Jamie Sparks (singer)

Jamie Sparks (born in Cherrybrook, 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 at the Juno Awards of 2002. In 2010, he won the "R&B Artist of the Year" at the Independent Music Awards in Canada and the "Single Track Recording of the Year" at the 2010 East Coast Music Awards (ECMA).[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 his 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 also written music for the soundtrack of the Spike Lee movie You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You and for the 2018 TV series 5th Ward.

From 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]