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Dr. Alban (born August 26, 1957 as Alban Nwapa in Enugu, Nigeria) is a Stockholm, Sweden-based musician and producer with his own record label dr-records. His music can best be described as a Eurodance/hip-hop reggae with a dancehall style. is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Life
Alban Nwapa grew up listening to Fela Kuti and James Brown. At age 23, he began studying odontology. In order to be able to finance his university studies the music-loving odontology student started making his own music. During this time Alban worked as a DJ in the well-known Stockholm club 'Alphabet Street'. Very quickly his name became widely known, especially since Alban often sang to the records he put on the turntable as a DJ. DJ René couldn't help but notice him and so he was discovered. Alban finished his studies and even opened his own dentistry practice, keeping his disk jockeying as a lucrative sideline. Fela Anikulapo Kuti (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, October 15, 1938 - August 2, 1997), or simply Fela, was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick. ...
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In 1990, he met Denniz PoP from the SweMix label. Alban laid aside his dentist's drill and realised his dream. Together with Denniz and Rap-Queen Leila K, his first record, "Hello Africa" - his declaration of love for his African home - broke all records. Alban Nwapa took the stage name Dr. Alban, a nod to his dental studies. His debut album Hello Africa sold roughly 1 million copies world-wide. [citation needed] Dag Krister Volle (April 26, 1963–August 30, 1998), better known under the artistic name Denniz Pop (or Denniz PoP), was a Swedish DJ, music producer and songwriter. ...
Leila K (born September 6, 1971 as Leila El Khalifi) is a Swedish Eurodance singer and former rapper of Moroccan descent. ...
One year later this success was surpassed by the second album One Love. 1.6 million singles of the song "It's My Life" were sold (the single was even used as background music for a Tampax advert). It was #1 in the Netherlands, Israel and Germany and #2 in the UK. The following single "One Love" was #5 in Israel. The album immediately sold over 1.7 million units. Then followed the albums Look Who's Talking and Born In Africa. All in all, Dr. Alban has racked up world-wide sales of over 5 million albums and over 6 million singles, which resulted in 7 times Silver, 30 times Gold and 30 times Platinum. His hit single "No Coke" was used to illustrate an anti-drugs campaign in Sweden. The single "Sing Hallelujah" reached #5 in Israel. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
After a re-release of "No Coke", Dr. Alban confirmed his Euro dance style with his hit "Look Who's Talking Now", which reached #4 in Israel, #6 at MTV Europe, and #54 in UK. "Let The Beat Go On" was #12 in Israel, and #12 at MTV9. Eurodance is a style of dance music, popular in Europe, Oceania and South America between 1992 and 1997. ...
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He created his own record company 'Dr. Records', on which he released Born in Africa, the first CD recorded completely in his Dr Records studios. He had production credits on projects by artists such as La Cream and Daddy Showkey. La Cream was short-lived Swedish eurodance band. ...
More recently, his voice was featured on Sash!'s single "Colour The World". After one year of silence he came back with a new track entitled "Because Of You", followed by "What Do I Do" and a new album, not Euro-dance related. Alban was very satisfied with the new album Prescription. Many hands have been involved in making this new album sound special. There are also guest appearances from Tony Rebell and Anthony B. Sash! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born on 10 June 1970, in Nettetal, Germany), who works in the studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas Alisson Lüdke. ...
Dr. Alban is a cousin of another famous Nigerian musician, Charles "Charlie Boy" Oputa. He is also the uncle of Ricarda Wältken from the German Hip Hip Band Tic Tac Toe. Tic Tac Toe is an all-female German hip hop group. ...
Dr Alban is planning to release a new album ( Back to basics ) in 2007. Information and preview can be found at - Dr albans official website.
Discography
Albums | Year | Album | Chart positions | | AUT | CH | GER | SWE | | 1991 | Hello Afrika | 2 | 8 | - | 6 | | 1992 | One Love | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | | 1994 | Look Who's Talking | 7 | 8 | 7 | 11 | | 1996 | Born In Africa | 41 | 37 | 52 | 37 | | 1997 | I Believe | - | - | - | 27 | | 1997 | The Very Best Of 1990-1997 | 38 | - | 66 | 38 | | 2000 | Prescriptions | - | - | - | - | | 2007 | Back To Basics | TBR | TBR | TBR | TBR | For other uses, see Austria (disambiguation). ...
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Singles | Year | Single | Chart positions | | AUT | CH | GER | UK | SWE | | 1990 | Hello Afrika (Feat. Leila K.) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | 1991 | Sing Shi-Wo-Wo (Stop The Pollution) | 16 | 13 | - | - | 36 | | 1991 | No Coke | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | | 1991 | (We Are On Family) U & Mi | 11 | 9 | 14 | - | 20 | | 1992 | It's My Life | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 1992 | It's My Life (Raggadag Remix) | 2 | - | - | - | - | | 1992 | One Love | 9 | 11 | 7 | - | 19 | | 1993 | Sing Hallelujah | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | | 1994 | Look Who's Talking | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 2 | | 1994 | Away From Home | 12 | 26 | 25 | - | 24 | | 1994 | Let The Beat Go On | 23 | - | 18 | - | 17 | | 1995 | This Time I'm Free | 23 | 32 | 27 | 00 | 3 | | 1996 | Born In Africa | 31 | 47 | - | - | 11 | | 1996 | Hallelujah Day | 35 | - | - | - | 30 | | 1997 | Mr. DJ | 21 | - | 70 | - | - | | 1999 | Colour The World (mit Sash!) | - | 39 | - | - | 54 | | 2000 | What Do I Do | - | - | - | - | 43 | | 2003 | Work Work | - | - | - | - | 13 | | 2005 | Sing Haleluja (Remix) (mit Yamboo) | - | - | 74 | - | - | | 2007 | Somebody Call My Name (Habibi) (Feat. Melissa) | - | - | - | - | - | | 2007 | Dont joke with fire | - | - | - | - | - | For other uses, see Austria (disambiguation). ...
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Hello Afrika is a 1990 album from Swedish-based Nigerian artist Dr. Alban. ...
Leila K (born September 6, 1971 as Leila El Khalifi) is a Swedish eurodance singer with a Moroccoan descent. ...
Sash! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born on 10 June 1970, in Nettetal, Germany), who works in the studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas Alisson Lüdke. ...
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