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Seal (Musician)Seal (born February 19, 1963) is a British soul vocalist. Born Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel, in Paddington, England, his parents were Adebisi Samuel, a Nigerian immigrant, and Francis Samuel, a Brazilian immigrant. A childhood bout of lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring. After school, he studied architecture and engineering. Featured vocalist on the Adamski single, "Killer", which was a UK number one hit in 1990 (he signed a contract to Sire Records), he subsequently had solo hits such as "Crazy", "Prayer for the Dying", and "Kiss from a Rose" in 1995, which appeared in the film Batman Forever. In 1996 he covered the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle" for the Space Jam soundtrack. He has released three self-titled albums in 1991, 1994 and 2003. The first single released of the 2003 album was called "Get It Together". On January 4 2005 Seal announced his engagement to German supermodel Heidi Klum. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15633,00.html?rssceleb Klum is currently expecting a child from Seal. On January 10, 2005 Seal slammed rappers for portraying women negatively in both their videos and lyrics. Discography Albums Hit singles - from "Seal (1991)"
- 1990 "Crazy" #2 UK, #7 US
- 1991 "Future Love EP" #12 UK
- 1991 "The Beginning" #24 UK
- 1991 "Killer EP" #8 UK
- 1992 "Violet" #39 UK
- from "Seal (1994)"
- 1994 "Prayer for the Dying" #14 UK, #21 US
- 1994 "Kiss from a Rose" #20 UK
- from "Batman Forever" soundtrack
- 1995 "Kiss from a Rose/I'm Alive" (re-issue) #4 UK, #1 US
- from "Seal (1994)"
- from "Space Jam" soundtrack
- 1997 "Fly Like an Eagle" #13 UK, #10 US
- from "Visions" (album by Jakatta)
- 2002 "My Vision" (Jakatta feat. Seal) #6 UK
- from "Seal (2003)"
- 2003 "Get It Together" #25 UK
See also: list of musicians with multiple self-titled albums External links Seal Seal Seal Seal
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