U-Jean

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U-Jean
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Background information
Born
Alex Hutson

Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Origin Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres Dance-pop, R&B
Years active2007–present
LabelsZooland Records, Kontor Records
Website u-jean.com

Alex Hutson, known professionally as U-Jean, is an American pop, R&B and hip-hop artist mostly performing in Europe. He is mostly known for features of the songs "Turn This Club Around" and "Summer Jam" by German dance band R.I.O. His debut single "Heaven Is a Place on Earth", a cover of the Belinda Carlisle song, was released on June 17, 2011. The song features vocals from Carlprit.

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Biography

Huston was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. After earning an education, he moved to Darmstadt, Germany as a U.S. Soldier. Shortly after, he auditioned for the U.S. Europe Soldier Show in Schwetzingen.

Hutson left the army to pursue a life and career in Germany as a singer. He started his career as a professional singer, becoming a member of the band, Sweet Soul Music Revue. U-Jean is on the campaign trail for soul, new style, hip-hop and R&B, not only as a singer, but also as a producer and songwriter. U-Jean also performs with The King Kamehameha Band from Frankfurt, Germany. In 2009, he debuted the U-Jean band in Fuerta, Ventura and Jandia, Playa, which he has been involved with for four years and counting.

During the spring of 2009, U-Jean and his producer partners founded Whazz Crackin, a music production company, which since late 2010 alone has created 15 fully mastered and ready to print modern hip-hop and dance tracks with 4 dynamic artists.

In 2012, U-Jean provided backing vocals on Cascada's album It's Christmas Time.

Music career

2011-present:

In 2011, U-Jean meets Yanou and Dj Manian (Zooland Records), the producers of Cascada and RIO. They record the hits “Turn This Club Around”, “Animal” and “Summer Jam” which places them number three on the Media Control Charts, number one on iTunes and gets them six times gold in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

YearSingleAlbum
2011"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
(feat. Carlprit)		Non-album singles
2012"Flying"
(Ilhama & U-Jean feat. DJ OGB)
YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
GER
[1] 		AUT
[2] 		FRA
[3] 		NL
[4] 		SWI
[5] 		UK
[6]
2011"Turn This Club Around"
(R.I.O. featuring U-Jean)		359643136 Turn This Club Around
"Animal"
(R.I.O. featuring U-Jean)		4833—5251—
2012"That Girl"
(Mischa Daniels featuring U-Jean)		95—————N/a
"Summer Jam"
(R.I.O. featuring U-Jean)		7239—2— Turn This Club Around (Deluxe Edition)
2013"Ready or Not"
(R.I.O. featuring U-Jean)		5440——64—Ready or Not
"Komodo (Hard Nights)"
(R.I.O. featuring U-Jean)		5845——45—N/a
2014"One in a Million"
(R.I.O. featuring U-Jean)		5162——62—
2015"Paradise"
(Mike Candys featuring U-Jean)		————27—
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Guest appearances

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
GER
[1] 		AUT
[2]
2013"House Party"
(DJ Antoine vs. Mad Mark featuring B-Case & U-Jean)		4422 Sky Is the Limit

References

  1. 1 2 "U-Jean - German Charts". charts.de/ Hung Medien. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "U-Jean - Austrian Charts". austriancharts.at/ Hung Medien.
  3. ↑ "U-Jean - French Charts". lescharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  4. ↑ "U-Jean. - Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl/ Hung Medien.
  5. ↑ "U-Jean. - Swiss Charts". hitparade.ch/ Hung Medien.
  6. ↑ Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
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