Nelson Freitas

Last updated
Nelson Freitas
Birth nameNelson de Freitas
Born (1975-04-04) April 4, 1975 (age 49)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Singer, actor, producer, recorder
Years active1997 - present
Website www.iamnelsonfreitas.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Nelson Freitas (born April 4, 1975) is a Cape Verdean-Dutch Ghetto-Zouk singer, producer and recorder. He records with GhettoZouk Music, which also signed artists Chelsy Shantel and William Araujo.

Contents

Biography

Freitas was born in the Netherlands to Cape Verdean parents. [1] His music features Cape Verdean Zouk and R&B. His first record was with a boy's band called "Quatro Plus" (IV), [1] a zouk/R&B band which was formed with Nilton Ramalho, Nelson Oliveira and Adilson Ben David.

The group released their first tracks on the album MOBASS presents..., "Hoje em Dia" ("Nowadays"), plus three albums 4-Voz (Four Voices) in 1998 including the single "Si bo cre", then as Quatro+ with Edson Freitas, his brother included. Bem Consché in 2002 (with additional singles that became hits including "Kazanga") and ("Última Viagem") ("Last Journey") in 2004.

Nelson released his first solo album, titled Magic, in October 2006, with songs in English and Cape Verdean Creole (some featuring Vanessa da Mata and Ben Harper). His second album, My Life, was released in 2010 and includes "Rebound Chick" and appearances by William Araujo, Mc Knowledje, Sanches Laisa and Anselmo Ralph. His third album was Elevate in 2013. Some tracks features C4 Pedro on "Bo Tem Mel", a Creole song; Djodje on "Bem Pa Mi" in another Creole song; Anselmo Ralph on "Drinks on Me" and Eddy Parker and Crucial in "All Upon You". The sixth track, "Simple Girl", featured a music video that was awarded Best Video at the 2013 Cabo Verde Music Awards. [2]

His most recent release was Four, in 2016. Its tracks feature Portuguese singer Richie Campbell on "Break of Dawn"; another Cape Verdean singer, Mayra Andrade, on "Nha Baby"; Loony Johnson on "That's Why I Love You" and Mikkel Solnado on "In My Feelings", "Miúda Linda", its final track, is a remix.

Freitas is currently signed to the label named Believe.

Discography

with "Quatro Plus"

1998

4 VôZ

  1. Passa Sabe 3:41
  2. Agora Não 5:01
  3. Sentiments 5:24
  4. Katem Ninguem 5:40
  5. Interlude "Si Bu Kré" 0:50
  6. Si Bu Kré 4:15
  7. Favorit (Interlude) 2:33
  8. Ê So Bô 3:53
  9. Largam 5:06
  10. Hoje Em Dia 5:12
  11. Katem Ninguem (Instru) 5:40
  12. Hoje Em Dia (Sebas Remix) 4:32
2002

Bem Consché

  1. Kazangá 5:53
  2. Sai da li 4:32
  3. Joia 5:00
  4. Margarita 4:50
  5. Bem consché 3:39
  6. Quatro ft Lizandro (Living Art) - Meninas bonitas 4:20
  7. Quatro ft Timmy - Dança ma mi 5:31
  8. Amam 3:55
  9. Nha manera 4:45
  10. Quatro ft Eunice - Ja bo bai 4:46
2006

Último Viagem

  1. No ba 2:06
  2. Ritmo d'amor 3:55
  3. Sentimento pa bo 3:39
  4. Quatro ft Pedro Goncalves, Brazilio Almeida Freitas, Johnny Ramos, DJ Fantastic] DJ Nos Manera, Eunice Vieira - Miss Jane radio 3:18
  5. Angolana 4:18
  6. Nha flor 4:00
  7. Cré sabe 3:09
  8. Bem spiam la traz 4:27
  9. Quatro ft Laura aka (Melina) - Backstage 0:52
  10. Ca ten amor pa bo 4:33
  11. Quatro ft Nelson aka (Koeli) - Ca ten palavras suficiente 2:36
  12. Bo ké nha criola 3:48
  13. Completament 3:40
  14. Quatro ft S.O.S. & GMB - Rainha 4:03
  15. Intentada (bonus track)

Solo albums

2006

Magic

  1. You're beautiful (Ft. Eddy Parke) (4:17)
  2. Bo é nha melódia (4:52)
  3. Faze amor ma bo (4:58)
  4. Deeper (ft Kaysha) (4:14)
  5. Só Mi Ku Bo (Ft. To Semedo) (4:50)
  6. Um Desizão (3:43)
  7. Love (Ft. Kygo) (4:01)
  8. Love (Mikkel Solnado Remix) (Ft. Kygo) (4:33)
  9. Baxa (4:00)
  10. Bo é kel amjer (4:11)
  11. True love (3:33)
  12. Bia (4:22)
  13. É Nha Situação (Ft. Raiz Funda) (4:36)
  14. I’ve Got a Girl (3:47)
2010

My Life

  1. Intro (0:23)
  2. We're Doin It (3:02)
  3. Na Bô Kaza (4:28)
  4. Rebound Chick (4:36)
  5. Otra Vês (4:10)
  6. Nha Primere Amor (3:55)
  7. I Just Want My Baby Back (4:31)
  8. Chuva Pode Da (4:07)
  9. Mind Of Its Own (5:08)
  10. Blokióde (4:25)
  11. Saia Branka (4:05)
  12. My Life (3:47)
  13. Sienna (3:47)
  14. It's Over (4:58)
  15. Let's Go (3:59)
2013

Elevate

  1. - Something Good 4:10
  2. - Certeza 3:49
  3. - King of the World 4:05
  4. - Bo Tem Mel (feat. C4 Pedro) 4:58
  5. - I Love You 4:31
  6. - Simple Girl 4:09
  7. - Bem Pa Mi (feat. Djodje) 4:11
  8. - Sinti Sabe 4:32
  9. - Life Is Good 4:27
  10. - Drinks On Me (feat. Anselmo Ralph) 3:34
  11. - Broken Heart 3:56
  12. - All Upon You (feat. Eddy Parker, Crucial) 4:10
  13. - Menina 4:02
  14. - I Still Feel 4U 4:40
2016

Four

  1. Beautiful Lie 4:18
  2. Miúda Linda 3:37
  3. Só Mais uma Vez 3:49
  4. Break of Dawn (feat. Richie Campbell) 3:34
  5. Nha Baby (feat. Mayra Andrade) 3:39
  6. My Heart 4:00
  7. That's Why I Love You (feat. Loony Johnson) 3:32
  8. In My Feelings (feat. Mikkel Solnado) 3:11
  9. Um Cre Amabo 3:23
  10. Ride or Die 3:46
  11. This Love 3:37
  12. Miúda Linda (Remix) 3:26
2021

Dpos d’Quarentena

  1. Chocolate 3:10
  2. Plena (feat. Julinho KSD) 3:38
  3. Big On You 2:50
  4. Tellin Me Something (feat. Mr Eazi) 2:47
  5. Dor d'um Kriolu (with June Freedom) 2:45
  6. Kutelo 2:36
  7. Dpos d’Quarentena 2:54
  8. Pôlimé (feat. Tabanka Djaz) 3:46
  9. Vai Dar Choque (feat. Dino D'Santiago & Rony Fuego) 2:53
  10. All Over The World (feat. C-Mart & Positivv) 2:54
  11. Na Bo Mon (feat. Neyna) 3:22

Other titles

Collections and compilations

2008

The Best of Nelson Freitas 2006/2008 (2-CD set)

  1. Ooh Coração (inédit)
  2. Babe Sjam Kakre Bo Love
  3. You're So Hot
  4. Spjam Dint Nhas Oi (unreleased)
  5. Cré Sabe 2008 Feat. Carlos Silva & Quatro +
  6. Joia
  7. Bo é Kel Amjer
  8. Deeper Feat. Kaysha
  9. Bo & Nha Meodia
  10. Faze Amor Ma Bo
  11. You're Beautiful Feat. Eddy Parker
  12. Um Desizão
2011

My Zouk Hits

  1. I Wish
  2. How It Used to Be (Feat. Vanda May)
  3. Rebound Chick
  4. Mind of Its Own
  5. Deeper (Feat. Kaysha)
  6. I've Got a Girl
  7. It's Over
  8. My Life
  9. I Just Want My Baby Back
  10. True Love

Collaborations

Related Research Articles

The music of Guadeloupe encompasses a large popular music industry, which gained in international renown after the success of zouk music in the later 20th century. Zouk's popularity was particularly intense in France, where the genre became an important symbol of identity for Guadeloupe and Martinique. Zouk's origins are in the folk music of Guadeloupe and Martinique, especially Guadeloupan gwo ka and Martinican chouval bwa, and the pan-Caribbean calypso tradition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Music of Cape Verde</span>

Cape Verde is known internationally for morna, a form of folk music usually sung in the Cape Verdean Creole, accompanied by clarinet, violin, guitar and cavaquinho. Funaná, Coladeira, Batuque and Cabo love are other musical forms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kaysha</span> Musical artist

Edward Mokolo Jr., better known as Kaysha, is a singer/rapper and producer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is the son of Congolese politician Édouard Mokolo Wa Mpombo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kizomba</span> Music and dance genre from Angola

Kizomba is a dance and musical genre that originated in Angola in 1984.

Compas, also known as compas direct in French, konpa dirèk in Haitian Creole, or simply konpa but most commonly as Kompa is a modern méringue dance music genre of Haiti. The genre was popularized by Nemours Jean-Baptiste following the creation of Ensemble Aux Callebasses in 1955, which became Ensemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste in 1957. The frequent tours of the many Haitian bands have cemented the style in all the Caribbean. Therefore, compas is the main music of several countries such as Dominica and the French Antilles. Whether it is called zouk, where French Antilles artists of Martinique and Guadeloupe have taken it, or konpa in places where Haitian artists have toured, this méringue style is influential in part of the Caribbean, Portugal, Cape Verde, France, part of Canada, South and North America.

Cape Verdean Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken on the islands of Cape Verde. It is the native creole language of virtually all Cape Verdeans and is used as a second language by the Cape Verdean diaspora.

Cape Verdean Americans are an ethnic group of Americans whose ancestors were Cape Verdean. In 2010, the American Community Survey stated that there were 95,003 Americans living in the US with Cape Verdean ancestors.

The coladeira is a music genre from the Cape Verde islands in the central Atlantic Ocean.

Suzanna Lubrano is a Cape Verdean Zouk singer based in Rotterdam. Several albums have gone Gold and Platinum, while she has won major international music awards.

Maria de Barros is a singer most associated with Cape Verde, the land of her parents. Growing up in Nouakchott, Mauritania, she moved to the United States at the age of 11, living in Providence, Rhode Island in her youth with her four siblings, and connecting more closely with her heritage in the local Cape Verdean community. She is married to, Mel Wilson Jr., a bassist with Toots and the Maytals.

Eddy Fortes, better known by his stage name Eddy Fort Moda Grog, or Eddy (FMG) (born 4 June 1950) is a Rotterdam-based Cape-Verdean rapper, who became popular in Cape Verde the 90s, thus becoming one of the pioneers of the rap and hip hop in Cape Verdean music. His greatest success was his song "Materialista" (Portuguese for materialist), which samples LL Cool J's "Loungin (Who Do you Luv Remix)".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anselmo Ralph</span> Musical artist

Anselmo Ralf Andrade Cordeiro, better known as Anselmo Ralph, is an Angolan singer. He is one of the better internationally known Angolan singers and is commonly known for producing romantic songs.

Mickael (Mika) Mendes is a Cape Verdean-French Ghetto-Zouk singer. He was born in Nice, France. His father is Boy Gê Mendes former lead singer of the famous Capeverdean group Cabo Verde Show and later part of the band Mendes e Mendes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elizio</span> Musical artist

Elizio, aka Mister ODC is a singer-songwriter born in Angola in 1979, of Cape Verdean origin. Revealed with the title 10 fois, 100 fois featuring Perle Lama in 2003, Elizio quickly meets his first big solo success with Melodia which leads him to the top of the zouk scene. The artist then connects the tubes and expands his musical universe with more than 70 titles, ranging from general dancefloor with sounds like Bad Man on Kizomba with Angel or Make love on tempo in particular, through the kuduro as Sabi Di Mas.

Pedro Henriques Lisboa Santos, better known by his stage name C4 Pedro, is an Angolan musician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gilyto</span> Cape Verdean singer, songwriter, dancer, TV and music producer and cultural activist

Gilyto Semedo, aka Mr. Entertainer is a Cape Verdean Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, TV & Music Producer, Cultural Activist, Mentor Of Cabo Verde Music Awards-CVMA and PALOP Music Awards - PALOPMA.

Dany Silva is a Cape Verdean singer, musician, composer and producer.

Izé Teixeira or Izé is a singer currently living in France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">G-Amado</span> Musical artist

Gonçalo Jorge Amado da Veiga, better known as G-Amado is a singer and an actor mainly on Ghetto-Zouk and R&B songs.

Jennifer Dias is a Cape Verdean singer. She sings in Cape Verdean Creole, Portuguese, French and English.

References

  1. 1 2 Belanciano, Vítor (23 April 2016). "Mas afinal o que é que a kizomba tem? Nelson Freitas explica" (in Portuguese). Público . Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Nominees and winners at the 2013 Cabo Verde Music Awards" (in French).
  3. ↑ "Dor d'um Kriolu by June Freedom on Apple Music". Apple Music . Apple Inc. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.