Seal

Seal is one of those voices that genuinely stops you in your tracks — I still remember hearing "Kiss from a Rose" for the first time and thinking, who IS this guy? Born in Paddington and forged through a rough early life, he built a career on pure vocal power and emotional sincerity at a time when both were genuinely rare in pop. Sweeping three Grammys in 1995 for that one song — Record, Song, and Best Male Pop Vocal — is the kind of hat trick most artists don't manage across an entire career. He has those distinctive facial scars from lupus, a look that became completely iconic, and a soul-inflected sound that never quite fit any single genre box. Decades in, he's still out there touring and recording, which tells you everything — this isn't a nostalgia act, it's a craftsman who just loves the work.

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Name (English)

Seal

Name (Japanese)

シール

Reading

しーる

Born

February 19, 1963 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

Origin

Paddington, United Kingdom

Height

192 cm

Occupation

singer-songwriter / recording artist

Awards & achievements

• 1995 Grammy Award for Song of the Year
• 1995 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
• 1995 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film
• 1995 Grammy Award for Record of the Year
• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.seal.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/Seal
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal%20(musician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%20(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218091

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• recording artist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.