Jermaine Paul is an American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist,born in July 26 1978.At 15, Paul joined a quartet group named 1Accord signing to basketball star Shaquille O'Neal's label, Twism Records. He began writing and producing songs of his own. Paul auditioned for the first season of American Idol but did not receive any callbacks from the producers. He began recording backing vocals for artists such as Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Joss Stone, Blackstreet and Jaguar Wright.In 2012, he auditioned for the second season of The Voice on Blake Shelton's team, becoming the winner of the season.