Oliver Sean


Oliver Sean is an Indo-Portuguese singer-songwriter. His brand of music is known for its Americana influence with acoustic rock, world and contemporary undertones.
Born and raised in Goa, Oliver Sean has lived most of his adult life abroad, including Dubai and the UK. His eclectic global music style is the trademark for his brand. It's attributed to his mixed Portuguese and Goan Lineage. Sean's discography with WOA International started in 1999 with his single "There She Is Again" at the age of 19, having recorded it three years earlier.
As a composer, record producer and filmmaker Oliver Sean's productions have been broadcast on International channels including MTV and Vh1 and has had several No.1 chart listings and major top 10 chart rankings worldwide. Some of the highlights of his recognition has been Nomination for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 and hitting the Billboard Top 10 at number 6 on the World Digital Song Sales Charts in 2019
He is a member of the Recording Academy and a voting member for the Grammy Awards.

Life and career

Early life

Oliver Sean grew up in Goa, India. His mother is Goan Portuguese and his father is American. He was born to a musically inclined family as all of his uncles were musicians. He started to write songs when he was 11 years old and had a band at school. At the age of 13, Oliver turned into a professional and played for weddings in his uncle's band. Oliver Sean's career was launched in his teens. When he was 17, he formed his own band called Cloud 9.

Breakthrough years (1999-2004)

Oliver Sean's breakthrough is traced back to 1999 when his discography with W.O.A. Entertainment began, featuring the single 'There She Is Again'. His debut album was 'I Like It'. This album was nominated for 'International Album of the Year' by AVMax in 2003/04. Also, one of the key moments was in the UK, when a studio head secured him a spot on Showcase TV that was aired on Sky/Granada TV.

Musical career (2005-2010)

In 2006, Oliver Sean was involved with writing music for the French Government for the tourism campaign of the Massif Region and official song for the Goa Floats at the India Republic Day Parade that won the top honors in 2006. In 2008, Oliver Sean came out with his second studio album called "Darna Chod Do". The name of this album comes from Goan street slang.

''So Good'' and ''All I Remember'' (2011-2012)

Oliver Sean's third studio album 'So Good' hit the Vh1 Top 10 for his single "Movies" from the album on 4 June 2011, Featured album spot at the Virgin Megastores in Dubai, a Vh1 Specials feature in India and the MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 nomination in the MTV EMA Best India/Worldwide Act category. Oliver Sean released an Americana single titled "All I Remember" in 2012. It was released in the US simultaneously announcing his first major US Tour. The music video for "All I Remember" was a featured video on Vh1 India's music channel and went on to hit the No.1 Spot on the Artist Aloud Charts. Oliver Sean made his debut in film music as a music director when he composed the Soundtrack for a popular Bollywood International film Cutting Chai released in 2012.

Christmas and animal welfare (2013-2015)

Making a foray into holiday music Oliver Sean recorded his version of the Charles Brown hit "Please Come Home for Christmas" in 2013 followed by his Christmas EP ‘Unplugged Christmas’ releasing shortly thereafter. In February 2015 Oliver Sean released a live and unplugged EP titled Bootleg Recordings Vol.1 dedicated towards animal welfare and followed that up with the Stripped Down Summer Tour across New York, Costa Rica and England.

Focus on world and film music (2016-2018)

Going deeper into world and film music in 2017, Oliver Sean composed the title track to a Goan feature film titled ‘Devachem Planning’. The singer's 4th studio album Devil in Blue Jeans was released on 31 August 2017. The album was on the iTunes bestselling preorders list in the UK and two music videos/singles, New York and First Move, from the album are currently on rotation on Vh1 India/International, 9XO and RTP International. The third single ‘Walk up and Kiss you’ from the album was selected by NARAS for the 61st Grammy Awards Nomination Ballots in Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance categories. The single went on to hit No.1 on the iTunes top 100 singles charts and iTunes Rock Charts. and the Devil in Blue Jeans Album hit No.2 on the iTunes Rock Album Charts and No.14 on the iTunes Top 100 album charts. At the Fall 2018 International Independent Film Awards Oliver Sean’s single New York won Gold in the Best Music Video and Best Original Song categories.

The Billboard Charts and Major Releases (2019 - Present Day )

Keeping with his world beat roots the singer songwriter released his single Doing That on 1 February 2019. The song hit No.1 on iTunes in the US, Canada and Turkey and a No.2 on iTunes UK. The single then went on to hit the official Billboard Charts, coming in at No.6 on the world digital song sales charts, for the Week of June 1, 2019, with the Doing That single.
Oliver Sean joined forces with several high profile indie musicians towards the end of 2019 to form a new musical project titled ‘The Real Indie Project’. The singer songwriter and the musicians from his Real
Indie Project released a new version of the Legendary William Bell single ‘Everyday will be like a holiday’ as their first official single, in time to celebrate the holidays
The artist was nominated for the 2020 Golden Fox Film Award, Best Music Video Category, as Director, for ‘Doing That ’

Other ventures

Oliver Sean has produced both his own and various international artists' music videos and hosts his own weekly radio show and podcast WOAFM99.

Awards and achievements