# U-Jean > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/U-Jean > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/U-Jean.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Jean > Source revision: 1338724158 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American singer This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "U-Jean" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) U-Jean Background information Born Alex Hutson Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Origin Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Genres Dance-pop, R&B Years active 2007–present Labels Zooland, Kontor Website u-jean.com Musical artist **Alex Hutson**, known professionally as **U-Jean**, is an American singer and songwriter based in Germany. He performs [pop](/source/Pop_music), [R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B), and [hip-hop](/source/Hip_hop_music). He is best known for his collaboration with the German dance project [R.I.O.](/source/R.I.O.) on the songs "[Turn This Club Around](/source/Turn_This_Club_Around_(song))" and "[Summer Jam](/source/Summer_Jam_(R.I.O._song))". His debut single, a version of [Belinda Carlisle](/source/Belinda_Carlisle)'s "[Heaven Is a Place on Earth](/source/Heaven_Is_a_Place_on_Earth)", was released in June 2011 and features vocals by [Carlprit](/source/Carlprit). ## Biography This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (January 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Hutson was born in [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), and raised in [Atlanta, Georgia](/source/Atlanta%2C_Georgia). After completing his education, he moved to Germany as a soldier in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army). While stationed there, he auditioned for the U.S. Army Europe Soldier Show in [Schwetzingen](/source/Schwetzingen). After leaving the army, Hutson remained in Germany to pursue a music career. He performed as a member of the group Sweet Soul Music Revue and worked as a producer and songwriter. He also performed with the King Kamehameha Band in [Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt). In 2009, he founded the production company Whazz Crackin. By 2010, the company had produced hip-hop and dance tracks for several artists. In 2012, U-Jean provided backing vocals on the [Cascada](/source/Cascada) album *It's Christmas Time*. ## Collaborations In 2011, U-Jean met Yanou and DJ Manian of Zooland Records. He collaborated with their project [R.I.O.](/source/R.I.O.) on the tracks "Turn This Club Around", "Animal", and "Summer Jam". "Turn This Club Around" reached number three on the German charts and charted in Austria and Switzerland. ## Discography ### Singles #### As lead artist Year Single Album 2011 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (featuring Carlprit) Non-album singles 2012 "Flying" (Ilhama & U-Jean featuring DJ OGB) #### As featured artist Year Single Peak chart positions Album GER [1] AUT [2] FRA [3] NL [4] SWI [5] UK [6] 2011 "Turn This Club Around" (R.I.O. featuring U-Jean) 3 5 96 43 1 36 Turn This Club Around "Animal" (R.I.O. featuring U-Jean) 48 33 — 52 51 — 2012 "That Girl" (Mischa Daniels featuring U-Jean) 95 — — — — — —N/a "Summer Jam" (R.I.O. featuring U-Jean) 7 2 39 — 2 — Turn This Club Around (Deluxe Edition) 2013 "Ready or Not" (R.I.O. featuring U-Jean) 54 40 — — 64 — Ready or Not "Komodo (Hard Nights)" (R.I.O. featuring U-Jean) 58 45 — — 45 — —N/a 2014 "One in a Million" (R.I.O. featuring U-Jean) 51 62 — — 62 — 2015 "Paradise" (Mike Candys featuring U-Jean) — — — — 27 — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ### Guest appearances Year Single Peak chart positions Album GER [1] AUT [2] 2013 "House Party" (DJ Antoine vs. Mad Mark featuring B-Case & U-Jean) 44 22 Sky Is the Limit ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ger_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ger_1-1) ["U-Jean – German Charts"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140725074847/http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=U-Jean&country=de) (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Archived from [the original](http://www.officialcharts.de/artist.asp?name=U-Jean&country=de) on July 25, 2014. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aut_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aut_2-1) ["U-Jean – Austrian Charts"](http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=U-Jean) (in German). austriancharts.at. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-fra_3-0)** ["U-Jean – French Charts"](http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=U-Jean) (in French). lescharts.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-nl_4-0)** ["U-Jean – Dutch Charts"](http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=U-Jean) (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-swi_5-0)** ["U-Jean – Swiss Charts"](http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=U-Jean) (in German). hitparade.ch. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-uk_6-0)** Peak positions for featured singles in the UK: - For "Turn This Club Around": ["Official Singles Chart Top 100: 05 February 2012 – 11 February 2012"](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20120205/7501/). [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved January 20, 2023. ## External links - [U-Jean](https://www.instagram.com/ujeanmusic/) on [Instagram](/source/Instagram_(identifier)) - [U-Jean](https://www.facebook.com/UJeanMusic) on [Facebook](/source/Facebook_(identifier)) - [U-Jean](https://x.com/ujeanmusic) on [X](/source/X_(social_network)) Authority control databases: Artists MusicBrainz --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [U-Jean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Jean) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Jean?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.