| Capital: | € 8 million |
| Age: | 45 |
| Born: | April 13, 1975 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | Singer |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Lou Bega (actual call David Lubega; born on April 13, 1975 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany) is a musician from Germany of Ugandan-Italian origin. Well recognized for the track Mambo No. 5, a remake of Perez Prado’s instrumental paintings composed in 1949. Lou Bega introduced his personal lyrics to the music.
Early life
Lou Bega’s mom became born in Calabria (southern Italy) and her father got here to Germany from Uganda in 1972 to observe biology on the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Until he became six, David spent maximum of his time in Italy together along with his mom. Then they moved completely to Munich, in which the boy attended a German number one school. At 15, he lived in Miami for one and a 1/2 of years and spent six months in Uganda. He presently lives in Berlin.
Career
Lou Bega began out his musical profession as a rapper. At the age of 13, he based a hip-hop institution with pals and launched a CD years later. During her live in Miami, Bega found Latin American music. When he again to Germany, nearby manufacturers Goar Biesenkamp (higher called Goar B) and Achim Kleist (Syndicate Musicproduction) identified his talent. Bega signed a settlement with the file business enterprise Lautstark.
His first unmarried “Mambo No. 5 “at once have become famous all around the international and took first vicinity withinside the charts of maximum European countries, inclusive of Germany, England and France, and 1/3 vicinity withinside the USA. In France, the unmarried took first vicinity for 20 weeks, which remains an unbeatable file.
On July 19, 1999 Lou Bega launched the album A Little Bit of Mambo. He took third vicinity withinside the USA, however in Germany, Austria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Portugal, Switzerland and the Middle East he took 1st vicinity withinside the charts. The subsequent unmarried, “I Got a Girl”, reached the pinnacle ten in numerous European countries, inclusive of France, Finland and Belgium.
Lou Begi’s 2d studio album, Ladies and Gentlemen, became launched on May 28, 2001. Neither the album itself nor its person songs obtained the industrial achievement that A Little Bit of Mambo had. The new album recorded the track “Baby Keep Smiling”, finished via way of means of a duet with Compai Segundo, a member of the Buena Vista Social Club project (the identical track sounded with out him at the A Little Bit of Mambo album). Lou Bega additionally recorded a cowl model of the well-known track “Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody” at the CD Ladies and Gentlemen.
Lou Bega is likewise a individual withinside the pc video games Tropico and Walt Disney’s The Jungle Book Rhythm n ‘Groove. Lou Bega composed the track for the French lively collection Marsupilami. In spring 2010 Lou Bega launched the album Free Again.
In 2019, in honor of the twentieth anniversary of his innovative paintings, Lou posted a determination to Scatman John beneathneath the call “Scatman & Hatman”, which embodies the unrealized dream of co-recording. The music became produced via way of means of Roland Spremberg (who labored with a-ha, Ville Valo, Natalia Avelon).
Famous quotes
Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited. …
“It doesn’t matter how slow you go until you stop. …
“All dreams can come true if we have the courage to follow them. …
“I never believed in success. …
“Paths are made by walking them.