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Shaggy

1968 - Today

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Orville Richard Burrell (born October 22, 1968), known professionally as Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae musician who scored hits with the songs "It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic", "In the Summertime", "Oh Carolina", and "Angel". He has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Reggae Album with Boombastic in 1996 and 44/876 with Sting in 2019, and has won the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Distinction with the rank of Commander. In 2022, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shaggy is the 869th most popular singer (up from 1,106th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 30th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Jamaican Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Shaggy ranks 869 out of 4,381. Before him are Camillo Felgen, Mikel Laboa, Hozier, Kevin Ayers, Henriette Sontag, and Andrew Ridgeley. After him are Alan Tam, Julio Jaramillo, Cat Power, Franca Raimondi, E-Type, and 2 Chainz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Shaggy ranks 112. Before him are Emma Wiklund, Karl Ove Knausgård, Timothy Olyphant, Surangel Whipps Jr., D'arcy Wretzky, and Kelly Rutherford. After him are Gordon Bajnai, Hajime Moriyasu, Michael Weatherly, Marcus Grönholm, Martin Dahlin, and Choi Jin-sil.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Shaggy ranks 25 out of 189. Before him are George Rhoden (1926), Jacob Miller (1952), George Kerr (1937), Cedella Booker (1926), Merlene Ottey (1960), and Stephen Hopkins (1958). After him are Patrick Ewing (1962), Sean Paul (1973), Mary Seacole (1805), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Bunny Wailer (1947), and Desmond Dekker (1941).

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Among SINGERS In Jamaica

Among singers born in Jamaica, Shaggy ranks 8. Before him are Max Romeo (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Liz Mitchell (1952), Millie Small (1947), Jacob Miller (1952), and Cedella Booker (1926). After him are Bunny Wailer (1947), Burning Spear (1945), Carl Douglas (1942), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Errol Brown (1948), and Yellowman (1956).

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