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Shaggy

Orville Richard Burrell, dancehall and reggae singer

Jamaica • b. 1968-10-22

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Biography

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.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

742 releases · 144 albums · active 1988–2025

  • Performance · 780
  • Production · 93
  • Other credits · 54
  • Engineering · 32

Studios: Cherrytree Recording Studio · Sear Sound · Il Palagio · Lake House, Wiltshire

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