Shaheen Jafargholi decided on the move after months of speculation following his jaw dropping performance of ‘Who’s Lovin You’ at Michael Jackson’s Memorial service last year, which was watched by over a billion people across the world.
Shaheen was invited by the Jackson family to sing after Michael originally asked him to perform a duet at the late singer’s O2 Arena London shows. The teenager was initially brought to the world’s attention on TV talent show Britain’s Got Talent, where he wowed the judges and racked up millions of YouTube hits in the process. An album will be released in November and in the lead up to it Shaheen will also star in his own online reality show.
Shaheen’s talents were praised by numerous legends in music including Berry Gordy, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson and the Jackson family following his now historic performance at The Staples Center in LA. Shaheen was immediately embraced by the US media, who were smitten with the story surrounding this amazing young boy and his incredible voice, and he was promptly whisked off to guest on several massive US primetime TV shows including Larry King Live, Ellen Degeneres and Oprah (the latter on which he actually performed again too).
Shaheen has now been signed by a label that not only has an incredibly rich musical history stretching back to when it was founded in 1959 to the present day with signings like U2, Bob Marley, Grace Jones, Pulp and PJ Harvey and more recent success stories like Amy Winehouse, Keane and Florence + The Machine, who have sold over 20 million albums between them.
Details of the new record are heavily under wraps at the moment, but the album has been confirmed for a Q4 release in the UK. ‘Island Records has long been associated with great voices. Shaheen is one of these voices.
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