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Kaoma was a French–Brazilian band. It was created in 1989 and responsible for successfully launching the lambada musical style in Europe. In a 10-year period from 1989 until the band's disbandment in 1999, Kaoma released three albums, and the band's biggest success was the 1989 song "Lambada", which topped the charts in many countries.

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Kaoma
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Kaoma in 1998
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Paris, France
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Lambada, worldbeat
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1989–1999 2006–2009
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Epic, Atoll
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Touré Kunda, Chico & Roberta
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Kaoma Website
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Loalwa BrazChyco DruJacky ArconteJean-Claude BonaventureMichel AbihssiraFaniaEtna BrasylDyamiAlan Hoy

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Kaoma
social media followers
230000
end of work period
2000-00-00
start of work period
1988-00-00
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  • Background
  • Career
  • Murder of Loalwa Braz
  • Personnel
  • Principal members
  • Other members
  • Discography
  • Albums
  • Singles
  • References
  • External links

Kaoma was a French–Brazilian band. It was created in 1989 and responsible for successfully launching the lambada musical style in Europe. In a 10-year period from 1989 until the band's disbandment in 1999, Kaoma released three albums, and the band's biggest success was the 1989 song "Lambada", which topped the charts in many countries.

==Background== In 1988, two French producers called Jean Georgakarakos, known as Jean Karakos, and Olivier Lamotte D'Incamps, known as Olivier Lorsac, visited Brazil, and while they were on vacation in the northeastern city of Porto Seguro, they discovered the Lambada genre and Márcia Ferreira's song "Chorando Se Foi" playing on a local radio station.

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