Yamboo

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Yamboo
General information
origin Dortmund ( Germany )
Genre (s) Dance , pop
founding 1999, 2009
resolution 2009
Website www.yamboo.de
Last occupation
singing
 Silvie Prvu (1999-2006, 2009-)
singing
 Gisele (1999-2006, 2009-)
singing
 Michelle (2009-)
singing
 Medi (2009-)
former members
singing
 NN (1999-2001)

Yamboo is a Founded in 1999, German dance pop - girl group , originally founded three members later consisting of Silvie, Gisele, Michelle and Medicare. Her biggest hit was the 1999 single Fiesta de la noche .

Career

1998–1999: beginnings

Yamboo was founded in 1999. Silvie, the German daughter of a Yugoslavian and a Romanian , was a legal assistant , had ballet lessons and worked as a background singer and dancer , e.g. B. for Oli.P and Gisele, a Belgian woman of African descent who had worked as a model , dancer and background singer, was initially one of the faces of the act .

1999-2006: Okama de Mapouka

The first single Fiesta de la noche became a hit and entered the Top 20 in Germany , the Top 30 in Austria and the Top 50 in Switzerland . By 2001, the singles Come with Me (Bailamos) , Torero (Aya baila) , Kalinka and Pata, Pata could also reach middle chart positions. Kalinka , which was presented in Berlin in 2001 , was Yamboo’s last single as a trio before the project initially appeared as a duo . After Star went unnoticed in 2002, there was a three-year hiatus.

In 2005 there were more Yamboo releases. Sing Hallelujah , a cover version , was the collaboration with the original artist Dr. Alban , Mapouka was supported by The Real Mapouka Dancers. There was a special campaign for this song called Chakalaka with a ketchup maker. In 2006 followed, together with the single Oh Suzanna , the debut album Okama de Mapouka with all nine singles so far. Another pause followed.

2009: comeback

In 2009 the project got two new faces when Michelle and Medi replaced the two previous singers on the stage, while Sylvie Prvu and Gisele stayed in the background. They released the single Discothèque . There have been no more publications since 2009. The project is considered finished.

Members

Discography

Albums

  • 2006: Okama de Mapouka
  • 2007: Best Of (compilation)

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
1999 Fiesta de la noche (The Sailor Dance)
Okama de Mapouka 		DE17 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT25 (9 weeks)
AT 		CH50 (2 weeks)
CH
First published: June 1999
Come with Me (Bailamos)
Okama de Mapouka 		DE48 (6 weeks)
DE 		- CH87 (3 weeks)
CH
First published: December 1999
2000 Torero (Aya baila)
Okama de Mapouka 		DE71 (1 week)
DE 		- -
First published: July 2000
2001 Kalinka
Okama de Mapouka 		DE59 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT74 (1 week)
AT 		-
First published: February 2001
Pata Pata
Okama de Mapouka 		DE65 (6 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: July 2001
2005 Mapouka
Okama de Mapouka 		DE56 (4 weeks)
DE 		- -
First published: July 2005
Sing Hallelujah
Okama de Mapouka 		DE74 (3 weeks)
DE 		- -
First release: November 2005
feat. Dr. Alban

More singles

  • 2002: Star
  • 2006: Oh Suzanna
  • 2008: Discotheque

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT, CH

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