Editing Seal (musician) (section)

===2010s ===
[[file:Seal Hannover.jpg|thumb|upright|Seal in 2011]]
Seal's seventh studio album, ''[[Seal 6: Commitment]]'' was released on 20 September 2010 internationally and 28 September 2010 in the US. The first single "Secret" was released 10 August 2010 on iTunes in the US and in the UK on 13 September 2010. This album was said to be inspired by his wife, Heidi.<ref name="Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 13:00 BST">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a279311/heidi-klum-im-lucky-to-have-seal.html |title=Showbiz – News – Heidi Klum: 'I'm lucky to have Seal' |website=Digital Spy |date=29 September 2010 |access-date=26 April 2011}}</ref> On 7 November 2011, Seal released his second cover album of classic soul songs, ''Soul 2'' through [[Reprise Records]].

====Performance in Chechnya, 2011====
In October 2011, Seal was criticized by human-rights groups for appearing at an event in [[Grozny]], [[Chechnya]], that turned into a birthday celebration for [[Ramzan Kadyrov]], the President of Chechnya.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/466042/seal-takes-heat-for-serenading-chechen-strongman |title=Seal takes heat for serenading Chechen strongman |magazine=Billboard |date=13 October 2011 }}</ref> Also appearing at the event were the actress [[Hilary Swank]], actor [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] and violinist [[Vanessa-Mae]]. The New York–based [[Human Rights Foundation]] claims that it sent letters to invitees in advance of the event noting Kadyrov's record and asking them to decline the invitations.<ref name="humanrightsfoundation1">{{cite web|url=http://www.humanrightsfoundation.org/media/HilarySwankapologizes20111012.html |title=Hilary Swank apologizes – Pleads ignorance; but will she keep the Chechen warlord's money? |publisher=[[Human Rights Foundation]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111017115719/http://www.humanrightsfoundation.org/media/HilarySwankapologizes20111012.html |archive-date=17 October 2011 }}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] sent an enquiry to Seal regarding his performance at the event and released a statement about the incident that said:
{{blockquote|Ramzan Kadyrov is linked to a litany of horrific human rights abuses. It's inappropriate for stars to get paid to party with him. It bolsters his image and legitimizes a brutal leader and his regime. And getting paid to be part of such a lavish show in Chechnya trivialises the suffering of countless victims of human rights abuses there.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/seal-chechnya-human-rights-247508 |title=Seal's Chechen Leader Birthday Bash Performance Questioned By Human Rights Group |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Kim |last=Masters |date=12 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/13/hilary-swank-regrets-chechen-party |title=Hilary Swank 'regrets' partying with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov |work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London |first=Miriam |last=Elder |date=13 October 2011 }}</ref>}}

Seal refused to apologise for appearing at the event, sending a message from his Twitter account telling people to "leave me out of your politics".<ref name="humanrightsfoundation1"/> Seal was reported to have made $500,000 for singing at the party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/24/celebrities-chummy-with-dictators-risk-damaging-their-brand/ |title=Hilary Swank cancels Toronto speech amid controversy over Ramzan Kadyrov birthday appearance |first=Tom |last=Blackwell |work=[[National Post]] |date=24 October 2011 |access-date=31 October 2011 }}</ref>

====2012–2017====
In 2012, Seal was one of the four vocal coaches in the first season of the Australian version of the reality singing competition ''[[The Voice (Australia)|The Voice]]''. He was the coach of the series winner [[Karise Eden]]. Seal returned to ''The Voice ''season two, which debuted on 7 April 2013, where he became the winning coach once again, coaching eventual winner [[Harrison Craig]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1123/thevoiceaus.html |title=Judges announced for Aussie Voice |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date=23 November 2011 |access-date=23 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125032301/http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/1123/thevoiceaus.html |archive-date=25 November 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thevoice.com.au/profiles.html |title=Home &#124; 9Jumpin |work=The Voice |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> He did not return for the third season in 2014 with the [[Nine Network]] stating that Seal "will take a break from the third season of ''The Voice'' to focus on music and material for a new album."<ref name=TheVoice2014/> Channel NINE announced on 8 November 2016 that Seal would be returning alongside [[Delta Goodrem]] to ''The Voice'' as a coach in 2017, replacing [[Jessie J]] after a three-year hiatus.

On 15 November 2014, Seal joined the charity group [[Band Aid 30]] along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording the latest version of the track "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" at [[Sarm West Studios]] in [[Notting Hill]], London, to raise money for the [[2014 Ebola outbreaks|2014 Ebola crisis]] in West Africa.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Band Aid 30: One Direction among celebrity line-up|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=10 November 2014|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11220735/Band-Aid-30-line-up-revealed.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Seal was cast as [[Pontius Pilate]] in [[Tyler Perry]]'s musical rendition of ''[[The Passion (U.S. TV special)|The Passion]]'', which aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on 20 March 2016.<ref name="thewrap-seal">{{cite web|title=Seal Cast as Pontius Pilate for Fox's 'The Passion'|url=http://www.thewrap.com/seal-cast-as-pontius-pilate-for-foxs-the-passion/|website=The Wrap|date=4 February 2016|access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref>

Seal began work on a new album, initially entitled ''Let Yourself'', produced again by Horn. In February 2015, Horn said the album was nearly finished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-SH22suqmo | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/N-SH22suqmo| archive-date=28 October 2021|title=ME1 TV Talks To... Trevor Horn | date=9 February 2015|via=YouTube |access-date=15 January 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Seal later re-signed to Perfect Songs and had a two-week writing period in Horn's Los Angeles studio booked for October 2012. [[Stewart Copeland]] (formerly of [[the Police]]) said that month on his Twitter feed that Trevor Horn and Lol Crème were working with Seal on a project. In April 2013, Seal said on Twitter that the new album would be released in about June (which did not eventuate) and that tracks to be included were "Let Yourself", "Do You Ever" and "Laying with an Angel".<ref>{{cite web|author=Henry Potts |url=http://www.bondegezou.co.uk/wnalum.htm#horn |title=Where are they now? – Former Yes members |website=Bondegezou.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The album was later retitled ''Beautifully Scarred''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://instagram.com/p/5mo0tmQgAa/ |title=Instagram |via=Instagram |access-date=15 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103840/https://www.instagram.com/p/5mo0tmQgAa/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 10 September 2015, Seal announced that the album, now named ''[[7 (Seal album)|7]]'', would be released on 6 November 2015.

Seal released the album ''[[Standards (Seal album)|Standards]]'' in November 2017. The album was produced by classical crossover composer [[Nick Patrick (record producer)|Nick Patrick]]. It received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the [[61st Annual Grammy Awards|2018 Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |title=GRAMMY Award Results for Seal |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/seal/6331 |website=grammy.com |access-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>