British soul singer and songwriter, Seal, was born as Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel on February 19, 1963.
Before Seal was a multi-platinum selling singer, he studied architecture, completing a two-year diploma in the subject.
His talent as a solo vocalist came to the public's attention when he collaborated with acid house producer Adamski on 'Killer', which spent four weeks at number 1 in the UK charts in 1990.
His self-titled debut album was released the following year to critical acclaim, and in the 1992 Brit Awards he was the first artist in the history of award to achieve a hat-trick win: he won Best British Male, Best British Video and Best British Album. The album featured his own version of 'Killer', which won an Ivor Novello Award, and he won another the following year for 'Crazy'. Read more at RadioTimes.com.
For more info about Seal's life and career, see his profile on IMDb.
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