# Shenseea

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 as a featured artist for Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Shenseea signed with Interscope Records to release her debut studio album Alpha (2022), which peaked at number two on the Top Reggae Albums chart. Her second album, Never Gets Late Here (2024) was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. Her accolades include two MOBO Awards.

## 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 Excelsior Community College (Exed) in Kingston, where she studied Entertainment Management before dropping out due to financial difficulties. She aspired to become a singer at a young age.

## 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

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Reggae | US Heat. |
| Alpha | Released: 11 March 2022 Label: Rich Immigrants, Interscope Formats: digital download, streaming | 2 | 3 |
| Never Gets Late Here | Released: 24 May 2024 Label: Rich Immigrants, Interscope Formats: digital download, streaming | 4 | — |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of charted singles, with year and chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Bub. | CAN | NZ Hot | SUR | UK | Album |
| "Jiggle Jiggle" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Reverse" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Loodi" (with Vybz Kartel) | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Happy Juk" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Rude Gyal" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Chatterbox" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Solo" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Body Good" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Pon Mi" (with Dunw3ll) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Shen Yeng Anthem" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hard Drive" (with Konshens nad Rvssian) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sinners Prayer" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Replaceable" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Undo" (with Naughty Boy nad Calum Scott) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Foreplay" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Blessed" (with Tyga) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Alpha |
| "IDKW" (with Rvssian, Swae Lee and Young Thug) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Potential Man" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Wasabi" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sure Sure" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bad Alone" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Run Run" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Be Good" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Dolly" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Lick" (with Megan Thee Stallion) | 2022 | 20 | — | 26 | — | — | Alpha |
| "R U That" (featuring 21 Savage) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Alpha |
| "Deserve It" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Alpha |
| "Rain" (with Skillibeng) | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Obsessed" (with Calvin Harris and Charlie Puth) | 2022 | — | 76 | 7 | — | 71 | Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 |
| "Curious" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Talk Truth" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "My Bad" (with The Chainsmokers) | 2023 | — | — | 33 | 8 | — | Summertime Friends |
| "Waistline" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Beama" (featuring Lola Brooke) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hit & Run" (solo or featuring Masicka and Di Genius) | 2024 | — | — | — | 2 | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "Die for You" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "Neva Neva" | 2024 | — | — | — | 35 | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "Flava" (with Coi Leray) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "Work Me Out" (with Wizkid) | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "Dating Szn" | 2024 | — | — | 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Title | Year | BLR Air. | KAZ Air. | LAT Air. | LTU Air. | MKD Air. | POL Air. | RUS Air. | SWE | UK Down. | Certifications | Album |
| "Pon U Ruff" (Stony featuring Shenseea) | 2017 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Baddish" (Nailah Blackman featuring Shenseea) | 2017 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Rolling" (Sean Paul featuring Shenseea) | 2017 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Parking Spot" (Cadenza featuring Shenseea and Yxng Bane) | 2017 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Bridgets & Desert" (Tommy Lee Sparta featuring Shenseea) | 2017 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Belong with Me" (Gold Up featuring Shenseea) | 2018 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Rude Girl Ride" (Howard D and ZJ Dymond featuring Shenseea) | 2018 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Right Moves" (Christina Aguilera featuring Shenseea, Keida) | 2018 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "We Ready (Champion Girl)" (Nailah Blackman featuring Shenseea) | 2018 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Clout Chaser" (Jin Gates featuring Shenseea) | 2019 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Island Ting" (TheFreshMen featuring Shenseea) | 2019 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Silver Tongue Devil" (Masego featuring Shenseea) | 2020 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | Studying Abroad |
| "Lighter" (Tarrus Riley featuring Shenseea, Rvssian) | 2020 | * | * | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | | 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 | ZPAV: Gold | 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. |||||||||||||

### Promotional singles

List of promotional singles :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | SUR | Album |
| "You Lie" | 2017 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Tell Me" (with jahmiel) | 2017 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Topic of Discussion (anonymous)" | 2017 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Subrosa (Come Closer)" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Love I Got For U" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bum Like Ball" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Temptation Overdrive" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Trick'a Treat" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Limited Edition" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Bad Habit" | 2020 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Hallelujah" | 2022 | 29 | Non-album singles |
| "Sold Out" | 2023 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Dolla" | 2024 | — | Never Gets Late Here |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||

### Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | SUR | Album |
| "Can't Anymore" | 2022 | 38 | Alpha |
| "NaNa" | 2024 | 4 | Never Gets Late Here |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Series/album | Result |
| 2020 | MOBO Award | Best International Act | Herself | Nominated |
| 2021 | MOBO Award | Best Reggae Act | Herself | Won |
| 2022 | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | Donda | Nominated |
| 2022 | MOBO Award | Best Caribbean Music Act | Herself | Nominated |
| 2022 | MTV Video Music Award | Push Performance of The Year | "R U That" | Nominated |
| 2023 | NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding International Song | "Diana" with Fireboy DML | Nominated |
| 2025 | Grammy Awards | Best Reggae Album | Never Gets Late Here | Nominated |
| 2025 | MOBO Awards | Best Caribbean Music Act | Herself | Won |

## Personal life

Shenseea has a son and lives in both Jamaica and the United States. She has always pushed the boundaries for herself and others in the culture of dancehall.