"Daddy Cool" is a song recorded by Boney M. and included on their debut album Take the Heat off Me. It was a 1976 hit and a staple of disco music and became Boney M.'s first hit in the United Kingdom. The song was produced and co-written by the group's founder Frank Farian, who also provided the male voice parts on the record.
"Satisfy You", released on October 13, 1999, is a number-one R&B single by American hip-hop artist and producer Puff Daddy and features vocals by American R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly on the hook. The song spent six weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks behind "Smooth" by Santana featuring Rob Thomas. The song was co-written by both Combs and R. Kelly, with additional writing by R&B singer Kelly Price, who performs backing vocals. The song's beat and bassline is taken from "I Got 5 on It" by Luniz, which itself interpolates Club Nouveau's "Why You Treat Me So Bad" among others. In contrast to the original song's subject matter, which is about marijuana. The song is about satisfying the significant other. The song garnered a nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000.
"Stay" is a house song performed by French DJ David Guetta, featuring vocals from singer Chris Willis. The track was released as the second single from Guetta's second studio album, Guetta Blaster on September 13, 2004. The single was not released in the United Kingdom. In certain territories, the single was released as a double A-side with the French only single "Money". A music video for the track exists, but it does not feature either Guetta or Willis. The single found the most success on the Belgian Singles Chart, peaking at #10.
"Money" is a house song performed by French DJ David Guetta, featuring vocals from singer Chris Willis and rapper Moné. The track was released as the lead single from Guetta's second studio album, Guetta Blaster on 9 April 2004. The single was not released in the United Kingdom. A music video for the track exists, but it does not feature Guetta, Willis or Mone. It features a tutorial on printing fake money. The single achieved its best success on the Belgian Singles Chart, peaking at number 12 there. it also has parts of rock guitar
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Allez Ola Olé" written by Hugues Ducamin and Jacques Ballue. The song was performed by Jessy Matador. The French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 3 internally selected the French entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. Jessy Matador was officially announced by France 3 as the French entrant on 19 February 2010 and later the song was presented to the public as the contest entry on 20 March 2010.
Jessy Kimbangi, better known by his stage name Jessy Matador, is a French singer.
"Allez Ola Olé" is a song in the French language performed by French singer Jessy Matador that represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song was chosen internally, and was announced 24 February 2010. The song was to be used by French broadcaster France Télévisions as The Summerhit of 2010 and also for promoting the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and the title of the song refers to the album Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!, released in 1998 to coincide with the '98 World Cup, held in France.
Afrikan New Style is the debut studio album by French singer Jessy Matador. It was released on 24 November 2008. It peaked to number 93 on the French Albums Chat.
"Décalé Gwada" is the first single by French singer Jessy Matador, from his debut album Afrikan New Style. The single cover credits the single to Jessy Matador aka La Selesao in reference to the collective that besides Matador included, Docta Love, Linho (later on members of Les Jumo and Benkoff. In great difference, the follow-up single "Mini Kawoulé" credited just Jessy Matador.
"Mini Kawoulé" is the second single by French singer Jessy Matador, from his debut album Afrikan New Style. It was released on 2 February 2008 in France and peaked at number 16 in the French Singles Chart. As of May 2011 it has had over 8.8 million hits on YouTube.
Elektro Soukouss is the second studio album by French singer Jessy Matador. It was released on 14 June 2010. It peaked at number 42 on the French Albums Chat.
"Ven Conmigo" is the first official single by Puerto Rican reggaeton rapper Daddy Yankee featuring American bachata singer Prince Royce from Daddy Yankee's sixth studio album, Prestige (2012). The single was released to radios on April 13, 2011 and digitally on April 19, 2011. The song was produced by Musicologo and Menes. An English version that featured Daddy Yankee, Prince Royce, R&B/Latino singer Elijah King & former 3LW & Cheetah Girl singer Adrienne Bailon has been released. received and award for "Urban Song of the Year" at the 2012 ASCAP Awards, which are awarded annually by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in the United States.
"Galera" is a single by French singer Jessy Matador. The song featuring vocals from King Kuduro & Bra Zil; The original idea was born from the song titled "Galera" produced by the duo "BHB" Back Home Border Gianni Chiarparini & Nikholas Murphy; then the featuring with Jessy Matador that put his vocals on the instrumental beat. After that the song was released on August 1, 2011 in France and managed to peak to number 68 in the French Singles Chart. It samples the 1978 disco hit "Let's All Chant" by Michael Zager Band.
"Laserlight" is a song by English singer-songwriter Jessie J featuring French DJ David Guetta, taken from the platinum edition of Jessie J's debut studio album, Who You Are. The artists co-wrote the song with The Invisible Men, Giorgio Tuinfort, and Frédéric Riesterer. The song was released on 13 May 2012 in the United Kingdom, as the seventh overall and final single from the album. Ahead of its official release, "Laserlight" became Jessie J's sixth top 10 hit in the UK – peaking at number five – making her the first British female to have six top 10 singles from one album.
Anges d'Afrik is a French afro-beat and an afro-pop music group of Congolese origin formed in 2005 which is made up of Keva Keva, Stone Warley, Charnel Playboy and Manolo. They describe their music like Afro-pop, and their music is influenced by a mix of dance rhythms, R'n'B, African zouk, coupé-décalé and ndombolo genres.
"E No Easy" is a 2009 song by P-Square featuring J. Martins. It was revived as a bilingual French/English song "Positif", by Matt Houston featuring P-Square in 2012, becoming a hit in France.
"Zumba He Zumba Ha" is a 2011 international hit song by DJ Mam's in Spanish, French and Antillean Creole The song is written and composed by Mounir Belkhir, Luis Guisao and Soldat Jahman. The original hit was released by Mam's featuring Soldat Jahman & Luis Guisao on January 30, 2011, and followed by a remix released in May 2012 by DJ Mam's featuring Jessy Matador & Luis Guisao that also became a hit.
Korriche Toufik, better known by his stage name Maradja, is a French singer, songwriter and music producer. He has collaborated with a number of artists and is mostly known for his 2008 hits with DJ Assad, most notably "Everybody Clap" and "Summer Lovin'", both credited as DJ Assad vs Maradja. They were both French and pan-European club hits, further adapted by Greg Parys for hits in more countries including Italy, Portugal and Poland. He is also known for his first official solo single "Mi Amor".
"More than Friends" is a song recorded by Romanian singer Inna from her third studio album, Party Never Ends (2013). It was released on 23 January 2013 through Roton, featuring the vocal collaboration of Puerto Rican reggaeton performer Daddy Yankee. The track was written by Justin Franks, Thomas Troelsen and Tierce Person, while production was handled by DJ Frank E and Person. Musically, "More than Friends" is a house and Latin song that uses an accordion in its instrumentation along with an interpolated sample of Pitbull, Akon and David Rush's "Everybody Fucks" (2012).
"Mo Money Mo Problems" is a song by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G., released through Bad Boy Records and Arista Records, which impacted US mainstream radio stations on July 15, 1997, as the second single from his second and final studio album, Life After Death (1997). It was written by Christopher Wallace, Steven Jordan, Mason Betha, and Sean Combs, while the latter also produced the song. It contains a sample and an interpolation of "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross, for which Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers are also credited as songwriters. The song features guest vocals from Mase and Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs, and featured an uncredited hook sung by Kelly Price.
