Shawn Desman

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 Universal Music Canada. He is known for his energetic stage presence and tenor 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 Chilli of TLC. 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 '' Fresh'' garnered two gold singles, one platinum single, Video of the Year at the Much Music Video Awards, 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, Kreesha Turner, Keshia Chanté, Danny Fernandes, as well as contestants on YTV's The Next Star 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.

In 2013, Shawn Desman released his fourth studio album, '' Alive'', 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 Drake'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 Jerry Bruckheimer's ''Kangaroo Jack'' (on Warner).
*He has collaborated with producers Tricky Stewart, Rodney Jerkins and The Dream.
*Collaborated with his brother Danny Fernandes on the single "Feel It" featured on Danny's album ''AutomaticLUV''.

Awards

*Shawn Desman's eponymous debut album was certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
*In 2006, won a Juno Award for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year".
*In 2011, won "Video of the year" at the Much Music Video Awards 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

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Features

*2003: "Movie Star (Remix)" Rascalz feat. Shawn Desman
*2006: "All Eyes on Me" Puppet feat. Shawn Desman
*2010: "Feel It" Danny Fernandes feat. Shawn Desman

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*2009: "One More First Chance" (as producer for Brock Zanrosso on YTV's The Next Star)

Selected filmography

*2001: '' Get Over It'' as himself
*2003: ''Honey'' as himself
*2007: '' How She Move'' as Trey
*2015: '' The Next Step'' as himself

References

External links

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Shawn Desman MuchMusic page
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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