Jay Sean debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with "Dance with You", which reached No 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 2003.
36 Facts About Jay Sean
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Jay Sean eventually left Virgin in 2006 and founded his own independent label, Jayded Records.
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Jay Sean has 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.
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Jay Sean was ranked No 35 in Billboard's Hot 100 Artists of 2009.
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Jay Sean was born as Kamaljit Singh Jhooti 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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Jay Sean was raised in Southall, West London and displayed musical talent at an early age.
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Jay Sean eventually came to be known by the nickname "Jay" among his friends.
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Jay Sean was a student at Latymer Upper School, the same private school that Hugh Grant, Heston Blumenthal and Lily Cole had attended.
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Jay Sean 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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Jay Sean 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.
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Jay Sean made a brief appearance in the 2005 Bollywood film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, providing the song "Dil Mera " to the soundtrack, based on "One Night" from his own debut album.
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Jay Sean recorded a 16 track album which was scrapped because Virgin felt the market had changed to where it was all about Pop music.
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Jay Sean returned in late 2007 with the new single "Ride It", which was the first single from his second album My Own Way.
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Jay Sean sang a Hindi version of the album My Own Way for release in India.
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Jay Sean was confirmed for the third series of Celebrity Scissorhands in October 2008 but he withdrew before the show was aired for unclear reasons.
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On 15 October 2008 during the MOBO Awards, Jay Sean announced that he had signed with the American hip-hop oriented record label Cash Money Records distributed via Universal Republic Records making him the first male British Asian singer to sign with an American label.
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Jay Sean met with Rishi Rich, Juggy D and H-Dhami during the ceremony.
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Jay Sean discussed a collaboration with Akon at the 2009 Grammy Awards, in addition to recording a song with Nadine Coyle and told viewers that the album will be released in third quarter of 2009.
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Jay Sean was featured on a song called "Written on Her" alongside Birdman for the CEO's project, released on 23 June 2009 on iTunes.
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Jay Sean has featured on Skepta's single "Lush" released on 10 June 2009 on iTunes.
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Jay Sean was in early September 2009 nominated for the 30 Under 30 award.
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Jay Sean began working on his fourth album and second with Cash Money Records, Freeze Time in July 2010.
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Jay Sean released a mixtape titled The Mistress in September 2011, spawning a single and a music video for "Where Do We Go".
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In February 2013, Jay Sean announced he would be changing the title of the album from Worth It all to Neon, and his long delayed fourth studio album was released in July 2013.
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In January 2014, Jay Sean released the lead song "Take That Off" from his second mixtape The Mistress II.
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Alongside releasing the first single in October 2014, "Tears in the Ocean" which received acclaimed reviews from audiences, Jay Sean left Cash Money Records, citing that he wanted to go in a different direction artistically.
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In 2015, Jay Sean reunited with fellow UK artists Rishi Rich and Juggy D, restart the Rishi Rich project, together, they released the single: "Freak".
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Jay Sean collaborated with various well-known DJs: DJ Antoine, Hardwell, DJ Prostyle, Alex Gaudino, as well as artists Christian Rich, Stafford Brothers and Seeb.
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In 2017, Jay Sean released the singles "Do You Love Me" and "What You Want" featuring Davido.
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Jay Sean followed these in 2018 with the singles "Emergency" and "Say Something".
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In 2020, Jay Sean collaborated with Indian pop singer Guru Randhawa and released the single "Surma Surma".
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Also, along with Rishi Rich, Jay Sean released a single "Nakhre", titled as "Eyes on You 2" which reached No 1 on BBC Asian Chart.
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Jay Sean has supported the Aga Khan Foundation in the charity event Partnership Walk and Run by performing in Regent's Park in 2004 and 2009.
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In 2009, Jay Sean performed in Justin Timberlake's charity concert to raise funds for the Shriners Hospital for Children, alongside artists such as MC Zani, Taylor Swift and Alicia Keys.
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In 2012, Jay Sean became a part of Child Hunger Ends Here campaign along with artists Owl City and Jewel.
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Jay Sean appeared in a PETA ad campaign, encouraging potential pet owners to adopt from shelters rather than buy from stores.