GRAMMY® Award-winning R&B singer Billy Ocean has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime. Billy has achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter with hits like "European Queen," "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" and "Loverboy," collecting a pile of gold and platinum records across the world and hitting the number one spot worldwide on pop charts including the USA, Australia, Germany, Holland and the UK.
Born in Trinidad, Billy settled in London’s East End when just seven years old. The calypso crazy kid soon got turned on to soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, as well as pop groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, leading him to spend much of his study time in the music room.
Billy got his first break when he signed to GTO records, for whom his second single was the Motown-ish “Love Really Hurts Without You,” which reached No. 2 in the UK charts and No. 12 in the US. More hits followed as Billy also proved himself to be one of the most hardworking artists on the live stage, touring the world to ever-growing enthusiastic audiences.
After huge worldwide success and with a young family at home, Billy decided to take a break to spend some well-earned time with them. In 2007, with the kids all grown up, Billy went back out to perform his hits again, this time with his daughter Cherie on backing vocals, with live dates in the UK and Europe, USA, Canada and the Caribbean. The tour was a great success and culminated in his getting the bug once more for writing and recording. 2008 saw Billy back in the studio for the first time in 15 years, recording his brand-new album “Because I Love You” - which was released in 2009. In 2010, Billy got back on the road again with his band in the UK, Europe and the US and the release of “The Very Best of Billy Ocean,” which entered the UK album charts at number 17 and sold 72,000 copies in four weeks. Billy recently headed over to America where he played to fantastic crowds in Las Vegas, Detroit and Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida.
