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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s, seven

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, and forty-seven

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s. He is best known for his hit singles "

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", " Boombastic", "

It Wasn't Me "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 British-Jamaican singer RikRok (credited as Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent). The lyrics of the ...

", 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 "

" 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

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), and The

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's 1973 hit "

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". In 2001 Shaggy performed with

Rayvon Bruce Alexander Michael Brewster (born January 18, 1968),Gage, Simon (2002), ''The Independent'', 4 August 2002. better known by his stage name Rayvon, is a Barbadian singer and songwriter, known for his work with Shaggy. Born in Barbados, he w ...

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 British-Jamaican singer RikRok (credited as Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent). The lyrics of the ...

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

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Guest appearances

* "Waste Time" with

Cutty Ranks Philip Thomas (born 12 February 1965), better known as Cutty Ranks, is a Jamaican dancehall singer. Biography Thomas was born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica in 1965. He began his career as a reggae artist at the age of ...

on the album ''Six Million Ways to Die'' (1996) * "Toro Toro" with

Machel Montano Machel Montano (born 24 November 1974)Thompson, Dave (2002), ''Reggae & Soca Music'', Backbeat Books, , pp. 300–301. is a Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian Soca music, soca recording artist and record producer. Known for his high energy, fast-pa ...

on the album ''Charge'' (1998) * "Innosense" with

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'' (2001) * "Ghetto Child" with Joe featuring

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* "Hot" with

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on the album '' Replay'' (2003) * " All Through the Night" with

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on the album ''

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'' (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 title role of '' Aida''. She also won the 2010 Grammy A ...

on the album '' In My Mind'' (2006) * "Famous" with Ai on the album ''

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'' (2006) * "The Way We Roll" with

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on the album '' Let's Get Physical'' (2007) * "Winning Season" with Machel Montano on the album ''

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'' (2008) * " I Wanna" with

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and Sahara on the album '' Made in Jamaica'' (2010) * "So Hot" with Honorebel on the album ''Club Scene'' (2010) * "

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" with

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on the album ''

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'' (2010) * "Sexy Swag" with

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(2013) * "Keep Cool" with

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on the album ''

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'' (2013, also features

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) * "I Need Your Love" with

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, Costi and

Mohombi Mohombi Nzasi Moupondo (born 17 October 1986) is a Congolese- Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer. He grew up in Norsborg and Kista near Stockholm. Mohombi was RedOne's first signing to 2101 Records in joint venture with Universa ...

(2014) * "Piensas (Dile la verdad) (

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Remix)" with

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featuring

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(2015) * "Black and White" with

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and Fernando Garibay on the album ''

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'' (2015) * "Sunset" with

Farruko Carlos Efrén Reyes Rosado (born May 2, 1991), known professionally as Farruko, is a Puerto Rican singer. He rose to fame collaborating with Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Don Omar, and J Álvarez. He came to prominence in 2010 with his first solo alb ...

and

Nicky Jam Nick Rivera Caminero (born March 17, 1981), known professionally as Nicky Jam, is an American singer. He is best known for hits such as " X", " Travesuras", " El Perdón", " Hasta el Amanecer", and " El Amante"; the latter three are from his 20 ...

(2015) * "Te Quiero Mas" with

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, Faydee, Costi, Farruko and Mohombi (2015) * "Casual Love" with

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on the album '' Right Here Right Now'' (2015) * "City of Love (

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Remix)" with

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on the single (2016) * "Let Me Love You" with Mohombi and DJ Rebel (2016) * "Don't You Need Somebody" with

RedOne Nadir Khayat (, Latn, ar, Nādir Ḵayyāṭ; born 9 April 1972), also known as RedOne, is a Moroccan-Swedish record producer, record executive, singer and songwriter. He has worked in production for high-profile recording artists including La ...

(2016) * "Don't Make Me Wait" with

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(2018)

References

{{Shaggy Reggae discographies Discographies of Jamaican artists