Grace Decca Biography
Grace Decca was born on September 23 1966 is a Cameroonian singer from Douala economic capital of Cameroon . She was introduced to music in 1983 by her older brother Ben Decca , a famous singer of Makossa .
She accompanies her brother and other renowned artists such as Jean Jacques Goldman on various songs before embarking on a solo career in 1989 with her debut album entitled Need for Love. After 5 Makossa albums published between 1989 and 2001 and a long discographic pause of a dozen years, she returns to the Cameroonian music scene in 2014with a Gospel album entitled Mouna .
Grace Decca Age
Grace Decca was born on September 23 1966, She is 52 years as of 2018
Grace Decca Family
Born in Cameroon in Douala, Grace Decca is the sixth in a family of 11 children . His father is an automobile expert and his mother is a pedagogue . His family, well known in the Cameroonian music scene, is a family of musicians with 4 famous artists including his elder brother Ben Decca , his younger sister Dora Decca and his younger brother Isaac Decca . She is also the niece of the late Eboa Lotin and the great granddaughter of musician Lobe Lobe Rameau, one of the pioneers of Makossa.
Grace Decca Husband
Grace Decca is married to John Paul Nana Sandjo , former CEO of Airline Cameroon camair-co and the mother of several children .
Grace Decca Education
Grace Decca holds a DEA in communication (sciences of education) obtained in France in 1998 . Indeed, after obtaining her baccalaureate , Grace Decca leaves Cameroon for France to continue her studies. She gets by turns a Batchelor’s degree in culture and communication, a BTS in management tools, license and a Master before starting the preparation of its Diploma of Advanced Studies 6 .
Grace Decca Career
It is introduced in music in the early 1980s by his older brother, Ben Decca for whom she choirs. In 1983 it invited his single ” Na sengui bobe” which will be a great success . In 1987, she poses her voice in the chorus of the title To our Missed Acts by the famous French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman .
She accompanied her brother on several songs between 1984 and 1989 before embarking on a solo career. Performer and songwriter , Grace Decca released in 1989 her very first album with the title Need of Love . The 5 songs album sold over 150,000 copies in Cameroon and allows the artist to really make themselves known to the public .
In 1993 , she released her second album Doi La Mulema who meets an even greater success than the first, and allowing it to impose on the international stage.
5 years after the success of this album, Grace Decca returns in 1998 with a third album entitled Appelle-moi-Princess with which she won numerous awards including the best female album of the year, best selling female of the year, Bertrand Award Folon for artistic maturity.
In 2001 , she released her fourth album, ” Give me a little love “. An album of 8 tracks produced by JPS Productions.
She later creates her label GNS Productions under which is evolving now. She also produced some young artists like Joly Din and his younger brother Isaac Decca.
Grace Decca Mouna, the return
Thirteen years after the release of the album Give me a little love , Grace is back on the music scene with an album of a style quite different from the previous . Indeed, for this fifth album, Grace Decca chooses gospel .
The album that bears the name of Mouna ( Burden in the Douala language ) is entirely produced in the United States by George Duke who writes two songs on this album . For the production of this album of 13 titles sung in English, French and Douala , Grace Decca enjoys the participation of renowned American musicians such asSheila E. , Jeffrey Osborne (in) , Jonathan Butler , Chino XL , Paul Jackson Jr. , Kirk Whalum , Sarah Thornton , Alex Al, Teddy Campbell, Howard Hewett and Erik Zobbler.
Grace Decca Albums
- 1989: Need love
- 1992: The Duo DK
- 1993: Doï La Mulema
- 1998: Call me Princess
- 2001: Give me a little love
- 2014: Mouna
Grace Decca Collaborations
- 1983: Na sengui bobe with Ben Decca
- 1987: To our failed acts of Jean-Jacques Goldman
- 2002: Partner with Elvis Kemayo
- 2003: Baby of love and Muna of Isaac Decca
- 2005: Mokili mobimba with Nyboma
Grace Decca Awards and Rewards
- 1993: Best female album of the year
- 1993: Best female artist
- 1993: 2 nominations at the Africans Awards in Abidjan
- 1998: Best female album of the year with “Call me prince
- 1998: Best Female Selling of the Year
- 1999: Female Album of the Year
- 2001: Bernard Folon Prize for artistic maturity
- 2002: Best female sale of the year Give me a little love
- 2002: Best Makossa and Female Album of the Year
- 2003: Award of artistic excellence to African Ladies
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Grace Decca , whose real name is Ndom’a Deccah Grace, was born in Douala, an automotive expert father and a teacher mother.
In the early 80s, his parents who predestined him to a bright future, send him to continue his studies in France where already resides his older brother Ben Decca, singer emeritus and great Star of Cameroon Makossa.
He will surprise her one winter evening in 1983 in Paris, humming the melodies of her future album “Pour vous”. Amazed by the singularity, the sweetness and the sensuality of the voice of her sister, Ben will propose to him to sing with her, the famous song “Na Sengui Bobe”. This duo will be so appreciated by the public that it will make a real tube and will make it known outside the borders of Cameroon.
In 2009, conquered by the ambitions, the availability and the methodological approach of the Production, the originality of the songs and especially by talent and the professionalism of Grace Decca, George Duke decides to put all his know-how to the success of the project. He composes for the album’s needs two songs: ” You turn my life around ” and ” These are my people “.
As for Casting, George puts the package together and uses renowned American musicians such as Sheila E, Jeffrey Osborne, Jonathan Butler, Chino Xl, Paul Jackson Jr., Kirk Whalum, Sarah Thornton, Al Alex, Teddy Campbell, Howard Hewett and Erik Zobbler (Sound engineer) – Even the Duala language choirs are sung by them.
The album is now finished. It is called ” Mouna ” (The burden). It has thirteen titles and is a mix of Gospel, Jazz, Blues and Funk, sung in English, French and Duala. To discover below, ‘ These are my people