Jay Sean - Number One in America

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How has a lad from Hounslow become the first British-Asian artist to top the American charts? What makes Jay Sean so special? We talk to those who have been with him fron the beginning - people who know him- first played his music and those now getting to know him in the USA. Has Jay Sean cracked America? Or is it just the beginning? "It looks like it's happened overnight but his been going seven years and his been in America all over the country grafting, grinding away." - Rob Stuart from 2 point 9. Adil Ray presents the story of Jay Sean in this BBC Asian Network Reports Special. Producer : Nicola Humphries & Perminder Khatkar. This documentary was first broadcast on 12 October 2009 to mark Jay Sean's success in the American charts with his hit single Down .