When I was working on hit40uk, Jay Sean was one of the artists who always had a particularly noticeable fan base whenever we mentioned him on air. However, despite a #5 album and tune after quality tune, he never quite broke through to a mainstream audience as much as he should have done. If anything, he certainly paved the way for Taio Cruz.
Today I'm just looking through the Billboard chart and who should pop up but Jay, at a rather staggering #7 on the Hot 100. I remember at the MOBOs a couple of years ago he was excitedly running about having signed to Cash Money and I guess this is the outcome. It's his first UK single and labelmate Lil' Wayne is on board adding a bit of gravitas to the urban synths. Save for the opening chords of 'Tonight' though, it's missing Sean's trademark Asian hints. I'm very excited for him though, it's awesome and just a shame we didn't support our homegrown talent a little bit more. Maybe he'll blow up once he heads back here next year.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF_qI7KIuEs[/youtube]
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