Jamie Sparks (singer)

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Jamie Sparks (born in Cherrybrook, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer and musician playing bass and keyboards.^[1][2] In 2002, he was nominated for a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the Juno Awards of 2002. In 2010, he won the Independent Music Awards in Canada as "R&B Artist of the Year" and the 2010 East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) R&B/Soul "Single Track Recording of the Year".^[3] Montreal Jazz Festival gave him the "Award of Excellence - the Professional Publishers and Songwriter Award"^{[citation needed][4]} He has also won eight East Coast Music Awards in Canada and two African Nova Scotian Music Awards.^[5] He is best known for the singles "Tender Love" and "Unforgettable".

Since 2006, he has released a number of albums including It's the Music (2007 and 2008), G1RLS (2011), We're Gonna Make It (2012), Rhythm & Soul and Reggae Vibes (2013), Back to the Funk (2015) and Wake Up Call (2017). Sparks has written music for the soundtrack of a Spike Lee movie You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You and for the 2018 TV series 5th Ward.

At a young age, Sparks became a bass player and toured with various rock, African, Calypso, R&B and jazz bands. In 2006, he released a 7-track EP Jamie Sparks: Git Wit U and appeared on Beat Factory Groove Essentials compilation on EMI and released Jamie Sparks: The Time in 1998. The single "Unforgettable" in 2000 was re-released with remixes under the title Fun Tonight in 2004 with P.Diddy's Daddy's House Recording Studios, a division of Bad Boy Entertainment. Starting mid 2000s, he became head of operations for Kicksta Music Group/Kicksta Muzik Publishing, with a roster of talented artists, songwriters and producers contributing to their releases and remixes and music to Film/TV productions, record labels and operating in Canada and the US.^[5]

Personal life[]

His father was a deacon at the Cherry Brook United Baptist Church. His brothers were musicians also and his mother Evelyn Sparks was very musical and had formed a family choir in which Jamie and all the other siblings sang and played instruments.^{[citation needed]}

His song "Wake Up Call" was written after his son Josiah Sparks died on 14 September 2017 at the age of 22.^[6][4][7] The murder remains unsolved after 3 years of the incident.

Discography[]

Albums[]

• Jamie Sparks: The Time (1998)
• Unforgettable (2000)
• Fun Tonight (remix) (2004)
• Scotia Mix, Vol. 1 (2006)
• It's the Music (2007)
• It's the Music - Reloaded (2008)
• G1RLS (2011)
• We're Gonna Make It (2012)
• Rhythm & Soul (2013)
• Reggae Vibes (EP) (2013)
• Back to the Funk (2015)
• Wake Up Call (2017)

Singles[]

• "Unforgettable" (2000)
• "Gonna Get Down" (2005)
• "Tender Love" (2009)
• "All I Need" (remix) (2009)
• "Wake Up Call" (2017)
• "Brighter Day" (2018)

Featured in

• September (remixes) (2009) (DJ Favorite feat. Jamie Sparks)^[8]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Jamie Sparks at IMDb