Selah Sue

Selah Sue
Selah Sue in Nuremberg, Germany, in 2010
Selah Sue in Nuremberg, Germany, in 2010
Background information
Birth nameSanne Greet A. Putseys
Born (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 (age 35)
Leefdaal, Belgium
OriginLeuven, Belgium
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Websiteselahsue.com
Selah Sue at the Zelt-Musik-Festival 2018 in Freiburg, Germany

Sanne Greet A. Putseys[1][2] (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈsɑnə pʏtˈsɛis]; born 3 May 1989), known professionally as Selah Sue, is a Belgian musician and songwriter. Her debut album, Selah Sue (2011), was a major success, selling over 720,000 copies in Europe,[3][4][5] 320,000 in France alone.

In 2011, she had chart success with the hit singles "Raggamuffin", "Crazy Vibes" and "This World". In 2011, Selah Sue won a European Border Breakers Award (EBBA).[6] In January 2012 during the EBBA award ceremony she was presented with the EBBA Public Choice Award.[7]

On 28 August 2012, her debut album was also released in the United States, where the album received positive reviews. More than 400,000 downloads were counted in one week.[8] Rolling Stone magazine named Selah Sue as one of the new faces of 2012.[9]

  1. ^ "GEMA - Mitglieder - Repertoiresuche". Archived from the original on 29 March 2014.
  2. ^ Wensink, Herien (2009) "A Flemish singer with a Jamaican soul", NRC, 21 August 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2010
  3. ^ On s’exilerait bien pour Selah Sue, Le Parisien, 22 November 2012
  4. ^ "Selah Sue – De Standaard". Standaard.be. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Sterrennieuws: Nieuwe versie van debuutalbum Selah Sue". Sterrennieuws.be. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ^ "European Border Breakers Awards, Selah Sue". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  7. ^ "European Border Breakers Awards 2012 presented". Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  8. ^ Amerika houdt van Selah Sue, Clint.be, 31 Augustus 2012
  9. ^ New Faces 2012: Selah Sue, Rolling Stone, October 2012