How big was Seal back in the day?

[NZA]

crazy and fly like an eagle were good, too

he made great soundtrack-type music when hollywood was more personality driven than franchise driven. actors, musicians, writers, directors - everybody associated with a popular movie got more traction from it than you do today.

 

[Boonapalist]

Every time I hear Kiss From a Rose I think of Shameless

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

I think he was a megastar in Europe

 

[null]

Dude is basically a one hit wonder imo.

Put on your headphones and give these a gander











Trevor Horn is one of the greatest contemporary producers ..

 

[Dameon Farrow]

Crazy was a hit. Kiss From A Rose might not have been that big on black folks' radar but that was a hellified hit worldwide. And it deserved to be.
Fly Like An Eagle is underneath it but not by much. You're just a hater OP.

 

[MurderToCassette]

Fly Like an Eagle was my shyt. That song was everywhere.

Kiss From a Rose

 

[Stuntone]

The Best life an Uglygang member could dream of.


I was a young G in the 90s and remember Kiss from a Rose being big like Can't Touch This, Ice Ice Baby, Unbreak my Heart, Whoop there it is. Mega Smash level and it wasnt a party song.

 

[CrushedGroove]

Never got into his music. I can confirm that he had a couple of huge hits that were everywhere but you wouldn't hear it on 97.9 or 102.1 or anywhere where I was controlling the music

 

[Ziggiy]

He was the male Tracy Chapman.


More popular with whites than blacks but still big enough that everybody knew 1-2 of his songs.


Kiss From A Rose is still a GOAT song

 

[Phitz]

There are alot of artists who are big with huge followings that you dont know about.

There are artists that you didnt know existed that are popular world wide with cult followings.

So many lanes, so many artists.

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

nikka been coasting on Batman Forever for 30 years.

 

[Rekkapryde]

What kinda gets lost in the shuffle is that dude was a regular in the UK/Euro house scene in the very early 90's

Yes. He was big overseas moreso than in the states early on.

 

[jj23]

fukk you OP, negged one star and reported.

Oh and Kiss from a Rose was his biggest song, not his best.

 

[null]

OP

seal is one of the last iconic artists

one of a kind.

 

[Bar Razor]

Seal initially had hits in the UK the biggest being Killer. He blew up in the US with the song Crazy and reached further heights with Kiss From a Rose. One of the most unique voices in music and he has a lot of great music.