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Warrior King (born Mark Dyer) was born in Kingston Jamaica on 27 July 1979. He is a Jamaican reggae singer known within the Caribbean and internationally for his music that is focused on messages about education and uplifting women. Some of Warrior King's best known hits include "Virtuous Woman" (2001), "Hold Da Faith" (2005), "My Life" (2005), "Can't Get Me Down" (2005) and "Wanna Give You Love" (2009). == Musical career == Warrior King's musical career began in high school where he performed in talent shows. At that time, he followed the musical style of reggae artiste Bounty Killer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warrior King )〕 Over time, his style evolved eventually leading to his international chart topping single ''Virtuous Woman'' in 2001 (produced by Michael Johnson).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Virtuous Woman CD )〕 In October 2001, this song was # 1 on the Jamaican reggae charts, as well as, the New York Top 30 Reggae Singles chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warrior King tops the charts in Jamaica and New York )〕 In 2002, his debut album ''Virtuous Woman'' was released by VP Records and spent nine weeks on the Billboard.com charts. This album included the songs ''Hold Da Faith'' and ''Breath of Fresh Air''. Many established producers in the reggae industry contributed to this album including Sheldon 'Calibud' Stewart (Sizzla Kalonji), Lion Paw (Luciano and Junior Kelly) and Penthouse (Buju Banton and Beres Hammond).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warrior King )〕 In 2005, he released another album called ''Hold Da Faith'' whose songs were on the charts for Jamaica's Weekly Countdown 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jamaica's Weekly Top 30 Dancehall/Reggae (Singles) Hit List )〕 and included singles such as ''My Life'', ''Baby Girl'', ''Education'' and ''Can't Get Me Down''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warrior King-Music, Artist, Band Bio )〕 His music became known, not only in his native Jamaica, but also Tokyo, London and New York. His 2009 album ''Love is in the Air'' 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warrior King-Love is In the Air )〕 featured the hit "Wanna Give You Love" which spent two weeks at the top of the Jamaica Music Countdown Top 25 Reggae Singles Chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warrior King Still Making Hits )〕 In September 2011, he released a new album called ''Tell me how me Sound'' featuring songs such as ''Jah is the Only One'' and ''System is Crazy''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warrior King 'Tell me How Me Sound' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Warrior King (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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