Jay Sean
When: 1st April 2024
Location: SWG3 Galvanizers
Jay Sean is a British Indian, Singer/songwriter who is back with his latest tour: Origins. Coming to Glasgow’s SWG3 Galvanizers on 1st April 2024.
British Indian, Singer/songwriter Jay Sean emerged in the American Pop music scene a decade ago with his Billboard Hot 100 #1 single “Down,” after having already spent five years prior making waves overseas. The Pop music titan changed the game Stateside for both Asian and UK acts alike, hitting historical strides and breaking down multiple doors as a solo artist.
Incredibly, Jay was the first Asian artists in history to have Billboard #1 in America. He was also the first Asian AND first British artist to have two simultaneous top 10 Billboard singles. To add another feather to his success-cap, Jay is also the first British and first Asian artist to have a Spanish Language #1 in America. In short, Jay’s career of firsts makes it clear that he is truly a “1 of 1” type star.
Born in England
Born in London, England, Jay Sean was a hip-hop kid with a knack for diverse singing and songwriting. At 22, he began his journey in music with the 2003 track “Dance With You” as part of the Rishi Rich Project. A year later he flew solo with his critically acclaimed debut album Me Against Myself. “Before I came over to America, in England I was two albums deep and those albums were Pop/R&B albums,” he remembers.
By 2008, he was delivering international hits like the original “Ride It” and “Maybe” before inking a serendipitous deal with Cash Money Records that brought him full-fledged into the American mainstream. “Down” was the catalyst, a dance-infused Pop cut featuring Young Money figurehead Lil Wayne, with accents of soul that proved Jay Sean had layers to his versatility, punctuated with the crossover success of his third studio album All or Nothing. But in 2009, American Pop music was knee-deep in the EDM craze, so Jay delivered what the people wanted.
He took his interests overseas after his 2013 final Cash Money release “Neon”, securing an international deal and working with top-tier artists like Sean Paul and Maluma on the Reggaetón tinged “Make My Love Go” plus “Thinking About You” with Hardwell among many others. Track by track, Jay Sean remained consistent yet simultaneously delving into all angles of his musical persona while touching down in places like Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Melbourne, and even Stateside in Las Vegas. “I have not stopped touring the planet since I started recording,” he explains.
2019 into 2020
In 2019 into 2020, Jay Sean returned with a bang, when his song “Ride It,“ which had already been a hit back in 2008, was remixed by DJ Regard and embraced by Tiktok, which pushed the Remix into the Top 10 in almost every country in the world. Jay won BMI songwriter of the year awards both in America and in the UK in both 2020 AND again in 2021. To date “Ride it” (Remix by Regard) has achieved nearly 3 billion global streams.
In 2022 Jay worked with Dj Phenom’s Imanbek and Martin Jenson, which generated “Gone’ Which went #3 on The US dance Airplay chart and “Day’s like this” which is approaching 10 million combined streams and strong airplay across Europe.
Never one to stand still, in 2023 Jay Sean started a very exciting new, but familiar chapter in his career by announcing that was going to make a best of South Asian project, with himself and some of the biggest Indian artist names in the world. Working globally, like he always has, Jay has worked in LA, NYC, Toronto and next up India to bring this vision to life. This album is nearing its completion and will release in early 2024.
