Moos (singer)
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Moos is a French singer (born in 1974, in Toulouse
, France) and had a great success with the song "Au Nom de la rose
".
parents and raised in the multiethnic neighborhood of Mirail, where different styles are mixed: African raï
, funk
, R&B. He first performed a song on Radio Toulouse, then released his first single in 1998, "Qui me donnera des ailes" ("Who Will Give Me Wings"), which was frequently played on French radio. His greatest success was the second single "Au Nom de la rose", released in 1999, which was both number one in France and Belgium (Wallonia) for several months. Le Crabe est érotique, his first and only album to date, hit success being ranked among the best-selling albums in France from May to August 1999 (11 weeks, reaching number 11). In September of the same year Moos released his third single "Délicate Chatte", but the song failed to follow up the success as the video was censored and never shown on television. Many of his songs deals with themes related to sensuality and melancholy.
Moos has continued his music and songs like "Comme une étoile" and "Olivia" has been unofficially released on internet. Parallel with this activity he has opened a teahouse and a night club in Toulouse.
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, France) and had a great success with the song "Au Nom de la rose
Au nom de la rose
"Au Nom de la rose" is a 1999 song recorded by French singer Moos. The song was released on April 13, 1999, as second single from his sole album Le Crabe est érotique...
".
Biography
Moos was born in Toulouse to MoroccanMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
parents and raised in the multiethnic neighborhood of Mirail, where different styles are mixed: African raï
Raï
Raï is a form of folk music that originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s....
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, R&B. He first performed a song on Radio Toulouse, then released his first single in 1998, "Qui me donnera des ailes" ("Who Will Give Me Wings"), which was frequently played on French radio. His greatest success was the second single "Au Nom de la rose", released in 1999, which was both number one in France and Belgium (Wallonia) for several months. Le Crabe est érotique, his first and only album to date, hit success being ranked among the best-selling albums in France from May to August 1999 (11 weeks, reaching number 11). In September of the same year Moos released his third single "Délicate Chatte", but the song failed to follow up the success as the video was censored and never shown on television. Many of his songs deals with themes related to sensuality and melancholy.
Moos has continued his music and songs like "Comme une étoile" and "Olivia" has been unofficially released on internet. Parallel with this activity he has opened a teahouse and a night club in Toulouse.
Albums
- 1999 : Le Crabe est érotique : #11 in France, #18 in Belgium
- "Qui me donnera des ailes"
- "Au Nom de la rose"
- "Délicate Chatte"
- "Trois minutes trente secondes"
- "Je cherche ma planète"
- "Asmodée"
- "...Au bout du cigare"
- "Comme elle se touche"
- "Tango Gigolo"
- "Le Crabe érotique"
- "...Sonnent les douze coups de mes nuits"
- "Je cherche ma planète II"
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart | Certification (FR) | |
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| FR 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... |
BEL Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... (WA) |
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| 1998 | "Qui me donnera des ailes" | 51 | — | — |
| 1999 | "Au Nom de la rose Au nom de la rose "Au Nom de la rose" is a 1999 song recorded by French singer Moos. The song was released on April 13, 1999, as second single from his sole album Le Crabe est érotique... " |
1 | 1 | Diamond |
| "Délicate Chatte" | 83 | 18 | — | |