Sean Foreman (born August 27, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter and rapper from
Boulder, Colorado.
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 ...
with
Nathaniel Motte
Nathaniel Warren Seth Motte (born January 13, 1984) is an American recording artist, record producer, and film composer from Boulder, Colorado. He is a member of the electropop duo 3OH!3 with Sean Foreman.
Life and career
Motte was born to ...
.
History
Sean Foreman was born in Boulder, Colorado and attended
Fairview High School. He graduated from
University of Colorado Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado s ...
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, ''
Want
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'', went gold in 2008. The song "
Don't Trust Me" was No. 1 on pop radio and sold over 6 million copies.
"
Starstrukk
"Starstrukk" is a song recorded by American group 3OH!3. It is their third single and their second single to be released from their second studio album, ''Want'' (2008). A radio-only and the deluxe album version has been released featuring singer ...
", 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
Katy Perry
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, was released along with a music video.
3OH!3's lead single from ''
Streets of Gold
''Streets of Gold'' is the third studio album by American electronic music duo 3OH!3. It was released on June 29, 2010 in the United States and July 19, 2010 in the United Kingdom. The album debuted at number seven on the US ''Billboard'' 200, s ...
'', "
My First Kiss
"My First Kiss" is a song recorded by American electronic duo 3OH!3. The song was written by Lukasz Gottwald, Sean Foreman, Nathaniel Motte and Benny Blanco, and was produced by Dr. Luke, and Blanco for their third studio album, ''Streets of Gol ...
" featuring
Kesha
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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
Lil Jon
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,
Andrew W.K,
Katy Perry
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,
Blues Traveler
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,
Icona Pop
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,
Wallpaper
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,
The Summer Set
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and
Karmin
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. He wrote on Kesha's debut album ''
Animal
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'', and co-wrote her platinum hit, "
Blah Blah Blah." He also wrote on
Ariana Grande
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's album ''
Yours Truly'', co-writing her ballad "Tattooed Heart", which was performed on the
American Music Awards
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and for the President of the United States.
3OH!3's fourth studio album, ''
Night Sports
''Night Sports'' is the fifth studio album by American duo 3OH!3. The album is their first album released under Fueled By Ramen
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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
Trans-Siberian Railway
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in the winter and in 2010, he ran the Chicago marathon for the
American Cancer Society
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.
Discography
3OH!3
* ''
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 ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Want
The idea of want can be examined from many perspectives. In secular societies want might be considered similar to the emotion desire, which can be studied scientifically through the disciplines of psychology or sociology. Want might also be exami ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Streets of Gold
''Streets of Gold'' is the third studio album by American electronic music duo 3OH!3. It was released on June 29, 2010 in the United States and July 19, 2010 in the United Kingdom. The album debuted at number seven on the US ''Billboard'' 200, s ...
'' (2010)
* ''
Omens
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'' (2013)
* ''
Night Sports
''Night Sports'' is the fifth studio album by American duo 3OH!3. The album is their first album released under Fueled By Ramen
Fueled by Ramen LLC is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by 300 Elektra Enterta ...
'' (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