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{{Short description|British musiciansinger (born 1963)}}
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| name = Seal
| image = Seal 2012 (cropped).jpg
| caption = SealSamuel in [[Sydney]], 2012
| birth_name = Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1963|02|19}}
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| alias = Sealhenry Samuel<ref>{{cite news |last1=Finn |first1=Robin |title=AT LUNCH WITH: Seal; From a Crucible of Early Pain Comes the Gold of Stardom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/05/garden/at-lunch-with-seal-from-a-crucible-of-early-pain-comes-the-gold-of-stardom.html |access-date=19 September 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=5 June 1996 |url-status=live |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721002849/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/05/garden/at-lunch-with-seal-from-a-crucible-of-early-pain-comes-the-gold-of-stardom.html }}</ref><ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=Seal {{!}} Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/seal-mn0000576718/biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=19 September 2018 }}</ref>
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* Musician
* singer
* songwriter
* record producer
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| discography = [[Seal discography]]
| years_active = 1987–present
| genre = {{flatlist|
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* [[Decca Records|Decca]]
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| module = {{Infobox person|embedchild=yes
| awards = [[#Awards and nominations|Full list]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Heidi Klum]]|10 May 2005|14 October 2014|reason=div.}}
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'''Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel'''<ref name="thefreelibrary.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/pounds+10m+SEAL'S+MUM+LIVING+IN+SQUALOR.-a061328408|title=pounds 10m SEAL'S MUM LIVING IN SQUALOR. – Free Online Library|website=thefreelibrary.com}}</ref><ref name=musiclaw>{{cite web|url=http://www.musiclawupdates.com/?p=2570 |title=Ongoing Management Commission gets Seal of Approval : Wadlow v Samuel |website=MusicLawUpdates.com |access-date=15 January 2016 |last=Anderson |first=Charlie |date=April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726222559/http://www.musiclawupdates.com/?p=2570 |archive-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> (born 19 February 1963) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.<ref name=guardian20100916>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/16/seal-interview-pop|title=Seal: The reluctant pop star|last=Batey|first=Angus|date=16 September 2010|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|access-date=25 November 2012}}</ref> He hasis soldthe overrecipient of three [[Brit Awards]], four [[Grammy Awards]], and an [[MTV Video Music Award]], with sold 20 million recordsalbums worldwideor singles sold by October 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Acclaimed Singer And Songwriter Seal Returns With Second Set Of Soul Classics, Soul 2, Due for Release in the US on January 31st, 2012, From Warner Bros. Records; The First Single, "Let's Stay Together," Impacts Radio Today |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Acclaimed-Singer-Songwriter-iw-214514235.html |work=[[Reprise Records]] |publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|access-date=30 October 2011|date=24 October 2011}}</ref> TheseHe includesigned hitwith record producer [[Trevor Horn]]'s [[ZTT Records]] to release his [[Seal (1991 album)|eponymous debut studio album]] (1991). Met with critical and commercial success, it spawned the songssingles "[[Crazy (Seal song)|Crazy]]" and "[[Killer (Adamski song)|Killer]]", thewhich latterpeaked ofat whichnumbers wenttwo to numberand one inon the [[UK singles chart]], andrespectively, hiswhile mostboth celebratedentered songthe US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. His 1994 single, "[[Kiss from a Rose]]", whichpeaked wasatop releasedthe inlatter 1994.chart after its inclusion on the film soundtracks for ''[[The NeverEnding Story III]]'' and ''[[Batman Forever]]''.
 
"Kiss from a Rose" spawned from [[Seal has(1994 wonalbum)|Seal's multiplesecond awardseponymous throughoutstudio hisalbum]] career(1994), includingwhich threepeaked atop the [[BritUK AwardsAlbums Chart]]; healong wonwith its predecessor. His following albums—''[[BritHuman AwardBeing for(album)|Human BritishBeing]]'' Male(1998), Solo''[[Seal ArtistIV]]'' (2003), ''[[System (album)|BestSystem]]'' British(2007), Male''[[Soul (Seal album)|Soul]]'' in(2008), 1992.''[[Seal He6: hasCommitment]]'' also(2010), won''[[Soul four2]]'' (2011), ''[[Grammy7 Awards(Seal album)|7]]'' and(2015), anand ''[[MTVStandards Video(Seal Music Awardalbum)|Standards]]'' (2017)—were each met with critical praise.<ref name="ISREAL">{{cite web|date=16 October 2015|title=History|url=https://www.biography.com/musician/seal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410104546/https://www.biography.com/musician/seal|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2020|access-date=15 January 2016|publisher=Brit Awards}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=seal&title=&year=All&genre=All |title=Winners |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> As a songwriter, Seal receivedhas won two [[Ivor Novello Awards]] for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" fromby the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]] for "[[Killer (Adamski song)|Killer]]" (1990) and "Crazy" (1991).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pop-ballads-bite-back-in-lyrical-fashion-david-lister-charts-a-sea-change-away-from-rap-towards-memorable-melodies-1438995.html |last=Lister |first=David |title=Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion: David Lister charts a sea change away from rap towards memorable melodies |work=[[The Independent]] |date=27 May 1994 |access-date=9 February 2023}}</ref>
 
He wasserved as a coach on ''[[The Voice (Australian TV series)|The Voice Australia]]'' in 2012 and 2013,<ref name=TheVoice2014>{{cite web |url=http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8761509 |title=will.i.am and Kylie Minogue join The Voice in 2014 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2014 |website=Nine Network |publisher=ninemsn Pty Ltd |access-date=29 April 2014 |archive-date=6 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306113309/http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8761509 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and returned to Australia to work as a coach in 2017.
 
==Early life and education==
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[[Jeff Beck]] and Seal performed a cover of "[[Manic Depression (song)|Manic Depression]]" for the 1993 album ''[[Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix]]''. Seal also contributed vocals to a cover of [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]" for the 2010 [[Herbie Hancock]] album, ''[[The Imagine Project]]'' along with [[Pink (singer)|P!nk]], [[India.Arie]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Konono Nº1]], [[Oumou Sangaré]] and others.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36827 |title=The Imagine Project |magazine=All About Jazz |date=21 June 2010 |access-date=29 November 2010}}</ref>
 
After Seal regrouped with Trevor Horn, his second album, also [[Seal (1994 album)|self-titled]], was released in 1994. A success, the album featured the singles "[[Prayer for the Dying]]" and "[[Newborn Friend]]", and later received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. "Prayer for the Dying" became a minor pop hit in the US, peaking at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. A third single, "[[Kiss from a Rose]]", performed modestly when released, but was later featured to much wider popularity when it was remixed for the soundtrack to ''[[Batman Forever]]''. "Kiss from a Rose" won a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year]] in 1996, becoming Seal's best-performing single on the US market (it topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in late August 1995) and hit number four in the UK.<ref name="UKChart">Roberts, David (2006). [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]. London: Guinness World Records Limited</ref><ref name="Billboard"/>
 
In 1998, Seal released ''[[Human Being (album)|Human Being]]''. The album was the product of a turbulent time in his life, including a split and later reconciliation with producer Horn, as well as Seal's parting with ZTT Records and his signing with [[Warner Bros. Records]] in 1997. The record was panned upon its release. It received gold record certification by the [[RIAA]] just two months after its release date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/ |title=Home |publisher=RIAA |date=3 November 2015 |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The album provided threetwo singles, – "[[Human Beings", "Latest(song)|Human CrazeBeings]]", and "Lost My Faith".
 
=== 2000s ===
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On 15 November 2014, Seal joined the charity group [[Band Aid 30]] along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording the latest version of the track "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" at [[Sarm West Studios]] in [[Notting Hill]], London, to raise money for the [[2014 Ebola outbreaks|2014 Ebola crisis]] in West Africa.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Band Aid 30: One Direction among celebrity line-up|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=10 November 2014|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Seal was cast as [[Pontius Pilate]] in [[Tyler Perry]]'s musical rendition of ''[[The Passion (U.S. TV special)|The Passion]]'', which aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on 20 March 2016.<ref name="thewrap-seal">{{cite web|title=Seal Cast as Pontius Pilate for Fox's 'The Passion'|url=http://www.thewrap.com/seal-cast-as-pontius-pilate-for-foxs-the-passion/|website=The Wrap|date=4 February 2016|access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>
 
Seal began work on a new album, initially entitled ''Let Yourself'', produced again by Horn. In February 2015, Horn said the album was nearly finished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-SH22suqmo | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/N-SH22suqmo| archive-date=2021-10-28|title=ME1 TV Talks To... Trevor Horn | date=9 February 2015|via=YouTube |access-date=15 January 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Seal later re-signed to Perfect Songs and had a two-week writing period in Horn's Los Angeles studio booked for October 2012. [[Stewart Copeland]] (formerly of [[the Police]]) said that month on his Twitter feed that Trevor Horn and Lol Crème were working with Seal on a project. In April 2013, Seal said on Twitter that the new album would be released in about June (which did not eventuate), and that tracks to be included were "Let Yourself", "Do You Ever", and "Laying with an Angel".<ref>{{cite web|author=Henry Potts |url=http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/wnalum.htm#horn |title=Where are they now? – Former Yes members |website=Bondegezou.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The album was later retitled ''Beautifully Scarred''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://instagram.com/p/5mo0tmQgAa/ |title=Instagram |via=Instagram |access-date=15 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103840/https://www.instagram.com/p/5mo0tmQgAa/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 10 September 2015, Seal announced that the album, now named ''[[7 (Seal album)|7]]'', would be released on 6 November 2015.
 
Seal released the album ''[[Standards (Seal album)|Standards]]'' in November 2017. The album was produced by classical crossover composer [[Nick Patrick (record producer)|Nick Patrick]]. It received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2018 Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=GRAMMY Award Results for Seal |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/seal/6331 |website=grammy.com |access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>
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!scope="row" rowspan=34|[[BMI Awards|BMI Pop Awards]]
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| "[[Crazy (Seal song)|Crazy]]"
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| "[[Love's Divine]]"
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| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/20050518_3_doors_down_lil_jon_emi_top_bmi_pop_awards_paul_simon_honored | title=3 Doors Down, Lil Jon, EMI Top BMI Pop Awards; Paul Simon Honored as Icon | date=17 May 2005 }}</ref>
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