Shaggy

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Rapper • Singer • Songwriter

Birth Date: October 22, 1968

Age: 56 years old

Birth Place: Kingston, Jamaica

Shaggy is a Jamaican musician who put a sunny pop sheen on his home country's classic reggae sounds, leading to massive worldwide success. In the United States, he holds the distinction of being a one-hit wonder in two decades, the nineties and the early 2000s.

Born Orville Richard Burrell on October 22, 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica, Shaggy took singing lessons as a teenager, and honed his musical voice and persona while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Persian Gulf War. In 1993 he released his debut album, "Pure Pleasure" (1993), which included a number of UK dancehall hits, but unfortunately his sophomore effort, "Original Doberman" (1994), failed to chart.

He bounced back quickly, however, with his third album, "Boombastic" (1995), the title track of which was a huge hit in both the U.S. and the UK, earning Shaggy the title of "Mr. Lover Lover." Once again, despite the success of "Boombastic," he failed to keep the momentum going, and his fourth album, "Midnite Lover" (1997), stalled on the charts.

Shaggy took his time with his fifth album, crafting a number of big pop gems. His work paid off in spades: "Hot Shot" (2000) would go on to sell over six million copies in the U.S. alone, largely thanks to the ubiquity of its lead single, "It Wasn't Me," a tongue-in-cheek ode to infidelity. During this time, Shaggy did a lot of soundtrack work, making original songs for the films "Scooby-Doo" (2002), "Showtime" (2002), and "Ali G Indahouse" (2002).

Though his next album, "Lucky Day" (2002) went gold, it came nowhere near matching the massive success of "Hot Shot." His next two albums, "Clothes Drop" (2005) and "Intoxication" (2007) also failed to chart.

In the ensuing years, Shaggy focused more on touring, performing concerts all over the world, on nearly every continent. Eventually he found his way back into the studio, and in 2011 he released two albums, the collaborative effort "Shaggy & Friends" (2011) and a proper solo album, "Summer in Kingston" (2011). A European edition of "Summer in Kingston," which was retitled "Rise" (2012) was released the following year.

Following another round of world touring, Shaggy released his eleventh album, "Out of Many, One Music" (2013), in 2013. After devoting the next few years to one-off single collaborations and his live show, Shaggy teamed up with an unlikely musical foil: Sting.

The two collaborated on an old school roots reggae album, "44/876" (2018) and toured together throughout the year. Critics were pleasantly surprised by the album, and it won the Grammy for Reggae Album of the Year. Shaggy's next album, "Wah Gwaan?!" (2019), was released in 2019.

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Live with Kelly and MarkStream

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Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall

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Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall

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Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon

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2022

Isle Of Wight Festival 2022

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DJ Cassidy's Pass the Mic: BET Afterparty 2022

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Never Mind the Buzzcocks

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2021

A National Salute to America's Heroes

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Spice, Sean Paul & Shaggy: Go Down Deh

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Classic Reggae

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GMA3: What You Need to Know

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Shaggy's 00s Hot Shots

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At Home and Social

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Darkiel feat. Shaggy & Maffio: Me siento bien

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Latin Crossover

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Conkarah: Banana (DJ FLe Minisiren Remix)

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Steven Malcom: Fuego

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Essentials: Karol G

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2020

Shaggy Feat. Ding Dong & Ne-Yo: Holiday in Jamaica

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2020

Darkiel FEAT.Shaggy, Maffio, Dalex: Me Siento Bien (Remix)

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2020

Juicebox: Bust a Move! Vol.IV

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2019

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade

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2019

Disney Channel Holiday Party @ Walt Disney World

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The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration

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2019

The Wonderful World of Disney Presents The Little Mermaid Live!Stream

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2019

Access Daily

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2019

Tamron HallStream

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2019

The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

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2019

Sting & Shaggy au château d'Hérouville

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Today With Hoda & Jenna

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Strahan & Sara

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Shaggy: Use Me

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Shaggy Feat. Alexander Stewart: You

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Shaggy Feat. Noah Powa: Money Up

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Best of Shaggy

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2019

Intl Reggae Day

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2019

Shaggy's Pioneers

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2019

Maxi Priest Feat. Shaggy: I'm Alright

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Conkarah Feat. Shaggy: Banana

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2019

GMA Day

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2018

The Queen's Birthday Party

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2018

Late Late Show With James Corden: Best of the Week

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2018

Sting Feat. Shaggy: Don't Make Me Wait

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2018

Play Hits - Total Black

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2018

Karol G & Shaggy Feat. El Capitaan & Sekuence: Tu Pum Pum

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2018

Shaggy: Why

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2018

Shaggy & Massari: Why

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2018

Sting Feat. Shaggy: Just One Lifetime

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2018

Sting Feat. Shaggy: Gotta Get Back My Baby

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2018

Fishcenter Live

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2017

Drop the MicStream

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2017

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2017

Glastonbury 2017

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2017

Live with Kelly and Ryan

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2017

All Round to Mrs Brown's

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2017

Cali Y El Dandee Feat. Shaggy: Lumbra

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2017

Shaggy Feat. OMI: Seasons

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2017

Didi J Feat. Shaggy: Say No More

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2017

Play Hits - Reggae Vibration Collection

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2016

Shaggy Feat. Jovi Rockwell: I Got You

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2016

Shaggy: I Got You

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2016

Shaggy Feat. Pitbull & Gene Noble: Only Love (Luca Schrenier Island House Mix)

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2016

Shaggy feat Chronixx: Bridges

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2015

iHeartRadio Summer Pool Party 2015

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2015

The Late Late Show With James Corden

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Speakeasy

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2015

Farruko Feat. Nicky Jam, Shaggy: Sunset

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Alex Sensation Feat. Shaggy, Yandel: Báilame

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Shaggy Feat. Gene Noble: Only Love

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2015

The King's Son Feat. Shaggy: I'm Not Rich (Hitimpulse Remix)

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2015

Shaggy: That Love

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2015

Shaggy: Go F... Yourself (GFY)

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2015

Good Morning Britain

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2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

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2014

Shaggy Feat. Mohomi, Faydee and Costi: Habibi Love (I Need Your Love)

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2014

Shaggy Feat. Melissa Musique: If You Slip, U Slide (You Could Be Mine)

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2014

The Social

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2013

Shaggy Feat. Ne-Yo: You Girl

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2013

Barrington Levy, Beenie Man, Cocoa Tea, Freddie McGregor, Mr. Vegas, Shaggy, T.O.K & U Roy: The Voices Of Sweet Jamaica

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2012

Larry King NowStream

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2012

Shaggy: Live at Chiemsee Reggae Summer

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2012

Sunday Brunch

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2011

The Marilyn Denis Show

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2011

The Marilyn Denis Show

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2011

Shaggy: Sugarcane

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2011

The Talk

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2010

Lorraine

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2010

Shaggy Feat. Barrington Levy: Broadway

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2010

The Project

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2009

Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream

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2009

The Wendy Williams Show

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2008

The Wendy Williams Show

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2008

X Factor

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2008

Shaggy Feat.Tony Gold, Rik Rok: Bonafide Girl

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2007

Shaggy: Church Heathen

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2007

Shaggy Feat. Akon: What's Love

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2007

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2006

The One Show

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2006

etalk

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2006

Shaggy Feat. Brian Gold & Tony Gold: Hey Sexy Lady

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Entertainment Tonight Canada

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2005

Shaggy Feat. Na'sha: Ultimatum

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2005

Shaggy Feat. Olivia: Wild 2Nite

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2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

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2003

American Idol

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2003
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Shaggy: Strength of a Woman

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2002

Shaggy: It Wasn't Me

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2000

Shaggy Feat. Rayvon: Angel

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2000

Shaggy Feat. Rayvon: Angel

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2000

Shaggy Feat. RikRok: It Wasn't Me

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2000

The HughleysStream

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1998

The View

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1997

Shaggy: Boombastic

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1995

Later ... with Jools Holland

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1992

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

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1992

Good Morning America

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Saturday Night LiveStream

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Today

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