Sean Garrett
Sean Garrett (* the 30th March 1979 in Atlanta , Georgia as Garrett Hamler ) is an American songwriter , R & B - singer and music producer .
Career
Sean Garrett was born in Atlanta but moved to Europe with his family when he was four. The reason was the father, who was in the US military and was stationed in different bases in Germany and England. After appearing on some talent shows, he got a recording deal with Ariola when he was 17 . However, when he returned to the United States a few years later, he was to sign with Warner Bros. Records . However, shortly before the contract was signed, the label's black music department was dissolved, so the deal did not materialize. Frustrated that, he initially refrained from the music scene and made a College Accounts at the University of Maryland and began as a mortgage broker in South Carolina to work.
Garrett began to write songs again, some of which he recorded and some of which were played on the radio. Some people in charge of the music industry now pushed him to work as a songwriter for other artists. However, he refused because he saw himself as a singer at the time. He changed his mind when he moved to Atlanta and his mother Rita passed away. LA Reid finally signed him as a songwriter in 2003. There he had his breakthrough with the single Yeah! , sung by Usher , who topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks . In the following years he worked with numerous successful artists and had several number one hits in the USA. He used this to start his solo career. He released the single Grippin ' in 2008 , recorded with Ludacris , which heralded his debut album Turbo 919 , which was released on May 27 that year. The song peaked at number 40 on the US R&B charts.
The single What Them Girls Like , on which Garrett collaborated with Ludacris and Chris Brown , rose to number 17 on the R&B charts and number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 2008. Break Up , a feature starring Mario and Gucci Mane , became the Garrett's greatest success as a singer. The single climbed to number 2 on the R&B charts and number 14 on the Hot 100. In 2010, even smaller hits followed in the R&B charts: Get It All and Massive Attack (both with Nicki Minaj ) and Feel Love (with J. Cole and Drake ).
The last chart listing as a singer came in 2011 with In da Box , a feature with Rick Ross , at number 54 on the R&B charts. In the same year Garrett was also part of the Artists for Haiti , a charity project of various performers for the benefit of the victims of the earthquake disaster of January 12, 2010 . The re-recording of the 1980s benefit hit We Are the World made it to number 2 on the US singles chart.
Discography
Albums
- 2008: Turbo 919 (release: May 27th)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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US | R&B | |||
2008 | Grippin ' Turbo 919 |
- |
R&B40 (12 weeks) R&B |
First release: March 2008
feat. Ludacris |
2010 | Get It All The Inkwell |
- |
R&B83 (7 weeks) R&B |
First release: March 2010
feat. Nicki Minaj |
Feel love |
- |
R&B49 (21 weeks) R&B |
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2011 | In the box |
- |
R&B54 (14 weeks) R&B |
First release: May 2011
feat. Rick ross |
More singles
- 2008: 6 in the Morning Remix (feat. Rick Ross)
- 2008: Away ( Enrique Iglesias feat. Sean Garrett)
- 2008: Lay Up Under Me
- 2008: Come On In ( feat.Akon and Plies )
- 2009: Crank It Up ( Ashley Tisdale feat. Sean Garrett)
Guest Posts
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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US | R&B | |||
2008 | What Them Girls Like Theater of the Mind |
US33 (14 weeks) US |
R&B17 (17 weeks) R&B |
First release: August 2008
Ludacris feat. Chris Brown and Sean Garrett |
2009 | Break Up D.NA |
US14th
platinum
(23 weeks)US |
R&B2 (38 weeks) R&B |
|
2010 | Massive attack |
- |
R&B65 (5 weeks) R&B |
First release: April 2010
Nicki Minaj feat. Sean Garrett |
As a songwriter
- 2004: Yeah! ( Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris)
- 2004: Goodies ( Ciara feat. Petey Pablo )
- 2004: Lose My Breath ( Destiny's Child )
- 2005: Soldier (Destiny's Child feat.TI and Lil Wayne )
- 2005: Grillz ( Nelly feat. Paul Wall , Ali and Gipp )
- 2005: Check On It ( Beyonce feat. Slim Thug and Bun B )
- 2005: Run It! ( Chris Brown feat. Juelz Santana )
- 2006: Ring the Alarm (Beyoncé)
- 2006: Button ( Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg )
- 2006: London Bridge ( Fergie )
- 2007: Like This ( Kelly Rowland feat. Eve )
- 2007: Dimelo ( Enrique Iglesias )
- 2008: Toy Soldier ( Britney Spears )
- 2009: I Did It for Love ( BoA feat.Sean Garrett)
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Web links
- official homepage
- Official site at MySpace.com
- Sean Garrett at Allmusic (English)
- Sean Garrett at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Garrett, Sean |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hamler, Garrett (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American songwriter, R&B singer, and record producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia |