Seal

He is one of the great voices of our time. Seal, a contemporary soul icon with a pop feel, seems to explore unattainable territory as soon as he subtly shakes his vocal chords. Is this the secret of his longevity? Without a doubt.

His face bears the stigma of lupus. But today, he has contracted a much more powerful virus: the love of music. Melodies come to him almost naturally, his voice is a blessed gift from the gods and his discography reflects rarity like a rough diamond. For far from the Westminster clubs he once roamed, Seal has used his hidden and apparent sufferings to imagine timeless sounds, robust enough to carry a vocal performance that has no equal.

Is it the blue of the horizon that inspires him? Or the warm sand of Malibu, where he spends most of his time admiring the ocean? It doesn't matter. In any case, Seal always knows how to find the words, the notes and the voice to sculpt the infinitely great, or at least the infinitely beautiful. He gives soul a soul, splendour to pop and even dares to go into the studio with great men - including Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald or Ray Charles - to revisit jazz-swing standards.

He is everywhere, Seal, always supported by his mentor, Trevor Horn. His signature is his voice, but from there, he dares to break free from styles that are too compartmentalized, as if he were sailing the divergent waves of music. He embodies a luminous darkness, a gentle power: in short, a kind of magnificent and timeless paradox that places him among the greatest in the world.