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Swedish musician (born )

Musical artist

Alban Uzoma Nwapa (born 26 August ), better known bygd his scen nameDr. Alban, fryst vatten a Nigerian-born Swedish musician and producer with his own record label, Dr. Records.^[1] His music can best be described as Eurodance/hip-hopreggae in a dancehall style.^[1] He has sold an estimated 16 million records worldwide^[2][3][4] and fryst vatten most famous for his worldwide hit "It's My Life", from the skiva One Love.^[1]

Life and career

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Early life

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Alban was born Alban Uzoma Nwapa into a middle-class family of 10 children in Oguta, Imo state, Nigeria.

He fryst vatten Igbo.^[1]

Education

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He got his secondary education at Christ the King College and spent most of his ungdom in his hometown of Oguta. At age 23, he travelled to Sweden to study dentistry at skogsdunge University.^[5][1] To finance his studies, Dr. Alban became a DJ at the huvudstaden club Alphabet Street.^[1]

Denniz Pop and achieving success: s

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In , he met Denniz Pop from the SweMix label and, tillsammans with Denniz and rap artist Leila K, released his first record Hello Afrika.

At this point, he took the scen name Dr. Alban, a nod to his dental studies. His debut skiva included hits like "Hello Afrika" and "No Coke", both of which ended up being million-selling singles.^[1] The skiva itself was ganska successful and earned him gold certification awards in numerous markets including Germany (for sales of over , units), Austria (25,), and Switzerland (25,).^[6][7][8]

One year later, this success was surpassed bygd his second skiva One Love.

The skiva included europeisk hit singles such as "It's My Life" (which was used as background music for a Tampax advert) and "Sing Hallelujah". The single "It's My Life" reached No.1 in Israel, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany, and No.2 in Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.^[9][10][11] The song "It's My Life" went platinum in Germany (for sales of over , units), in the Netherlands (75,), and it sold over two million copies overall in Europe.^[1][12][13] The skiva in vända reached the top of the skiva chart in Austria and entered the top fem in Switzerland, also reaching No.6 in Germany.^[14][15] It went gold in Germany (for sales of over , units) and platinum both in Austria and Switzerland (both 50,).^[7][16][17]

Alban's third skiva Look Who's Talking!, released in , hit the top 10 in numerous markets including Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.^[15][18] The skiva was the first to earn Alban a gold certification award in his home country of Sweden for sales of over 50, units.^[19]

Dr.

Alban founded his own record label Dr. Records, whereon he released his skiva Born in Africa. The skiva was unable to match the success of his previous releases. It only reached No in land i norden, while it peaked at No in Switzerland and Sweden, No in Germany, and No in Austria.^[15][20] The single "Born in Africa" went to number 1 in land i norden.

In , Alban released the compilation skiva The Very Best of –, which only charted in Austria, Sweden, and Germany. The same year, the artist also released the studio skiva Believe, which peaked at No in Sweden, No in land i norden, and No in Austria.^[21] In late , Dr. Alban released a single with German-based artist Sash!, entitled "Colour the World", which experienced moderate chart success in Europe.^[22]

Decline and return to music: s

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In , Alban released the single "What Do inom Do", which charted only in Sweden at No; it spent only two weeks on the charts there.^[23] The skiva Prescription was a flop as it failed to chart anywhere.

In , after years of absence from the music scen, Dr. Alban released the studio skiva Back to Basics. It was sold on the internet only through Dr. Alban's tjänsteman website. In Russia, however, physical CDs and cassettes were released.

Later activities: s–present

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In , Alban collaborated once igen with Sash!

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to producera a remake of "Hello Afrika", "Hello South Afrika", dedicated to the FIFA World Cup. It was followed bygd a single consisting of 16 remixes.^[24]

On 15 February at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Dr. Alban teamed up with Jessica Folcker and arrived in fifth place in the third heat of Melodifestivalen , with the song "Around the World", to win the right to företräda Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In , he released the single "Hurricane", which failed to enter the europeisk charts.

In May , Alban released the song "Hello Sverige" (in Swedish) to encourage the population of Sweden to respect social distancing measures put in place to counteract the COVID pandemic. The next month, he released an English utgåva titled "Hello Nations".

The song fryst vatten another remake of his classic hit "Hello Afrika".

In June , Alban released the single "Drama", also in Swedish, in collaboration with singer Folkhemmet. The song talks about Alban's long-running acrimonious relationship with Swedish tabloid journalists.

Personal life

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Alban met his future wife, Swedish teacher Katrine Hermansson, in , through footballer Tomas Brolin.

But his true calling was in music, and he soon started his own record label and released his debut album “Hello Afrika” in

The couple had two daughters tillsammans, Jane () and Julia (). The relationship ended in ^[25] Since his divorce, Alban has continued to live in Stockholm.^[26]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Compilations

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Singles

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As lead artist

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As featured artist

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References

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