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Dr Alban

Dr Alban   (Sweden)

EuroDance group
Added : 24/01/2000
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Hello Afrika
One Love
Look Who's Talking
Look Who's Talking
Born In Africa
The Best of Dr. Alban 1990-1997
I Believe
It's My Life
Prescription
Back To Basics
The Ultimate Collection 1990-2014
Fly Eagles
Hello Afrika
No Coke
Sing Shi-Wo-Wo (Stop The Pollution)
U & Mi
It's My Life
One Love
Sing Hallelujah
No Coke '93
Look Who's Talking
Away From Home
Let The Beat Go On
This Time I'm Free
Born In Africa
Hallelujah Day
Mr DJ
It's My Life '97
Long Time Ago
Feel The Rhythm
Sing Hallelujah '98
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner / Enemies
Papaya Coconut
Because Of You
What Do I Do
Saturday Is A Rub-A-Dub Day
Work Work
Sing Hallelujah 2004
Habibi
I Love The 90's
Hello South Africa
Tell Me What U Want
Freedom
It's My Life 2014
Around The World
Hurricane
Elmoped
Drama
Hello Nations
Moving On
Change (I Have A Dream)
Take Me Up (Alrabaiye)
Sweet Dreams
Take A Ride
Hakuna Matata
Colour The World
Alla Vi
I Like To Move It
Chiki Chiki
No Coke
My Cool
Summerday
Hello South Africa
Loverboy
Master
Beautiful People
Who Am I
Zlatan
Sing Hallelujah 2014
Everybody Singing (lalala)
It's My Life (Don't Worry)
Good To You
Turn It Up
It's My Life
Life Is Now
Show Them (Nwaamaka)
Sing Hallelujah
Alla Vi Längtar Efter Sommaren
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Latest Dr Alban news

22/09/2023 : Dr Alban's hit Sing Hallelujah was used in the trailer of forthcoming "Bernadette" movie, about the wife of one of France's former president, with actress Catherine Deneuve

30/05/2023 : Mario Ferrini released a cover of Dr Alban's classic Sing Hallelujah

07/06/2022 : Simone Angel interviewed Dr Alban on her Ancient & Justified podcast

21/04/2022 : Dr Alban posted snippets from the video from his forthcoming single Change (I have a dream), featuring Whitney Peyton

07/04/2022 : Dr Alban teased a new single entitled Change (I have a dream)

12/12/2021 : Dr Alban teamed with Admiral C4C and Lian Ross to record single Moving On. You can also check the making of videoclip (thanks to Pim)

29/10/2021 : Dr Alban's hit Sing Hallelujah was covered by Aquagen & Andrew Spencer

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Dr Alban albums

Hello Afrika Hello Afrika Oct 1990
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One Love One Love May 1992
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Look Who's Talking Look Who's Talking 1994
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Look Who's Talking Look Who's Talking (French release) 1994
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Born In Africa Born In Africa 1996
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The Best of Dr. Alban 1990-1997 The Best of Dr. Alban 1990-1997 1997
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I Believe I Believe 12th Dec 1997
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It's My Life It's My Life (re-release of Look Who's Talking) 1998
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Prescription Prescription 29th May 2000
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Back To Basics Back To Basics 2007
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The Ultimate Collection 1990-2014 The Ultimate Collection 1990-2014 28th May 2014
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Dr Alban DVDs and VHS

Look Who's Talking (Video And More) Look Who's Talking (Video And More) 1994 VHS

 

Dr Alban singles

Fly Eagles Fly Eagles  
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Hello Afrika Hello Afrika (feat Leila K) Jul 1990  
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No Coke No Coke Sep 1990  
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Sing Shi-Wo-Wo (Stop The Pollution) Sing Shi-Wo-Wo (Stop The Pollution) 1991  
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U & Mi U & Mi Jan 1991  
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It's My Life It's My Life Apr 1992  
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One Love One Love Aug 1992  
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Sing Hallelujah Sing Hallelujah Jan 1993  
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No Coke '93 No Coke '93 Sep 1993  
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Look Who's Talking Look Who's Talking Feb 1994  
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Away From Home Away From Home May 1994  
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Let The Beat Go On Let The Beat Go On Aug 1994  
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This Time I'm Free This Time I'm Free Aug 1995  
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Born In Africa Born In Africa Feb 1996  
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Hallelujah Day Hallelujah Day 20th May 1996  
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Mr DJ Mr DJ Aug 1997  
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It's My Life '97 It's My Life '97 12th Sep 1997  
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Long Time Ago Long Time Ago Nov 1997  
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Feel The Rhythm Feel The Rhythm Apr 1998  
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Sing Hallelujah '98 Sing Hallelujah '98 Apr 1998  
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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner / Enemies Guess Who's Coming To Dinner / Enemies (feat Michael Rose) 22nd Apr 1998  
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Papaya Coconut Papaya Coconut (vs Kikki Danielsson) Oct 1998  
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Because Of You Because Of You Feb 2000  
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What Do I Do What Do I Do Apr 2000  
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Saturday Is A Rub-A-Dub Day Saturday Is A Rub-A-Dub Day 2003  
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Work Work Work Work Jun 2003  
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Sing Hallelujah 2004 Sing Hallelujah 2004 (with Yamboo) Dec 2003  
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Habibi Habibi (feat Melissa) 2007  
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I Love The 90's I Love The 90's (with Haddaway) 31st May 2008  
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Hello South Africa Hello South Africa (vs Sash!) 2010  
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Tell Me What U Want Tell Me What U Want (with Melissa) Sep 2010  
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Freedom Freedom 22nd Feb 2012  
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It's My Life 2014 It's My Life 2014 10th Jan 2014  
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Around The World Around The World 23rd Feb 2014  
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Hurricane Hurricane 29th May 2015  
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Elmoped Elmoped Video only 18th Jun 2018  
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Drama Drama (with Folkhemmet) 12th Jun 2020  
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Hello Nations Hello Nations Video only 12th Jun 2020  
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Moving On Moving On (with Admiral C4C & Lian Ross) 2nd Dec 2021  
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Change (I Have A Dream) Change (I Have A Dream) (with Whitney Peyton) 29th Apr 2022  
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Dr Alban remixes

No Coke (The Twelve Inch Remixes) No Coke (The Twelve Inch Remixes) 1990  
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Hello Afrika Hello Afrika 1990  
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U & Mi U & Mi 1991  
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It's My Life (Raggadag Remix) It's My Life (Raggadag Remix) 1992  
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One Love One Love 1992  
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Sing Hallelujah Sing Hallelujah 1993  
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Away From Home Away From Home 1994  
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Look Who's Talking (The U.S. House Remixes) Look Who's Talking (The U.S. House Remixes) 1995  
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This Time I'm Free This Time I'm Free 1995  
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It's My Life (Redux) It's My Life (Redux) 20th Mar 2020  
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Featurings and collaborations

Take Me Up (Alrabaiye) Amadin - Take Me Up (Alrabaiye) 1993  
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Sweet Dreams Swing - Sweet Dreams 13th Apr 1994  
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Take A Ride Rob'n'raz Circus - Take A Ride 1996  
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Hakuna Matata Swahili Nation - Hakuna Matata 1997  
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Colour The World Sash! - Colour The World Jan 1999  
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Alla Vi Friends In Need - Alla Vi Apr 1999  
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I Like To Move It DJ Aligator Project - I Like To Move It 2002  
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Chiki Chiki Starclub - Chiki Chiki 2006  
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No Coke A-moe - No Coke Oct 2006  
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My Cool Al Azif vs Adam Tensta - My Cool 2008  
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Summerday m:ret-zon - Summerday 15th May 2009  
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Hello South Africa Sash! - Hello South Africa 2010  
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Loverboy Gosia Andrzejewicz - Loverboy 21st May 2012  
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Master St John's Dance - Master 3rd Oct 2012  
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Beautiful People Paradox Factory - Beautiful People 29th Nov 2012  
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Who Am I Jessica Folcker - Who Am I 19th Mar 2013  
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Zlatan Sanjin & Youthman - Zlatan 4th Feb 2014  
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Sing Hallelujah 2014 Scotty presents Yamboo - Sing Hallelujah 2014 14th Mar 2014  
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Everybody Singing (lalala) Dynamic - Everybody Singing (lalala) 11th Nov 2014  
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It's My Life (Don't Worry) Chawki - It's My Life (Don't Worry) 13th Nov 2014  
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Good To You Basic Element - Good To You 20th May 2016  
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Turn It Up Admiral C4C - Turn It Up 28th Jun 2017  
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It's My Life Claysteer & Popek - It's My Life 12th Aug 2020  
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Life Is Now Basic Element - Life Is Now 9th Dec 2022  
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Show Them (Nwaamaka) Sam Dutchy - Show Them (Nwaamaka) 1st Apr 2023  
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Sing Hallelujah Rebecca & Fiona - Sing Hallelujah 12th May 2023  
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Alla Vi Längtar Efter Sommaren Miio - Alla Vi Längtar Efter Sommaren 12th Jul 2023  
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Productions, co-production, executive production

U Make Me Feel Alright Amadin - U Make Me Feel Alright 1994  
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Free Cool James and Black Teacher - Free 1998  
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Alla Vi Friends In Need - Alla Vi Apr 1999  
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Songwriting

It's My Life Dr Alban - It's My Life Apr 1992  
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Take Me Up (Alrabaiye) Amadin - Take Me Up (Alrabaiye) 1993  
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Sing Hallelujah Dr Alban - Sing Hallelujah Jan 1993  
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Tell Me Jennifer (3) - Tell Me 1998  
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Colour The World Sash! - Colour The World Jan 1999  
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Hello South Africa Sash! - Hello South Africa 2010  
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Dr Alban biography

Alban Nwapa was born on August 26th 1957 in Uguta, Enugu (Nigeria). He grew up listening to Fela Kuti and James Brown. His dad was a doctor and wanted to make sure that his 10 children would be following good studies. At age 23 Alban moved to Stockholm to live with his uncle (a diplomate) and began studying dentistry in Karolinska Institute. In order to be able to finance his university studies the music-loving medical student started making his own music. During this time Alban worked as a DJ in the well known Stockholm club 'Alphabet Street'.

Very quickly his name became widely well known, especially since Alban often sang to the records he put on the turntable as a DJ. DJ René couldn't help but notice him and so the highly intelligent and  medical student was discovered. But first Alban finished his studies and even opened his own dentistry practice.

In 1990, he met Denniz PoP from the SweMix label in the legendary 'Alphabet Street'. Even then Denniz PoP was already one of the top producers in the music business. Alban laid aside his dentist's drill and realised his dream, together with Denniz and Rap-Queen Leila K: his first record, Hello Africa - his declaration of love for his African home - broke all records. Alban Nwapa became Dr. Alban - and a superstar. His debut-album Hello Africa sold roughly one million copies world-wide!

Only a year later this success was surpassed by the second album One Love. 1,6 million single units of the song It's My Life were sold (the single was even used as background music for an Tampax advert). It was # 1 in Israel, # 2 in UK, # 1 in Germany and Europe. The following single One Love was # 5 in Israel. The album immediately sold over 1,7 million units. Then followed the albums Look Who's Talking and Born In Africa. All in all Dr. Alban can look back on world-wide sales of over 5 millions albums and over 6 millions singles - which resulted in: 7 times Silver, 30 times Gold and 30 times Platinum so far. These rather dry (but very impressive) figures leave to doubt: the Dance-dentist belongs to the group of International Mega-Stars. His hit No Coke was even used to illustrate a anti-drugs campain in Sweden. The single Sing Hallelujah (with vocals by Giovanna Bragazzi, Johanna Nyström, Berit Cullberg, Joakim Sandén and Björn Klingvall) was also very successful, reaching #3 in Belgium #4 in France and #5 in Israel.

After a re-release of No Coke, Dr Alban confirmed his Eurodance style with his hit Look Who's Talking Now, reaching # 4 in Israel, # 6 at MTV Europe, and # 54 in UK. Let The Beat Go On was # 12 in Israel, # 12 at MTV. It featured the voices of Nana Hedin, as always, and Jessica Folcker.

In 1995, along with Swing, he covered the famous Euroythmics song Sweet Dreams. Birgitta Edoff contributed to the vocals.

Dr. Alban's musical influences cannot be missed : the late Fela Kuti is 'the' African National Hero, the king of Afro Beat. As his idols the doctor names Jimmy Cliff and Bob Marley, two of the most important Reggae-legends of all time. The combination of these sounds, mixed with rhythmic dance grooves and harmonic pop melodies have become Dr. Alban's hallmark. That his musical talent runs in the family is shown by the fact that one of his nieces has joined the ranks of the famous in the music business - Alban is the uncle of Ricarda Nonyem Wältken, better known under the name Ricky, member of the group Tic Tac Toe.

And it's not only musical talent that makes Alban stand out. He created his own record company 'Dr. Records', on which he released Born in Africa, the first CD recorded completely in his Dr Records studios. He became the producer of many successful artists such as La Cream. He even began designing clothes and created his own fashion company but he had to give it up because his musical career left him no time to manage anything else. Anyway he keeps on creating all the clothes he wears on the scene. He didn't forget her family in Nigeria either : he built a house for them, and he spends 6 weeks each weeks in his homeland, with his Swedish girlfriend. Eventually he is very interested in soccer...

Yet these are not the only passions of the Swedish Nigerian. The great statesman Nelson Mandela and the committed artist have a lot in common. Both African men fight for peace and justice, against war, racism, famine and oppression. These are subjects which are documented in nearly all of Dr. Alban's songs: 'Men are men and should be treated equally. Peace, love and harmony between nations and peoples are more important than the colour of one's skin or one's religion.'

With his last album, Dr. Alban is about to write a new and extremely exciting chapter in the book of his career. On I Believe he was able to work together with some of his own heroes, like Sly & Robbie, Freddie Mc Gregor, Beenie Man, Charlie King, a.m.m. and several exciting mixes have been produced by Sash! & DJ Quicksilver (to name but a few). The album featured many interesting tracks such as Long Time Ago which was also released as a single, reaching # 9 in Israel. Then came Feel The Rhythm, featuring female vocals by Monica Lofgren.

In 1999, his voice was featured on Sash's single Colour The World. He also produced and released under his label Doctor records the track Alla Vi, a collaboration with the tennis-legend Björn Borg and former soccer-star Tomas Brolin. The project was called Friends In Need.

After one year of silence he came back with a new track entitled Because Of You, followed by What Do I Do and a new album, unfortunately absolutely not Eurodance-related. Alban says: ' I'm very satisfied with my new album Prescription, it has taken us two years to find a new sound that will stand out, be fresh and reach a broad public. Many hands have been involved in making this new album sound special. There are also guest appearances from Tony Rebell and Anthony B to name a few.'

2002 : DJ Aligator released a track featuring the voice of Dr. Alban : I Like To Move It, the cover of the Real 2 Reel hit.

Dr Alban opened his own restaurant and club, the "Stacy nite club" on Regeringsgatan in downtown Stockholm (Sweden). With seats for approximately 75, the restaurant serves lunches and dinners with a distinct tinge of the Asiatic while attracting commendations from the culinary columnists. "Classical and robust hot meals at affordable prices " commented Aftonbladet, the evening Swedish newspaper. "Exquisite fancy dishes - worth a visit" wrote Dagens Nyheter, a major national daily. Side by side with the restaurant, yet still separate, lies the night-club, open Wednesdays to Saturdays with enough space for 500 people to mingle in a recognizable club environment with bar, small tables and a stage for performances.

2003 : at last Dr Alban released some new material. Entitled Work Work, his new single was out in the stores in May.

2004 : Dr Alban released a cover of one of his biggest success : Sing Hallelujah Recall 2004, which entered Danish charts at #31.

2006 : Sing Hallelujah was once again covered, this time by Yamboo. It entered the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Dance Charts. In May, Dr Alban did a tour in Russia, he also appeared in Austria and Denmark with Yamboo. Dr Alban was featured on a new released single : Starclub feat. Dr Alban - Chiki Chiki. He started a collection of men's underwear : Exclusive Fashion from Dr Alban.

Dr Alban rumoured to be one of the wildcards in Melodifestivalen 2007. He confirmed to Swedish newspaper Expressen that he has been in discussions with broadcaster SVT. At the moment though, he's not saying any more than yes, he might make Melodifestivalen the place where he has his come-back. One of his backing singers on his big hit It's My Life, Marie Bergman, had herself represented Sweden in 1994.

Dr Alban is the uncle of Ricarda Wältken, a member of the German group Tic Tac Toe.

2004 : he met Swedish teacher Katrin Hermansson (aka Kinher Mansson). They had 2 daughters, Jane (2005) and Julia (2008).

2007 : Dr Alban recorded a new single together with Lebanese artist Melissa entitled Habibi. A brand new album called Back To Basics followed. It is sold only on the Internet through his official website.

2008 : Dr Alban and Haddaway recorded together a single entitled I Love The 90s. It was released on May 31st, along with a videoclip. Female vocals were done by Malin Sundström, from the Caramell project.

Dr Alban also recorded a new song entitled Music In Me in April, with Sasi The Don, the Indian king of dancehall music. The song appeared on the Dutch version of the album Back To Basics.

2010 : Sing Hallelujah was covered by Italian artist DJ Hush. Dr Alban re-recorded his hit Hello Africa for Soccer World Cup 2010 and released it under the title Hello South Africa.

2011 : A part of Dr Alban's Sing Hallelujah's chorus was sampled and used in Collectif Métissé's new single Laisse Tomber Tes Problèmes.

2012 : Dr Alban's new single Freedom is a pop dance beat track will be released in Sweden on Febrary 22nd. He plays the role of an African king in the movie Sean Banan, to be released in Sweden on February 15th

2013 : Dr Alban was featured on German party-schlager's singer Michael Wendler new song What A Lie. His new frontlady for 90s concerts was the model Henna Peltosen.

2014 : Dr Alban recorded a collaboration with Jessica Folcker called Around The World for the show Melodifestivalen (Swedish ESC preselections). He published a best of called The Ultimate Collection 1990-2014. He and Chawki released a rework of his hit It's My Life.

2015 : his new single was entitled Hurricane

2016 : with Haddaway, Franca Morgano and Katja Bredahl he released the song Volcano, for Vi Elsker 90'erne concerts.

2017 : he recorded a collabroation with Admiral C4C, Vessy Boneva and Deepzone entitled Turn It Up.

2018 : his new single was entitled Elmoped, it was partnership with Swedish electric scooters and mopeds brand Viarelli.

2020 : he dropped a collaboration with Folkhemmet entitled Drama (a critic against tabloids) and was featured by Polish rapper Popek on a new version of his hit It's My Life

2021 : he divorced from Katrine Hermansson. He released the single Moving On with Admiral C4C and Lian Ross.

2022 : Finnish Instagram model Tiia Aalto is now sharing the stage with Dr Alban as female (playback) vocalist. He released a new single entitled Change (I have a dream), featuring Whitney Peyton.

©1998 Dr Records
Thanks to Shimon O'Hana for the charts positions
Thanks to Andrei Dinu, Madenn, Mihai, Mattias, aZo, Stavros aka Musicboy,Vision and Anders Bøgh
Oikotimes

Dr Alban biography was last updated Thu, June 1st 2023

Charts (singles)

Australia Austria Belgium Finland France Netherlands New Zealand Norway Sweden Switzerland
Hello Afrika #1 #25 #7 #3
No Coke #2 #26 #7 #6 #1 #3
Sing Shi-Wo-Wo (Stop The Pollution) #16 #36 #13
U & Mi #11 #20 #9
It's My Life #43 #1 #1 #13 #1 #49 #2 #1 #2
One Love #9 #8 #14 #42 #10 #19 #11
Sing Hallelujah #5 #7 #3 #4 #6 #8 #6 #4
Look Who's Talking #3 #5 #17 #4 #4 #2 #6
Away From Home #12 #27 #45 #24 #26
Let The Beat Go On #23 #9 #12 #19 #17
This Time I'm Free #23 #20 #2 #35 #11 #3 #32
Born In Africa #31 #1 #11 #47
Hallelujah Day #35 #12 #30
Mr DJ #21 #8


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