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. [1] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15633,00.html?rssceleb)

On 10 January 2005, Seal slammed rappers for portraying women negatively in both their videos and lyrics.

Discography

Albums

• 1991 Seal (1991) (Sire Records) #1 UK
• 1994 Seal (1994) (Sire Records) #1 UK, #15 US
• 1998 Human Being (Sire Records) #22 US
• 2003 Seal (2003) (Sire Records) #4 UK, #3 US
• 2004 Best 1991-2004 (Warner Bros. Records) (compilation) #27 UK

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)"
  • 1996 "Don't Cry" #33 US
• 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.com (http://www.seal.com/)
• A photo of him (http://www.seal.com/seal/photos/seal5_2.cfm#)