Shenseea

She is credited with widening the audience for the dancehall scene. 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 other accolades include two MOBO Awards.

• Name — Shenseea • Birth Name — Chinsea Linda Lee • Born — 1 October 1996 • Birthplace — Mandeville, Jamaica • Education — Mona High School • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • dancer • Years Active — 2016–present • Mother — Castilyn Eleanor Williams

Lee was born in Mandeville to a Jamaican mother and a South Korean 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.

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. On July 11, 2026, she became the first Jamaican female artist to reach #1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, due to the song “Echo (FIFA World Cup 2026)”, which she and Daddy Yankee collaborated on. Later that year, she became the first female dancehall artist to be nominated for the Billboard Latin Music Awards, being nominated for Crossover Artist of the Year.

Alongside her singing career, she holds multiple corporate sponsorship deals with companies such as Telecom, Firm Flow, Boom and a Pepsi-Cola JA sponsorship.

Shenseea resides in both Jamaica and the United States. She has one son.

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions • Title — Details — Peak chart positions • 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, CD — 4 — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of charted singles, with year and chart positions • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • Jamaica Music Society — CAN — NZ Hot — SUR — UK — US • "Jiggle Jiggle" — 2016 — rowspan="54" — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="16" • "Rock The Floor" (featuring Ding Dong) — — — — — — — — — — • "Reverse" — 2017 — — — — — — — — — — • "Loodi" (with Vybz Kartel) — — — — — — — — — — • "Happy Juk" — — — — — — — — — — • "Rude Gyal" — — — — — — — — — — • "Chatterbox" — — — — — — — — — — • "Solo" — 2018 — — — — — — — — — — • "I Can" (featuring Dani Alo) — — — — — — — — — — • "Body Good" — — — — — — — — — — • "Pon Mi" (with Dunw3ll) — — — — — — — — — — • "Shen Yeng Anthem" — — — — — — — — — — • "Hard Drive" (with Konshens and Rvssian) — — — — — — — — — — • "Show Off" (with Azaryah and Samantha J) — — — — — — — — — — • "You & I" (featuring Wayne Wonder) — — — — — — — — — — • "Instruction" — — — — — — — — — — • "Position" — — — — — — — — — — — Bashment Time Riddim • "Trending Gyal" — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="7" • "Sticks & Stones" — — — — — — — — — — • "Sinners Prayer" — 2019 — — — — — — — — — — • "Replaceable" — — — — — — — — — — • "Undo" (with Naughty Boy and Calum Scott) — — — — — — — — — — • "Streets Nuh Right" — — — — — — — — — — • "Foreplay" — — — — — — — — — — • "Blessed" (with Tyga) — — — — — — — — — — — Alpha • "IDKW" (with Rvssian, Swae Lee and Young Thug) — 2020 — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="12" • "Potential Man" — — — — — — — — — — • "The Sidechick Song" — — — — — — — — — — • "Wasabi" — — — — — — — — — — • "Good Comfort" (with DJ Frass) — — — — — — — — — — • "Sure Sure" — — — — — — — — — — • "Bad Alone" — — — — — — — — — — • "Upset" — — — — — — — — — — • "Run Run" — 2021 — — — — — — — — — — • "Be Good" — — — — — — — — — — • "You’re The One I Love" (with Rvssian) — — — — — — — — — — • "Dolly" — 2022 — — — — — — — — — — • "Lick" (with Megan Thee Stallion) — — — 26 — — — — — — — Alpha • "R U That" (featuring 21 Savage) — — — — — — — — — — • "Deserve It" — — — — — — — — — — • "Rain" (with Skillibeng) — — — — — — — — — — • "Obsessed" (with Calvin Harris and Charlie Puth) — 76 — 7 — — — 71 — — — Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 • "Locked Up Freestyle" — 2023 — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="4" • "Curious" — — — — — — — — — — • "Sold Out" — — — — — — — — — — • "Talk Truth" — — — — — — — — — — • "My Bad" (with The Chainsmokers) — — — 33 — 8 — — — — — Summertime Friends • "Waistline" — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" • "Beama" (featuring Lola Brooke) — — — — — — — — — — • "Hit & Run" (solo or featuring Masicka and Di Genius) — 2024 — — — — — 2 — — — — — Never Gets Late Here • "Die for You" — — — — — — — — — — • "Neva Neva" — — — — — 35 — — — — • "Flava" (with Coi Leray) — — — — — — — — — — • "Work Me Out" (with Wizkid) — — — — — — — — — — • "Dating Szn" — — — — — 11 — 20 — — — — — rowspan="9" • "Puni Police" — — — — — – — – — — — — • "Shake It to the Max (Fly)" (Remix) (with Moliy, Silent Addy and Skillibeng) — 2025 — 6 — 24 — — — 2 — 12 — 44 — * IFPI Greece: Gold • "Tip" (Remix) (with Ayetian, Nvtzz and DJ Mac) — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Aguita e Coco" (with Flamma) — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Self Love" (with Rvssian) — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Boss Up" — — — — — 21 — 12 — — — — • "Time for Me" — 2026 — — — — — — — 10 — — — — • "Morocco" (Remix) (with Joshua Baraka and Axon) — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Panic" (with Vybz Kartel) — — — — — — — 3 — — — — — God and Time • "Talk to Me Nuh" (with Rvssian and Vybz Kartel) — 5 — — — — — 2 — — — — • "Echo" (with Daddy Yankee) — — — — — — — — — — — — — FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Album • "My Turn" (with Valiant and Rvssian) — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" • "Distant Lover" (with Jihyo) — — — — — — — — — — — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time.

• Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • Jamaica Music Society — BLR Air. Belarus Airplay — FRA — KAZ Air. Kazakhstan Airplay — LAT Air. Latvia Airplay — LTU Air. Lithuania Airplay — POL Air. Poland Airplay — RUS Air. Russia Airplay — SWE — UK Down. UK Download Chart • "Best Nana" (Kosa featuring Shenseea and Konshens) — 2017 — rowspan="26" — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="8" • "Pon U Ruff" (Stony featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Waistline Ting" (Mash Up International featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Baddish" (Nailah Blackman featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Rolling" (Sean Paul featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Parking Spot" (Cadenza featuring Shenseea and Yxng Bane) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Bridgets & Desert" (Tommy Lee Sparta featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Big Bad Soca" (Remix) (Bunji Garlin featuring Shenseea) — 2018 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Belong with Me" (Gold Up featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Prelude • "The Way I Move" (Shotta Wale featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="3" • "Rude Girl Ride" (Howard D and ZJ Dymond featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Secret (Refix)" (Vybz Kartel featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Right Moves" (Christina Aguilera featuring Shenseea, Keida) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Liberation • "We Ready (Champion Girl)" (Nailah Blackman featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="5" • "Close to Me" (Kes featuring Shenseea) — 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Frezza" (Tessellated featuring Shenseea and Zac Jone$) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Clout Chaser" (Jin Gates featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Island Ting" (TheFreshMen featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Silver Tongue Devil" (Masego featuring Shenseea) — 2020 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Studying Abroad • "Lighter" (Tarrus Riley featuring Shenseea, Rvssian) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" • "Beat Box" (Freestyle) (SpotemGottem featuring Shenseea) — 2021 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "No Limit" (Moyann featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Sun Roof Riddim • "Get Along" (Lourdiz featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Light My Fire" (Sean Paul featuring Gwen Stefani and Shenseea) — 2022 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Scorcha • "Waiting For You" (Demarco featuring Shenseea) — 2024 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Honey Boy" (Purple Disco Machine, Benjamin Ingrosso featuring Nile Rodgers and Shenseea) — 3 — — — 6 — 9 — 2 — 6 — 1 — 2 — 42 — * ZPAV: Gold — Paradise and Pink Velvet Theatre • "V.I.P" (DJ Mac featuring Shenseea) — 2025 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Ups & Downs • "I'll Be Fire" (Nasri featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Sugar Sweet" (Mariah Carey featuring Shenseea and Kehlani) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Here for It All • "What Do I Know? (Just A Girl)" (Nora Fatehi featuring Shenseea) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Dis-moi" (Aya Nakamura featuring Shenseea) — — — — — 95 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Destinée • "Goddess" (Protoje featuring Shenseea) — 2026 — 5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — The Art of Acceptance • "Spend Dat" (International Remix) (Yung Miami featuring Shenseea, Davido and Vybz Kartel) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time.

List of promotional singles • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • SUR • "You Lie" — 2017 — — — rowspan="13" • "Tell Me" (with jahmiel) — — • "Topic of Discussion (anonymous)" — — • "Subrosa (Come Closer)" — 2018 — — • "Love I Got For U" — — • "Wickedest Time" — — • "Bum Like Ball" — — • "Temptation Overdrive" — 2019 — — • "Best Life" — — • "Trick'a Treat" — — • "Limited Edition" — — • "Bad Habit" — 2020 — — • "Hallelujah" — 2022 — 29 • "Dolla" — 2024 — — — Never Gets Late Here • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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

Television • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2024 — Baddies Caribbean Auditions — Herself — Guest judge