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Career
- Line-ups
- Pinkpop 2017, Pukkelpop 2022
- Active since
- 2000
- Albums
- Scorcha 2022
- Live N Livin 2021
- Mad Love: The Prequel 2018
- Full Frequency 2014
- Tomahawk Technique 2012
- Hits since 2015
- Rockabye (Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) NL #1, 2016
- Rockabye (Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) BE #2, 2016
- Cheap Thrills (Sia feat. Sean Paul) BE #3, 2016
- No Lie (Sean Paul feat. Dua Lipa) NL #14, 2016
- Born To Love Ya (Gabry Ponte, Sean Paul & Natti Natasha) BE #15, 2024
- Make My Love Go (Jay Sean feat. Sean Paul) NL #22, 2016
Stature
- Awards
- Grammy Award gewonnen
- Grammy Award genomineerd 2004
- Gold and platinum
- Belgium: 1 album, 10 singles
- The Trinity goud, 2006
the Netherlands: 0 albums, 4 singles- No Lie platina, 2017
- Trumpets platina, 2017
- Make My Love Go platina, 2016
- Make My Love Go goud, 2016
- and 1 more
- Discogs
- 8,145 times in a collection
- 2,873 on a wishlist
- 139 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Get Busy 1999 · 294
- Stage One 2000 · 272
- Dutty Rock 2002 · 1.284
- The Trinity 2005 · 927
- Imperial Blaze 2009 · 336
- Biggest own venue
- Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ±17.000 plaatsen
- 2026 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
MNM 28 6,5 per week BBC Radio 1 22 5,1 per week 1LIVE 15 3,5 per week NPO 3FM 10 2,3 per week Studio Brussel 8 1,9 per week Mouv' 3 0,7 per week Qmusic 3 0,7 per week Qmusic NL 3 0,7 per week Since we track the stationBBC Radio 1 694 4,4 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 290 1,8 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 128 0,8 per week since Nov 2023 MNM 44 4,7 per week since Sep 2026 KEXP 36 0,2 per week since Nov 2023 1LIVE 15 2,9 per week since Oct 2026 Qmusic NL 14 0,8 per week since Jul 2026 Qmusic 12 0,1 per week since Feb 2025
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorcha | 2022 | – | – | – | – |
| Live N Livin | 2021 | – | – | – | – |
| Mad Love: The Prequel | 2018 | – | – | – | – |
| Full Frequency | 2014 | #127 (5 wk) | – | – | – |
| Tomahawk Technique | 2012 | #51 (4 wk) | #39 (4 wk) | – | – |
| Imperial Blaze | 2009 | #31 (8 wk) | #36 (5 wk) | – | 336 |
| The Trinity | 2005 | #4 (53 wk) | #13 (57 wk) | gold BE | 927 |
| Dutty Rock | 2002 | #10 (33 wk) | #7 (57 wk) | gold NL | 1.284 |
| Stage One | 2000 | – | – | – | 272 |
Discogs: 8.145 keer in een collectie. 2.873 times on een verlanglijst; singles met goud of platina: Belgium 10, the Netherlands 4.
Awards
Awards won and nominations according to Wikidata (major awards only; counted per category).
| Award | Won | Nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Grammy Award | 1 | 1 |
How popular is Sean Paul compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
Upcoming concerts
Benelux first, then Europe. Alle data op Ticketmaster.
| Date | Stad | Country | Zaal of festival | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/11/2026 | Las Vegas | United States | T-Mobile Zone at Sphere | SATURDAY GA - T-MOBILE ZONE AT SPHERE |
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinkpop 2017 | 66 | A | 2 / 45 | 43 | 60 | 69 | 65 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
| Pukkelpop 2022 | 46 | A | 10 / 137 | 56 | 56 | 27 | 53 | Wikipedia, Google Trends, charts, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pukkelpop 2022 | Pukkelpop 2022 (Festivaldag 3): Lekker blijven hangen | Dansende Beren | 21/08/2022 | dagverslag |
| Pinkpop 2017 | Pinkpop-zondag is van start en we hebben er zin in! | Festileaks | 04/06/2017 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ●03/04/2026 · Apollo, Schijndel
- ●24/02/2026 · Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam
- ▲Saturday, August 2022 · Pukkelpop
- ●03/07/2019 · De Oosterpoort, Groningen
- ●02/07/2019 · Ronda, Utrecht
- ●28/06/2019 · Ossegempark / Parc d'Osseghem, Laken / Laeken
12 earlier dates
- ●13/11/2017 · AFAS Live, Amsterdam
- ●07/07/2017 · Parc Astrid de Coronmeuse, Liège
- ▲Sunday, June 2017 · Pinkpop
- ●19/04/2017 · The Max, Amsterdam
- ●29/08/2015 · Site de l’Abbaye d’Aulne, Gozée
- ●07/09/2013 · Groeneputte, Stekene
- ●30/06/2012 · Tour&Taxis, Brussels
- ●12/08/2011 · Donkvijver, Oudenaarde
- ●25/06/2010 · Berkenbroek, Bree
- ●19/06/2010 · Leijpark, Tilburg
- ●15/07/2007 · Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam
- ●01/07/2007 · Tour&Taxis, Brussels
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| MNM | Belgium | Born To Love Ya 19 · Temperature 10 · Give It Up To Me 8 · Rockabye 7 · Get Busy 2 |
| NPO 3FM | Netherlands | We Be Burnin' 1 · Breathe 1 · Get Busy 1 · Temperature 1 |
| Qmusic | Belgium | Temperature 3 · We Be Burnin' 2 · Got 2 Luv U 2 · Get Busy 2 |
| Qmusic NL | Netherlands | We Be Burnin' 5 · Temperature 4 · Got 2 Luv U 3 · Mad Love 1 · Get Busy 1 |
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Temperature 88 · Get Busy 75 · Ba Ba Bad 5 · Like Glue 1 |
| 1LIVE | Germany | She Doesn't Mind 3 · Temperature 1 · No Lie 1 · Give It Up To Me 1 · Get Busy 1 |
| BBC Radio 1 | United Kingdom | We Be Burnin' 1 |
| DR P3 | Denmark | Breathe 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Sure as the Sun 3 · Stand On Business 2 · Get Busy 2 · Im Still in Love With You 2 · We Be Burnin' 1 |
| Mouv' | France | Like Glue 1 · Magic City Money 1 · Give It Up To Me 1 |