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Punjabi Munda Jay Sean tops Billboard 100 

Jay Sean, the British pop-R&B singer-songwriter of Sikh Punjabi descent, has scored where no Indian has done so far. His US debut single "Down" just reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. For weeks, Jay Sean patiently waited for the Black Eyed Peas to give up the coveted position. They have been holding the No. 1 spot for 26 weeks. But when their song "I Gotta Feeling" dropped to the No. 4 slot this week, Jay Sean was waiting in the wings.  

In just 14 weeks, the first solo male artist from South Asia claimed the honor. 

"It's like a dream to have a song and you know you've written those words, you came up with that melody and go, ‘Here America, what do you think?' and everyone goes, 'Yo, we love this'," Jay Sean said. 

Jay had in 2004 scored a top 20 hit in the UK with his first song "Dance With You (Nachna Tere Naal)". He is signed to a hip-hop label, Cash Money Records, that made a name for itself in the late ‘90s on the heels of artists including Juvenile, the Hot Boys, and the then teen sensation Lil' Wayne. Jay grew up in the UK, but his music tastes were heavily influenced by American R&B artists. It sounds like Jay Sean has more hit songs in the vault. If the Black Eyed Peas continue to hold "Down" out of the No. 1 chart position, maybe he will get it with a subsequent single.

14 October 2009
 

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