Frogtoon Muziek

It's My Life by Dr. Alban

Biografie van de kunstenaar Dr. Alban

Dr. Alban Is A Swedish Musician And Producer With His Own Record Label Dr. Records. His Music Can Best Be Described As Hip-Hop Reggae With A Dance Hall Style. Dr. Alban Born August 26 1957 As Alban Nwapa In Nigeria Grew Up Listening To Fela Kuti And James Brown. At Age 23 He Began Studying Dentistry. In Order To Be Able To Finance His University Studies The Music-Loving Medical Student Started Making His Own Music. During This Time Alban Worked As A DJ In The Well Known Stockholm Club 'Alphabet Street'. Very Quickly His Name Became Widely Known Especially Since Alban Often Sang To The Records He Put On The Turntable As A DJ. DJ René Couldn't Help But Notice Him And So The Highly Intelligent Medical Student Was Discovered. But First Alban Finished His Studies And Even Opened His Own Dentistry Practice. In 1990 He Met Denniz PoP From The SweMix Label. Alban Laid Aside His Dentist's Drill And Realised His Dream. Together With Denniz And Rap-Queen Leila K His First Record Hello Africa - His Declaration Of Love For His African Home - Broke All Records. Alban Nwapa Became Dr. Alban. His Debut-Album Hello Africa Sold Roughly 1 Million Copies World-Wide. One Year Later This Success Was Surpassed By The Second Album One Love. 1.6 Million Singles Of The Song It's My Life Were Sold.
The Album Immediately Sold Over 1.7 Million Units. Then Followed The Albums Look Who's Talking And Born In Africa. All In All Dr. Alban Can Look Back On World-Wide Sales Of Over 5 Million Albums And Over 6 Million Singles Which Resulted In 7 Times Silver 30 Times Gold And 30 Times Platinum. His Hit No Coke Was Even Used To Illustrate An Anti-Drugs Campaign In Sweden. After A Re-Release Of No Coke Dr. Alban Confirmed His Euro Dance Style With His Hits Look Who's Talking And Let The Beat Go On. He Created His Own Record Company 'dr.Records' On Which He Released Born In Africa The First CD Recorded Completely In His Studios. He Became The Producer Of Many Artists Such As La Cream. More Recently His Voice Was Featured On Sash!'s Single Colour The World. In 2000 He Released The Album Titled Prescription.
In 2002 Dr. Alban Featured Yamboo To Release A Remix For Sing Hallelujah!.
In 2007 Dr. Alban Released The Album Titled Back To Basics. Official Website Http //www.Dralban.Net/

Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: It's My Life

"It's My Life" Is A 1992 Song Recorded By The Sweden-Based Musician And Producer Dr Alban. It Was The First Single From His Second Studio Album One Love.
The Song Was A Hit In Most Of The European Countries Where It Was Released Peaking At Number One In Sweden Austria Germany Italy The Netherlands And Belgium And Number Two In The UK. In France The Song Was Marketed Twice First In 1992 Then In 1993 Because The Song Was Used In A TV Advert For Feminine Hygiene Accessories As It Was In The UK In 1992 Thus Giving To The Single A Second Career. According To Infodisc Website About 91 000 Copies Of The Single Were Sold In France. The Song Also Charted In The U.S. Where It Reached Number 3 On The Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs Number 4 On The Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales And Number 88 On The Billboard Hot 100. It Was Also Featured In The 1993 Bollywood Film Baazigar.

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