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Seal, artiestennaam van Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (Paddington, 19 februari 1963), is een Britse zanger. Zijn muziekgenre varieert van soul en pop tot rap en rock. Hij werd in 1990 internationaal bekend door de hit Killer van Adamski, waarop hij de zang verzorgde. Daarna scoorde hij wereldwijde hits met nummers als Crazy (1991) en Kiss from a rose (1995).

Seal was van 2005 tot 2012 getrouwd met het Duitse topmodel Heidi Klum.

Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the recipient of three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award, with over 20 million albums or singles sold. He signed with record producer Trevor Horn's ZTT Records to release his eponymous debut studio album (1991). A critical and commercial success, it spawned the singles "Crazy" and "Killer", which peaked at numbers two and one on the UK singles chart, respectively, while both entered the US Billboard Hot 100. His 1994 single, "Kiss from a Rose", peaked atop the latter chart after its inclusion on the accompanying film soundtracks for The NeverEnding Story III and Batman Forever.

"Kiss from a Rose" spawned from Seal's second eponymous studio album (1994), which peaked atop the UK Albums Chart along with its predecessor. His following albums—Human Being (1998), Seal IV (2003), System (2007), Soul (2008), Seal 6: Commitment (2010), Soul 2 (2011), 7 (2015) and Standards (2017)—were each met with critical praise. As a songwriter, Seal has won two Ivor Novello Awards for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for "Killer" and "Crazy".

He served as a coach on The Voice Australia in 2012, 2013, and 2017.