Selwyn (singer)

Quality 0.50 · 1 view · Updated 2 months ago

Australian singer

title: "Selwyn (singer)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1982-births", "living-people", "musicians-from-durban", "musicians-from-perth,-western-australia", "australian-contemporary-r&b-singers", "south-african-emigrants-to-australia", "21st-century-australian-singers", "21st-century-australian-male-singers", "australian-people-convicted-of-assault"] description: "Australian singer" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selwyn_(singer)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian singer ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]

Field	Value
name	Selwyn
image	Selwyn_Pretorius.jpg
background	solo_singer
birth_place	Perth, Western Australia
origin	Sydney, Australia
genre	Pop, R&B
years_active	1998–2017
label	Sony BMG (2001–2004), Epic
::

Selwyn (born Selwyn Pretorius, 1982, in Durban, South Africa) is an R&B singer from Perth, Western Australia. He was a contestant on the Australian reality series Popstars 2, but did not make it through to the final group lineup. He was re-discovered while working at a shopping centre as a trolley boy. Producer Audius Mtawarira overheard him singing and offered to produce him.

Career

In August 2004, Selwyn released "Boomin'". It was written by Paul Rein for Selwyn's second studio album, One Way. Australian singer Israel contributed to the production of the song, which according to Kathy McCabe of The Daily Telegraph is "beefed-up". Selwyn described it as a "different track" with a "different feel". It was promoted through the clothing store Jay Jays, where customers would receive a physical copy of the single after spending $40 at the store. For the week of 19 August 2004, "Boomin'" was the third-most added track to the playlists of Australian radio stations. It entered the Australian Singles Chart at No.28 and spent six weeks within the chart.

Discography

Albums

::data[format=table title="List of albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications"] | Title | Details | Peak positions | Certifications (thresholds) | AUS | Meant to Be | One Way | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 7 | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | ::

Singles

::data[format=table title="List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications"] | Title | Year | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | AUS | "Buggin' Me" | "Way Love's Supposed to Be" | "Rich Girl" | "Like This, Like That" | "Good Times" (with Disco Montego) (featuring Katie Underwood, Peta Morris and Jeremy Gregory) | "Boomin'" | "Satisfactual" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2001 | 19 | | Meant to Be | | | | | | | | | | | 2002 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 52 | | single only | | | | | | | | | | | | 2004 | 28 | | One Way | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

References

(22 November 2002). "Snap crackle and Pop". The Sydney Morning Herald.
(7 November 2004). "Songs sung blue". The Age.
(2004). "[[So Fresh: The Hits of Summer 2005]]". [[Universal Music]], [[Sony Music Entertainment]].
McCabe, Kathy. (26 August 2004). "Selwyn is Boomin' along". [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney).
(13 November 2004). "Headed 'One Way'". [[Geelong Advertiser]].
(29 October 2004). "Lay Down Some Tracks With Selwyn". [[The Hot Hits Live from LA]].
(19 August 2004). "Sound Bite". The Daily Telegraph.
"Australian-charts.com – Selwyn – Boomin'". [[ARIA Charts.
"Discography Selwyn".
Ryan, Gavin. (2011). "Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010". Moonlight Publishing.

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::