Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean (2008)

Nelust Wyclef Jean (* 17th October 1969 in Croix-des-Bouquets , Ouest ) is a Haitian hip-hop - musician , songwriter and producer .

Career

Together with his cousin Pras Michel he founded the band Tranzlator Crew and wrote his own songs and lyrics. Although Jean was considered very talented from the start, success was a long time coming until the group Fugees (with Pras Michel and Lauryn Hill ) was founded. In 1993 her debut album Blunted on Reality was released . The trio's breakthrough came in 1996 with their second album The Score .

In 1997 Jean began to focus on his solo career. He released the album The Carnival and coupled hits like Gone till November and a cover version of Guantanamera . He also collaborated as a member of the Soul Assassins with DJ Muggs from Cypress Hill . In the following years he managed to develop his talent as songwriter, producer and remixer for Destiny's Child , Sublime , Simply Red , Whitney Houston , Michael Jackson , Eric Benét , Mýa , Carlos Santana , The Black Eyed Peas , Akon , Ivy Queen , Sinéad O'Connor , Tom Jones and Mick Jagger to prove it.

On the album The Ecleftic , released in 2000 , Jean received support from artists such as Youssou N'Dour , Mary J. Blige , Kenny Rogers , Earth, Wind and Fire and wrestling star The Rock . On July 9, 2006, he sang the song Hips Don't Lie with Shakira at the final ceremony of the soccer world championship . Wyclef Jean re-recorded the song L'aurora for the Eros Ramazzotti best of album E2 , which was released in October 2007 . With Serj Tankian , the singer of System of a Down , Wyclef Jean recorded a song called Riot ; it is on Wyclef Jeans album Carnival II - Memoirs Of An Immigrant , which was released on November 23, 2007 in Germany.

Private life

At the age of nine he moved with his family in the New York district of Brooklyn . In 2008 and 2009 he had financial problems. His beachfront property in Miami Beach was set to be foreclosed in 2008. The forced sale did not take place after negotiations with the bank involved. On March 19, 2011, Jean was shot and injured in the hand in Port-au-Prince . Wyclef Jean has been married since 1994; the couple adopted a daughter in 2005. Jean has three siblings.

social commitment

In 2001 Jean founded a charity called Yéle Haiti (in German roughly "Schreie Haiti"), which was shut down in 2012 after an investigation by the New York Attorney General for embezzlement of donations. The organization had set itself the goal of using music, sports and media to create small but effective projects in Haiti, Jean's native land, which would promote the long-term development of Haiti from the point of view of education, health, the environment and Support community work.

After the severe earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010 , Jean recorded a benefit single with Mick Jagger and organized a big benefit rock concert on January 22, 2010 under the title Hope for Haiti . Other performers at this concert were Christina Aguilera , Sting , Bono , Justin Timberlake , Alicia Keys and George Clooney .

politics

In the elections on November 28, 2010 , Jean intended to run for President of Haiti. After registering as a candidate, he said to supporters, "I want to tell President Barack Obama that the US has Obama and Haiti has Wyclef Jean." Jean spent five years of his life in Haiti. According to a previously published report from a member of the electoral body, Jean does not meet all the necessary conditions for admission to the election and is therefore not put on the list of candidates.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1997	The Carnival	DE81 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH38 (3 weeks) CH	UK40 silver (6 weeks)UK	US16 × 2 Double platinum (67 weeks)US	First published: June 24, 1997 with Refugee Allstars Sales: + 2,060,000
2000	The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book	DE20th gold (32 weeks)DE	AT17 (25 weeks) AT	CH10 (37 weeks) CH	UK5 gold (19 weeks)UK	US9 platinum (30 weeks)US	First published: Aug 18, 2000 Sales: + 1,200,000
2002	Masquerade	DE20 (8 weeks) DE	AT14 (11 weeks) AT	CH13 (12 weeks) CH	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	US6 (14 weeks) US	First published: July 18, 2002
2003	The Preacher's Son	DE59 (1 week) DE	AT60 (1 week) AT	CH36 (4 weeks) CH	-	US22 (5 weeks) US	First published: October 7, 2003
2004	Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 5, 2004
2007	Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant	-	-	CH33 (3 weeks) CH	-	US28 (14 weeks) US	First published: December 4th, 2007
2009	From the hut, to the projects, to the mansion	-	-	-	-	US171 (1 week) US	First published: November 10, 2009
2017	Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee	-	-	-	-	US112 (1 week) US	First published: September 15, 2017

Compilations

year	title	Remarks
2003	Greatest hits	First published: October 7, 2003

Mix tapes

year	title	Remarks
2013	April Showers	First published: April 29, 2013
2017	Wyclef Jean Inspired By ...	First published: November 29, 2017

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2017	J'ouvert	-	-	-	-	US117 (1 week) US	First published: February 3, 2017

More EPs

year	title	Remarks
2010	If I Were President: My Haitian Experience	First published: December 3, 2010

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1997	We Trying to Stay Alive The Carnival	DE72 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK13 (7 weeks) UK	US45 (12 weeks) US	First published: May 27, 1997 feat. Refugee Allstars
1997	Guantanamera The Carnival	DE29 (11 weeks) DE	-	CH19 (10 weeks) CH	UK25 (2 weeks) UK	-	First release: September 1997 feat. Refugee Allstars
1998	Gone till November The Carnival	DE31 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH22 (9 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (10 weeks)UK	US7th platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: January 20, 1998
	Cheated (To All the Girls) The Carnival	-	-	-	-	US61 (8 weeks) US	First published: July 28, 1998
	Another One Bites the Dust Greatest Hits III	DE46 (7 weeks) DE	AT23 (12 weeks) AT	CH35 (5 weeks) CH	UK5 (9 weeks) UK	-	First release: November 20th, 1998 with Queen feat. Pras & Free
1999	New Day Life Sentence (OST)	DE72 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH48 (1 week) CH	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	First release: September 14, 1999 feat. Bono
2000	It Doesn't Matter The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book	DE47 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH58 (14 weeks) CH	UK3 (11 weeks) UK	-	First release: July 31, 2000 feat. The Rock
2000	911 The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book	DE12 (19 weeks) DE	AT21 (15 weeks) AT	CH9 (25 weeks) CH	UK9 silver (10 weeks)UK	US38 (19 weeks) US	First release: September 2000 feat. Mary J. Blige
2001	Perfect Gentleman The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book	DE7 (15 weeks) DE	AT13 (17 weeks) AT	CH17 (16 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (20 weeks)UK	-	First release: June 2001 feat. Hope Harris
2001	Wish You Were Here The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book	DE40 (9 weeks) DE	AT51 (8 weeks) AT	CH49 (10 weeks) CH	UK28 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 3, 2001
2002	Two Wrongs Masquerade	DE54 (9 weeks) DE	AT58 (6 weeks) AT	CH30 (15 weeks) CH	UK14 (6 weeks) UK	US28 (20 weeks) US	First published: June 24, 2002 feat. Claudette Ortiz
2003	Party to Damascus The Preacher's Son	DE65 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US65 (9 weeks) US	First release: September 30, 2003 feat. Missy Elliott
2007	Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant	DE30 (7 weeks) DE	AT64 (3 weeks) AT	CH51 (4 weeks) CH	UK66 (3 weeks) UK	US12 Platinum + Gold (Mastertone) (28 weeks)US	First release: August 14, 2007 feat. Akon , Niia & Lil Wayne

More singles

1998: Gunpowder
2000: Low Income
2002: Pussycat
2003: Industry
2004: Take Me as I Am
2004: Hey Buster!
2004: President
2008: Fast Car (feat. Paul Simon )
2008: Touch Your Button (Carnival Jam)
2008: I'm Ready
2008: Electric City (with Nikki Yanofsky )
2009: Warrior's Anthem
2009: You Don't Wanna Go Outside
2010/2016: If I Was President
2010: Hold On ( feat.Mavado )
2010: Election Time
2011: Historia
2013: Hip Hop
2014: Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way) ( feat.Santana , Avicii & Alexandre Pires)
2014: Divine Sorrow (feat.Avicii)
2017: My Girl (feat. Sasha Mari)
2017: Hendrix
2017: I Swear ( feat.Young Thug )
2017: Fela kuti
2017: What Happened to Love ( feat.LunchMoney Lewis & The Knocks)
2018: Sak kap fet
2018: I Pray
2018: All or Nothing (with Ray BLK & Naughty Boy )
2018: Mystery (with K-391 )

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
1997	No No No (Part II) Destiny's Child	DE17 (15 weeks) DE	AT40 (1 week) AT	CH13 (15 weeks) CH	UK5 (13 weeks) UK	US3 platinum (35 weeks)US	First published: November 11, 1997 Destiny’s Child feat. Wyclef Jean
2002	One Nite Stand (Of Wolves and Sheep) Unbelievable	DE5 (10 weeks) DE	AT12 (21 weeks) AT	CH16 (10 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: September 2nd, 2002 Sarah Connor feat. Wyclef Jean
2006	Hips Don't Lie Oral Fixation Vol. 2	DE1 platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT2 gold (38 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (65 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (48 weeks)UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (31 weeks)US	First published: February 28, 2006 Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
2006	Dangerous Chemically Imbalanced	DE82 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US85 (1 week) US	First published: October 14, 2006 Ying Yang Twins feat. Wyclef Jean
2007	You Know What It Is T.I. vs. TIP	-	-	-	-	US34 (18 weeks) US	First published: July 10, 2007 T.I. feat. Wyclef Jean
2017	Dimelo	-	-	-	UK2 gold (10 weeks)UK	-	First release: December 3rd, 2017 Rak-Su feat. Wyclef Jean & Naughty Boy
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2017	Todas tru.	DE65 (1 week) DE	AT55 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	First published: September 8, 2017 Cro feat. Wyclef Jean

Further guest contributions

1998: Don't Release Me (Wyclef Jean Remix) ( Gloria Estefan feat.Wyclef Jean)
1999: In the Zone ( Ivy Queen feat. Wyclef Jean)
1999: Blood Is Thicker Than Water ( The Product G&B feat. Wyclef Jean)
2000: Love Me Now ( Beenie Man feat. Wyclef Jean)
2001: Coast 2 Coast (Suavemente) ( Angie Martínez feat.Wyclef Jean)
2001: Loving You (Ole Ole Ole) ( Brian Harvey feat. The Refugee Crew)
2002: Shape of You (Reshaped) ( Beverley Knight feat. Wyclef Jean & Hollywood)
2003: Learn Chinese ( MC Jin feat. Wyclef Jean)
2006: Nuestro himno (benefit single with various artists)
2007: Five-O ( Elephant Man feat. Wyclef Jean)
2007: It Don't Make Any Difference to Me ( Kevin Michael feat. Wyclef Jean)
2007: China Wine (Sun feat. Wyclef Jean, Tony Matterhorn & Elephant Man)
2008: Roll Out (Labelle feat. Wyclef Jean)
2009: Valentine (Tatiana Okupnik feat. Wyclef Jean)
2010: Murderer ( Barrington Levy feat. Wyclef Jean, Snoop Dogg & Shaggy )
2010: Deep Down in My Heart (Desiree feat. Wyclef Jean)
2011: Playaz Club 2011 Remix (Another Carjack) ( Rappin '4-Tay feat. Wyclef Jean)
2012: Antenna (Remix) ( Fuse ODG feat. Wyclef Jean)
2016: Kiss the Sky (The Knocks feat. Wyclef Jean)
2016: Zoom Zoom ( Gorgon City feat. Wyclef Jean)
2018: War ( Tal feat. Wyclef Jean)
2018: Down Easy ( Showtek & MOTi feat. Starley & Wyclef Jean)
2019: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) ( Fall Out Boy feat. Wyclef Jean)

Filmography

1999: Life imprisonment (Life)
2002: Shotta's gangsters
2004: full clip
2005: The dream date (One Last Thing ...)
2005: Dirty
2006: Redline
2006: Ghosts of Cité Soleil

Television appearances

Emporio Armani: A Private Party , 1996
Carmen: A Hip Hopera , 2001
Chappelle's Show , 2004
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , 2005
Third Watch - Bet at the Limit , 2005

statistics

Chart evaluation

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
Top 10 albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH1CH	UK1UK	US2US
Albums in the charts	DE4thDE	AT3AT	CH5CH	UK3UK	US8thUS

	DE	AT	CH	UK	US
Number one singles	DE1DE	AT-AT	CH1CH	UK1UK	US1US
Top 10 singles	DE3DE	AT1AT	CH2CH	UK7thUK	US3US
Singles in the charts	DE17thDE	AT10AT	CH13CH	UK13UK	US11US

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Canada Canada
- 2001: for the album The Ecleftic
- 2008: for the single Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
Norway Norway
- 2002: for the album The Ecleftic

Platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1998: for the album The Carnival
Norway Norway
- 2002: for the single 911

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	450,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	platinum1	170,000	musiccanada.com
Norway (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	30,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	15,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	30,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	gold1	10 × platinum10	10,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	2,560,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	9 × gold9	16 × platinum16

Individual evidence

^ Wyclef - Home a Loan . TMZ.com. January 26, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2010.

↑ [1]

↑ http://www.bigfm.de/news/440071/wyclef-jean-gibt-verfhrungstipps

↑ Deborah Sontag: Quake hit Haiti Gains Little as Wyclef Jean Charity Spends Much . In: The New York Times . October 11, 2012, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 15, 2018]).

↑ http://www.yele-haiti.org/mission/ ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed on August 4, 2010 @1@ 2

↑ http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/haiti866.html ( Memento from August 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

↑ Wyclef Jean is not allowed to run for election ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Rheinische Post (online) from August 20, 2010 @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

Commons : Wyclef Jean - collection of images, videos and audio files

Website (English)
Wyclef Jean at laut.de
Wyclef Jean in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Works by and about Wyclef Jean in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Jean, Wyclef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Jean, Nelust Wyclef (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Haitian rapper, songwriter and producer
DATE OF BIRTH	17th October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Croix-des-Bouquets , Haiti

[1] Wyclef - Home a Loan . TMZ.com. January 26, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2010.

[2] [1]

[3] ttp://www.bigfm.de/news/440071/wyclef-jean-gibt-verfhrungstipps

[4] Deborah Sontag: Quake hit Haiti Gains Little as Wyclef Jean Charity Spends Much . In: The New York Times . October 11, 2012, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed May 15, 2018]).