How big was Seal back in the day?

[King]

And how did he get so popular? It seems like he was bigger than what was warranted for.

I’m not gonna front like I grew up in that era. But he only really had one song kiss from a rose and dated some CAC model.

Dude is basically a one hit wonder imo. But he seems to come off like a megastar. Dude got paid half a million dollars cash to sing for the president of Chechnya a few years ago.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Voice of a generation.

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

He had some minor hits here and there if Im not mistaken, but yeah. Bro was a superstar for a coo minute off that Batman song. But looking back, he had a helluva launch pad being part of the marketing blitz for Batman Forever. The marketing for that movie was HUGE

 

[WaveWhisperer]

Thats a good question, dude is dope but I rarely hear anyone bring him up

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Kiss from a rose was huge.

Then he had Fly like an eagle which wasn’t as big, but was on a popular soundtrack.

 

[DamienWayne]

Yt folks loved that Batman kiss from a rose song .

 

[King]

Voice of a generation.

What generation?

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

Kiss from a rose was huge.

Then he had Fly like an eagle which wasn’t as big, but was on a popular soundtrack.

Space Jam iirc

 

[Illuminatos]

I’ll be honest, I’m 28 and I couldn’t name you one Seal song. Only thing I know about dude was that he was repping #UglyGang.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

2 hit wonder

 

[Dr. Acula]

I was around when he blew up. He had some hits but wasn't any bigger than average artists of the day who had some hits on the radio.

I hope folks aren't trying to retroactively make him like he was icon at the time. Because, he wasn't.

 

[I love Latina women]

Song of a generation!




Classic

 

[BurstWicks]

big enough to be able to smash heidi klum

 

[I love Latina women]

Plus, he wife and seeded up a prime Heidi Klum (top 5 woman of all time! )

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

What generation?

If you are of a certain age then you know. I remember many times seeing my family tear itself apart over Seal. Fights at clubs, etc. shyt was crazy but so much love and understanding came out of it. The ramifications are still felt today. The man survived being poisoned with lupus over his political views and went on to help free tens of thousands of people from the acoustic wastelands they found themselves in.