Sean Foreman (born August 27, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter and rapper from

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. He is a member of the electronic pop duo

3OH!3 3OH!3 (pronounced "three oh three") is an American electronic music duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. They are best known for their single "DONTTRUSTME" from their album ''Want'', which reached number sev ...

with Nathaniel Motte.

History

Sean Foreman was born in Boulder, Colorado and attended Fairview High School. He graduated from

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with an English major and math minor. He married his college sweetheart, Melanie Mary Knigge, in 2013. Foreman co-writes all of 3OH!3's music. The duo's second studio album, ''

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'', went gold in 2008. The song "

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" was No. 1 on pop radio and sold over 6 million copies. " Starstrukk", the third single from ''Want'', went platinum and peaked within the top five of the charts in Australia, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Poland and the United Kingdom. Its radio-only and deluxe album version of "Starstrukk", featuring pop singer

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, was released along with a music video. 3OH!3's lead single from '' Streets of Gold'', "

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" featuring

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, went platinum after selling over 1 million copies. Foreman is an avid book reader and comic book collector, and made his own comic for the ''Streets of Gold'' deluxe record. Foreman has worked and written with

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and

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. He wrote on Kesha's debut album ''

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'', and co-wrote her platinum hit, "

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." He also wrote on

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's album '' Yours Truly'', co-writing her ballad "Tattooed Heart", which was performed on the

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and for the President of the United States. 3OH!3's fourth studio album, ''

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'', was released on May 13, 2016 on Fueled By Ramen. Foreman is a World Champion Ultimate Frisbee player. He won the Junior Gold Medal with Team USA in 2004. He won college nationals in ultimate frisbee in 2004 with CU's Mamabird. Foreman also once rode a bicycle from New York City to Boulder. In 2009, he took the

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in the winter and in 2010, he ran the Chicago marathon for the

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Discography

3OH!3

* ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2008) * '' Streets of Gold'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

'' (2016) * ''Need'' (2021)

As a songwriter

Filmography

TV appearances

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foreman, Sean 1985 births Living people American male musicians American people of English descent American electronic musicians American pop musicians American male songwriters Musicians from Boulder, Colorado