Sean Kingston

Kisean Paul Anderson (born February 3, 1990), known professionally as Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican-American singer and rapper.

His 2007 debut single, "Beautiful Girls" reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and was followed up with "Eenie Meenie" (with Justin Bieber) and "Take You There."

The singles preceded the release of his eponymous debut studio album (2007), which peaked at number six on the Billboard 200.

He was signed to producer J. R. Rotem's record label Beluga Heights Records in 2007, but parted ways with the label after his third album and launched his own label, Time Is Money Entertainment in the meantime.

In a venture between Epic Records and Koch Records, Kingston recorded and released the single "Beautiful Girls" in May 2007.

The song peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

"Beautiful Girls" was a success internationally, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

In the latter country, the song spent four weeks at the summit of the UK Singles Chart.

In 2007, Kingston was the opening act for Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape Tour and for select dates on Beyoncé's The Beyoncé Experience tour.

In 2008, he was one of the opening acts for the Australian leg of Kelly Clarkson's My December Tour.

He followed up with his second and third albums, Tomorrow (2009)—which contained the single "Fire Burning"—and Back to Life (2013).

The album Tomorrow was released on September 22, 2009.

Producers involved in the album included former Fugee Wyclef Jean; RedOne (of recent Lady Gaga fame); plus Sean's original mentor, J. R. Rotem.

"Fire Burning" and "Face Drop" were released as singles.

Additionally, five promotional digital singles were released leading up to the album.

Kingston co-wrote Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say".

He also found the R&B-reggae singer Iyaz on MySpace and signed him to J. R. Rotem's record label.

Through the label, he signed then-unknown Canadian singer Tory Lanez in 2010.

Born Kisean Paul Anderson in Miami, Florida, Kingston was the first of three children born to Janice Turner.

Kingston's family moved to their native Kingston, Jamaica when he was six.

Kingston attended Ocho Rios High School in Ocho Rios for three years before migrating back to the United States.

His grandfather was the noted Jamaican reggae producer Lawrence "Jack Ruby" Lindo.

Kingston was discovered on YouTube by Matt Tobin at Beluga Heights Records, and signed to the label in a partnership deal with Sony.

In an interview with HitQuarters label head and producer J. R. Rotem described this process with regards to Kingston:

"'Sean Kingston was a rapper when we found him and it was a development process to get him more melodic. At Beluga we essentially refine the talent so that it's more of a marketable product.'"

He also recorded the track "Miss Everything" for the UK girl-group Sugababes studio album Sweet 7 which was released March 15, 2010, in the UK.

Kingston and DJ Khaled are being featured on Bow Wow's new single "For My Hood", from the movie, The Lottery Ticket.

He had a performance in the O2 Arena where he was supported by Mumzy Stranger.

The album features T-Pain, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Flo Rida, Soulja Boy, Wyclef Jean, Cher Lloyd, Akon and Green Eyed Tayla.

The first single from the album is "Eenie Meenie" featuring Justin Bieber, released on March 23, 2010, which is also included on Bieber's My World 2.0 album.

The second single from the album is "Letting Go (Dutty Love)", which features a verse from Nicki Minaj.

It was released on iTunes August 3, while the third is "Dumb Love" and was released on iTunes September 8.

Sean Kingston's new song "She Moves" samples Irena Cara's "What a Feeling" from the film Flashdance.

A fourth single "Party All Night (Sleep All Day)" was released on December 21, 2010.

Kingston represented the continents of North and South America to sing the Official Theme Song of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, "Everyone".

He collaborated with four other artists representing their continent, South African Jody Williams representing Africa, Singaporean Tabitha Nauser (Asia), Briton Steve Appleton (Europe), and Australian Jessica Mauboy representing Oceania.

However, Kingston was unable to attend the Singapore Youth Olympics 2010 opening ceremony due to passport mix-ups.

Sean was invited to be featured with Cash Money Records/former So So Def member Bow Wow on his single "For My Hood".

He performed the song with Bow Wow and DJ Khaled on BET's television program 106 & Park the day after release.

Kingston planned to release a mixtape with pop star Justin Bieber, called Our World.