Jamaican-American singer

Shaggy Shaggy may refer to: People *Shaggy (musician) (born 1968), Jamaican American reggae rapper and singer *Shaggy 2 Dope, half of the hip hop, horrorcore band Insane Clown Posse *Shaggy Flores (born 1973), Nuyorican poet, writer and African diaspora ...

has released seventeen

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and forty-seven

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s. four He is best known for his hit singles "

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", " Boombastic", " It Wasn't Me", and "

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". In 2000, Shaggy released the album '' Hot Shot'', which was certified 6× Platinum in the United States. The album featured the singles " It Wasn't Me" and "

", the latter of which was built around two song samples –

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's 1968 hit " Angel of the Morning" (which was remade in 1981 by Juice Newton), and The Steve Miller Band's 1973 hit " The Joker". In 2001 Shaggy performed with Rayvon and

Rikrok "It Wasn't Me" is the first single from Jamaican-American reggae musician Shaggy's fifth studio album, '' Hot Shot'' (2000). The song features vocals from RikRok (credited as Rickardo "RikRok" Ducent). The lyrics of the song depict one man (Rik ...

at Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary the songs "Angel" and "It Wasn't Me" from ''Hot Shot''. The album hit number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and

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.Huey, Steve "Shaggy Biography"

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. As of 2007, Shaggy has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

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Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Guest appearances

* "Waste Time" with Cutty Ranks on the album ''Six Million Ways to Die'' in 1996. * "Toro Toro" with

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on the album ''Charge'' in 1998. * "Innosense" with

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" featuring Boys Choir of Harlem * "Hot" with Play on the album '' Replay'' in 2003. * " All Through the Night" with Cyndi Lauper on the album ''

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'' in 2005. * "Rain" with

Heather Headley Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the titular role of ''Aida''. She also won the 2010 Grammy Aw ...

on the album '' In My Mind'' in 2006. * "Famous" with Ai on the album ''

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.'' in 2006. * "The Way We Roll" with

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on the album '' Let's Get Physical'' in 2007. * "Winning Season" with

on the album ''

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'' in 2008. * " I Wanna" with Bob Sinclar and Sahara on the album '' Made in Jamaica'' in 2010. * "So Hot" with Honorebel on the album ''Club Scene'' in 2010. * "

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" with

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on the album '' Thank Me Later'' in 2010. * "Sexy Swag" with Gabry Ponte in 2013. * "Keep Cool" with

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on the album '' Free the Universe'' in 2013 (also features Wynter Gordon). * "I Need Your Love" With

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, Mohombi in 2014 * In 2015 he brought out the

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Remix of the song "Piensas (Dile la verdad)" by

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feat. Gente de Zona. The song was released on

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. * "Black and White" with

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on the album '' Kylie + Garibay'' in 2015. * "Sunset" (With Farruko, Nicky Jam) in 2015. * "Te Quiero Mas" (With Don Omar,

, Farruko, Mohombi) in 2015. * "Casual Love" with

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on the album " Right Here Right Now" in 2015. * "City of Love (Martin's remix)"

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feat.

released as a single from

's album ''

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'' in 2016. * "Let Me Love You" (With Mohombi,

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) in 2016. * "Don't You Need Somebody" (Feat.

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, Friend) in 2016. * "Don't Make Me Wait" (With

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) in 2018.

References

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