Shawn Bosco Fernandes (born January 12, 1982), better known by his stage name Shawn Desman, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer, and television personality. He was signed to

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. He is known for his energetic stage presence and

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voice.

Career

Shawn Desman attended St. Francis of Assisi Elementary School in Toronto, where he took part in many talent shows and events. In 1998, Shawn Fernandes was in the Boomtang Boys video for their song "Squeezetoy" as a dancer. He had a few recordings in English and Portuguese under his real name Shawn Fernandes before adopting the name Desman. According to his own account, he adopted the name Desman because in his youth his friends referred to him as "Dez, man" – thus creating his artistic pseudonym Desman. His self-titled breakthrough album in 2002 featured three top ten singles ("Shook", "Spread My Wings" and "Get Ready") on the Canadian charts. The album went on to achieve gold certification in Canada. The single, "Spread My Wings", is a cover of the unreleased group, Vega, featuring

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. His follow-up album, '' Back for More'' garnered a Juno Award for Best R&B Recording which featured the number one hit single "Let's Go". His 2010 album ''

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'' garnered two gold singles, one platinum single, Video of the Year at the

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, Canadian Dance/Pop Song of the year at the Stylus Awards, as well as SOCAN Number 1 Award for Electric/Night Like This. Shawn Desman is also a producer and has worked with various artists producing hit singles for Nick Carter,

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, as well as contestants on YTV's

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where he produced the song (One More First Chance) for Brock Zanrosso in 2009 and "It Might Be You" for contestant Parker Schmidt in 2011. Shawn Desman live at the Virgin Mobile MOD Club, Toronto

Shawn Desman live at the Virgin Mobile MOD Club, Toronto

In 2013, Shawn Desman released his fourth studio album, ''

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'', along with an accompanying short film of the same name. The album spawned two hit singles; "Nobody Does It Like You" and "Dum Da Dum". In 2018, due to low ticket sales, a Shawn Desman concert in Wasaga Beach was made free for the public. In July 2022, Shawn Desman performed at

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's All Canadian North Stars event apart of his annual OVO Fest, afterwards Drake approached Shawn Desman backstage, praising him for his performance and had encouraged him to continue making music. A few months later he released a new single called "Maniac".Shawn Desman is back with a new sound after stepping away from music nearly a decade ago
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Collaborations

*Shawn Desman contributed "Spread My Wings" to

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'' (on Warner). *He has collaborated with producers Tricky Stewart, Rodney Jerkins and The Dream. *Collaborated with his brother

on the single "Feel It" featured on Danny's album ''AutomaticLUV''.

Awards

*Shawn Desman's

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debut album was certified Gold by the

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. *In 2006, won a

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for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year". *In 2011, won "Video of the year" at the

for his video "Electric/Night Like This". *In 2011, won Canadian Dance/Pop Single of the Year at the Stylus Awards. *In 2011, awarded SOCAN No. 1 Award for Electric/Night Like This reaching No. 1. *In 2013, ALIVE movie awarded Best Outstanding Short Film at Reel World Film Festival

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

;Notes

Features

*2003: "Movie Star (Remix)"

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feat. Shawn Desman *2006: "All Eyes on Me" Puppet feat. Shawn Desman *2010: "Feel It"

feat. Shawn Desman ;Collaborations *2009: "One More First Chance" (as producer for Brock Zanrosso on YTV's

)

Selected filmography

*2001: '' Get Over It'' as himself *2003: ''

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'' as himself *2007: ''

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'' as Trey *2015: '' The Next Step'' as himself

References

External links

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Shawn Desman MuchMusic page
(archived 2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:Desman, Shawn 1982 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian dance musicians Canadian hip hop singers Canadian male dancers Canadian male singer-songwriters Canadian people of Portuguese descent Canadian pop singers Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year winners Musicians from Mississauga