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<p><b>Gyptian</b> (* <a href="25._Oktober" title="25. Oktober">25. Oktober</a> <a href="1983" title="1983">1983</a> im <a href="Saint_Andrew_Parish" title="Saint Andrew Parish">Saint Andrew Parish</a> als <i>Windel Beneto Edwards</i>) ist ein <a href="Jamaika" title="Jamaika">jamaikanischer</a> <a href="Reggae" title="Reggae">Reggae</a>-<a href="Gesang" title="Gesang">Sänger</a>.
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<p>Edwards wuchs bei seinen Eltern im ländlichen King Weston District auf. Sein Vater, ein <a href="Rastafari" title="Rastafari">Rastafari</a>, brachte ihn früh in Kontakt mit seiner Kultur und Musik, während seine Mutter, die <a href="Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten" title="Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten">Siebenten-Tags-Adventistin</a> ist, ihn als Kind mit in die Kirche nahm und dort früh sein Gesangstalent bemerkte. Mit seinem Vater, der selbst zeitweise im Musikgeschäft tätig war, lernte er als junger Mann den <a href="Musikproduzent" title="Musikproduzent">Produzenten</a> Ravin Wong aus <a href="Portmore" title="Portmore">Portmore</a> kennen.
</p><p>In Wongs Studio nahm Gyptian seine 2005 erschienene Debüt-<a href="Single_(Musik)" title="Single (Musik)">Single</a> <i>Serious Times</i> auf. Der Song kombiniert „hypnotische Nyahbinghi Drums“ (David Jeffries, <a href="Allmusic" class="mw-redirect" title="Allmusic">Allmusic</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> mit einem Text, der zu einem Ende von Gewalt und Verbrechen aufruft. Der Song wurde in Jamaika ein Nummer-eins-Hit und machte Gyptian auf einen Schlag bekannt. In der Folge erhielt er zahlreiche Angebote von verschiedenen Produzenten, die mit ihm arbeiten wollten, Gyptian lehnte aber vieles ab, unter anderem weil er etwa mit Gun Talk nichts zu tun haben wollte.
</p><p>Sein Debüt-<a href="Musikalbum" title="Musikalbum">Album</a> <i>My Name Is Gyptian</i> erschien 2006 bei <a href="VP_Records" title="VP Records">VP Records</a> und bot eine Mischung aus modernem <a href="Roots_Reggae" class="mw-redirect" title="Roots Reggae">Roots Reggae</a> und <a href="Lovers_Rock" title="Lovers Rock">Lovers Rock</a>. Im Jahr 2008 folgte <i>I Can Feel Your Pain</i> mit stärkerem <a href="Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">Contemporary-R&B</a>-Einfluss.
</p><p>2010 landete er mit <i>Hold You</i> (<i>Hold Yuh</i>) wieder einen Hit, mehrere <a href="Remix" title="Remix">Remixe</a> und das ebenfalls <i>Hold You</i> betitelte Album folgten. Der Song und das Album wurden auch internationale Erfolge. Nachdem <i>I Can Feel Your Pain</i> sich bereits in den Top 10 der <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischen</a> <a href="Billboard_(Magazin)" title="Billboard (Magazin)">Billboard</a>-Reggae-Album-Charts platzieren konnte, erreichte Gyptian mit <i>Hold You</i> nicht nur Platz 2 in den Reggae-Album-Charts, sondern auch einen 186. Platz in den allgemeinen <a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard-200</a>-Albumcharts. Die Single schaffte es bis auf Platz 16 der <a href="Britische_Singlecharts" class="mw-redirect" title="Britische Singlecharts">britischen Singlecharts</a> und auf Platz 77 der <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>. Am 20. Oktober 2010 gewann Gyptian in <a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">Großbritannien</a> bei der Verleihung der <a href="MOBO_Awards" title="MOBO Awards">MOBO Awards</a> den Preis in der Kategorie Best Reggae Act<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, am 10. November 2010 erhielt er in den USA den <a href="Soul_Train_Music_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Soul Train Music Award">Soul Train Music Award</a> als Best Reggae Artist 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographie_(Auswahl)"><span id="Diskographie_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Diskographie (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>My Name Is Gyptian</i> (2006, <a href="VP_Records" title="VP Records">VP Records</a>)</li>
<li><i>I Can Feel Your Pain</i> (2008, VP Records)</li>
<li><i>Revelations</i> (2010, Flava McGregor Records)</li>
<li><i>Hold You</i> (2010, VP Records) (Remix featuring <a href="Nicki_Minaj" title="Nicki Minaj">Nicki Minaj</a>)</li>
<li><i>Choices</i> (2011, Kingston Records)</li>
<li><i>Sex, Love & Reggae</i> (2013, VP Records)</li>
<li><i>Wine Slow</i> (2013, Single, UK: <span class="charts-certc"><span class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></span><span class="charts-certt">Silber<i></i></span></span>)</li>
<li><i>Gyptian: Romantic Playlist</i> (2015, FM Records LLC)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gyptian.com/">Gyptians Webseite</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000279395">Gyptian</a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch) von David Jeffries</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/aug/28/gyptian-hold-you"><i>Is Gyptian's Hold You the most unlikely hit of the year</i></a> von Imran Ahmed, <a href="The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> vom 28. August 2010</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-charts-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6583/gyptian/">UK</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/gyptian/chart-history/">US</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Ausz.-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Ausz._2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bpi.co.uk/page/certified-awards">UK</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Allmusic-Biographie, siehe unter Weblinks. Abgerufen am 7. November 2010.</span>
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