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| genre = {{hlist|[[Reggae]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best Dancehall Reggae Artists|url=https://www.thetoptens.com/dancehall-reggae-artists/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=Thetoptens.com|language=en}}</ref>|[[dancehall]]<ref>{{Cite web|website=3oceansvibe.com|title=40 Best Dancehall Artists In The History Of Jamaican Dancehall {{!}} 3Oceansvibe.com|url=https://3oceansvibe.com/40-best-dancehall-artists-in-the-history-of-jamaican-dancehall/|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-US}}</ref>|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]<ref name="hotnewhiphop">{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/profile/seanpaul|title=Sean Paul - Hot New Hip Hop|date=27 April 2017 |publisher=[[HotNewHipHop]]|accessdate=31 May 2023|quote=Some artists cannot be classified by one specific genre, and Sean Paul is one of them. The Grammy Award-winning Jamaican has the vocals of a reggae artist, but combines his voice with different beats – hip-hop, R&B, and so on – to create music that has brought him worldwide success.}}</ref>}}

'''Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sean-paul-jihadi-death-threat-Sri-Lankan-singer-told-to-stay-away-from-maldives-new-years-eve-concert-9945478.html|title=Singer Sean Paul told to stay away from Maldives New Year's Eve concert|last=Buncombe|first=Andrew|date=26 December 2014|website=Independent.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-06-16 |title=Folha de S.Paulo - Música: Sean Paul transporta o dançante dancehall da Jamaica para o Brasil - 16/06/2005 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq1606200511.htm |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=1.folha.uol.com.br}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=JAM|OD}} (born 9 January 1973)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]]|date= 9 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… rapper Sean Paul in 1973 (age 47)}}</ref> is a Jamaican rapper and singer of [[reggae]] and [[dancehall]]. He released his first album, ''[[Stage One]]'', in 2000. However, it was in 2002 that he gained international fame after releasing his sophomore album, ''[[Dutty Rock]].'' The single "[[Get Busy]]" topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in the United States, as did "[[Temperature (song)|Temperature]]" (2005), off his third album, ''[[The Trinity (album)|The Trinity]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Collins |first=Hattie |date=2005-09-23 |title=Talk dutty to me |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/24/popandrock2 |access-date=2024-06-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Paul frequently invokes the nickname "Sean da Paul", originating from the similarity between his stage name and cricketer [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-20 |title=Sean Paul Reveals The Story Behind His Stage Name |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sean-paul-reveals-story-behind-193251424.html |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Finance.yahoo.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

Most of his albums have been nominated for [[Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album|Best Reggae Album]], with ''Dutty Rock'' winning the award. Paul has been featured in many other singles, including chart-toppers "[[Baby Boy (Beyoncé song)|Baby Boy]]" by [[Beyoncé]], "[[Breathe (Blu Cantrell song)|Breathe]]" by [[Blu Cantrell]], "[[What About Us (The Saturdays song)|What About Us]]" by [[The Saturdays]], "[[Rockabye (song)|Rockabye]]" by [[Clean Bandit]], "[[Cheap Thrills (song)|Cheap Thrills]]" by [[Sia]], and "[[Fuego (DJ Snake, Sean Paul and Anitta song)|Fuego]]" by [[DJ Snake]].

Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques was born in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] on 9 January 1973. His mother Frances, a painter,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/paul_sean/bio.jhtml|title=Sean Paul Bio &#124; Sean Paul Career &#124; MTV |publisher=[[VH1]]|access-date=18 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304154416/http://www.mtv.com/artists/sean-paul/biography/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://top40.about.com/od/artistsls/p/seanpaul.htm |title=Sean Paul |website=Top40.about.com |access-date=18 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504005112/http://top40.about.com/od/artistsls/p/seanpaul.htm |archive-date=4 May 2014}}</ref> is of English and [[Chinese Jamaicans|Chinese Jamaican]] descent.<ref name="Inde1">His maternal grandfather who was a Chinese Doctor. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/sean-paul-uptown-top-ranking-505087.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912080724/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/sean-paul-uptown-top-ranking-505087.html|date=12 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/813_sean_paul.htm |title=Sean Paul |website=Somethingjewish.co.uk |date=13 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Aayushka |date=2021-09-07 |title=Musician Sean Paul Comes from Parents of Diverse Origins and Interests |url=https://hollywoodmask.com/p/sean-paul-parents-brother.html |access-date=2024-06-15 |website=hollywoodmask |language=en}}</ref> His Portuguese paternal great-grandfather's [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardic Jewish]] family emigrated from [[Portugal]] to Jamaica in the 17th century,<ref name="Still Busy NYT mag">{{cite news |last1=Dixit |first1=Iva |title=Sean Paul Is Still Busy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/16/magazine/sean-paul.html |access-date=18 August 2023 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |date=16 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> while his paternal grandmother was [[Afro-Jamaicans|Afro-Jamaican]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/sean-paul-uptown-top-ranking-309597.html|title=Sean Paul: Uptown top ranking|website=Independent.co.uk|date=19 August 2012}}</ref> Although, Paul's father, Garth Henriques, was believed to be descended from Portuguese horse thieves who were fleeing from bounty hunters in a ship that sank in Jamaica.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gal |first=Ruda |date=2002-08-03 |orig-date=2000-05-21 |title=Sean Paul Biography 2000 |url=http://www.rudegal.com/seanbio.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803000339/http://www.rudegal.com/seanbio.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2002-08-03 |access-date=2024-06-15 }}</ref>