How to Hire SHAGGY For Your Event!
aka: Orville Richard Burrell, Orville Burrell
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GRAMMY award-winning Orville Richard Burrell CD (born October 22, 1968), known professionally as Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer who scored hits with the songs “It Wasn’t Me”, “Boombastic”, “In The Summertime”, “Oh Carolina”, and “Angel”.
In 2001, Shaggy was selected to perform with Rayvon and Rikrok at Michael Jackson’s 30th anniversary, performing the songs “Angel” and “It Wasn’t Me” from Hot Shot.
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He has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Reggae Album with Boombastic in 1996 and 44/876 with Sting in 2019, and the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist in 2002.
In 2007, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction with the rank of Commander.
Shaggy was featured on the album, True Love, by Toots and the Maytals, which won the Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians, including Willie Nelson, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Trey Anastasio, Gwen Stefani / No Doubt, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites.
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In August 2007, he joined Cyndi Lauper live on stage in Singapore for the Sonnet Music Festival, where they performed “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” together. In January 2008, he completed a six-date arena tour with Belgian singer, Natalia. He later performed with the band En Vogue in Antwerp, to a crowd of 78,000 people.
In January 2010, “Rise Again”, a track featuring Sean Paul, Sean Kingston, Alison Hinds, Shontelle Layne, Edwin Yearwood, Destra Garcia, David Rudder, Kees Dieffenthaller, Tessanne Chin, Etana and Belo, was released to support victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake that struck on January 12.
In 2011, Shaggy released the official videos for “For Your Eyez Only”, along with the hit singles “Sweet Jamaica”, featuring Mr. Vegas and Josie Wales, and “Girlz Dem Luv We” featuring Mavado. On August 24, Shaggy released his new single, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”, featuring American female rapper Eve.
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On May 14, 2013, Shaggy released the lead single “Fight This Feeling”, featuring Beres Hammond.
Shaggy was then featured on the track “Black and White”, from Kylie Minogue and Fernando Garibay’s EP, Kylie + Garibay. Also in 2015, Shaggy was featured on Farruko‘s “Sunset” alongside Nicky Jam.
In 2016, he collaborated with French singer Mylène Farmer on “City of Love”. In November 2018, Shaggy featured on the title track of Olly Murs‘ sixth album, You Know I Know.
Shaggy, Spice, and Sean Paul performed “Go Down Deh” on Good Morning America on June 11, 2021.
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