Mohombi
Mohombi Nzasi Moupondo (born 17 October 1986) is a Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer. He grew up in Norsborg and Kista near Stockholm. Mohombi was RedOne's first signing to 2101 Records in joint venture with Universal Music Group. From 2000 to 2008, Mohombi was part of the Swedish hip hop group Avalon with his brother Djo Moupondo. Mohombi released his debut solo single "Bumpy Ride" in August 2010. The single became a worldwide hit, and charted in the top-ten in several countries, and was followed by his debut studio album ''MoveMeant'' in February 2011. Biography Early life Mohombi was born to a Swedish mother and a Congolese father. He has 14 siblings. Mohombi and his family left the war-torn Congo and emigrated to Stockholm, Sweden in 1999 when Mohombi was 13. When he turned 20 years old, Mohombi rented a room in Radio 1 UAE's Simon B's childhood house just to get to know him better. His parents regularly exposed him to varied musical influences fro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Avalon (Swedish Group)
Avalon or Group Avalon was a band consisting of Djo Moupondo and his brother Mohombi Moupondo with Congolese and Swedish ancestry. A multilingual band, they performed songs in Swedish, French, English and Lingala. Mohombi has gone on to create a successful international solo career signing with RedOne. Djo is CEO of their label La Clique Music co founded with their longtime friend and Bruno Lopez with whom he also Co-manages Mohombi. Career Djo and Mohombi born to a Congolese father and a Swedish mother were raised in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Djo & Mohombi escaped the war-torn country for Stockholm, Sweden in 1998. The parents regularly exposed them to varied musical influences. Djo became a well-known DJ in local clubs and Mohombi studied at Rytmus Music High School in Stockholm and eventually obtaining his bachelor's degree in music and song from Stockholm Royal College of Music, the Stockholm conservatory. Djo obtained a Bachelor's degree in entrepreneurship at S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Faydee
Fady Fatrouni ( ar, فادي فتروني; born 2 February 1987), best known by his stage name Faydee, is an Australian singer of Lebanese descent. He is best known for his 2013 single "Can't Let Go", as well his international hit "Habibi (I Need Your Love)" credited to Shaggy, Mohombi, Faydee and Costi. Early life and education Faydee was born into a Muslim family on 2 February 1987 in Sydney, Australia. His parents originated from Tripoli, Lebanon. Faydee is the oldest of five children, with two sisters and two brothers. Faydee's interest in music began through his cousins, who would record beats and rap and sing over them for entertainment. At the age of thirteen, he began writing and recording music from his bedroom. Career Faydee was discovered online at the age of 19 by Ronnie Diamond, owner / founder of record label Buckle Up Entertainment. After signing with Buckle Up, Faydee wrote several songs and, in the process, honed his writing, production and recording tech ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Costi Ioniță
Constantin "Costi" Ioniță (), known as Costi (born 14 January 1978) is a Romanian singer regarded as one of the most celebrated ethnic Romanian vocalists of ''muzică orientală'' (manele).Margaret H. Beissinger, ''"Muzică Orientală": Identity and Popular Culture in Postcommunist Romania'', in Donna A. Buchanan (ed), ''Balkan popular culture and the Ottoman ecumene: music, image, and regional political discourse''. Scarecrow Press, 2007. . pp. 125-126 Career Born in Constanța and a dentist by training, Costi began his musical career by singing Romanian traditional folkloric music. He however achieved fame as a member of the pop boy band Valahia, enjoying several hits. In 1999, he started to experiment with ''manele'', a composite Balkanic musical style, and in 2000 he collaborated with acclaimed manele singer Adrian Minune on ''Of, viața mea'' ("Oh, my life"), one of the first mainstream successes of the genre in Romania. Following Valahia's dissolution in 2002, he start ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marc Mysterio
Marc Mysterio is an Irish Canadian multi-platinum songwriter, composer, producer, actor, Professional Boxer and DJ, with a label called World Class Records, and music publishing company Amerada Music. He is also signed as an artist to various labels globally, including Sony Music. Career Mysterio first became recognized in 2007 for his first single "Answer This" (featuring Linda Newman). Mysterio's debut release, "Roll Wit It" was released in 2008 by Spinnin Records and featured the vocals of Chris Willis (singer of David Guetta anthems "Love Is Gone" and "Gettin' Over You"). On January 2, 2009, Mysterio released a cover remix version of "One More Time" by Daft Punk. The song reached #1 on Russia's Top 20, and was a club hit in the United States first played by Felli Fel on Power 106 in Los Angeles. Mysterio released "Tomorrow", featuring Samantha Fox, which debuted on radio worldwide on August 7, 2009, on stations worldwide, including: NRJ, Power 106, and Radio 538. It has sin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2101 Records
RedOne Records is an international record label founded by Moroccan-Swedish record producer RedOne in 2014. He is the label's main producer. In 2010, RedOne had established 2101 Records. Previously an imprint under Republic Records, RedOne distributes music under Capitol Music Group. History 2101 Records was founded in 2010 by record producer RedOne, as a joint venture with Universal Music Group. On 1 August 2010, RedOne and 2101 Records signed a deal for distribution via Cash Money Records, new home for Mohombi, whereas artist DJ Havana Brown and Dive Bella Dive were distributed via Island Records. Priyanka Chopra, Zander Bleck are distributed via Interscope Records and 7Lions and Porcelain Black are distributed independently. In February 2013, Ray De La Garza, formerly Vice President of Programming at Radio Disney, was appointed the new General Manager of 2101 Records. On May 1, 2013 the label announced that it had signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Group's Capit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wisin
Juan Luis Morera Luna (; born December 19, 1978), best known as his stage name Wisin (), is a Puerto Rican reggaeton rapper, singer and record producer, best known as a member of the reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. Wisin is noted for his unique and aggressive style of rapping. Career Wisin met Yandel in school. They began performing as a duo in the late 1990s and made their album debut in 2000 with ''Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio''. They later made the jump to a major label in 2003 with '' Mi Vida... My Life'', their first for Universal subsidiary Machete Music. ''Pa'l Mundo'' then catapulted them to mainstream success in 2005. Subsequently, Wisin & Yandel established their own label, WY Records, and presented an affiliate group, Los Vaqueros. In November 2013, after the duo's Líderes tour, the duo went into hiatus, but although rumors saying their split was because of differences between them, Yandel denied those rumors and confirmed they are not disbanded. Wisin released his fi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cat Music
Cat Music is a record label based in Bucharest, Romania, that holds 30% of the market share and a catalog of more than 8,500 songs. Its YouTube channel is the most popular of a Romanian label, with over 6.2 million subscribers and 6.2 billion views. Dan Gheorghe Popi, CEO of Cat Music, was the president of the Union of Phonogram Producers in Romania and was listed in 2004 in ''Billboards Top 20 Best Independent Artist and Repertoire Managers. It was founded in 1991 by Dan Popi and has a market share of 30 percent in Romania. Internationally successful artists of Cat Music were O-Zone (Dragostea din tei), Cleopatra Stratan (Ghiță) and Edward Maya feat. Vika Jigulina (Stereo Love). In 2019, Cat Music opened its first international branch in Madrid, Spain. Major artists * 3rei Sud Est * Andreea Bănică * Lidia Buble * Faydee * Feli * Elena Gheorghe * Havana * Jo * Kamelia * Anna Lesko * Delia Matache * Alex Mica * MIRA * DJ Project * Randi * Ruby * DJ Sava * Adrian Sî ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nicole Cherry
Nicole Cherry (born Nicoleta Janina Ghinea on 5 December 1998) is a Romanian pop singer. Career Cherry performed in a number of singing and dancing competitions as a child. She gained success in 2013 with her single "Memories" which was released at the age of 14. Cherry won the 2014 ''Zu Music Award'' for "Best Breakthrough" artist. She was chosen to dub the character Sophie in Romanian for Disney movie "The BFG" and to sing the main theme from "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir." Discography Singles ;Year-end charts Other songs *2013: "Never Say Never" *2013: "Yes I Can" *2014: "The World Is Ours" (with David Correy featuring Monoblanco) *2015: "Până vine vineri" *2015: "Vive la vida" (featuring Mohombi) *2016: "Cine iubește" *2016: "Se poartă vara" (featuring Connect-R) *2017: "Uneori" *2017: "Soy como soy" (featuring Joey Montana) Featured in *2014: "Ne facem auziți" (Vunk si Ai Nostri) *2015: "Rezervat" (Doddy feat. Nicole Cherry) *2015: "Pot eu să te urăs ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nelly
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album ''Country Grammar'', of which the featured title track and the single "Ride wit Me" were top ten hits. The album peaked at number one the ''Billboard'' 200, and became Nelly's best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States. His following album ''Nellyville'' produced the number-one hits "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland), along with the top five single " Air Force Ones" (featuring Murphy Lee and St. Lunatics). With the same-day dual release of ''Sweat'' and '' Suit'' (2004) and the compilation '' Sweatsuit'' (2006), Nelly continued to generate many chart-topping hits. ''Sweat'' debuted ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez (born January 15, 1981), known professionally by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper and businessman. He began his career in the early 2000s, recording reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and crunk music under a multitude of labels. In 2004, he released his debut album '' M.I.A.M.I.'' under TVT Records and the executive production of Lil Jon. Pitbull later released his second album, ''El Mariel'', in 2006 and his third, ''The Boatlift'', in 2007. His fourth album, '' Rebelution'' (2009), included his breakthrough hit single "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)", which peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number four on the UK Singles Chart. After rebranding himself as a pop artist, Pitbull's next English-language album, ''Planet Pit'' (2011), featured his first US number one single "Give Me Everything" (featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer). The single from his EP ''Meltdown'' (also included in a version of his album, ''Global Warming' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gesellschaft Für Musikalische Aufführungs- Und Mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte
The Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA; "Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights") is a government-mandated collecting society and performance rights organization based in Germany, with administrative offices in Berlin and Munich. GEMA represents the usage rights stemming from authors' rights (e.g., mechanical licensing, broadcast licensing, synchronization licensing) for the musical works of those composers, lyricists, and publishers who are members in the organization. It is the only such institution in Germany and a member of BIEM and CISAC. Other collecting societies include the (AKM) ''Society of authors, composers and music publishers'' ( de) in Austria and SUISA in Switzerland. As an "accredited profit-making association with legal capacity" (de: '' rechtsfähiger wirtschaftlicher Verein''), GEMA's capacity to be a subject of legal rights and duties is based upon state conferral (unde ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Helena Mattsson & Mohombi Moupondo 2002
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