| Intro | French singer |
| Is | Singer |
| From |
France Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
27 October 1982, Paris, Île-de-France, France |
| Age | 38 years |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
Jessy Kimbangi, better known by his stage name Jessy Matador, (born 27 October 1983) is a French-Congolese singer.
Biography
Born in Paris, the 27 October 1983, Matador began his career as a dancer in 2001. He later joined the group “Les cœurs brisés” (The Broken Hearts) with whom he toured the United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Kingdom, Italy and Canada. In 2005, he decided to create his own group called “La Sélésao” composed of members Dr. Love, Linho and Benkoff. The same members also formed the first edition of the group Magic System. In late 2007, they signed with Oyas Records before signing with Wagram Records in spring 2008.
They released their début single “Décalé Gwada” in June 2008, becoming one of the hits of that summer. On 24 November 2008 the group released the album Afrikan New Style, a musical hybrid of African and Caribbean influences with more urban sounds. The style includes influences of zouk, dancehall, reggae, hip hop, Coupé-Décalé, ndombolo and kuduro. In December 2008, they released their second single “Mini Kawoulé”.
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
On 19 February 2010, it was announced by France Télévisions that Matador would represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, to be held on 29 May 2010 in Oslo, Norway with the song “Allez Ola Olé”. Jessy Matador placed 12th in the final, which was one of France’s better results in the 2000s.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| FRA | ||
| Afrikan New Style |
|
93 |
| Elektro Soukouss |
|
42 |
| Authentik |
|
174 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | BEL | DEN | FIN | GER | IRE | NOR | SWE | UK | US Dance |
||||||
| 2008 | “Décalé Gwada” | 14 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Afrikan New Style | |||
| 2009 | “Mini Kawoulé” | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2010 | “Allez Ola Olé” | 1 | 4 | 30 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 5 | 34 | 81 | 88 | Electro Soukouss | |||
| 2011 | “Dansez” (feat. Daddy Killa) |
86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| “Galera” (feat. King Kuduro & Bra Zil) |
68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| 2014 | “Zuluminati” | 166 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2015 | “Johnny Bilayo” | 172 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| “—” denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | |||
| 2012 | “Zumba He Zumba Ha (Remix 2012)” (DJ Mam’s featuring Jessy Matador & Luis Guisao |
7 | Non-album single |
Other singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA (Club) | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | “Y’a qu’à demander” | 15 | Afrikan New Style | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | “Bomba” | — | Elektro Soukouss | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | “Une affaire de chut” | — | |||||||||||||
| “—” denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||
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