Lou Bega
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David Lubega also known as Lou Bega, is a German
musician
of Italian and Ugandan descent, and is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)
". This song is a remake of the Perez Prado
instrumental from 1949. Bega added his own words to the song and sampled the original version extensively.
(Southern Italy) and his father is Uganda
n. His father went to Germany in 1972 to study biology
at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Until age six, Bega spent the most time with his mother in Italy. Then they lived permanently in Munich
, where Bega attended German primary school. At age 15 he lived in Miami
for one-and-a-half years. Bega also lived in Uganda for half a year. Currently he lives in Berlin
.
Bega started his musical career as a rapper
. At age of 13, he founded a hip hop group with two other boys. It would be two years before Bega and his friends' first CD would be released in 1990. When Bega lived in Miami he discovered Latin music. After returning to Munich he met his former manager, Goar Biesenkamp, as well as the music producers, "Frank Lio" (Achim Kleist) and "D.Fact" (Wolfgang von Webenau) (Syndicate Musicproduction) with whom he developed the concept for the song "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)". Bega signed a recording contract to the label
Lautstark. Lou Bega’s musical signature consists of combining musical elements of the 40’s and 50’s with modern beats and grooves.
His first single "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" became an instant worldwide hit charting at #1 in most Europe
an countries including Germany, UK and France and at #3 in the United States
. In France
"Mambo No. 5" spent twenty weeks at #1, which is an unbroken record to date. It was also used by the British
television
broadcaster, Channel 4
for their coverage of Test Match
cricket
between 1999 and 2005.
On 19 July 1999 he released the album A Little Bit of Mambo
. It peaked at #3 in the USA. In Germany, Bega's native country, it also peaked at #3. In the UK the album peaked only at #50. A Little Bit of Mambo peaked at #1 in the album charts of Austria
, Canada
, Finland
, Hungary
, the Middle East
, Portugal
, and Switzerland
. The second single, "I Got a Girl", charted well entering the Top 10 in some European countries including France, Finland and Belgium. The third single, "Tricky, Tricky" achieved number 18 on the Canadian charts and number 74 on the American Billboard Charts. "Mambo Mambo" reached number 11 on the French charts.
Bega's second studio album Ladies and Gentlemen was released on May 28, 2001. "Baby Keep Smiling" is on this album, a duet with Compay Segundo
from Buena Vista Social Club
A Little Bit of Mambo includes a version without him. Bega also covered the standard "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
" on Ladies and Gentlemen.
He sang the theme song for the Disney Channel animated series, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers.
In the computer game
Tropico
, Lou Bega is one of the characters someone can choose as their dictatorial persona. He was included as part of a licensing deal that also saw Bega's song "Club Elitaire" integrated into the German release of Tropico. Also, in the Ubi Soft/Disney Interactive video game Walt Disney's The Jungle Book Rhythm n' Groove, Lou Bega participates in a challenge with his namesake. The player dances as King Louie, attempting to dance to Lou Bega's rendition of "I Wanna Be Like You". Doing so will unlock a video of him with children dancing to the aforementioned song. Bega also wrote the theme song for the French cartoon series
Marsupilami
.
Bega was awarded the German Echo Prize in two categories as well as being nominated five times. Other accolades include a Grammy Award nomination, a World Music Entertainment Award in Cannes, the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in Los Angeles, the Festival Bar of Verona, the Amadeus Award of Vienna, and the Bunte New Faces Award in Berlin. Lou tours around the world with his band. A 22-city tour of the USA with Cher
, live show appearances throughout South America with concerts in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and São Paulo, and a tour through India with stops in Bombay, New Delhi, Madras, Bangalore and Culcutta have been some of the highlights along the way. Over 200 concerts in Europe have attracted over 3 million fans and viewers.
His live shows in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Moscow, Hong Kong and the Emirates were hugely successful. He is a popular guest in both the corporate and public sector, appearing on stage for Royals as well as international corporations. Lou Bega was invited to talk and TV shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ally McBeal, Motown Live, Jenny Jones, Queen Latifah, Access Hollywood, and others. Bega was the only artist, ever, to be asked to sing a song twice on Germany's headlining show Wetten, dass..?
On New Year's Eve 2007 he performed in front of 170,000 fans in Poland. Bega often gets a crack at playing the host. He was the MC at the American Music Awards
, at the Grammy Awards, the Billboard Radio Awards, and at the Love Parade
in Berlin.
In early 2010, Bega released a new album called Free Again
. In summer 2011, Bega performed his first concert from the album at one of the Tampa Bay Rays Summer Concert Series.
In 1999 Lou Bega was nominated for a Grammy Award
in the category "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
" (for "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)").
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
of Italian and Ugandan descent, and is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)
Mambo No. 5
"Mambo No. 5" is a mambo and jive dance song originally recorded and composed by Pérez Prado in 1949.The song's popularity was renewed by Lou Bega's sampling of the original, released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album A Little Bit of Mambo....
". This song is a remake of the Perez Prado
Perez Prado
Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, musician , and composer. He is often referred to as the 'King of the Mambo'.His orchestra was the most popular in mambo...
instrumental from 1949. Bega added his own words to the song and sampled the original version extensively.
Biography
Bega's mother is from CalabriaCalabria
Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
(Southern Italy) and his father is Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
n. His father went to Germany in 1972 to study biology
Biology
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at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Until age six, Bega spent the most time with his mother in Italy. Then they lived permanently in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, where Bega attended German primary school. At age 15 he lived in Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
for one-and-a-half years. Bega also lived in Uganda for half a year. Currently he lives in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
Bega started his musical career as a rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
. At age of 13, he founded a hip hop group with two other boys. It would be two years before Bega and his friends' first CD would be released in 1990. When Bega lived in Miami he discovered Latin music. After returning to Munich he met his former manager, Goar Biesenkamp, as well as the music producers, "Frank Lio" (Achim Kleist) and "D.Fact" (Wolfgang von Webenau) (Syndicate Musicproduction) with whom he developed the concept for the song "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)". Bega signed a recording contract to the label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
Lautstark. Lou Bega’s musical signature consists of combining musical elements of the 40’s and 50’s with modern beats and grooves.
Europe
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an countries including Germany, UK and France and at #3 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. In France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
"Mambo No. 5" spent twenty weeks at #1, which is an unbroken record to date. It was also used by the British
United Kingdom
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television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcaster, Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
for their coverage of Test Match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
between 1999 and 2005.
On 19 July 1999 he released the album A Little Bit of Mambo
A Little Bit of Mambo
-French edition track listing:-Credits:All music and lyrics by Lou Bega, Zippy Davids, Frank Lio and Donald Fact, except:Track 1 – Mambo No. 5 : music by Perez Prado, lyrics by Lou Bega and Zippy Davids;...
. It peaked at #3 in the USA. In Germany, Bega's native country, it also peaked at #3. In the UK the album peaked only at #50. A Little Bit of Mambo peaked at #1 in the album charts of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The second single, "I Got a Girl", charted well entering the Top 10 in some European countries including France, Finland and Belgium. The third single, "Tricky, Tricky" achieved number 18 on the Canadian charts and number 74 on the American Billboard Charts. "Mambo Mambo" reached number 11 on the French charts.
Bega's second studio album Ladies and Gentlemen was released on May 28, 2001. "Baby Keep Smiling" is on this album, a duet with Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.-Biography:...
from Buena Vista Social Club
Buena Vista Social Club
The Buena Vista Social Club was a members club in Havana, Cuba that held dances and musical activities, becoming a popular location for musicians to meet and play during the 1940s...
A Little Bit of Mambo includes a version without him. Bega also covered the standard "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
Just a Gigolo (song)
"Just a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar in 1929 from the Austrian song "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo", written in 1928 by Leonello Casucci and Julius Brammer .-History:...
" on Ladies and Gentlemen.
He sang the theme song for the Disney Channel animated series, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers.
In the computer game
Personal computer game
A PC game, also known as a computer game, is a video game played on a personal computer, rather than on a video game console or arcade machine...
Tropico
Tropico
Tropico is a series of construction and management simulation computer games developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers in April 2001...
, Lou Bega is one of the characters someone can choose as their dictatorial persona. He was included as part of a licensing deal that also saw Bega's song "Club Elitaire" integrated into the German release of Tropico. Also, in the Ubi Soft/Disney Interactive video game Walt Disney's The Jungle Book Rhythm n' Groove, Lou Bega participates in a challenge with his namesake. The player dances as King Louie, attempting to dance to Lou Bega's rendition of "I Wanna Be Like You". Doing so will unlock a video of him with children dancing to the aforementioned song. Bega also wrote the theme song for the French cartoon series
Cartoon series
A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same characters and a basic theme...
Marsupilami
Marsupilami
Marsupilami is a fictional comic book species created by André Franquin, first published on 31 January 1952 in the magazine Spirou. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book series Spirou et Fantasio until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character...
.
Bega was awarded the German Echo Prize in two categories as well as being nominated five times. Other accolades include a Grammy Award nomination, a World Music Entertainment Award in Cannes, the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in Los Angeles, the Festival Bar of Verona, the Amadeus Award of Vienna, and the Bunte New Faces Award in Berlin. Lou tours around the world with his band. A 22-city tour of the USA with Cher
Cher
Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
, live show appearances throughout South America with concerts in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and São Paulo, and a tour through India with stops in Bombay, New Delhi, Madras, Bangalore and Culcutta have been some of the highlights along the way. Over 200 concerts in Europe have attracted over 3 million fans and viewers.
His live shows in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Moscow, Hong Kong and the Emirates were hugely successful. He is a popular guest in both the corporate and public sector, appearing on stage for Royals as well as international corporations. Lou Bega was invited to talk and TV shows like The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ally McBeal, Motown Live, Jenny Jones, Queen Latifah, Access Hollywood, and others. Bega was the only artist, ever, to be asked to sing a song twice on Germany's headlining show Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? is a long-running German-language entertainment television show. It is the most successful Saturday television show in Europe...
On New Year's Eve 2007 he performed in front of 170,000 fans in Poland. Bega often gets a crack at playing the host. He was the MC at the American Music Awards
American Music Awards
-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...
, at the Grammy Awards, the Billboard Radio Awards, and at the Love Parade
Love Parade
The Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was held in Germany annually between 1989 and 2003 in Berlin, and then from 2006 to 2010 in the Ruhr region...
in Berlin.
In early 2010, Bega released a new album called Free Again
Free Again
"Free Again" is the fourth album by Lou Bega released on May 21, 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. An International release follows in early 2011.-Track listing:# "Boyfriend" - 2:51# "Sweet Like Cola" - 3:23# "Mommy is Hot" - 3:50...
. In summer 2011, Bega performed his first concert from the album at one of the Tampa Bay Rays Summer Concert Series.
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
FIN |
FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
NETH |
NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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| 1999 | A Little Bit of Mambo A Little Bit of Mambo -French edition track listing:-Credits:All music and lyrics by Lou Bega, Zippy Davids, Frank Lio and Donald Fact, except:Track 1 – Mambo No. 5 : music by Perez Prado, lyrics by Lou Bega and Zippy Davids;... |
3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2001 | Ladies and Gentlemen | 54 | — | 31 | — | — | 109 | — | — | 23 | — | — | |
| 2005 | Lounatic Lounatic "Lounatic" is the third studio album by Lou Bega released in 2005. There are two versions of Lounatic: an earlier edition and a newer edition. They have different track listings. For example the single "Conchita" is missing on the earlier one. The album didn't chart in any official national music... |
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| 2010 | Free Again Free Again "Free Again" is the fourth album by Lou Bega released on May 21, 2010 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. An International release follows in early 2011.-Track listing:# "Boyfriend" - 2:51# "Sweet Like Cola" - 3:23# "Mommy is Hot" - 3:50... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
FIN |
FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
NETH Mega Single Top 100 The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is... |
NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 1999 | "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) Mambo No. 5 "Mambo No. 5" is a mambo and jive dance song originally recorded and composed by Pérez Prado in 1949.The song's popularity was renewed by Lou Bega's sampling of the original, released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album A Little Bit of Mambo.... " |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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A Little Bit of Mambo |
| "I Got a Girl I Got a Girl "I Got a Girl" is a song by Lou Bega. The single was the successor to his greatest hit "Mambo No. 5". In the song Bega tells that "he's got girlfriends all over the world."The single was certified Gold in Sweden.-Chart performance:... " |
19 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 31 | — | 12 | 20 | 55 | — |
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| "Tricky, Tricky Tricky, Tricky "Tricky, Tricky" is a song released by Lou Bega in 1999 from his debut album A Little Bit of Mambo. It became a modest hit in the USA and in Sweden, though was overshadowed by the smash-hit "Mambo No. 5"... " |
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| 2000 | "Mambo Mambo Mambo Mambo "Mambo Mambo" is Lou Bega's fourth single from his album A Little Bit of Mambo. It became only a hit in the French singles chart where it peaked at #11 and was certified Silver, and in the Walloon singles chart where it peaked at #25.-Track listing:... " |
— | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... : Silver |
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| 2001 | "Gentleman Gentleman (song) "Gentleman" is a song by Lou Bega. It was the first single from his album Ladies and Gentlemen.-Chart performance:"Gentleman" is a song by Lou Bega. It was the first single from his album Ladies and Gentlemen.-Chart performance:... " |
— | — | 16 | — | 54 | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | Ladies and Gentlemen | |
| "Just a Gigolo Just a Gigolo (song) "Just a Gigolo" is a popular song, adapted by Irving Caesar in 1929 from the Austrian song "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo", written in 1928 by Leonello Casucci and Julius Brammer .-History:... " |
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| 2006 | "Bachata Bachata (song) "Bachata" is a song by Lou Bega. It was the first single from his third album Lounatic. The song features background vocals by the Ukrainian girl group Alibi. The song is about dancing bachata on a party and the erotic effect of this dance.... " |
100 | — | — | — | 69 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | Lounatic | |
| "You Wanna Be Americano You Wanna Be Americano "You Wanna Be Americano" is a song by Lou Bega. It is a cover version of the Italian song Tu vuò fà l'americano by Renato Carosone. Bega's version starts with an excerpt from The Star-Spangled Banner... " |
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| 2007 | "Conchita Conchita (song) "Conchita" is a song by Lou Bega. The song is about a girl named "Conchita" who had a lot of love affairs. The song is featuring the German Latin Jazz band Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion. The lyrics are in English, Spanish and French. There's also a dance to the song "Conchita". The German... " |
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| 2010 | "Boyfriend Boyfriend (Lou Bega song) -Chart performance:-Music video:The music video for "Boyfriend" is directed by Dave Coba and recorded in Berlin in the old Film Noir style. Lou Bega stated that paying double role in the video “...hasn’t been easy”.... " |
71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Free Again | |
| "Sweet Like Cola Sweet Like Cola "Sweet Like Cola" is a single by Lou Bega from his fourth album Free Again. The song reached number 38 in the official German charts.-Chart performance:... " |
38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2011 | "This Is Ska" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |
Download Releases
| Year | Single | Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of Monica) | 01. A Little Bit Of Monica |
| 2010 | Chocolata | 01. Chocolata 02. Life |
| 2010 | It’s Christmas Time | 01. It’s Christmas Time 02. Good Time |
Other Songs
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Baby Bubble Ball (Dirndl Punk Song) | Unicade Music |
| 2010 | It Began In Africa | Unicade Music |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) | Jorn Heitmann |
| 1999 | I Got a Girl | - |
| 1999 | Tricky, Tricky | - |
| 2000 | Mambo Mambo | - |
| 2001 | Gentleman | - |
| 2001 | Just a Gigolo | - |
| 2006 | Bachata | - |
| 2006 | C'est la Vie (Lou Bega and Edvin Marton) | - |
| 2006 | You Wanna Be Americano | - |
| 2007 | Conchita | - |
| 2010 | Boyfriend | Dave Coba |
| 2010 | Sweet Like Cola | Oliver Sommer |
Music video appearances
| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | I Wanna Be Like You | Volker Hannvacker | Disney video from the PC Game Jungle Book |
| 2000 | Disney Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...) | - | Radio Disney Radio Disney Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas... version of "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" |
Collaborations
- "C'est la Vie" - In 2006 Lou Bega recorded a song with Edvin MartonEdvin MartonEdvin Marton is a Ukrainian composer and violinist of Hungarian ethnicity. He became known as the violinist of the skaters, mainly because Evgeni Plushenko, Stéphane Lambiel, and other famous skaters often skated to his music.- Biography :He was born in an area of Ukraine largely inhabited by...
, and a music video was also filmed. The song has only appeared on Marton's album Stradivarius as a bonus track and was never featured on any of Bega's albums. A slightly different version of this song was available on Bega's MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page at one time.
Awards
- 1999: "Best International Song", FestivalbarFestivalbarThe Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer, such as the Piazza del Duomo, Milan; the first time it was held was in 1964...
(for "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)") - 2000: "International Song of the Year", NRJ Music AwardsNRJ Music AwardsThe NRJ Music Awards, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1 takes place every year in mid-January at Cannes as the opening of MIDEM...
(for "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)") - 2000: "Single of the Year (National)", ECHO (for "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)")
- 2000: "Best National Artist in Foreign Countries", ECHO
In 1999 Lou Bega was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in the category "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance was awarded between 1966 and 2011...
" (for "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)").