Madcon

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Madcon
Madcon (2010)
Madcon (2010)
General information
origin Oslo ( Norway )
Genre (s) Electropop , dance pop , hip hop
founding 1992
Website madconlive.com
Current occupation
Tshawe Baqwa
Yosef Wolde-Mariam
Tshawe Baqwa (2015)
Yosef Wolde-Mariam (2015)

Madcon is a Norwegian pop-rap duo founded in 1992 . The band consists of Tshawe Baqwa (born January 6, 1980 in Saarbrücken , Germany ) and Yosef Wolde-Mariam (born June 3, 1978 in Norway).

biography

The two musicians were discovered by the Norwegian producer duo Stargate . The song Beggin from their album So Dark the Con of Man , which was released on December 3, 2007, went platinum in Norway and was number 1 on the official Norwegian charts for 12 weeks . Beggin is a cover version of the song of the same name performed by the Four Seasons in 1967 .

Madcon presented the title Glow on the occasion of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 as "Eurovision Song Contest Flashmob Dance" on May 29, 2010 during the evaluation of the votes. Shortly thereafter, the song reached number 1 on the sales charts of the iTunes download portal in Germany and was awarded platinum in Germany. In the same year they released their single Freaky Like Me , which became their third number 1 single in Norway. In Germany the single reached number 9 and achieved gold status. The track was recorded together with Ameerah. In October 2010 her fourth studio album, Contraband , was finally released . After the two pre-singles, the third release was released a month later. It was called Outrun the Sun and was created in collaboration with singer Maad * Moiselle. This also gave her vocals to the last single from the album entitled Helluva the Night . In addition to the globally published version with US rapper Ludacris , a version with Culcha Candela member Mateo Jasik alias Itchy was also released due to its great success in Germany .

Numerous studio recordings were made in 2011 and 2012. In 2013 an album was released with the title Contakt , on which only tracks in their native language Norwegian can be found. The two decouplings also moved up into the top 20. Just a year later they released their sixth studio album Icon , which topped the success of their Norwegian-speaking predecessor and topped the Norwegian album charts. A few months earlier, the album was announced with the song One Life . In addition to Madcon, the American singer Kelly Rowland can also be heard on the track . The song reached number 6 in Germany. The second single on the album is called The Signal and was released in September 2013. This could also advance into the German single charts.

At the casting show Dein Song , Madcon took over the music sponsorship of Jasmin Himmelmann in 2014. Together they played Feline in the final on April 4th, but lost to DJ BoBo and his protégé Pier Luca Abel.

In the spring of 2015 the song Don't Worry was released together with the singer and rapper Ray Dalton , who is known for his contribution to the song Can't Hold Us . Even before it was released, the track was able to advance into the top 100 on iTunes just by pre-ordering. On April 12, 2015, the official release took place outside of Norway, where it appeared earlier. In their home country, the song rose to number 4 and even after a few hours the track was number 2 on the German iTunes charts, but did not make the jump past Wiz Khalifa's See You Again .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NO NO
2004 It's All a Madcon - - - - - -
First published: 2004
2007 So Dark the Con of Man DE45 (3 weeks)
DE 		- CH59 (9 weeks)
CH 		- - NO3 (19 weeks)
NO
First published: December 3, 2007
2008 To InCONvenient Truth - - - - - NO8 (6 weeks)
NO
First published: December 1, 2008
2010 Contraband DE77 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - - NO2 (18 weeks)
NO
First published: November 1, 2010
2012 Contact - - - - - NO4 (10 weeks)
NO
First published: June 21, 2012
2013 Icon DE96 (1 week)
DE 		- CH88 (1 week)
CH 		- - NO1 (5 weeks)
NO
First published: August 12, 2013
2018 Contact Vol. 2 - - - - - NO36 (1 week)
NO
First published: March 9, 2018

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NO NO
2009 Conquest - - - - - -
First published: August 12, 2009

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NO NO
2004 Doo-Wop
It's All a Madcon 		- - - - - NO11 (4 weeks)
NO
First published: 2004
2005 Infidelity
It's All a Madcon 		- - - - - NO18 (1 week)
NO
First release: 2005
feat. Sofian
2007 Beggin '
So Dark the Con of Man 		DE7th
gold
gold

(26 weeks)DE 		AT7 (30 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (59 weeks)
CH 		UK5
platinum
platinum

(44 weeks)UK 		US79 (10 weeks)
US 		NO1 (27 weeks)
NO
First published: October 26, 2007
2008 Back on the Road
So Dark the Con of Man 		DE66 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - - NO6 (7 weeks)
NO
First release: July 28th, 2008
feat. Paperboys
Liar
To InCONvenient Truth 		DE65 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - - - NO2 (14 weeks)
NO
First published: 2008
2010 Glow
contraband 		DE4th
platinum
platinum

(60 weeks)DE 		AT14th
gold
gold

(39 weeks)AT 		CH38 (25 weeks)
CH 		UK70 (1 week)
UK 		- NO1
Tenfold platinum
× 10
Tenfold platinum

(27 weeks)NO
First published: May 30, 2010
Freaky Like Me
Contraband 		DE9
gold
gold

(32 weeks)DE 		AT11
gold
gold

(24 weeks)AT 		CH6 (22 weeks)
CH 		UK46 (3 weeks)
UK 		- NO1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(19 weeks)NO
First published: September 20, 2010
feat. Ameerah
Outrun the Sun
Contraband 		DE27 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT20 (3 weeks)
AT 		- - - NO11 (2 weeks)
NO
First published: November 19, 2010
feat. Maad * Moiselle
2011 Helluva Nite
Contraband 		DE29 (6 weeks)
DE 		- - - - NO10 * (1 week)
NO
First release: September 26th, 2011
feat. Maad * Moiselle & Itchy / * Ludacris
2012 Kjører på
Contact 		- - - - - NO14th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(6 weeks)NO
First published: June 21, 2012
feat. Timbuktu
Fest på Smedstad vest
Contakt 		- - - - - NO12
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(5 weeks)NO
First published: August 17th, 2012
feat. Tina & Bettina
2013 In My Head
Icon 		- - - - - NO2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(7 weeks)NO
First published: February 4, 2013
One Life
Icon 		DE6th
gold
gold

(17 weeks)DE 		AT9 (16 weeks)
AT 		CH37 (12 weeks)
CH 		- - NO11
Double platinum (streaming)
× 2
Double platinum (streaming)

(12 weeks)NO
First published: May 17th, 2013
feat. Kelly Rowland
The Signal
Icon 		DE54 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - - -
First published: September 13, 2013
2015 Do not worry DE3
platinum
platinum

(31 weeks)DE 		AT2
gold
gold

(23 weeks)AT 		CH8th
platinum
platinum

(37 weeks)CH 		UK54 (1 week)
UK 		- NO4th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(33 weeks)NO
First published: February 20, 2015
feat. Ray Dalton
Keep my cool DE63 (6 weeks)
DE 		AT60 (6 weeks)
AT 		- - - -
First published: October 9, 2015
2017 Got a little drunk - - - - - NO38 (1 week)
NO
First published: May 5, 2017

More singles

  • 2000: OC (Oslo City)
  • 2000: God Forgive Me
  • 2013: Say Yeah
  • 2016: Don't Stop Loving Me (feat.KDL)

Singles as guest musicians

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NO NO
2002 Barcelona
No Cure for Life 		- - - - - NO7th
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)NO
First release: 2002
Paperboys feat. Madcon
2012 Sunrise - - - - - NO8 (10 weeks)
NO
First published: May 4th, 2012
Alexandra Joner feat. Madcon
2016 Girls - - - - - NO1
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(13 weeks)NO
First published: May 20, 2016
Marcus & Martinus feat. Madcon
2019 Anything - - - - - NO28 (4 weeks)
NO
First published: April 5, 2019
CLMD feat. Madcon

Further guest contributions

  • 2009: Keep Talking (Tommy Tee feat. Madcon & Alee)
  • 2011: TAG ( Lazee feat. Madcon & Julimar)
  • 2012: How Far (Daco Junior feat. Madcon)
  • 2015: The Wave ( Matoma feat. Madcon)
  • 2016: Limousine ( Christopher feat. Madcon)
  • 2016: Cigarette (Penthox feat.Madcon & Julimar Santos )

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NO NO
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US NO1NO
Top 10 albums DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US NO5NO
Albums in the charts DE3DE AT-AT CH2CH UK-UK US-US NO6thNO
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NO NO
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US-US NO4thNO
Top 10 singles DE5DE AT3AT CH3CH UK1UK US-US NO11NO
Singles in the charts DE11DE AT7thAT CH5CH UK4thUK US1US NO18thNO

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 2009: for the single Beggin '
    • 2016: for the single Don't Worry
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2016: for the single limousine
  • FranceFrance France
    • 2008: for the album So Dark the Con of Man
    • 2008: for the single Beggin '
    • 2016: for the single Don't Worry

Platinum record

  • PolandPoland Poland
    • 2016: for the single Don't Worry
  • SwedenSweden Sweden
    • 2015: for the single Don't Worry
    • 2016: for the single girls
  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 2009: for the single Beggin '
    • 2015: for the single Don't Worry

2 × platinum record

  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2019: for the single Don't Worry

3 × platinum record

  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2016: for the single Don't Worry

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 30,000 ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 210,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 1,150,000 musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 550,000 snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 150,000 fimi.it
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 31 × platinum31 290,000 ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 45,000 ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 20,000 bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 80,000 sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 30,000 hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 80,000 elportaldemusica.es
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 600,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Gold record icon.svg 12 × gold12 Platinum record icon.svg 45 × platinum45

swell

  1. ↑ The Afrikanergen . kulturnews.de . November 25, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ Official website
  3. ↑ Interview at Planet-Interview.de
  4. ↑ norwegiancharts.com: Madcon - Beggin
  5. ^ Federal Association of the Music Industry: Gold / Platinum database
  6. ↑ Article on Dein Song 2014 , April 9, 2014, accessed April 10, 2014.
  7. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US NO

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