Seal

Fact Sheet

Occupation	Singer
Musical genre:	Soul
Birthday	19 February 1963 (45)
Sign	Pisces
Birthplace	England, UK

Seal (born February 19, 1963) is a British soul vocalist.

Seal was born Sealhenry Olusegun Olumide Samuel, in Paddington, England. His parents were Adebisi Samuel, a Nigerian immigrant, and Francis Samuel, a Brazilian immigrant. A childhood bout of lupus left him with distinctive facial scarring. After school, he studied architecture and engineering.

Featured vocalist on the Adamski single, "Killer", which was a UK number one hit in 1990 (he signed a contract to Sire Records), he subsequently had solo hits such as "Crazy", "Prayer for the Dying", and "Kiss from a Rose" in 1995, which appeared in the film Batman Forever. In 1996 he covered the Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle" for the Space Jam soundtrack.

He has released three self-titled albums in 1991, 1994 and 2003.

The first single released of the 2003 album was called "Get It Together".

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