Reggae singer Ultimate Shines - Ultimate Shines was born Mark Anthony James on the 8th of April 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is one of six children consisting of two sisters and three brothers. Mark James attended Denham Town Secondary and graduated in 1985.
He always loved to sing and always loved writing lyrics. At school he
performed at many concerts and played football, cricket and volleyball.
Even though he participated in a lot of activities at school, his academics did not suffer. He was known as an all rounder. He started singing from age 8 though his musical career did not start until 1983.
Mark
James’ musical career began in 1983 under the name “Blacka Shines” with
the release of his first record in England. His second recording
entitled “Mob him kill” under the label “foreigner” was released in
1987. This song was for social commentary. During the late 80’s and 90’s
he was a part of JR productions and was included on the Capital record
with Spragga Benz entitled “ Uncommonly Smooth”.
This record
featured artists such as the legendary Ben E King. On this record there
was a track entitled “Gang Rival” which was collaboration with Blacka
shines and Spragga Benz. The purpose of the song was to encourage
youngsters to stay away from gangs and violence. Blacka Shines was also a
part of the Down Sound family alongside Nacko, DYCR, Fanton Mojo in
2000. They recorded for several persons.
Under the name Ultimate
Shines, his popular hit “Call on Jah” produced by Lion Paw was released
in April 2001. In 2004 he released his first album entitled “Teach Dem”,
produced by Builders music and Lenworth Campbell. This album included
hits such as- “Call on Jah”, “Don’t waste time” and “To di Country”.
“Call on Jah” was a success in Europe and America and is still popular
to this day.
Ultimate Shines re- recorded the song “Gang Rival”
as a solo and it was shown on RE TV. A video was also done for this
song. In 2002 Ultimate Shines went on a tour in Canada opening for
TrillerU and Singing Melody. This was a success and it was his first
time representing for Jamaica.
In 2003 he performed at different
clubs such as Club spice, Montreal and Bar St. Lara just to name a few.
The main genres of music done by Ultimate Shines are reggae, R&B,
souls and dancehall.
The landmark of his career as Ultimate
Shines was when he went back to Canada in 2006 to perform in the
Montreal festival alongside Shaggy, Maxi priest, Barrington Levy
and Richie Spice. He was widely accepted there. In 2008 he did a radio
tour in New York and Manhattan where he appeared and did interviews with
radio talk show hosts.
Ultimate Shines’ main focus when writing
is to entertain people. He is a strong promoter of peace and
tranquillity among the people of Jamaica. His passion is singing and
song writing. In his spare time he likes playing the keyboard or the
piano and enjoys football , jogging and exercising.
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