Alban Uzoma Nwapa (Dr Alban) is a Nigerian born- Sweedish musician born on 26 August, 1957 in Nigeria into a family of 10 children.
Alban Uzoma Nwapa is 67 years old.
Dr Alban attended Christ The King's College, Aba, Nigeria before moving to Sweeden to study Dentistry at 23. Once there, he began to work as a DJ at the Stockholm Club, Alphabet street to finance his studies. He finished his studies and opened a dentistry practice keeping his disc jockeying as a lucrative sideline.
In 1990, he met Deniiz Pop from the SweMix label and together with Denniz and the rap queen, Leila K released his first record, 'Hello Afrika' which was a declaration of love for his African home and included hits like 'Hello Afrika' and 'No Coke'
In 1991, he released his album titled 'One Love' which had the European hit single 'It's my life', reaching the number 1 spot in Israel and Australia and number 2 spot in Switzerland, Norway and the UK. In 1992, this hit single 'It's my Life' was used as background music for a Tampaz advert.
His third album, 'Look who is talking' was released in 1994 and earned him his first Global Certification Awards from his home Country, Sweeden.
He founded his own record label 'Dr Records' and went on to release his 1996 album 'Born in Africa' under his own label.
In 1997, he released a compilation album entitled 'The very best of 1990-1997'.
He released a new album in 2007, 'Back to basics' which was only sold on the internet through his official website and in 2008, released 'I love the 90s'.
On 15 February 2014, in Gothenburg, Dr Alban teamed up with Jessica Folcker performing last with the song ' Around the World' to win the chance to represent Sweeden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
He has been nominated for several awards including Echo Award for Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist and Grammy Award for Club/Dance of the Year.
He has sold over 16 million records worldwide.
He is married to Kinher Mansson and they have two daughters.
World Music Award for World's Best Selling African Artist
His net worth is not available.
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