live CD Tracks: "Crazy" - "Get It Together" - "Killer" - "Just Like You Said" - "Dreaming In Metaphors" - "Prayer For The Dying" - "Love's Divine" - "My Vision" - "Waiting For You" - "Kiss From A Rose" - "Heavenly... (Good Feeling)" - "Don't Cry" - "Bring It On" - "Future Love Paradise"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	System Released: November 13, 2007 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 35 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "If It's In My Mind, It's On My Face" - "Amazing" (Thin White Duke Edit) - "Just Like Before" - "Loaded" - "Wedding Day" - "System" - "Dumb" - "The Right Life" - "Rolling" - "Immaculate" - "Amazing"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Soul Released: November 11, 2008 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 13 Rolling Stone: Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "A Change Is Gonna Come" - "I Can't Stand The Rain" - "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" - "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" - "I've Been Loving You Too Long" - "It's Alright" - "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - "Knock On Wood" - "I'm Still In Love With You" - "Free" - "Stand By Me" - "People Get Ready"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Hits Released: December 8, 2009 Tracks: "I Am Your Man" - "Kiss From A Rose" - "Crazy" - "Fly Like An Eagle" - "Love's Divine" - "A Change Is Gonna Come" - "Amazing" - "Killer" - "Prayer For The Dying" - "Get It Together" - "The Right Life" - "Future Love Paradise" - "Waiting For You" - "Free" - "Rolling" - "Don't Cry" - "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - "Thank You"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	6: Commitment Released: September 28, 2010 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 31 Tracks: "If I'm Any Closer" - "Weight Of My Mistakes" - "Silence" - "Best Of Me" - "All For Love" - "I Know What You Did" - "The Way I Lie" - "Secret" - "You Get Me" - "Letting Go" - "Big Time"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Soul 2 Released: January 24, 2012 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 8 Billboard #1: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Tracks: "Wishing On A Star" - "Love T.K.O." - "Ooh Baby Baby" - "Let's Stay Together" - "What's Going On" - "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" - "Back Stabbers" - "I'll Be Around" - "Love Won't Let Me Wait" - "Lean On Me" - "Oh Girl"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	7 Released: November 6, 2015 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 45 Tracks: "Daylight Saving" - "Every Time I'm With You" - "Life On The Dancefloor" - "Padded Cell" - "Do You Ever" - "The Big Love Has Died" - "Redzone Killer" - "Monascow" - "Half A Heart" - "Let Yourself" - "Love"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Standards Released: November 10, 2017 Grammy Nominee: Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Tracks: "Luck Be A Lady" - "Autumn Leaves" - "I Put A Spell On You" - "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is" - "Love For Sale" - "My Funny Valentine" - "I've Got You Under My Skin" - "Smile" - "I'm Beginning To See The Light" - "It Was A Very Good Year" - "The Nearness Of You" - "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" - "Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)"

1	"Kiss From A Rose" from the LP Seal II and the Batman Forever soundtrack ARC chart run: 36 - 28 - 20 - 10 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 15 - 22 - 28 - 40 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 3 RIAA Certification: Gold Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Top 40 Mainstream, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop Songs Grammy Winner: Record of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Song of the Year MTV VMA Winner: Best Video from a Film	1(4)	20	1995	iTunes Amazon.mp3
2	Fly Like An Eagle from the Space Jam soundtrack ARC chart run: 37 - 27 - 19 - 14 - 11 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 10 - 14 - 24 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 43 Grammy Nominee: Best Male Vocal Performance	3	14	1997	iTunes Amazon.mp3
3	Prayer For The Dying from the LP Seal II ARC chart run: 36 - 27 - 21 - 17 - 14 - 13 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 15 - 18 - 20 - 32 - 32 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 56 Grammy Nominee: Best Male Vocal Performance	7	15	1994	iTunes Amazon.mp3
4	Don't Cry from the LP Seal II ARC chart run: 33 - 29 - 20 - 16 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 14 - 18 - 22 - 25 - 40 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 56 MTV VMA Nominee: Best Male Video	8	13	1996	iTunes Amazon.mp3
5	Crazy from the LP Seal ARC chart run: 39 - 33 - 22 - 17 - 14 - 12 - 10 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 18 - 31 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 72 Grammy Nominee: Best Male Vocal Performance MTV VMA Nominee: Best New Artist, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, Breakthrough Video	5	12	1991	iTunes Amazon.mp3
6	Human Beings from the LP Human Being ARC chart run: 36 - 24 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 25 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 131	19	6	1998	iTunes Amazon.mp3
7	Waiting For You from the LP Seal IV ARC chart run: 37 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 174 Billboard # 1: Dance Club Songs	34	2	2003	iTunes Amazon.mp3
8	Love's Divine from the LP Seal IV ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 176 Billboard # 1: Dance Club Songs Grammy Nominee: Best Male Vocal Performance	36	2	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Killer from the LP Seal Billboard # 1: Dance Club Songs	**	**	1991 2005	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Future Love Paradise from the LP Seal	**	**	1991	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	The Beginning from the LP Seal	**	**	1991	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Newborn Friend from the LP Seal II	**	**	1994	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Get It Together from the LP Seal IV Billboard # 1: Dance Club Songs	**	**	2003	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Walk On By from the LP Best: 1991-2004 Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male	**	**	2004	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Amazing from the LP System Billboard # 1: Dance Club Songs, Dance Airplay Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male	**	**	2007	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	The Right Life from the LP System	**	**	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	A Change Is Gonna Come from the LP Soul	**	**	2008	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	If You Don't Know Me By Now from the LP Soul Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male	**	**	2009	iTunes Amazon.mp3
Note: Song title and position links lead you to the song's ARC Weekly Top 40 chart run Songs charting prior to 1980 have information from Billboard magazine.