Lucas Secon

Lucas Secon

Lucas Secon (known musically as Lucas) is a Danish-American Grammy and MTV-Award nominated musician best known for his 1994 song "Lucas With The Lid Off" from his album "Lucacentric".

He has helped sell over 20 million records, many of them going gold, platinum and multi-platinum in the U.S./UK and Europe. Lucas has produced over 150 songs and nine albums.

History

Signed to Uptown Records by Andre Harrell, Lucas debuted in 1990 with the album "To Rap My World Around You". In 1992 he signed with Atlantic Records and moved into the public eye with the release of his 1994 album "Lucacentric", a much more jazz-influenced work than his previous effort. "Lucacentric" went Top 10 in at least 10 countries and was Top 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. The music video for his single "Lucas With The Lid Off", directed by Michel Gondry, earned a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, Short Form [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1995/grammys.htm Rock On The Net: 37th Annual Grammy Awards - 1995 ] ] and a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video [ [http://www.rockonthenet.com/mtvvma/male.htm Rock On The Net: MTV Video Music Awards History: Best Male Video ] ] in 1995. The video features a very distinctive and memorable style, being shot in one take among a variety of different sets. It was voted #4 best video of all time by MTV US.Fact|date=March 2007Lucas won "Spin Magazine's" Golden Poets Award for his poem "The Ice Age" (out of 150,000 entrants), which became a song on "To Rap My World Around You".

Lucas has written and or produced for;

: The Pussycat Dolls, Paradiso Girls, Jordyn Taylor, Velvet Angels, Pixie, Lene Nystrom, Sugababes, Nick Carter, Outlandish, Keisha White, Cassidy, Sly and Robbie, Mos Def, Mark Morrison and Daz Dillinger, Liberty X, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, ABS, Chubb Rock, Tweet, Boom, Blazin' Squad, Tyler James, Aaron Carter, IAM, Richard Blackwood, Safri Duo, Vanessa Brown, Emmy Rossum, Hayden Panettiere, Sarah Connor, TVXQ, Martin Hoberg, SHinee, Lewis Taylor, Billie Piper.

Upcoming or current singles:

* The PussyCat Dolls "I Hate This Part" Interscope Records (new single worldwide now-US radio impact december))
* Sarah Connor 'Under My Skin" Universal Records (#4 Germany, #13 Austria, #19 Top 100 Billboard European singles)
* Martin "Show The World" Sony BMG Records (#1 Denmark, #1 album)
* Martin"Report To The Dance Floor" Sony Bmg Records (out next week)
* Shinee "Show The World" SM Entertainment # 1.
* Paradiso Girls 'Echo" Interscope Records (upcoming)
* Jordyn Taylor "f.i." Interscope Records (upcoming)
* Velvet Angels "s.w" Island-Def Jam Records (upcoming)
* Pixie "G" Mercury/Interscope records (upcoming)
* Freefonix "singles" (upcoming)
* Outlandish, SonyBMG Records (upcoming)
* Hayden Panetierre (Hollywood Records)
* TVXQ single"Mirotic" SM Entertainment #1. album preorders 300.000+ in S.Korea alone.

Discography

* "To Rap My World Around You" (1990)
* "Lucacentric" (1994)

"Leave Em Something To Desire" (single) (1997) Sprinkler

Family

Lucas' father, Paul Secon, is perhaps best known as the founder of Pottery Barn. He also worked as a songwriter for Nat King Cole, The Ink Spots, and The Mills Brothers and many more. His mother, world-renowned Danish artist Berta Moltke, was the head of the Danish Academy of Arts for several years and has exhibited around the globe for the last 35 years. Lucas' son, Fabian, debuted as an MC at age 3 on the Lucas-produced record "Fabian's First Beat" (Atlantic Records UK, 2002).Fact|date=March 2007 Fabian made his professional acting debut in July 2007, taking the lead in a summer musical called "The House Fairy" at The Magic Eye Theatre, London.

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