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{{short description|English singer–songwriter and record producer from Hounslow}}
{{short description|British singer}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name            = Jay Sean
| name            = Jay Sean
| image            = Jay Sean - 2009 India Day Parade.jpg
| image            = JaySean-3110.jpg
| alias            = MC Nicky J
| alias            = MC Nicky J
| caption          = Sean in 2009
| caption          = Sean in 2011
| image_size      =
| image_size      =
| native_name      =  
| native_name      =  
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| alma_mater      = [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry|Barts]], [[Queen Mary University of London|QMUL]]
| alma_mater      = [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry|Barts]], [[Queen Mary University of London|QMUL]]
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|3|26}}
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|3|26}}
| birth_place      = [[London]], [[England]]
| birth_place      = [[London]], England
| spouse          = {{marriage|[[Thara Prashad]]|2009}}
| spouse          = {{marriage|[[Thara Prashad]]|2009}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Singer-songwriter|record producer|arranger}}
| occupation      = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|record producer|arranger}}
| years_active    = 2002–present  
| years_active    = 2002–present  
| children        = 2
| children        = 2
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| misc            = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| misc            = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background      = solo_singer<!--mandatory field-->
| background      = solo_singer<!--mandatory field-->
| instrument      = Vocals, guitar, piano
| instrument      = Vocals
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]]|[[British soul|soul]]}}
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]]|[[British soul|soul]]}}
| label            = {{hlist|Jayded|[[Universal Republic Records|Universal Republic]]|[[Universal Motown Records|Universal Motown]]|[[Cash Money Records|Cash Money]]|[[2Point9 Records|2Point9]]|[[Motown]]|[[Republic Records|Republic]]|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}}
| label            = {{hlist|Jayded|[[Universal Republic Records|Universal Republic]]|[[Universal Motown Records|Universal Motown]]|[[Cash Money Records|Cash Money]]|[[2Point9 Records|2Point9]]|[[Motown]]|[[Republic Records|Republic]]|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]]|[[Guru Randhawa]]|[[Juggy D]]|[[Lil Wayne]]|[[Orange Factory Music]]|[[Rishi Rich]]|[[Sean Paul]]}}
| past_member_of = [[Rishi Rich #The Rishi Rich Project|The Rishi Rich Project]]
| website          = {{url|www.jaysean.com}}
| website          = {{url|jaysean.com}}
}}}}
}}}}


'''Kamaljit Singh Jhooti'''<ref name=ExpIndia>{{cite news | url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/jay-talking/366492/ | newspaper=Express India | access-date=16 May 2009 | date=27 September 2008 | title=Jay Talking | first=Pallavi | last=Jassi | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905032300/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/jay-talking/366492/ | archive-date=5 September 2009}}</ref><ref name=Ind>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nick-cave-brixton-academy-london-br-jay-sean-scala-london-533444.html | newspaper=The Independent | access-date=16 May 2009 | date=14 November 2004 | title=Nick Cave, Brixton Academy, London Jay Sean, Scala, London | first=Simon | last=Price | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728233350/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nick-cave-brixton-academy-london-br-jay-sean-scala-london-533444.html | archive-date=28 July 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> (born 26 March 1981),<ref name=allmusic /> better known by the stage name '''Jay Sean''', is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger.<ref name=BoomBox>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Says He's a 'More Serious' Beatboxer Than Justin Timberlake|date=3 December 2009|author=Nadeska Alexis|publisher=The BoomBox|url=http://www.theboombox.com/2009/12/03/jay-sean-says-hes-a-more-serious-beatboxer-than-justin-timber|access-date=3 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212191611/http://www.theboombox.com/2009/12/03/jay-sean-says-hes-a-more-serious-beatboxer-than-justin-timber/|archive-date=12 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> He debuted in the UK's [[Asian Underground]] scene as a member of the [[Rishi Rich Project]] with "[[Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)|Dance with You]]", which reached No. 12 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 2003. This led to him being signed to [[Virgin Records]] and having two UK top 10 hits as a solo artist in 2004: "[[Eyes on You (Jay Sean song)|Eyes on You]]" at No. 6 and "[[Stolen (Jay Sean song)|Stolen]]" at #4. They were included in his critically acclaimed debut album ''[[Me Against Myself]]'' which,<ref name=Star>{{cite web|date=15 October 2007|title=Smooth R&B|author=Jason Cheah|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|url=http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/15/music/19148271&sec=music|access-date=8 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015070229/http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F10%2F15%2Fmusic%2F19148271&sec=music|archive-date=15 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> though only moderately successful in the UK, sold more than two million copies across Asia and remains his most successful album to date.<ref name=About>{{cite web|author=Bill Lamb|title=Jay Sean|website=[[About.com]]|url=http://top40.about.com/od/s/p/jaysean.htm|access-date=14 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924024639/http://top40.about.com/od/s/p/jaysean.htm|archive-date=24 September 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Independent>{{cite news|title=Jay Sean: Ahead of the race|author=Nick Duerden|work=[[The Independent]]|date=6 December 2009|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jay-sean-ahead-of-the-race-1832823.html|access-date=3 December 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208022951/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jay-sean-ahead-of-the-race-1832823.html|archive-date=8 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mansized/> Alongside the Rishi Rich Project, Sean was a pioneer of [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]]-R&B [[Fusion (music)|fusion]], which his debut album helped popularize among the worldwide [[Desi|South Asian diaspora]].<ref name=AsianID>{{YouTube|6ZG_y_UlrZg|Jay Sean- Interview part 1/3}}</ref>
'''Kamaljit Singh Jhooti'''<ref name=ExpIndia>{{cite news | url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/jay-talking/366492/ | newspaper=Express India | access-date=16 May 2009 | date=27 September 2008 | title=Jay Talking | first=Pallavi | last=Jassi | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905032300/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/jay-talking/366492/ | archive-date=5 September 2009}}</ref><ref name=Ind>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nick-cave-brixton-academy-london-br-jay-sean-scala-london-533444.html | newspaper=The Independent | access-date=16 May 2009 | date=14 November 2004 | title=Nick Cave, Brixton Academy, London Jay Sean, Scala, London | first=Simon | last=Price | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728233350/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nick-cave-brixton-academy-london-br-jay-sean-scala-london-533444.html | archive-date=28 July 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> (born 26 March 1981),<ref name=allmusic /> better known by the stage name '''Jay Sean''', is a British singer and songwriter. He debuted in the UK's [[Asian Underground]] scene as a member of the [[Rishi Rich Project]] with "[[Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)|Dance with You]]", which reached No. 12 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 2003. This led to him being signed to [[Virgin Records]] and having two UK top 10 hits as a solo artist in 2004: "[[Eyes on You (Jay Sean song)|Eyes on You]]" at No. 6 and "[[Stolen (Jay Sean song)|Stolen]]" at #4. They were included in his critically acclaimed debut album ''[[Me Against Myself]]'' which,<ref name=Star>{{cite web|date=15 October 2007|title=Smooth R&B|author=Jason Cheah|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|url=http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/15/music/19148271&sec=music|access-date=8 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015070229/http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F10%2F15%2Fmusic%2F19148271&sec=music|archive-date=15 October 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> though only moderately successful in the UK, sold more than two million copies across Asia and remains his most successful album to date.<ref name=About>{{cite web|author=Bill Lamb|title=Jay Sean|website=[[About.com]]|url=http://top40.about.com/od/s/p/jaysean.htm|access-date=14 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924024639/http://top40.about.com/od/s/p/jaysean.htm|archive-date=24 September 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Independent>{{cite news|title=Jay Sean: Ahead of the race|author=Nick Duerden|work=[[The Independent]]|date=6 December 2009|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jay-sean-ahead-of-the-race-1832823.html|access-date=3 December 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208022951/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jay-sean-ahead-of-the-race-1832823.html|archive-date=8 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=mansized/> Alongside the Rishi Rich Project, Sean was a pioneer of [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]]-R&B [[Fusion (music)|fusion]], which his debut album helped popularize among the worldwide [[Desi|South Asian diaspora]].<ref name=AsianID>{{YouTube|6ZG_y_UlrZg|Jay Sean- Interview part 1/3}}</ref>


He eventually left Virgin in 2006 and founded his own independent label, Jayded Records. After a gap of nearly four years, he returned in 2008 with "[[Ride It (Jay Sean song)|Ride It]]", which reached No. 11 in the UK and topped the charts in several Eastern European countries, including Romania where it was one of the [[End-Year Chart 2008 (Romania)|best-selling singles of the year]]. It was followed by hits such as "[[Maybe (Jay Sean song)|Maybe]]", which reached No. 7 on the [[Japan Hot 100]],<ref name=Japan>{{cite web |title= Japan Hot 100 |publisher= [[Billboard charts]] |date= 8 August 2008 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100?chartDate=8%20August%202008 |access-date= 15 December 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161110014352/http://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100?chartDate=8%20August%202008 |archive-date= 10 November 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref> and "[[Tonight (Jay Sean song)|Tonight]]". They were included in his second album, ''[[My Own Way (album)|My Own Way]]'', which became his most successful album on the [[UK Albums Chart]], reaching {{nobr|No. 6}}, and topped the [[UK R&B Chart]]. At around this time, he began increasingly incorporating [[Synthpop|electropop]] sounds into his [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] music.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7514155/Jay-Sean-and-Taio-Cruz-wowing-America.html | location=New York | work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] | title=Jay Sean and Taio Cruz wowing America | first=Neil | last=McCormick | date=24 March 2010 | access-date=12 September 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824032750/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7514155/Jay-Sean-and-Taio-Cruz-wowing-America.html | archive-date=24 August 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref>
He eventually left Virgin in 2006 and founded his own independent label, Jayded Records. After a gap of nearly four years, he returned in 2008 with "[[Ride It (Jay Sean song)|Ride It]]", which reached No. 11 in the UK and topped the charts in several Eastern European countries, including Romania where it was one of the [[End-Year Chart 2008 (Romania)|best-selling singles of the year]]. It was followed by hits such as "[[Maybe (Jay Sean song)|Maybe]]", which reached No. 7 on the [[Japan Hot 100]],<ref name=Japan>{{cite web |title= Japan Hot 100 |publisher= [[Billboard charts]] |date= 8 August 2008 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100?chartDate=8%20August%202008 |access-date= 15 December 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161110014352/http://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100?chartDate=8%20August%202008 |archive-date= 10 November 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref> and "[[Tonight (Jay Sean song)|Tonight]]". They were included in his second album, ''[[My Own Way (album)|My Own Way]]'', which became his most successful album on the [[UK Albums Chart]], reaching {{nobr|No. 6}}, and topped the [[UK R&B Chart]]. At around this time, he began increasingly incorporating [[Synthpop|electropop]] sounds into his [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] music.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7514155/Jay-Sean-and-Taio-Cruz-wowing-America.html | location=New York | work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] | title=Jay Sean and Taio Cruz wowing America | first=Neil | last=McCormick | date=24 March 2010 | access-date=12 September 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824032750/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7514155/Jay-Sean-and-Taio-Cruz-wowing-America.html | archive-date=24 August 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref>


From 2009 up to 2014, he was signed to [[Cash Money Records]]. In 2009, his American debut single "[[Down (Jay Sean song)|Down]]" topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], making him the first solo artist of [[South Asian ethnic groups|South Asian origin]] and first UK urban act to top the Hot 100.<ref>{{citation|title=Jay Sean's the Urban US legend|work=Daily Mirror|date=10 October 2009|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|access-date=30 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013001217/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|archive-date=13 October 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the seventh-best selling song of 2009, having sold more than three million copies in the United States that year,<ref name=Caulfield>{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift Edges Susan Boyle For 2009's Top-Selling Album|author=Keith Caulfield|work=Billboard|date=6 January 2010|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960801/taylor-swift-edges-susan-boyle-for-2009s-top-selling-album|access-date=7 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427000452/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960801/taylor-swift-edges-susan-boyle-for-2009s-top-selling-album|archive-date=27 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=rpulse>{{cite news |title=Jared Cotter – From American Idol to Idol Hit Maker |publisher=rPulse |date=18 November 2009 }}</ref><ref name=z100>{{YouTube|YJ3cukGhD80|Jay Sean performing at z100's ALL ACCESS LOUNGE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=After 2,000 gigs, Hounslow singer tops the US charts|author=Arifa Akbar|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 October 2009|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/after-2000-gigs-hounslow-singer-tops-the-us-charts-1811724.html|access-date=30 October 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126142734/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/after-2000-gigs-hounslow-singer-tops-the-us-charts-1811724.html|archive-date=26 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> eventually reaching six million sales in the United States,<ref>{{cite web|title=Searchable Database |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |access-date=21 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archive-date=26 June 2007 }}</ref> making him the most successful British/European male urban artist in US chart history at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Youngs |first=Ian |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269400.stm |title=British R&B star conquers America |work=BBC News |date=23 September 2009 |access-date=8 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926060623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269400.stm |archive-date=26 September 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=streettalkin>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Live Interview with Jessie Jordan Q102 Philadelphia Jingle Ball|publisher=StreetTalkin|date=14 December 2009|url=http://streettalkin.com/streettalkin-video-jay-sean-live-interview-with-jessie-jordan-q102-philadelphia-jingle-ball|access-date=15 December 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208141936/http://streettalkin.com/streettalkin-video-jay-sean-live-interview-with-jessie-jordan-q102-philadelphia-jingle-ball|archive-date=8 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2011, it is the fifth best selling song by a British artist in the digital era.<ref name="Grein"/> It was soon followed by another hit, "[[Do You Remember (Jay Sean song)|Do You Remember]]", which has sold more than a million copies in the US,<ref name=musicweek>{{cite magazine|title=Lady Antebellum top US chart|author=Alan Jones|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=5 February 2010|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1039924&c=1|access-date=15 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207181344/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1039924&c=1|archive-date=7 February 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and entered the top ten on the Hot 100,<ref name=Do-You-Remember>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean|publisher=[[Billboard charts]]|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jay sean|chart=all}}|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> making him the first male act since [[Chingy]] in 2003 to "simultaneously appear in the Hot 100 top 10 with his first two charting singles."<ref name=Billboard-Article>{{cite web|title=Ke$ha Controls Hot 100 Summit for a Second Week|author=Silvio Pietroluongo|work=Billboard|date=31 December 2009|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266295/keha-controls-hot-100-summit-for-a-second-week|access-date=31 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629093900/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266295/keha-controls-hot-100-summit-for-a-second-week|archive-date=29 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> They were included in his American-debut album ''[[All or Nothing (Jay Sean album)|All or Nothing]]'', which debuted at No. 37 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and reached No. 11 on the Japan [[Oricon]] Albums Chart.<ref name=Oricon/> Sean has also been a featured artist on several hits including "[[What Happened to Us]]" by Australian singer [[Jessica Mauboy]], which charted within the top 20 on the [[ARIA]] singles chart and certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]].<ref name="AUS">{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jessica+Mauboy+feat%2E+Jay+Sean&titel=What+Happened+To+Us&cat=s |title=Jessica Mauboy feat. Jay Sean – What Happened To Us |publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]. Hung Medien |access-date=2011-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722024442/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jessica+Mauboy+feat%2E+Jay+Sean&titel=What+Happened+To+Us&cat=s |archive-date=22 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sean was ranked No. 35 in ''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot 100 Artists of 2009.<ref name=Hot-100-Artists>{{cite web|title=Best of 2009: Hot 100 Artists|publisher=[[Billboard charts]]|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/hot-100-artists?begin=31&order=position|access-date=17 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704205423/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/hot-100-artists?begin=31&order=position|archive-date=4 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
From 2009 up to 2014, he was signed to [[Cash Money Records]]. In 2009, his American debut single "[[Down (Jay Sean song)|Down]]" (featuring [[Lil Wayne]]) topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], making him the first solo artist of [[South Asian ethnic groups|South Asian origin]] and first UK urban act to top the Hot 100.<ref>{{citation|title=Jay Sean's the Urban US legend|work=Daily Mirror|date=10 October 2009|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|access-date=30 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013001217/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|archive-date=13 October 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> It was the seventh-best selling song of 2009, having sold more than three million copies in the United States that year,<ref name=Caulfield>{{cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Edges Susan Boyle For 2009's Top-Selling Album|author=Keith Caulfield|magazine=Billboard|date=6 January 2010|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960801/taylor-swift-edges-susan-boyle-for-2009s-top-selling-album|access-date=7 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427000452/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960801/taylor-swift-edges-susan-boyle-for-2009s-top-selling-album|archive-date=27 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=rpulse>{{cite news |title=Jared Cotter – From American Idol to Idol Hit Maker |publisher=rPulse |date=18 November 2009 }}</ref><ref name=z100>{{YouTube|YJ3cukGhD80|Jay Sean performing at z100's ALL ACCESS LOUNGE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=After 2,000 gigs, Hounslow singer tops the US charts|author=Arifa Akbar|newspaper=The Independent|date=30 October 2009|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/after-2000-gigs-hounslow-singer-tops-the-us-charts-1811724.html|access-date=30 October 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126142734/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/after-2000-gigs-hounslow-singer-tops-the-us-charts-1811724.html|archive-date=26 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> eventually reaching six million sales in the United States,<ref>{{cite web|title=Searchable Database |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |access-date=21 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archive-date=26 June 2007 }}</ref> making him the most successful British/European male urban artist in US chart history at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Youngs |first=Ian |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269400.stm |title=British R&B star conquers America |work=BBC News |date=23 September 2009 |access-date=8 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926060623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269400.stm |archive-date=26 September 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=streettalkin>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Live Interview with Jessie Jordan Q102 Philadelphia Jingle Ball|publisher=StreetTalkin|date=14 December 2009|url=http://streettalkin.com/streettalkin-video-jay-sean-live-interview-with-jessie-jordan-q102-philadelphia-jingle-ball|access-date=15 December 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208141936/http://streettalkin.com/streettalkin-video-jay-sean-live-interview-with-jessie-jordan-q102-philadelphia-jingle-ball|archive-date=8 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2011, it is the fifth best selling song by a British artist in the digital era.<ref name="Grein"/> Its success was matched with his followed-up hit, "[[Do You Remember (Jay Sean song)|Do You Remember]]" (featuring [[Lil Jon]] and [[Sean Paul]]), which has sold more than a million copies in the US,<ref name=musicweek>{{cite magazine|title=Lady Antebellum top US chart|author=Alan Jones|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=5 February 2010|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1039924&c=1|access-date=15 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207181344/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1039924&c=1|archive-date=7 February 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and entered the top ten on the Hot 100,<ref name=Do-You-Remember>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean|publisher=[[Billboard charts]]|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jay sean|chart=all}}|access-date=31 December 2009}}</ref> making him the first male act since [[Chingy]] in 2003 to "simultaneously appear in the Hot 100 top 10 with his first two charting singles."<ref name=Billboard-Article>{{cite magazine|title=Ke$ha Controls Hot 100 Summit for a Second Week|author=Silvio Pietroluongo|magazine=Billboard|date=31 December 2009|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266295/keha-controls-hot-100-summit-for-a-second-week|access-date=31 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629093900/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266295/keha-controls-hot-100-summit-for-a-second-week|archive-date=29 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> They were included in his American-debut album ''[[All or Nothing (Jay Sean album)|All or Nothing]]'', which debuted at No. 37 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and reached No. 11 on the Japan [[Oricon]] Albums Chart.<ref name=Oricon/> Sean has also been a featured artist on several hits including "[[What Happened to Us]]" by Australian singer [[Jessica Mauboy]], which charted within the top 20 on the [[ARIA]] singles chart and certified platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]].<ref name="AUS">{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jessica+Mauboy+feat%2E+Jay+Sean&titel=What+Happened+To+Us&cat=s |title=Jessica Mauboy feat. Jay Sean – What Happened To Us |publisher=[[ARIA Charts]]. Hung Medien |access-date=2011-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722024442/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jessica+Mauboy+feat%2E+Jay+Sean&titel=What+Happened+To+Us&cat=s |archive-date=22 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sean was ranked No. 35 in ''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot 100 Artists of 2009.<ref name=Hot-100-Artists>{{cite web|title=Best of 2009: Hot 100 Artists|publisher=[[Billboard charts]]|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/hot-100-artists?begin=31&order=position|access-date=17 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704205423/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/hot-100-artists?begin=31&order=position|archive-date=4 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
=== Early life and career beginnings===
=== Early life and career beginnings===
Jay Sean was born as Kamaljit Singh Jhooti ({{lang-hi|कमलजीत सिंह झूटी}}; {{lang-pa|ਕਮਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਝੂਤੀ}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}) on March 26th, 1981 in [[Hounslow]], [[West London]] into an [[British Indians|Indian]] [[British Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[British Sikhs|Sikh]] family to parents Sharan Singh Jhooti and Bindi Kaur Jhooti.<ref name=Independent/><ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-sean-mn0000380526/biography|title=Jay Sean Biography|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|website=allmusic|access-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021024901/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-sean-mn0000380526/biography|archive-date=21 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BoomBox/> He was raised in [[Southall]], [[West London]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jay-sean-bad-boy-turned-good-771506.html|title=Jay Sean: Bad boy turned good|last=Eger-Cooper|first=Matilda|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2 November 2009|location=London|date=22 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119043859/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jay-sean-bad-boy-turned-good-771506.html|archive-date=19 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and displayed musical talent at an early age. At age 11, he and his cousin Pritpal Rupra formed a hip hop duo named "Compulsive Disorder". His stage name at the time was [[Master of Ceremonies|MC]] "Nicky J", with the "J" being derived from the first letter of his last name "Jhooti".<ref>[http://simplybhangra.com/interviews/artist-interviews/1047-exclusive-jay-sean-interview Exclusive 'Jay Sean' Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805211828/http://simplybhangra.com/interviews/artist-interviews/1047-exclusive-jay-sean-interview |date=5 August 2009 }}, simplybhangra.com</ref> He eventually came to be known by the nickname "Jay" among his friends.<ref name="Ind"/>
Jay Sean was born as Kamaljit Singh Jhooti ({{lang-hi|कमलजीत सिंह झूटी}}; {{lang-pa|ਕਮਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਝੂਤੀ}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}) on 26 March 1981 in [[Hounslow]], [[West London]] into an [[British Indians|Indian]] [[British Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[British Sikhs|Sikh]] family to parents Sharan Singh Jhooti and Bindi Kaur Jhooti.<ref name=Independent/><ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-sean-mn0000380526/biography|title=Jay Sean Biography|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|website=allmusic|access-date=20 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021024901/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jay-sean-mn0000380526/biography|archive-date=21 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BoomBox>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Says He's a 'More Serious' Beatboxer Than Justin Timberlake|date=3 December 2009|author=Nadeska Alexis|publisher=The BoomBox|url=http://www.theboombox.com/2009/12/03/jay-sean-says-hes-a-more-serious-beatboxer-than-justin-timber|access-date=3 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212191611/http://www.theboombox.com/2009/12/03/jay-sean-says-hes-a-more-serious-beatboxer-than-justin-timber/|archive-date=12 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> He was raised in [[Southall]], [[West London]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jay-sean-bad-boy-turned-good-771506.html|title=Jay Sean: Bad boy turned good|last=Eger-Cooper|first=Matilda|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=2 November 2009|location=London|date=22 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119043859/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jay-sean-bad-boy-turned-good-771506.html|archive-date=19 January 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and displayed musical talent at an early age. At age 11, he and his cousin Pritpal Rupra formed a hip hop duo named "Compulsive Disorder". His stage name at the time was [[Master of Ceremonies|MC]] "Nicky J", with the "J" being derived from the first letter of his last name "Jhooti".<ref>[http://simplybhangra.com/interviews/artist-interviews/1047-exclusive-jay-sean-interview Exclusive 'Jay Sean' Interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805211828/http://simplybhangra.com/interviews/artist-interviews/1047-exclusive-jay-sean-interview |date=5 August 2009 }}, simplybhangra.com</ref> He eventually came to be known by the nickname "Jay" among his friends.<ref name="Ind"/>


He was a student at [[Latymer Upper School]], the same private school that [[Hugh Grant]], [[Heston Blumenthal]] and [[Lily Cole]] had attended.<ref name=Sunday-Times/> He left the school in 1997.<ref name=Latymer>{{cite web |author=Local time: 20:54 |url=http://www.latymer-upper.org/who-s-who.html |title=Who's Who |website=Latymer-upper.org |access-date=31 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314145311/http://www.latymer-upper.org/who-s-who.html |archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> He finished his [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSEs]] as a "straight-A student" and then completed his [[GCE Advanced Level|A Levels]] with an A grade in [[Biology]] and B grades in [[Mathematics]] and [[Chemistry]].<ref name=Sunday-Times>{{cite news|title=Jay Sean: Public schoolboy number one|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=14 February 2010|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7023647.ece|access-date=14 February 2010 | location=London | first=Matt | last=Munday}}</ref> He later enrolled in [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]] at [[Queen Mary University of London]], to study [[Medicine]] before he dropped out in 2003 to pursue a singing career. For his music career, he chose the stage name Jay Sean; "Jay" being his nickname, while "Sean" is derived from "Shaan"—a nickname he was called at home by his grandmother—which means "shining star" or "pride" in the [[Punjabi language]].<ref name="Ind"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean could teach the X Factor contestants a thing or two|author=Nick Curtis|work=Evening Standard|date=16 November 2009|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23770136-jay-sean-could-teach-the-x-factor-contestants-a-thing-or-two.do|access-date=16 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118173758/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23770136-jay-sean-could-teach-the-x-factor-contestants-a-thing-or-two.do|archive-date=18 November 2009}}</ref><ref name=Macwan>{{cite web|author=Heera Macwan |title=Jay Sean Gets Up with 'Down': Pop Singer Tops Charts |website=Buzzine.com |url=http://www.buzzine.com/2009/10/jay-sean-gets-up-with-down/ |access-date=31 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018234417/http://www.buzzine.com/2009/10/jay-sean-gets-up-with-down/ |archive-date=18 October 2010 }}</ref>
He was a student at [[Latymer Upper School]], the same private school that [[Hugh Grant]], [[Heston Blumenthal]] and [[Lily Cole]] had attended.<ref name=Sunday-Times/> He left the school in 1997.<ref name=Latymer>{{cite web |author=Local time: 20:54 |url=http://www.latymer-upper.org/who-s-who.html |title=Who's Who |website=Latymer-upper.org |access-date=31 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314145311/http://www.latymer-upper.org/who-s-who.html |archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> He finished his [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSEs]] as a "straight-A student" and then completed his [[GCE Advanced Level|A Levels]] with an A grade in [[Biology]] and B grades in [[Mathematics]] and [[Chemistry]].<ref name=Sunday-Times>{{cite news|title=Jay Sean: Public schoolboy number one|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=14 February 2010|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7023647.ece|access-date=14 February 2010 | location=London | first=Matt | last=Munday}}</ref> He later enrolled in [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]] at [[Queen Mary University of London]], to study [[Medicine]] before he dropped out in 2003 to pursue a singing career. For his music career, he chose the stage name Jay Sean; "Jay" being his nickname, while "Sean" is derived from "Shaan"—a nickname he was called at home by his grandmother—which means "shining star" or "pride" in the [[Punjabi language]].<ref name="Ind"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean could teach the X Factor contestants a thing or two|author=Nick Curtis|work=Evening Standard|date=16 November 2009|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23770136-jay-sean-could-teach-the-x-factor-contestants-a-thing-or-two.do|access-date=16 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118173758/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23770136-jay-sean-could-teach-the-x-factor-contestants-a-thing-or-two.do|archive-date=18 November 2009}}</ref><ref name=Macwan>{{cite web|author=Heera Macwan |title=Jay Sean Gets Up with 'Down': Pop Singer Tops Charts |website=Buzzine.com |url=http://www.buzzine.com/2009/10/jay-sean-gets-up-with-down/ |access-date=31 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018234417/http://www.buzzine.com/2009/10/jay-sean-gets-up-with-down/ |archive-date=18 October 2010 }}</ref>
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===2007–2009: ''My Own Way'' and ''All or Nothing''===
===2007–2009: ''My Own Way'' and ''All or Nothing''===
After parting ways with [[Virgin Records]], Sean continued to work on his second album, which was initially named after the title track "[[My Own Way (album)#Background|Deal With It]]", but the song ended up being given to [[Corbin Bleu]]. Sean's background vocals remain on Bleu's version of the track. The song "Deal With It" earned Sean a [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI Songwriter Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Brings Home a BMI Songwriter Award!|publisher=Desi Hits|date=10 October 2008|url=http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/jay-sean-brings-home-a-bmi-songwriter-award-20081010|access-date=13 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105075247/http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/jay-sean-brings-home-a-bmi-songwriter-award-20081010|archive-date=5 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and later inspired the 2009 single "[[Shinee discography|Juliette]]" by South Korean band [[Shinee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SHINee's "Juliette" Released! |date=17 May 2009 |publisher=Allkpop |url=http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/shinees_juliette_leaked/ |access-date=13 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917192158/http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/shinees_juliette_leaked |archive-date=17 September 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{in lang|ko}} Park, Se-yeon. [http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?news_uid=326207 ‘로미오’ 변신 샤이니 ‘줄리엣’ 노래하다..21일 2nd 미니앨범 공개 (''Shinee Change into "Romeos" and sing "Juliette"...2nd Mini-Album Released on 21st'')] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707092637/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?news_uid=326207 |date=7 July 2018 }}. ''Newsen''. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.</ref>
[[File:Jay Sean.jpg|upright|thumb|Sean performing]]
After parting ways with [[Virgin Records]], Sean continued to work on his second album, which was initially named after the title track "[[My Own Way (album)#Background|Deal With It]]", but the song ended up being given to [[Corbin Bleu]]. Sean's background vocals remain on Bleu's version of the track. The song "Deal With It" earned Sean a [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI Songwriter Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Brings Home a BMI Songwriter Award!|publisher=Desi Hits|date=10 October 2008|url=http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/jay-sean-brings-home-a-bmi-songwriter-award-20081010|access-date=13 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105075247/http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/jay-sean-brings-home-a-bmi-songwriter-award-20081010|archive-date=5 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and later inspired the 2009 single "[[Shinee discography|Juliette]]" by South Korean band [[Shinee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SHINee's "Juliette" Released! |date=17 May 2009 |publisher=Allkpop |url=http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/shinees_juliette_leaked/ |access-date=13 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917192158/http://www.allkpop.com/index.php/full_story/shinees_juliette_leaked |archive-date=17 September 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{in lang|ko}} Park, Se-yeon. [http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?news_uid=326207 '로미오' 변신 샤이니 '줄리엣' 노래하다..21일 2nd 미니앨범 공개 (''Shinee Change into "Romeos" and sing "Juliette"...2nd Mini-Album Released on 21st'')] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707092637/http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?news_uid=326207 |date=7 July 2018 }}. ''Newsen''. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.</ref>


Sean returned in late 2007 with the new single "[[Ride It (Jay Sean song)|Ride It]]", which was the first single from his second album ''[[My Own Way (album)|My Own Way]]''. It was to be the first album released as a joint-venture between his own label Jayded and [[2Point9 Records]]. The video for "Ride It", released in early 2008, featured Sean with a new style after being out of the limelight for nearly three and a half years. ''My Own Way'' debuted at No. 6 in the official [[UK Albums Chart]] and generated two more UK top 20 singles, "Ride It" and "Maybe". On the back of this Sean received two [[MOBO Awards|MOBO Award]] nominations, for Best UK Male (alongside [[Dizzee Rascal]], [[Taio Cruz]], [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]] and [[Sway DaSafo|Sway]]) and Best R'n'B/Soul (alongside [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]], [[Ne-Yo]] and [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]]). "Ride It" was successful in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia,<ref name=Russia>{{cite web |url=http://www.tophitru.com/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=11552 |title=Основные параметры ротации трека на радиостанциях, работающих в системе |website=Tophitru.com |date=14 May 2008 |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224132216/http://www.tophitru.com/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=11552 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Turkey and Romania, where it became one of the three [[End-Year Chart 2008 (Romania)|best-selling singles of the year]].<ref name=Romania>{{in lang|ro}}[http://www.cotidianul.ro/cele_mai_difuzate_melodii_n_2008-69458.html The most successful songs in 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418182411/http://www.cotidianul.ro/cele_mai_difuzate_melodii_n_2008-69458.html |date=18 April 2010 }}, Romania</ref> The song was remixed by Kosovan [[Regard (DJ)|DJ Regard]] in 2019 and became a viral hit on the [[TikTok]] app.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jay-sean-ride-it-regard-viral-tiktok-876545/|title=Jay Sean's 'Ride It' Is a Hit Again, 12 Years Later|work=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=29 August 2019|access-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914003953/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jay-sean-ride-it-regard-viral-tiktok-876545/|archive-date=14 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Maybe (Jay Sean song)|Maybe]]" was his most successful single in Japan, where it reached No. 7 on the [[Japan Hot 100 Singles]].<ref name=Japan/> A [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]] cover version of "Maybe" by [[Coco Lee]] has been released in China. Sean sang a [[Hindi]] version of the album ''My Own Way'' for release in India. The album sold more than 350,000 copies across the world.<ref name="Amazon"/><ref>{{cite web|title=2Point9|publisher=[[2Point9 Records]]|url=http://www.2point9.com/about.php|access-date=11 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312031604/http://www.2point9.com/about.php|archive-date=12 March 2010}}</ref>
Sean returned in late 2007 with the new single "[[Ride It (Jay Sean song)|Ride It]]", which was the first single from his second album ''[[My Own Way (album)|My Own Way]]''. It was to be the first album released as a joint-venture between his own label Jayded and [[2Point9 Records]]. The video for "Ride It", released in early 2008, featured Sean with a new style after being out of the limelight for nearly three and a half years. ''My Own Way'' debuted at No. 6 in the official [[UK Albums Chart]] and generated two more UK top 20 singles, "Ride It" and "Maybe". On the back of this Sean received two [[MOBO Awards|MOBO Award]] nominations, for Best UK Male (alongside [[Dizzee Rascal]], [[Taio Cruz]], [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]] and [[Sway DaSafo|Sway]]) and Best R'n'B/Soul (alongside [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]], [[Ne-Yo]] and [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]]). "Ride It" was successful in Eastern Europe, especially in Russia,<ref name=Russia>{{cite web |url=http://www.tophitru.com/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=11552 |title=Основные параметры ротации трека на радиостанциях, работающих в системе |website=Tophitru.com |date=14 May 2008 |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224132216/http://www.tophitru.com/cgi-bin/trackinfo.cgi?id=11552 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Turkey and Romania, where it became one of the three [[End-Year Chart 2008 (Romania)|best-selling singles of the year]].<ref name=Romania>{{in lang|ro}}[http://www.cotidianul.ro/cele_mai_difuzate_melodii_n_2008-69458.html The most successful songs in 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418182411/http://www.cotidianul.ro/cele_mai_difuzate_melodii_n_2008-69458.html |date=18 April 2010 }}, Romania</ref> The song was remixed by Kosovan [[Regard (DJ)|DJ Regard]] in 2019 and became a viral hit on the [[TikTok]] app.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jay-sean-ride-it-regard-viral-tiktok-876545/|title=Jay Sean's 'Ride It' Is a Hit Again, 12 Years Later|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Leight|first=Elias|date=29 August 2019|access-date=20 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914003953/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jay-sean-ride-it-regard-viral-tiktok-876545/|archive-date=14 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[Maybe (Jay Sean song)|Maybe]]" was his most successful single in Japan, where it reached No. 7 on the [[Japan Hot 100 Singles]].<ref name=Japan/> A [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin Chinese]] cover version of "Maybe" by [[Coco Lee]] has been released in China. Sean sang a [[Hindi]] version of the album ''My Own Way'' for release in India. The album sold more than 350,000 copies across the world.<ref name="Amazon"/><ref>{{cite web|title=2Point9|publisher=[[2Point9 Records]]|url=http://www.2point9.com/about.php|access-date=11 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312031604/http://www.2point9.com/about.php|archive-date=12 March 2010}}</ref>


''Touch'' Magazine in the UK described him as "the UK's answer to Ne-Yo," while The Independent called him "...an urban legend in the making." In August 2008, Sean co-hosted London radio station [[Choice FM]]'s Breakfast show a week in which he only performed previously unheard tracks, including a song whose title was left to the listeners to decide. The unknown track was later confirmed to be called "[[Tonight (Jay Sean song)|Tonight]]" and is included in ''[[My Own Way (album)|My Own Way: Deluxe Edition]]''. Sean was confirmed for the third series of [[Celebrity Scissorhands]] in October 2008 but he withdrew before the show was aired for unclear reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/realitytv/news/a131442/scissorhands-contestants-unveiled.html |title='Scissorhands' contestants unveiled – TV News |website=Digital Spy |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref>
''Touch'' Magazine in the UK described him as "the UK's answer to Ne-Yo," while The Independent called him "...an urban legend in the making." In August 2008, Sean co-hosted London radio station [[Choice FM]]'s Breakfast show a week in which he only performed previously unheard tracks, including a song whose title was left to the listeners to decide. The unknown track was later confirmed to be called "[[Tonight (Jay Sean song)|Tonight]]" and is included in ''[[My Own Way (album)|My Own Way: Deluxe Edition]]''. Sean was confirmed for the third series of [[Celebrity Scissorhands]] in October 2008 but he withdrew before the show was aired for unclear reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/realitytv/news/a131442/scissorhands-contestants-unveiled.html |title='Scissorhands' contestants unveiled – TV News |website=Digital Spy |date=29 September 2008 |access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref>


On 15 October 2008 during the [[MOBO]] Awards, Sean announced that he had signed with the
On 15 October 2008 during the [[MOBO]] Awards, Sean announced that he had signed with the
American hip-hop oriented record label [[Cash Money Records]] distributed via [[Universal Republic Records]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.insidedesi.com/2008/10/16/jay-sean-cash-money/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 October 2008 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5hFtWmS5s?url=http://www.insidedesi.com/2008/10/16/jay-sean-cash-money/ |archive-date=3 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> making him the first male [[British Asian]] singer to sign with an American label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609331/20090415/lil_wayne.jhtml |title=Lil Wayne Gives A Boost To British R&B Star Jay Sean |work=MTV News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423104444/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609331/20090415/lil_wayne.jhtml |archive-date= 23 April 2009 }}</ref> His American-debut single was "[[Down (Jay Sean song)|Down]]" featuring American rapper and label mate [[Lil Wayne]]. It topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], replacing [[The Black Eyed Peas]]. This made him the first British artist to top the Hot 100 since [[Freddie Mercury]] of [[Queen (band)|Queen]] in 1980, and the first solo artist of Asian descent to do so.<ref>{{cite web|title=Freddie's the champion of Indian communities|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|author=Robin Millard|date=1 December 2009|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/freddies-the-champion-of-indian-communities/2009/12/01/1259429371254.html|access-date=6 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204014428/http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/freddies-the-champion-of-indian-communities/2009/12/01/1259429371254.html|archive-date=4 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> "Down" has sold more than six million copies in the United States,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=JAY+SEAN&ti=DOWN |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813184858/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=JAY+SEAN&ti=DOWN |archive-date=13 August 2016}}</ref> and three million digital copies in the US,<ref name=rpulse/><ref name=z100/> making the song the best-selling single by a British/European male artist in North America since [[Elton John]]'s "[[Candle in the Wind 1997|Candle in the Wind]]" in 1997.<ref name=streettalkin/><ref name="Duerden"/><ref>{{citation|title=[[Live from Studio Five]], Episode #1.38|publisher=[[Five (TV channel)|Channel 5]]|date=4 November 2009}} ([[cf.]] {{YouTube|id=tvb4D3Aha0M|title=Jay Sean's Interview live from Studio 5 on Channel 5 – 04 / 11 / 2009}})</ref> In addition, "Down" has received a large [[airplay]] of two billion listener impressions on radio worldwide.<ref>{{YouTube|id=n1t0OxWqpp8|title=4Music 360 SESSION I Jay Sean interview in Miami I Part 1/3}}</ref><ref>{{citation|author=Silvio Pietroluongo|title=Jay Sean Sends Peas Packing From Hot 100 Penthouse|work=Billboard|date=7 October 2009|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267156/jay-sean-sends-peas-packing-from-hot-100-penthouse|access-date=1 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701005701/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267156/jay-sean-sends-peas-packing-from-hot-100-penthouse|archive-date=1 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> As of November 2011, "Down" has sold 4.1 million copies in the US, which is currently the fifth best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era.<ref name="Grein">Grein, Paul (24 November 2011). "[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-adele-tops-brit-tally-183403147.html Chart Watch Extra: Adele Tops Brit Tally] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322001918/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-adele-tops-brit-tally-183403147.html |date=22 March 2012 }}". Yahoo. Retrieved 3 February 2012</ref> In November 2009, Sean's next single from his album, "[[Do You Remember (Jay Sean song)|Do You Remember]]", was released and featured Jamaican dancehall superstar [[Sean Paul]] plus US Southern crunk rapper [[Lil Jon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/509/jay_sean_on_top_of_the-world/|title=Jay Sean: On top of the world|author=Stephen Clark - Design|work=bluesandsoul.com|access-date=4 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402231521/http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/509/jay_sean_on_top_of_the-world/|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> It entered the Hot 100 top ten on the week of 9 January 2009,<ref name=Do-You-Remember/> breaking "a three-week streak of no titles moving into the top 10" since December 2009.<ref name=Billboard-Article/> Like its predecessor, it has sold more than a million copies in the United States.<ref name=musicweek/>
American hip-hop oriented record label [[Cash Money Records]] distributed via [[Universal Republic Records]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.insidedesi.com/2008/10/16/jay-sean-cash-money/ |title=Jay Sean to take on the U.S… &#124; InsideDesi.com |access-date=17 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019055217/http://www.insidedesi.com/2008/10/16/jay-sean-cash-money/ |archive-date=19 October 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> making him the first male [[British Asian]] singer to sign with an American label.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609331/20090415/lil_wayne.jhtml |title=Lil Wayne Gives A Boost To British R&B Star Jay Sean |work=MTV News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423104444/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609331/20090415/lil_wayne.jhtml |archive-date= 23 April 2009 }}</ref> His American-debut single was "[[Down (Jay Sean song)|Down]]" featuring American rapper and label mate [[Lil Wayne]]. It topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], replacing [[The Black Eyed Peas]]. This made him the first British artist to top the Hot 100 since [[Freddie Mercury]] of [[Queen (band)|Queen]] in 1980, and the first solo artist of Asian descent to do so.<ref>{{cite web|title=Freddie's the champion of Indian communities|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|author=Robin Millard|date=1 December 2009|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/freddies-the-champion-of-indian-communities/2009/12/01/1259429371254.html|access-date=6 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204014428/http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/music/freddies-the-champion-of-indian-communities/2009/12/01/1259429371254.html|archive-date=4 December 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> "Down" has sold more than six million copies in the United States,<ref>{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=JAY+SEAN&ti=DOWN |access-date=11 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813184858/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=JAY+SEAN&ti=DOWN |archive-date=13 August 2016}}</ref> and three million digital copies in the US,<ref name=rpulse/><ref name=z100/> making the song the best-selling single by a British/European male artist in North America since [[Elton John]]'s "[[Candle in the Wind 1997|Candle in the Wind]]" in 1997.<ref name=streettalkin/><ref name="Duerden"/><ref>{{citation|title=[[Live from Studio Five]], Episode #1.38|publisher=[[Five (TV channel)|Channel 5]]|date=4 November 2009}} ([[cf.]] {{YouTube|id=tvb4D3Aha0M|title=Jay Sean's Interview live from Studio 5 on Channel 5 – 04 / 11 / 2009}})</ref> In addition, "Down" has received a large [[airplay]] of two billion listener impressions on radio worldwide.<ref>{{YouTube|id=n1t0OxWqpp8|title=4Music 360 SESSION I Jay Sean interview in Miami I Part 1/3}}</ref><ref>{{citation|author=Silvio Pietroluongo|title=Jay Sean Sends Peas Packing From Hot 100 Penthouse|magazine=Billboard|date=7 October 2009|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267156/jay-sean-sends-peas-packing-from-hot-100-penthouse|access-date=1 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701005701/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267156/jay-sean-sends-peas-packing-from-hot-100-penthouse|archive-date=1 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> As of November 2011, "Down" has sold 4.1 million copies in the US, which is currently the fifth best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era.<ref name="Grein">Grein, Paul (24 November 2011). "[http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-adele-tops-brit-tally-183403147.html Chart Watch Extra: Adele Tops Brit Tally] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322001918/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-adele-tops-brit-tally-183403147.html |date=22 March 2012 }}". Yahoo. Retrieved 3 February 2012</ref> In November 2009, Sean's next single from his album, "[[Do You Remember (Jay Sean song)|Do You Remember]]", was released and featured Jamaican dancehall superstar [[Sean Paul]] plus US Southern crunk rapper [[Lil Jon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/509/jay_sean_on_top_of_the-world/|title=Jay Sean: On top of the world|author=Stephen Clark - Design|work=bluesandsoul.com|access-date=4 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402231521/http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/509/jay_sean_on_top_of_the-world/|archive-date=2 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> It entered the Hot 100 top ten on the week of 9 January 2009,<ref name=Do-You-Remember/> breaking "a three-week streak of no titles moving into the top 10" since December 2009.<ref name=Billboard-Article/> Like its predecessor, it has sold more than a million copies in the United States.<ref name=musicweek/>


At the 2009 [[UK Asian Music Awards]] (AMA), Sean won three awards, including "Best Male", "Best Urban Act" and "Best Album", the latter for his second album, ''My Own Way''. He met with [[Rishi Rich]], [[Juggy D]] and [[H-Dhami]] during the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/uk-ama-award-winners-20090306|title=Desi Radio, Videos and MP3s, Bollywood Hindi Songs, Bhangra Music and Podcasts at Desi Hits.com|work=desihits.com|access-date=4 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321091305/http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/uk-ama-award-winners-20090306|archive-date=21 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the award, he was in America for the first time since signing with Cash Money, he announced through an interview with MTV IGGY that he was recording five new songs for his album, then titled ''[[My Own Way (U.S. edition)]]'', one of which was his American-debut single with [[Lil Wayne]], later titled "Down". Sean discussed a collaboration with [[Akon]] at the 2009 Grammy Awards, in addition to recording a song with [[Nadine Coyle]]<ref>[http://angryape.com/news/2009/01/16/jay-sean-recording-with-nadine-coyle-keisha-buchanan Jay Sean Recording With Nadine Coyle & Keisha Buchanan] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20090603124049/http://angryape.com/news/2009/01/16/jay-sean-recording-with-nadine-coyle-keisha-buchanan |date= 3 June 2009 }}</ref> and told viewers that the album will be released in third quarter of 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/desi/iggy-music-jay-sean-conversation |title=New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture - MTV |work=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412125633/http://www.mtviggy.com/desi/iggy-music-jay-sean-conversation |archive-date= 12 April 2009 }}</ref> The album title was later changed to ''[[All or Nothing (Jay Sean album)|All or Nothing]]'', and featured brand new songs and some of the songs from ''My Own Way''. Despite success with two singles from the album, the album itself only debuted at No. 37 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. It was his lowest-charting entry on the [[UK Albums Chart]], debuting there at #62. Despite this, it has become his highest-charting album in Japan, reaching No. 11 on the [[Oricon]] Albums Chart.<ref name=Oricon>{{cite web|title=Japan Top 30 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Oricon]]|date=8 March 2010|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/|access-date=4 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322192559/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/|archive-date=22 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
At the 2009 [[UK Asian Music Awards]] (AMA), Sean won three awards, including "Best Male", "Best Urban Act" and "Best Album", the latter for his second album, ''My Own Way''. He met with [[Rishi Rich]], [[Juggy D]] and [[H-Dhami]] during the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/uk-ama-award-winners-20090306|title=Desi Radio, Videos and MP3s, Bollywood Hindi Songs, Bhangra Music and Podcasts at Desi Hits.com|work=desihits.com|access-date=4 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321091305/http://www.desihits.com/blog/article/uk-ama-award-winners-20090306|archive-date=21 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the award, he was in America for the first time since signing with Cash Money, he announced through an interview with MTV IGGY that he was recording five new songs for his album, then titled ''[[My Own Way (U.S. edition)]]'', one of which was his American-debut single with [[Lil Wayne]], later titled "Down". Sean discussed a collaboration with [[Akon]] at the 2009 Grammy Awards, in addition to recording a song with [[Nadine Coyle]]<ref>[http://angryape.com/news/2009/01/16/jay-sean-recording-with-nadine-coyle-keisha-buchanan Jay Sean Recording With Nadine Coyle & Keisha Buchanan] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20090603124049/http://angryape.com/news/2009/01/16/jay-sean-recording-with-nadine-coyle-keisha-buchanan |date= 3 June 2009 }}</ref> and told viewers that the album will be released in third quarter of 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/desi/iggy-music-jay-sean-conversation |title=New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture - MTV |work=MTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412125633/http://www.mtviggy.com/desi/iggy-music-jay-sean-conversation |archive-date= 12 April 2009 }}</ref> The album title was later changed to ''[[All or Nothing (Jay Sean album)|All or Nothing]]'', and featured brand new songs and some of the songs from ''My Own Way''. Despite success with two singles from the album, the album itself only debuted at No. 37 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. It was his lowest-charting entry on the [[UK Albums Chart]], debuting there at #62. Despite this, it has become his highest-charting album in Japan, reaching No. 11 on the [[Oricon]] Albums Chart.<ref name=Oricon>{{cite web|title=Japan Top 30 Albums Chart|publisher=[[Oricon]]|date=8 March 2010|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/|access-date=4 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322192559/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/wa/|archive-date=22 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>


Sean was featured on a song called "[[Written on Her]]" alongside [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]] for the CEO's project, released on 23 June 2009 on iTunes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/04/15/catching-up-with-jay-sean-the-newest-member-of-the-cash-money-family|title=Catching Up With Jay Sean, The Newest Member of the Cash Money Family|work=Newsroom|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424160701/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/04/15/catching-up-with-jay-sean-the-newest-member-of-the-cash-money-family|archive-date=24 April 2009}}</ref> Sean has featured on [[Skepta (rapper)|Skepta]]'s single "Lush" released on 10 June 2009 on iTunes.<ref>[http://jayseanfans.co.uk/site/?p=432 Jay Sean feat. Skepta – ‘Lush’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612180515/http://jayseanfans.co.uk/site/?p=432 |date=12 June 2009 }}</ref> On 2 February 2010, [[Kevin Rudolf]]'s single "[[I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)]]", featured Sean alongside Birdman and Lil Wayne, was released.<ref>{{cite news |title= Kevin Rudolf's 'I Made It' Feat. Sean and Lil Wayne |date=8 January 2010 |publisher= AceShowbiz}}</ref> In early December 2009, it was confirmed that he has collaborated with [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Esmée Denters]] on a song, "[[Love Dealer]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Makes Music with Justin Timberlake|publisher=[[DesiHits]]|date=9 December 2009|url=http://www.desihits.com/news/view/jay-sean-makes-track-with-justin-timberlake-20091209|access-date=9 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212162450/http://www.desihits.com/news/view/jay-sean-makes-track-with-justin-timberlake-20091209|archive-date=12 December 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Ft. Justin Timberlake & Esmee Denters "Love Dealer" Snippet|publisher=The Hip-Hop Chronicles|url=http://www.thehip-hopchronicles.com/2009/12/jay-sean-ft-justin-timberlake-esmee.html|access-date=20 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429165512/http://www.thehip-hopchronicles.com/2009/12/jay-sean-ft-justin-timberlake-esmee.html|archive-date=29 April 2010}}</ref> There have been talks of collaborations with other American artists such as [[Ashley Tisdale]], [[Taylor Swift]],<ref>{{YouTube|r_CzChcDQXc|Jay Sean Billboard INTERVIEW on Taylor Swift Collaboration}}</ref> [[Nicole Scherzinger]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicole Scherzinger And Jay Sean Working on Duet?|date=28 January 2010|publisher=RTT News|url=http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1193438&SMap=1|access-date=29 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721193216/http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1193438&SMap=1|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rihanna]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/jay-sean-im-not-dating-nicole-scherzinger-201093|title=Jay Sean: I'm Not Dating Nicole Scherzinger!|date=9 March 2010|work=usmagazine.com|access-date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526140756/http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/jay-sean-im-not-dating-nicole-scherzinger-201093|archive-date=26 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdG_6Q12iRs|title=Jay Sean - "Do You Remember" LIVE from Madison Square Garden, NYC|date=28 December 2009|work=YouTube|access-date=27 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414215536/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdG_6Q12iRs|archive-date=14 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Jay-Z]] & [[Beyoncé]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/jay-sean/news/197846-jay-sean-wants-to-work-with-jay-z-beyonce|title=Jay Sean Wants To Work With Jay-Z & Beyonce - MTV UK|work=MTV UK|access-date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307015849/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/jay-sean/news/197846-jay-sean-wants-to-work-with-jay-z-beyonce|archive-date=7 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
Sean was featured on a song called "[[Written on Her]]" alongside [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]] for the CEO's project, released on 23 June 2009 on iTunes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/04/15/catching-up-with-jay-sean-the-newest-member-of-the-cash-money-family|title=Catching Up With Jay Sean, The Newest Member of the Cash Money Family|work=Newsroom|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424160701/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/04/15/catching-up-with-jay-sean-the-newest-member-of-the-cash-money-family|archive-date=24 April 2009}}</ref> Sean has featured on [[Skepta (rapper)|Skepta]]'s single "Lush" released on 10 June 2009 on iTunes.<ref>[http://jayseanfans.co.uk/site/?p=432 Jay Sean feat. Skepta – 'Lush'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612180515/http://jayseanfans.co.uk/site/?p=432 |date=12 June 2009 }}</ref> On 2 February 2010, [[Kevin Rudolf]]'s single "[[I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)]]", featured Sean alongside Birdman and Lil Wayne, was released.<ref>{{cite news |title= Kevin Rudolf's 'I Made It' Feat. Sean and Lil Wayne |date=8 January 2010 |publisher= AceShowbiz}}</ref> In early December 2009, it was confirmed that he has collaborated with [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Esmée Denters]] on a song, "[[Love Dealer]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Makes Music with Justin Timberlake|publisher=[[DesiHits]]|date=9 December 2009|url=http://www.desihits.com/news/view/jay-sean-makes-track-with-justin-timberlake-20091209|access-date=9 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212162450/http://www.desihits.com/news/view/jay-sean-makes-track-with-justin-timberlake-20091209|archive-date=12 December 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Ft. Justin Timberlake & Esmee Denters "Love Dealer" Snippet|publisher=The Hip-Hop Chronicles|url=http://www.thehip-hopchronicles.com/2009/12/jay-sean-ft-justin-timberlake-esmee.html|access-date=20 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429165512/http://www.thehip-hopchronicles.com/2009/12/jay-sean-ft-justin-timberlake-esmee.html|archive-date=29 April 2010}}</ref> There have been talks of collaborations with other American artists such as [[Ashley Tisdale]], [[Taylor Swift]],<ref>{{YouTube|r_CzChcDQXc|Jay Sean Billboard INTERVIEW on Taylor Swift Collaboration}}</ref> [[Nicole Scherzinger]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicole Scherzinger And Jay Sean Working on Duet?|date=28 January 2010|publisher=RTT News|url=http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1193438&SMap=1|access-date=29 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721193216/http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1193438&SMap=1|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rihanna]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/jay-sean-im-not-dating-nicole-scherzinger-201093|title=Jay Sean: I'm Not Dating Nicole Scherzinger!|date=9 March 2010|work=usmagazine.com|access-date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526140756/http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/jay-sean-im-not-dating-nicole-scherzinger-201093|archive-date=26 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdG_6Q12iRs|title=Jay Sean - "Do You Remember" LIVE from Madison Square Garden, NYC|date=28 December 2009|work=YouTube|access-date=27 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414215536/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdG_6Q12iRs|archive-date=14 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Jay-Z]] & [[Beyoncé]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/jay-sean/news/197846-jay-sean-wants-to-work-with-jay-z-beyonce|title=Jay Sean Wants To Work With Jay-Z & Beyonce - MTV UK|work=MTV UK|access-date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307015849/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/jay-sean/news/197846-jay-sean-wants-to-work-with-jay-z-beyonce|archive-date=7 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>


Sean was in early September 2009 nominated for the ''30 Under 30'' award.<ref name="30under30"/> At the 2009 [[Urban Music Awards|UK Urban Music Awards]], he won the Best Collaboration award for "Down" alongside Lil Wayne.<ref name=desiblitz>{{cite web|title=RDB and Jay Sean win Urban Awards|author=Jas Sembhi|publisher=Desi Blitz|date=4 November 2009|url=http://www.desiblitz.com/content/rdb-and-jay-sean-win-urban-awards|access-date=4 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121001304/http://www.desiblitz.com/content/rdb-and-jay-sean-win-urban-awards|archive-date=21 November 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In early December 2009, he was ranked No. 35 in ''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot 100 Artists of the year.<ref name=Hot-100-Artists/> On 11 December 2009, he became the first [[South Asia]]n origin artist since [[Freddie Mercury]] to perform at [[Madison Square Garden]], as part of the [[Jingle Ball]] concert, alongside beatboxer [[MC Zani]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Makes History: Sold-Out Show at MSG |publisher=Buzzine Bollywood |date=13 December 2009 |url=http://bollywood.buzzine.com/2009/12/jay-sean-makes-history |access-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106101846/http://bollywood.buzzine.com/2009/12/jay-sean-makes-history/ |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref> Sean's performance "had the entire crowd – parents and children, teens and twenty-somethings – dancing."<ref>{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber sparkle at NY Jingle Ball |publisher=[[WTAM]] |date=14 December 2009 |url=http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/entertainmentarticle.html?feed=104665&article=6455900 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105072219/http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/entertainmentarticle.html?feed=104665&article=6455900 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2013 |access-date=15 December 2009 }}</ref>
Sean was in early September 2009 nominated for the ''30 Under 30'' award.<ref name="30under30"/> At the 2009 [[Urban Music Awards|UK Urban Music Awards]], he won the Best Collaboration award for "Down" alongside Lil Wayne.<ref name=desiblitz>{{cite web|title=RDB and Jay Sean win Urban Awards|author=Jas Sembhi|publisher=Desi Blitz|date=4 November 2009|url=http://www.desiblitz.com/content/rdb-and-jay-sean-win-urban-awards|access-date=4 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121001304/http://www.desiblitz.com/content/rdb-and-jay-sean-win-urban-awards|archive-date=21 November 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In early December 2009, he was ranked No. 35 in ''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Hot 100 Artists of the year.<ref name=Hot-100-Artists/> On 11 December 2009, he became the first [[South Asia]]n origin artist since [[Freddie Mercury]] to perform at [[Madison Square Garden]], as part of the [[Jingle Ball]] concert, alongside beatboxer [[MC Zani]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Sean Makes History: Sold-Out Show at MSG |publisher=Buzzine Bollywood |date=13 December 2009 |url=http://bollywood.buzzine.com/2009/12/jay-sean-makes-history |access-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106101846/http://bollywood.buzzine.com/2009/12/jay-sean-makes-history/ |archive-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref> Sean's performance "had the entire crowd – parents and children, teens and twenty-somethings – dancing."<ref>{{cite web|title=Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber sparkle at NY Jingle Ball |publisher=[[WTAM]] |date=14 December 2009 |url=http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/entertainmentarticle.html?feed=104665&article=6455900 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105072219/http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/entertainmentarticle.html?feed=104665&article=6455900 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 January 2013 |access-date=15 December 2009 }}</ref>


===2010–2013: ''Neon'' and ''The Mistress''===
===2010–2013: ''Neon'' and ''The Mistress''===
[[File:Jay Sean Works The Crowd.jpg|thumb|Sean in 2011]]
Sean began working on his fourth album and second with [[Cash Money Records]], ''Freeze Time'' in July 2010.<ref name="2012Video">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644224/20100722/sean_jay.jhtml|title=Jay Sean, Nicki Minaj Shine In Exclusive '2012' Video Preview|date=22 July 2010|publisher=MTV|first=Akshay|last=Bhansali|access-date=22 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724144235/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644224/20100722/sean_jay.jhtml|archive-date=24 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, he stated that he had completed roughly 75 percent of the album and that guests included Lil Wayne, [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Mary J. Blige]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/05/20/jay-sean-studio-video/|title=Jay Sean Invites MTV into A Private Studio Session|work=Newsroom|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523235708/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/05/20/jay-sean-studio-video/|archive-date=23 May 2010}}</ref> Three singles, "[[2012 (It Ain't the End)]]", "[[Hit the Lights (Jay Sean song)|Hit The Lights]]" and "Like This, Like That" were released in support of the album. Sean also co-headlined with [[Joe Jonas]] on the [[Joe Jonas & Jay Sean Tour]] with [[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]] as the opening act.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/19/jojo-joins-joe-jonas-and-jay-sean-tour/ |title=JoJo Joins Joe Jonas and Jay Sean Tour |website=Rap-Up.com |date=19 August 2011 |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220152041/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/19/jojo-joins-joe-jonas-and-jay-sean-tour/ |archive-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sean released a mixtape titled ''The Mistress'' in September 2011, spawning a single and a music video for "[[Where Do We Go]]".
Sean began working on his fourth album and second with [[Cash Money Records]], ''Freeze Time'' in July 2010.<ref name="2012Video">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644224/20100722/sean_jay.jhtml|title=Jay Sean, Nicki Minaj Shine In Exclusive '2012' Video Preview|date=22 July 2010|publisher=MTV|first=Akshay|last=Bhansali|access-date=22 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724144235/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644224/20100722/sean_jay.jhtml|archive-date=24 July 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time, he stated that he had completed roughly 75 percent of the album and that guests included Lil Wayne, [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Mary J. Blige]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/05/20/jay-sean-studio-video/|title=Jay Sean Invites MTV into A Private Studio Session|work=Newsroom|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523235708/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/05/20/jay-sean-studio-video/|archive-date=23 May 2010}}</ref> Three singles, "[[2012 (It Ain't the End)]]", "[[Hit the Lights (Jay Sean song)|Hit The Lights]]" and "Like This, Like That" were released in support of the album. Sean also co-headlined with [[Joe Jonas]] on the [[Joe Jonas & Jay Sean Tour]] with [[JoJo (singer)|JoJo]] as the opening act.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/19/jojo-joins-joe-jonas-and-jay-sean-tour/ |title=JoJo Joins Joe Jonas and Jay Sean Tour |website=Rap-Up.com |date=19 August 2011 |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220152041/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/19/jojo-joins-joe-jonas-and-jay-sean-tour/ |archive-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sean released a mixtape titled ''The Mistress'' in September 2011, spawning a single and a music video for "[[Where Do We Go]]".


''Freeze Time'' was scrapped due to legal issues in 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://popcrush.com/jay-sean-new-album-first-single-pitbull/ |title=Jay Sean Talks New Album, Reveals First Single Features Pitbull – Exclusive |website=Popcrush.com |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411130219/http://popcrush.com/jay-sean-new-album-first-single-pitbull/ |archive-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Sean began working on a new, be more R&B influenced album altogether.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGTLhHOqCTU |title=In Studio – Jay Sean Reveals Pitbull Collaboration, New Album |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729094732/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGTLhHOqCTU |archive-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first official single from the album was announced to be "[[I'm All Yours]]", which features American and Latin artist [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]. Officially released in May 2012, the song peaked at a disappointing #85 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref>{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jay sean|chart=all}}</ref> The song's best performance was in Australia where it peaked at 13 and was certified as Gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/video/jay-sean-feat.-pitbull/i'm-all-yours/194384|title=ARIA Charts - Australias Official Music Charts - Single, Album, Digital Charts and more|author=Authentic Entertainment|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013110155/http://ariacharts.com.au/video/jay-sean-feat.-pitbull/i'm-all-yours/194384|archive-date=13 October 2012}}</ref> The second single of the album "[[So High (Jay Sean song)|So High]]", produced by [[Disc Jockey|DJ]] [[Afrojack]], was released in October 2012. Later in the same month, both singles were included in an [[extended play|EP]], titled ''So High'', with "Sex 101" featuring Cash Money rapper [[Tyga]] (originally included in ''The Mistress'') and an exclusive bonus track "Patience".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/so-high-ep/id569061688|title=''So High'' by Jay Sean|work=[[iTunes Store|iTunes]] AU|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225223604/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/so-high-ep/id569061688|archive-date=25 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Freeze Time'' was scrapped due to legal issues in 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://popcrush.com/jay-sean-new-album-first-single-pitbull/ |title=Jay Sean Talks New Album, Reveals First Single Features Pitbull – Exclusive |website=Popcrush.com |date=March 2012 |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411130219/http://popcrush.com/jay-sean-new-album-first-single-pitbull/ |archive-date=11 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Sean began working on a new, be more R&B influenced album altogether.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGTLhHOqCTU |title=In Studio – Jay Sean Reveals Pitbull Collaboration, New Album |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=28 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729094732/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGTLhHOqCTU |archive-date=29 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first official single from the album was announced to be "[[I'm All Yours]]", which features American and Latin artist [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]]. Officially released in May 2012, the song peaked at a disappointing #85 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref>{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jay sean|chart=all}}</ref> The song's best performance was in Australia where it peaked at 13 and was certified as Gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/video/jay-sean-feat.-pitbull/i'm-all-yours/194384|title=ARIA Charts - Australias Official Music Charts - Single, Album, Digital Charts and more|author=Authentic Entertainment|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013110155/http://ariacharts.com.au/video/jay-sean-feat.-pitbull/i'm-all-yours/194384|archive-date=13 October 2012}}</ref> The second single of the album "[[So High (Jay Sean song)|So High]]", produced by [[Disc Jockey|DJ]] [[Afrojack]], was released in October 2012. Later in the same month, both singles were included in an [[extended play|EP]], titled ''So High'', with "Sex 101" featuring Cash Money rapper [[Tyga]] (originally included in ''The Mistress'') and an exclusive bonus track "Patience".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/so-high-ep/id569061688|title=''So High'' by Jay Sean|work=[[iTunes Store|iTunes]] AU|date=January 2012 |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|access-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225223604/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/so-high-ep/id569061688|archive-date=25 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>


In February 2013, Sean announced he would be changing the title of the album from ''Worth It all'' to ''[[Neon (Jay Sean album)|Neon]]'', and his long delayed fourth studio album was released in July 2013. Both of the album singles, "Where You Are" and "Mars" featuring American rapper [[Rick Ross]], failed to break into the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/02/22/rap-up-tv-jay-sean-announces-new-album-neon/|title=Rap-Up TV: Jay Sean Announces New Album 'Neon'|work=Rap-Up|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215726/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/02/22/rap-up-tv-jay-sean-announces-new-album-neon/|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2013, Sean announced he would be changing the title of the album from ''Worth It all'' to ''[[Neon (Jay Sean album)|Neon]]'', and his long delayed fourth studio album was released in July 2013. Both of the album singles, "Where You Are" and "Mars" featuring American rapper [[Rick Ross]], failed to break into the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/02/22/rap-up-tv-jay-sean-announces-new-album-neon/|title=Rap-Up TV: Jay Sean Announces New Album 'Neon'|work=Rap-Up|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215726/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/02/22/rap-up-tv-jay-sean-announces-new-album-neon/|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
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