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Dr. Alban
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Nigerian-Swedish dentist, musician
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1957
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 587,762
- Total plays
- 4,469,065
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Dr. Alban is a Swedish musician and producer with his own record label Dr. Records. His music can best be described as hip-hop reggae with a dance hall style. Dr. Alban (born August 26, 1957 as Alban Nwapa in Nigeria) grew up listening to Fela Kuti and James Brown. At age 23, he began studying dentistry. 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 'Alph
Key facts
- Born
- Alban Uzoma Nwapa , ( 1957-08-26 ) 26 August 1957 (age 68) , Oguta , Imo , Federation of Nigeria
- Origin
- Stockholm , Sweden
- Genres
- Eurodance hip-hop reggae dancehall
- Occupations
- Singer rapper producer
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 1980s–present
- Labels
- Dr. Alban Records Ariola
- Website
- dralban .net
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Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alban
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Enugu
- Occupation
- rapper
- Languages spoken
- Igbo
- Notable work
- Hello Afrika
- Academic degree
- dentistry
- Genre
- ragga
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Bertelsmann Music Group
- Official website
- www.dralban.net
- Image
- 2018-08-12 ZDF Fernsehgarten Dr. Alban-1245 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Stockholm
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- Commons category
- Dr. Alban
- date of birth
- 1957-08-26
- pseudonym
- Dr. Alban
- name in native language
- Alban Uzoma Nwapa
- start of work period
- 1980-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Dr. Alban
- described at URL
- www.bingolottowiki.se/index.php/Alban_Nwapa
- social media followers
- 584000
- relative
- Flora Nwapa
- ethnic group
- Igbo people
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Encyclopedic overview
Ogbuagu Alban Uzoma Nwapa Listen (born 26 August 1957), better known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian-Swedish musician and producer with his own record label, Dr. Records. His music can best be described as Eurodance/hip-hop reggae in a dancehall style. He has sold an estimated 16 million records worldwide and is most famous for his worldwide 1992 hit "It's My Life", from the album One Love.
Life and career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dr. Alban” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.