With two new tracks and a three-continent tour for April, Jamaican dancehall superstar Sean Paul is keeping quite busy these days. Sean Paul, who returned from performances in Africa recently, is also toasting the success of his single with British-born pop sensation Jay Sean, Do You Remember, which is featured on the iconic pop music compilation Now That’s What I Call Music.

Excited fans checking out Sean Paul at a Bogota Mall...he was in Australia last week!

Sean Paul’s two newest singles, "Fire Brigade" and "Down The Line," are destined as sure-fire club pleasers. "Down The Line", produced by Jeremy Harding, is a reggae-flavoured slow-melody love song which is featured on his popular mixtape The Oddessy. The Don Corleone-produced "Fire Brigade", however, is an unmistakable dancehall tune with all the up-tempo energy party lovers clamour for and that which Sean Paul has become famous for.

Sean Paul is rearing to hit the road and promote these two new tracks. “Working with Don and Jeremy is just amazing. They are creative people and good at what they do. I know anytime I go in the studio with them I leave with a good song. Down The Line is getting good reviews so far and so is Fire Brigade so its time to kick the promotion for these singles into high gear,” Sean Paul said.

He added that the singles will soon be available on iTunes, and that the producers were two of the producers who did tracks for his album Imperial Blaze. The album, his fourth, went on to make history on the charts as it became the first dancehall album to top the Billboard Rap/Hip Hop charts.

His newly released singles aside, the Grammy-winning megastar has been racking up the frequent flyer miles and performance hours. Sean Paul has performed in more than 80 countries in North, Central, and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Paul will return to the dancehall-loving nation of Japan, where Imperial Blaze debuted at #1 selling over 50,000 copies in its first week. He has a string of appearances in Japan, before he heads to engagements in Columbia and Australia. These are hectic times for the artiste, who now sports a trendy Mohawk.

Sean Paul is a multi-platinum selling deejay many times over, and the most successful Jamaican artiste on the international charts. He’s had three #1 singles, five top ten hits, and even more chart entries over four worldwide best-selling albums, which have sold more than tens of millions of copies worldwide. In 2009, he copped the MOBO Award for Best Reggae Act, as well as, Best Reggae Artiste award at the Soul Train Awards. He adds those trophies to an impressive collection of awards that includes a Grammy, MTV Music Video Award, Billboard Music Award, American Music Award, MTV Europe Music Award, MOBO, BET Award and others.

check out Sean Paul freestyleing with EVE and Jay Sean...


Keep up with Sean Paul by visiting AllSeanPaul.com

Jamaican acts Sean Paul, Sean Kingston and Alicia Keys as well as Bajan-born Rihanna and Leona Lewis who is of Guyanese heritage (technically so is Rihanna as her mom is Guyanese) are up for awards in various categories for this years MTV Japan's Video Music Awards (VMA's).

Alicia Keys and Rihanna up for nods at 2010 Japan VMAs!
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The categories are:

BEST MALE VIDEO
Sean Paul- "So Fine"
Rihanna- "Russian Roulette"

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Alicia Keys- "Doesn't Mean Anything"

BEST POP VIDEO
Leona Lewis- "Happy"

BEST REGGAE
Sean Kingston- "Fire Burning"
Sean Paul- "So Fine"

BEST VIDEO FROM FILM
Leona Lewis - "I See You" from Avatar

BEST COLLABORATION
Jay-z and Alicia Keys- "Empire State of Mind"




Of course in every category there are Japanese nominees. It is interesting that to date the Reggae category (which was introduced in 2006) has only been won by Japanese artists. apart from Sean Paul (nominated in 2006 for We Be Burnin, in 2007 for Temperature) and Kingston (nominated in 2008 for Beautiful Girls) only 2 other Jamaican aritsts have been nominated in this category. Mavado in 2008 with his song "Dreaming" and Kardinall Offishall (who was born in Canada to Jamaican parents) with "Dangerous" (his duo with Akon) in 2009.

The show will be held on May 29th.

Click HERE for the official site!

No braids! It's different but I'm liking:-)




check out this video of him performing at Calle Ocho, an annual event staged by Power 106 in Miami!

THE club-bumping Do You Remember by British pop sensation Jay Sean and Jamaican dancehall star, Sean Paul, will be featured on the 75th edition of the compilation series, Now That's What I Call Music.

Do You Remember found instant Billboard success as it debuted in the top ten of its Hot 100 chart, and was a favourite of iTunes users all over the world, staying in the top ten of those charts as well. Born at the MTV Video Music Awards, the collaboration also features rap/hip-hop crunk king Lil' Jon.

Also featured on Now 75 are other chart-topping artistes such as Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Iyaz, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Owl City and Alicia Keys. Having returned to Jamaica after concert appearances in Miami last weekend, Sean Paul said that he was overjoyed that the track would be featured on the iconic compilation.

"When we did the collaboration, I sensed the energy. You know anywhere there is real good music and real good artistes, everything just alright. The track and the video turned out well, and it was fun putting a yardie flavour on the song. And the ladies dem love it! It's an all-round good song," the Grammy-winning artiste said.

So far, more than 30-million people have checked out the official video of the song on YouTube, and some 11-million people have given Do You Remember a listening ear on Jay Sean's MySpace page.

Sean Paul released his fourth studio album in late 2009, Imperial Blaze, which nabbed a Grammy nomination, became the first dancehall album to top the Billboard Rap/Hip-Hop charts, and made Sean Paul the first Jamaican and dancehall artiste to do so. The album also charted well on other Billboard Charts, debuted at number one in Japan, was certified gold in France, and dominated charts in Europe and the middle east.

Check out Sean Paul performing "So Fine" and "Prees It Up" live from Ouagadougu, Burkina Faso

Celebs came out in full force to support Haiti at BET’s “SOS Save Ourselves: Help for Haiti” telethon which was held Friday Feb. 5th at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. Reportedly the event was spearheaded by Queen Latifah, Diddy and Pharrell who had the support of many stars including Common, Monica, Chris Brown, Wyclef Jean, Debra Lee and more.

The event started of with Haiti's most popular entertainer Wyclef Jean. He was joined by several Haitian artists for his song "Hold On" originally featuring Mavado.

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Take a look at the video below of him shaking hands with President Bill Clinton before going into a medley which included his song "Sweetest Girl" featuring Akon, then came Black Dada with Imma Zoe and Haitian Fresh. They broke into Rara and Clef asked the crowd to wave something as they chanted Sak Pase Nam boule!






Here is Justin Beiber who starts off his song "One Less Lonely Girl" in French. He was also joined on stage by Ludacris. Talk about an unlikely pair.


India Arie who had been in Jamaica the night before for the EME awards performed at the event as well.

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Busta Rhymes also performed a new song for Haiti.

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Nas and Damian Marley performed "The Strong Will Continue" from their Distant Relatives album.

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“This is for the strong,” Nas shouted. “This is for Haiti!”

I am so glad that Chris Brown is on somebody's stage. They boy is talented and I think he deserves to contribute to the event. I love the song "Crawl" which he performed and it is definitely inspiring.

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The show ended with a "Lean On Me" sing-a-long by hosts Diddy, Pharell and Queen Latifah. They were joined on stage by the performers and other stars such as Sean Kingston and Gloria Estefan.

Here's some pics from the event below:

Black Dada (brown top) and other Haitian artists join Wyclef on stage

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Akon with a Haitian flag

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Chris Brown, Justin Beiber, Sean Kingston and Monica at BET's SOS telethon for Haiti Feb. 5th 2010 at the Ameican Airlines arena in Miami FL.
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Izolan from Berikal, Keri Hilson and Wyclef Jean

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Wyclef taking calls at BET's Haitian Relief telethon

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Sean Paul on phones too!

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BET boss lady Debra Lee giving a thumbs up!

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Common working on the phones

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Nas and Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley

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Damian Marley on stage

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Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques AKA Sean Paul was born on January 9, 1973.

Stop counting on your fingers, he's 37. LOL

Here is a pic of Sean Paul at Famous Stars and Straps ten-year anniversary party:

See what some of your favorite stars were up to this week by clicking HERE.

Sean Paul returns to the U.S., bringing the fire of his newest hit CD Imperial Blaze on a mini-tour. Fresh from a tour of Asia and riding high off copping Best Reggae Artist at the Soul Train Awards, his one-week only engagement will kick off at the House of Blues in Chicago on Sunday, December 6th.


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While enjoying the success of Imperial Blaze's chart topping hip-hop bubbler "So Fine" and the club anthem "Press It Up", Sean Paul recently hit the studios to add his dancehall flair to rising British R&B star Jay Sean's track "Do You Remember." The upbeat club jam, which also features Lil Jon, debuted at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is currently at #24 on the iTunes Top Songs chart.Fans can hear these songs and more of Sean's newest and past hits live in concert this December:

Sunday, Dec. 6 - House of Blues - Chicago, IL
Tuesday, Dec. 8 - House of Blues - Anaheim, CA
Wednesday, Dec. 9 - House of Blues - Los Angeles, CA
Friday, Dec.11 - Hard Rock Live - Hollywood, FL
Saturday, Dec. 12 - Hard Rock Live - Orlando, FL

Check out Sean Paul on the set of Jay Sean's new video. Sean Paul and Lil Jon are featured on the song

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Clcik HERE to see more pics

The Queen of Comedy got her space in the growing talk-show industry when The Mo'Nique Show, premiered on October 5 at 11pm, as part of BET's new fall lineup. On Tuesday Nov,. 10th The Grammy-award winning, Billboard Chart topping, platinum selling dancehall superstar Sean Paul will be a guest and will also be performing on the show.

PHOTO CREDIT: GERRARD NEEDHAM

Also on the show is Bahamian-American Lenny Kravitz.

Two sexy Caribbean men! Wow! Mo'Nique should be in heaven!!!

Monique Show Official Website

On Tuesday November 3rd the Soul Train Awards took place in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Of the Caribbean nominees, Sean Paul won for Best Reggae album





and Maxwell won for Best Male RnB Soul.

Viewers can tune-in for the premiere of the CENTRIC PRESENTS: 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS in a special simulcast on BET and CENTRIC on Sunday, November 29 at 9:00 P.M.*

Check out this article in New York Magazine:



In town promoting his latest album, Imperial Blaze, Sean Paul dropped by the Rosa Chá swimsuit show at Bryant Park yesterday. But he wasn't just there to admire the skimpily attired models — he's a budding designer! He told us he's considering doing a line of his own of baseball caps. He showed us the one he was wearing, featuring a tree he drew with a Sharpie and had embroidered into the fabric (see photo). “I’ve done a couple of designs, and I’m planning to do some hats for next year,” he said. But that’s where his fashion aspirations stop — don’t expect a William Rast anytime soon. The caps were “just something for me to draw on while I was in planes and waiting on stuff. You wait a lot in this career.”

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Arthur's Day is September 24th!

On that date, the internationally popular GUINNESS brew celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founder, Arthur Guinness, signing a 9,000 year lease on the St. James’ Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland. The celebration will begin at 17:59 local time in Dublin, Ireland, with a toast to Arthur, and will then carry on around the world in Lagos, Kuala Lumpur and New York.

Over 60 artistes will perform more than 60 hours of live music in just one day in events to be held worldwide including Austrailia, Indonesia, Canada, and the US. These artists include Estelle who will perform at St James Gate Brewery and Sean Paul who will perform in Lagos Nigeria. Click HERE for updates on the events!

You can log on to the site to join fans of Guiness from around the world in making a toast to Arthur by uploading your video.

From the Jamaica Observer:

Sean Paul might be in Switzerland, but that won't stop his fourth studio album, Imperial Blaze, from continuing to blaze fire on the Billboard charts in the US.

The album, his first in four years, has debuted at #1 on the Billboard Rap Album charts, toppling the likes of Eminem, Fabolous and Twista to top the charts.

This is his first time atop the rap album charts, and his second time on the Billboard Rap Album charts overall as his third studio album, The Trinity, peaked at #3 on the rap charts in 2005. It is also the first time a Jamaican artiste is topping that chart.

Sean Paul is also sitting comfortably atop the Billboard Reggae Album Charts, ahead of a Bob Marley compilation, Ziggy Marley's Family Time, and VP Record's Reggae Gold.

Imperial Blaze is heading for international success, debuting at #1 when it was released in the dancehall-hungry Asian nation of Japan last week, selling upwards of 50,000 copies in its first week. He topped the Oricon Weekly International Album Sales chart, the first time he has done so, and is holding his own on the Billboard Canadian Albums, France Albums, and European Albums with positions #5, #8 and #20 respectively.

Aside from those charts, Imperial Blaze is also #3 on the R&B/Hip Hop Album Charts, #12 on the Billboard 200, and #9 on the Digital Downloads charts.

The platinum-selling dancehall superstar, hailed by Essence.com - the online outfit of the popular North American publication Essence Magazine - as the "dancehall king", is now celebrating his first time atop the competitive rap charts.

"Anytime a song or an album makes it on a chart, I get excited, and now to be able to top the Billboard Top Rap Album charts is something that I'm especially excited about. Not because it's the Billboard charts, but because it's a dancehall album. It's made in Jamaica by Jamaicans. So I didn't top the Billboard Rap Album Charts, Jamaica did," said Sean Paul from Switzerland.

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Tony Braxton has a new single out called "Yesterday," said to be off her new album due sometime in Feb. of 2010. Shaggy and Sean Paul are rumored to be on the album which will have a noticeable reggae influence.



Log on to ToniBraxton.com for a live webchat on 09/17 at 4PM where you can ask questions about the album, and check her out on VH1 Divas later on that night at 9/8PM central.

So have you felt the "blaze"yet?????? It's D-Day.... August 18th... the official release date of Sean Paul's new album Imperial Blaze (VP/Atlantic Records). Check out the album cover below:


So for all of you who did not pre-order the album off of AllSeanPaul.com, go to I-Tunes, Amazon and VP Records to get it. Here is the full track listing below for the extended version. The regular version ends at #14.

1. Intro: Chi Ching Ching
2. Lace It
3. So Fine
4. Now That I've Got Your Love
5. Birthday Suit
6. Press It Up
7. Evening Ride
8. Hold My Hand (I'll Be There)feat.Keri Hilson
9. She Want Me
10.Daddy's HOme
11.Bruk Out
12.Pepperpot
13.Wine Baby
14.Running Out Of Time
15.Don't Tease Me
16.Lately
17.She Wanna Be Down
18.Straight From My Heart
19.Private Party
20.I Know U Like It

O.K and for your viewing pleasure here is the Ray Kay directed video for the first single off the album "So Fine".....shot it Miami, it's blazing hot.....

So here are videos of Sean Paul performing on Good Morning America in their Summer Concert Series:

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He even buss a wine and do a likkle Nuh Linga. His dancer's were hot-as expected. They didnt seem to buss a sweat at all. Big up to Farenheit and Jigzagula who backed him up on stage. Of course his Imperial Blaze album release goes down August 18th. His album release show on August 18th at the Highline Ballroom in NYC! Concert starts at 8pm and tickets are $30.00! Buy your tickets now at HighlineBallroom.com! And don't forget to pre-order Sean Paul's new album exclusively at AllSeanPaul.com!
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ABC video of Sean Paul on GMA

Shit, shit...I have been looking forward to Friday July 23rd for the past two plus weeks,right. Why???? Umm cause Sean Pzy is performing on ABC's Good Morning America Summer Concert Series. So I jumped out of bed in a stupor and raced to the TV.... O.k there's some guy camping out in his backyard with his two kids..... ha! they just announced it!!!!!! Yes!

OMG there's still time!!! There's still time!!!! ...Damn he's on right now... I'm out! Review soon come.

Look at Sean Paul and his dancer's on the set of his new video for the single "Press It Up."Looks reall smokin!

Click HERE to see more pics