Orville Richard Burrell (Kingston (Jamaica), 22 October 1968) is a American-Jamaican reggaeand Dancehall artist, better known by his stage name Shaggy.
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Biography[Edit][]
Shaggy migrated at a young age to the United States. He came to live in New York City in the Borough of Brooklyn.
In 1988, he joined the United States Marine Corps and he participated in operation Desert Storm during the Gulf war.
When he returned from Iraq, he decided to devote his time to music. In 1993 he was first hit: "Oh Carolina", a Dancehall cover of a skahit by the Folkes Brothers-. The same year, Shaggy on the album Kenny Dope called "The Unreleased Project".
His next hit was "Boombastic" in 1995. When he stopped here with music but came back in 2001 with the number 1 hits, "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel". The album by Shaggy where these tracks were on was called "Hot Shot". It was first released for a long time at number 1 in the album top 100. However his next albums Lucky Day (2002) and Clothes Drop (2005) never came as high in the lists as Hot Shot. Features vocals by Shaggy In 2007 as one of the seducers in the Dutch version of the television showTemptation Island. In January 2008 he joined together with Natalia & En Vogue in the Antwerp Sportpaleis. (Natalia meets En Vogue feat. Shaggy)
Discography[Edit][]
Albums[Edit][]
| Album with any chart positions (and)
in the Dutch Album Top 100 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure pleasure | 1993 | 31-07-1993 | 56 | 8 | |
| Original doberman | 1994 | - | |||
| Boombastic | 1995 | 21-10-1995 | 33 | 7 | |
| Midnite lover | 1997 | - | |||
| Hot shot | 2000 | 24-02-2001 | 3 | 63 | Platinum |
| Hot shot ultramix | 2002 | - | |||
| Mr. lover lover-The best of Shaggy...Part 1 | 2002 | - | Compilation album | ||
| Lucky day | 2002 | 16-11-2002 | 46 | 18 | |
| The essential Shaggy | 2003 | - | |||
| Boombastic hits | 2003 | - | |||
| Clothes drop | 2005 | - | |||
| Intoxicaton | 2007 | - |
| Album with chart positions (and)
in the Flemish Ultratop 200 albums |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot shot | 2000 | 07-04-2001 | 9 | 21 | |
| Best of Shaggy-The boombastic collection | 2008 | 06-09-2008 | 50 | 5 | Compilation album |
Singles[Edit][]
| Single with any chart positions (and)
in the Dutch Top 40 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oh Carolina | 1993 | 20-03-1993 | 6 | 11 | |
| Soon be done | 1993 | 17-07-1993 | tip12 | - | |
| In the summertime | 1995 | 19-08-1995 | 23 | 5 | with Paige |
| Boombastic | 1995 | 30-09-1995 | 4 | 11 | |
| Why you treat me so bad | 1995 | 20-01-1996 | tip8 | - | with Grand Puba |
| The train is coming | 1996 | - | with Wayne Wonder | ||
| That girl | 1996 | 03-08-1996 | 26 | 4 | with Maxi Priest |
| Piece of my heart | 1997 | - | with Marsha | ||
| Luv me, Luv me | 1997 | - | with Janet Jackson | ||
| It wasn't me | 2001 | 17-02-2001 | 1 (7wk) | 17 | RikRok ' Ducent Richardo ' with/ Alarm disc / Platinum |
| Angel | 2001 | 23-06-2001 | 1 (7wk) | 14 | Paige/Alarm with drive/Platinum |
| Luv me, Luv me | 2001 | 13-10-2001 | 27 | 4 | with Samantha Cole |
| Dance & shout | 2001 | - | |||
| Freaky girl | 2001 | - | |||
| Christmas in Jamaica | 2001 | 15-12-2001 | tip22 | - | with Toni Braxton |
| Hope | 2002 | 23-02-2002 | 16 | 10 | with Prince Mydas |
| Me Julie | 2002 | 20-04-2002 | 5 | 9 | with Ali G |
| Hey sexy lady | 2002 | 02-11-2002 | 3 | 16 | with Brian & Tony Gold |
| Velva das Hanf frei! | 2002 | - | with Stefan Raab | ||
| Strength of a woman | 2003 | 22-02-2003 | tip6 | - | |
| Get my party on | 2003 | - | with Chaka Kahn | ||
| Your eyes | 2004 | - | RikRok ' Ducent with Bci ' | ||
| Wild 2nite | 2005 | - | with Olivia | ||
| Ultimatum | 2006 | - | with Natasha Watkins | ||
| Feel like making love | 2007 | - | with Lumidee | ||
| Feel the rush (Mascots song) | 2008 | 21-06-2008 | tip3 | - | with Trix & Flix |
| Single with chart positions (and)
in the Flemish Ultratop 50 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In the summertime | 1995 | 15-07-1995 | 32 | 9 | with Paige |
| Boombastic | 1995 | 30-09-1995 | 4 | 18 | |
| It wasn't me | 2001 | 24-02-2001 | 1 (4wk) | 21 | RikRok ' Ducent with Bci ' |
| Angel | 2001 | 16-06-2001 | 1 (4wk) | 18 | with Paige |
| Luv me, Luv me | 2001 | 03-11-2001 | 15 | 9 | with Samantha Cole |
| Hope | 2002 | 16-03-2002 | 26 | 10 | with Prince Mydas |
| Hey sexy lady | 2002 | 02-11-2002 | 3 | 20 | with Brian & Tony Gold |
| Strength of a woman | 2003 | 29-03-2003 | 26 | 7 | |
| Wild 2nite | 2005 | 17-09-2005 | tip8 | - | with Olivia |
| Feel like making love | 2007 | 03-11-2007 | tip22 | - | with Lumidee |
| Feel the rush (Mascots song) | 2008 | 26-07-2008 | 22 | 13 | with Trix & Flix |
| Fly high | 2009 | 15-08-2009 | tip4 | - | with Gary ' Nesta ' Pine |
| I wanna | 2010 | 17-04-2010 | 24 | 5 | with Bob Sinclar & Sahara |
| Girls just wanna have fun | 2012 | 01-09-2012 | 46 | 1 * | with Eve |
DVDs[Edit][]
| DVDs with the Flemish Ultratop charts in the music dvd top 10/20 | Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalia meets En Vogue ft. Shaggy | 2008 | 01-11-2008 | 1 (4wk) | 30 | with Natalia & En Vogue |
