Billy Ocean
Rhythm and blues, Musical Artist
1950 –
Who is Billy Ocean?
Billy Ocean is a British recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s. After scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his worldwide hit, "Caribbean Queen", and in 1987 was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male.
In 2002, the University of Westminster, London awarded Ocean an honorary doctorate of music. In 2010, Ocean was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MOBO Awards. On July 29, 2011, Ocean became a Companion of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, presented to him by Sir Paul McCartney.
He is a member of the Rastafari movement.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1950
Fyzabad - Also known as
- Ocean, Billy
- Leslie Sebastian Charles
- Billie Ocean
- Ocean, Billie
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Romford
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on July 23, 2013
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