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Shenseea
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| Birth name | Chinsea Linda Lee |
| Born | 1 October 1996 Mandeville, Jamaica |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | Interscope |
Chinsea Linda Lee (born 1 October 1996), known professionally as Shenseea (/ʃɛnˌsiːə/), is a Jamaican dancehall singer. She is best known for her guest appearance alongside Roddy Ricch on Kanye West's 2021 song "Pure Souls," which entered the Billboard Hot 100. Through its parent album Donda, she was nominated for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. She signed with Interscope Records to release her debut studio album Alpha (2022), which peaked at number two on the Top Reggae Albums chart and number three on the Heatseekers charts; her second album, Never Gets Late Here (2024) peaked at number four on the former chart. Her accolades include an NAACP Image Award and MOBO Award.
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Early life and education
Shenseea was born in Jamaica to a Jamaican mother and a Korean-born father, from whom she is estranged. She graduated from Mona High School and attended Exed Community College, majoring in Entertainment Management before dropping out due to financial difficulties. Shenseea originally wanted to be a Pop singer, growing up listening to Pop, R&B, and Soul.
Career
After spending a few years as an aspiring artist, Shenseea was signed by the music label Rockstar. She gained recognition after remixing the well-known Vybz Kartel's song "Loodi" and performing on a side stage at Reggae Sumfest in 2015. In 2017, she performed on Reggae Sumfest's main stage. As her notoriety grew, she toured internationally. In 2016, she won "Young Hot and Hype Artist" at the Youth View Awards; Break Out Celebrity of 2016, and Collaboration of The Year for her song "Loodi" with Vybz Kartel. In addition to dancehall music she has shown skills in freestyling as a rapper. She teamed up with Sean Paul for the 2017 single "Rolling" and on the leg of his 2017 European tour.
In 2018, she was featured on Christina Aguilera's album Liberation, on the song "Right Moves". Vybz Kartel and Shenseea then collaborated on the song "Secret (Remix)" in October 2018.
In 2019, she signed with Interscope records and released the hip-hop/dancehall track "Blessed" featuring American artist Tyga, which accumulated over 58 million views on YouTube by April 2022. In January 2020, she collaborated with Jamaican record producer Rvssian on a single titled "IDKW" which also featured American rappers Swae Lee and Young Thug. That same year, Shenseea appeared on Masego's album Studying Abroad, and Major Lazer's Music Is the Weapon. Released on 28 August 2020 as an album track and later on 23 October as a single, her collaboration with Tarrus Riley and Rvssian "Lighter" proved to be a huge success in her native country Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean after a singing challenge started by Shenseea went viral becoming one of her most successful singles and garnering over 100 million views on YouTube.
In 2021, Shenseea collaborated with Kanye West on his album Donda, appearing on the songs "Pure Souls" with Roddy Ricch and "Ok Ok pt 2" with Rooga. She has also appeared onstage during West's Chicago event for Donda. For her collaborations on West's album, Shenseea received an Album of the Year nomination, as a featured artist, at the 2022 64th Grammy Awards, marking her first Grammy nomination. In 2021, Shenseea also signed with Wassim "Sal" Slaiby, aka Salxo, who also manages the Weeknd and Doja Cat. She won Best Reggae Act at the 2021 MOBO Awards.
In 2022, Shenseea's 2018 song "Pon Mi" went viral on the video sharing platform TikTok. Shenseea was also nominated for a MTV Music Video Award in 2022, and also presented at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards the following year. Later in 2023, she performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April, and was also part of the Tropical Takeover Tour with Sean Paul and Myke Towers. The same year she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding International Song for her work on the song "Diana" by Fireboy DML. In late 2023, Shenseea had made a work on her song " Waistline" and on 26 January 2024 released "Hit and Run" featuring Masicka and Di Genius. "Hit and Run" emerged as one of Shenseea's biggest hits in her native country Jamaica as well as multiple other countries in the Caribbean with the music video garnering over 60 million views on YouTube.
Shenseea's album Never Gets Late Here received a 2025 Grammy Awards nomination for Best Reggae Album.
Endorsements
Alongside her singing career, she holds multiple corporate sponsorship deals with companies such as Telecom, Firm Flow, Boom and a Pepsi-Cola JA sponsorship.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
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| US Reggae |
US Heat. |
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| Alpha |
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2 | 3 |
| Never Gets Late Here |
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4 | — |
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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| US Bub. |
CAN |
NZ Hot |
SUR |
UK |
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| "Jiggle Jiggle" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Reverse" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Loodi" (with Vybz Kartel) |
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| "Happy Juk" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rude Gyal" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Chatterbox" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Solo" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Body Good" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Pon Mi" (with Dunw3ll) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Shen Yeng Anthem" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hard Drive" (with Konshens nad Rvssian) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sinners Prayer" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Replaceable" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Undo" (with Naughty Boy nad Calum Scott) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Blessed" (with Tyga) |
— | — | — | — | — | Alpha | |
| "IDKW" (with Rvssian, Swae Lee and Young Thug) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Potential Man" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Wasabi" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sure Sure" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bad Alone" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Run Run" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Be Good" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dolly" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Lick" (with Megan Thee Stallion) |
20 | — | 26 | — | — | Alpha | |
| "R U That" (featuring 21 Savage) |
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| "Deserve It" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Rain" (with Skillibeng) |
— | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Obsessed" (with Calvin Harris and Charlie Puth) |
— | 76 | 7 | — | 71 | Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 | |
| "Curious" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Talk Truth" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Bad" (with The Chainsmokers) |
— | — | 33 | 8 | — | Summertime Friends | |
| "Waistline" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Beama" (featuring Lola Brooke) |
— | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hit & Run" (solo or featuring Masicka and Di Genius) |
2024 | — | — | — | 2 | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "Die for You" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Neva Neva" | — | — | — | 35 | — | ||
| "Flava" (with Coi Leray) |
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| "Work Me Out" (with Wizkid) |
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| "Dating Szn" | — | — | 11 | 20 | — | non-album single | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||
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| BLR Air. |
KAZ Air. |
LAT Air. |
LTU Air. |
MKD Air. |
POL Air. |
RUS Air. |
SWE |
UK Down. |
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| "Pon U Ruff" (Stony featuring Shenseea) |
2017 | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Baddish" (Nailah Blackman featuring Shenseea) |
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| "Rolling" (Sean Paul featuring Shenseea) |
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| "Parking Spot" (Cadenza featuring Shenseea and Yxng Bane) |
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| "Bridgets & Desert" (Tommy Lee Sparta featuring Shenseea) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Belong with Me" (Gold Up featuring Shenseea) |
2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Rude Girl Ride" (Howard D and ZJ Dymond featuring Shenseea) |
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| "Right Moves" (Christina Aguilera featuring Shenseea, Keida) |
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| "We Ready (Champion Girl)" (Nailah Blackman featuring Shenseea) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Clout Chaser" (Jin Gates featuring Shenseea) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Island Ting" (TheFreshMen featuring Shenseea) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Silver Tongue Devil" (Masego featuring Shenseea) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Studying Abroad | ||||
| "Lighter" (Tarrus Riley featuring Shenseea, Rvssian) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| "No Limit" (Moyann featuring Shenseea) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sun Roof Riddim | ||||
| "Light My Fire" (Sean Paul featuring Gwen Stefani and Shenseea) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Scorcha | ||||
| "Honey Boy" (with Purple Disco Machine, Benjamin Ingrosso featuring Nile Rodgers and Shenseea) |
2024 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
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Paradise and Pink Velvet Theatre |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time. |
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Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| SUR |
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| "You Lie" | 2017 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Tell Me" (with jahmiel) |
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| "Topic of Discussion (anonymous)" | — | ||
| "Subrosa (Come Closer)" | 2018 | — | |
| "Love I Got For U" | — | ||
| "Bum Like Ball" | — | ||
| "Temptation Overdrive" | 2019 | — | |
| "Trick'a Treat" | — | ||
| "Limited Edition" | — | ||
| "Bad Habit" | 2020 | — | |
| "Hallelujah" | 2022 | 29 | |
| "Sold Out" | 2023 | — | |
| "Dolla" | 2024 | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| "Can't Anymore" | 2022 | 38 | Alpha |
| "NaNa" | 2024 | 4 | Never Gets Late Here |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Series/album | Result | Ref. |
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| 2023 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding International Song | "Diana" with Fireboy DML | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Donda | Nominated | |
| 2022 | MOBO Award | Best Caribbean Music Act | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | MTV Video Music Award | Push Performance of The Year | "R U That" | Nominated | |
| 2021 | MOBO Award | Best Reggae Act | Won | ||
| 2020 | MOBO Award | Best International Act | Nominated |
Personal life
Shenseea has a son and lives in both Jamaica and the United States.
