JAY KAY Music Icon
Born in Manchester, but brought up in East London by his jazz-singing mother, it was in 1992 that Sony’s S2 label (now SonyBMG) took a gamble and signed Jay Kay’s band Jamiroquai, for an extraordinary eight album deal.
With over twenty million albums sold in 2006, four world tours and 141 weeks on the UK singles chart later, Jay has gone from poster boy of the early nineties acid jazz revolution to international music icon. After establishing himself in the UK and Europe in the early to mid nineties, Jay’s funk band Jamiroquai has gone on to take Asia and the US by storm.
Having successfully released 7 albums, numerous No.1 chart tracks including ‘Deeper Underground’ written specially for the movie ‘Godzilla’, and been awarded 5 MTV awards, 1 Grammy and a hosts of other prestigious awards, Jay is looked at as an international rock star with ground breaking visuals and great tunes.
In addition to his incredible music talents both in the studio and on stage, Jay is recognised as one of the great style Icons of our time, having been awarded numerous GQ and Elle Style Icon Awards, worked with Hugo Boss and Diesel to name a few, and is notorious for his unusual head attire, unique collection of fast cars and now keen interest in helicopters. 2007 saw Jamiroquai finally take a year off, only coming together of unique opportunities and projects.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2006 ‘High Times: Singles 1992-2006’ enters at No.1 in the UK album chart
- 2006 International tour
- 2006 Performed at Olympic Winter Games in Turin
- 2005 Face of Sony Ericson W800i Walkman Phone
- 2005 AOL Music artist of the month campaign
- 2005 First single from 6th Album ‘Dynamite’ goes straight to No.1 in US
SUMMARY
- Front man of Jamiroquai who have sold over 20 million albums world wide
- A fashion icon with a high media profile
- An international rock star.
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