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CORPORATE / EVENTS - CARNIVAL II ALBUM RELEASE PARTY Featuring Visuals by FICTIVE Wyclef Jean's Carnival II Memoirs of an Immigrant Album Release party at S.O.B.'s Wyclef kicked off the night with a party to tout the Dec. 4 release of Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant, his seventh studio album, recalling his 1997 triple-platinum debut solo album, Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival Featuring Refugee All-Stars. It was a celebration. The album features yet another diverse cast of collaborators, this time including Paul Simon, Minister Louis Farrakhan on violin, and System of a Down's Serj Tankian. Clad in white, 'Clef treated the crowd to the album's first single, "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)," which features Akon and Lil Wayne and to lots more. Haitian born, Wyclef Jean, is a world renowned artist, songwriter, producer, Good Will Ambassador and activist through his Yelé Haiti foundation. He began his career as a member of the The Fugees. Their classic release, The Score, sold over 18 million copies worldwide and certified the trio as international superstars. Jean then began his solo career with 1997's platinum plus album The Carnival Featuring the Refugee All-Stars. Wyclef went on to work with diverse artists including Santana, Destiny's Child, and Mick Jagger. He produced "Hips Don't Lie", a Grammy®-nominated duet with Shakira. The track broke the record for the most amount of airplay in the history of Billboard magazine’s airplay tracking. The Grammy® Award winner returned to Columbia Records to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of his first solo album with The Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant.
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