Jonathan Maman (; born September 29, 1978), better known by his stage name John Mamann (), is a French singer, songwriter and composer who is signed to AZ, part of

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. He has released three albums, ''Mister Joe'' in 2010, self-titled ''Joe Mamann'' in 2012 and ''Love Life'' in 2013. The title track from the last album "Love \ Life", a duo with Portuguese singer Kika, has charted on French Singles Chart.

Career

At age 18, John Mamann left for Canada and later on to the States (Miami, Florida) to pursue a musical career. His father, a musician and relatively successful singer, with Moroccan descent, had great impact on him. Returning to France, his debut single was "Pas jaloux". He was more successful with composing particularly after his success in 2008 with writing and producing Louisy Joseph and finding chart success with the latter's song "Assis par terre". He released his own album ''Mister Joe'' with all materials composed by him with lyrics from Elodie Hesme, François Welgryn, Lionel Florence et Florian Gazan. Mamann has also written to a number of artists including

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(in two songs "Autoportrait" and "Devant toi"), for

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, Jean-Roch,

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and others. He has collaborated with producer RedOne. In 2011, he co-wrote and co-produced "

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", a big hit for French singer

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and Belgian ''

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'' runner-up

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and Stanislas, music for the 2013 French musical production ''

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In popular culture

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from the album. *In 2012, he also took in the 8th edition of the annual event ''Concert pour la tolérance'' in

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, Morocco. *In 2012, in

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of the French singing competition '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'',

one of the four judges and mentors in the series chose John Mamann to help him mentor his team of contestants during the "Musical Battles" round.

Personal life

His father, Maurice Mamann is a musician and singer who performed under the stage name Maurice Mann.

Discography

Albums

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. ;Others *2009: "Pas jaloux" *2009: "Donnez-moi le sens" *2010: "On est tous comme ça" *2012: "Fais pas la gueule John" *2012: "Allez viens"

Compositions and music productions

(Selective listing. Contains individual as well as co-composing and co-producing) *2008: Louisy Joseph – ''La Saison des amours'' (album production) + singles "Mes insomnies" and "Assis par terre" *2008:

– ''

'' (6 tracks including single "Embrasse-moi") *2010:

– "8e merveille", "J'ai arrêté de rêver" *2011:

– "Autoportrait" *2011:

feat. Orelsan – "La Machine" *2011:

– "

" *2012: Love Generation – "Just a Little Bit" *2012: Jean-Roch featuring

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– " Name of Love" *2012: Johnny Hallyday – "Devant toi" *2012:

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featuring

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– " Live My Life" *2013: Khaled – "Laila" *2013:

– " Flashing Lights" *2013: Havana Brown feat.

– " We Run the Night" *2013:

'' (a French musical) *2014:

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- " XOXO"

References

External links

Official websiteUniversal Music France: John Mamann page
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