Jamie Sparks (singer)

Jamie Sparks (born in Cherry Brook, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian R&B and Soul singer, songwriter, record producer and musician playing bass and keyboards.[1][2] In 2002, he was nominated for a Juno Award for "Best R&B/Soul Recording". In 2010, he won the Independent Music Awards in Canada as "R&B Artist of the Year" and the 2010 East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) R&B/Soul "Single Track Recording of the Year".[3] Montreal Jazz Festival gave him the "Award of Excellence - the Professional Publishers and Songwriter Award"[4] He has also won eight East Coast Music Awards in Canada and two African Nova Scotian Music Awards.[5] He is best known for the singles "Tender Love" and "Unforgettable".

Since 2006, he has released a number of albums including It's the Music (2007 and 2008), G1RLS (2011), We're Gonna Make It (2012), Rhythm & Soul and Reggae Vibes (2013), Back to the Funk (2015) and Wake Up Call (2017). Sparks has written music for the soundtrack of a Spike Lee movie You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You and for the 2018 TV series 5th Ward.

At a young age, Sparks became a bass player and toured with various rock, African, Calypso, R&B and jazz bands. In 2006, he released a 7-track EP Jamie Sparks: Git Wit U and appeared on Beat Factory Groove Essentials compilation on EMI and released Jamie Sparks: The Time in 1998. The single "Unforgettable" in 2000 was re-released with remixes under the title Fun Tonight in 2004 with P.Diddy's Daddy's House Recording Studios, a division of Bad Boy Entertainment. Starting mid 2000s, he became head of operations for Kicksta Music Group/Kicksta Muzik Publishing, with a roster of talented artists, songwriters and producers contributing to their releases and remixes and music to Film/TV productions, record labels and operating in Canada and the US.[5]