Dr. Alban Wikipedia. Dr. Alban. Dr. Alban during a live concert in 2. Background information. Birth name. Alban Uzoma Nwapa. Born1. 95. 7 0. August 1. Linn Fijal, Studio Manager at Riksmixningsverket and the engineer on Benny Anderssons Piano album. If you have picked up a copy of the Piano album by Benny. Melodifestivalen 2010 var den 50e upplagan av musiktvlingen Melodifestivalen, som r Sveriges uttagning till Eurovision Song Contest. Finalen gde rum i Globen. Alban Uzoma Nwapa born 26 August 1957 in Oguta, better known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerianborn Swedish musician and producer with his own record label. Oguta, Imo, Colonial Nigeria. Origin. Stockholm, Sweden. Genres. Eurodance, hip hop, reggae fusion, electronica, dancehall. OccupationsMusician. Years active. 19. Labels. Dr. Records, Ariola. Associated acts. Leila K, Denniz Pop, Kikki Danielsson, Sash, Haddaway. Websitedralban. net. Alban Uzoma Nwapa born 2. August 1. 95. 7 in Oguta, better known by his stage name. Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian born Swedish musician and producer with his own record label, Dr. Eurovision%20CD.jpg' alt='Melodifestivalen 2011 Cd' title='Melodifestivalen 2011 Cd' />Records. His music can best be described as a Eurodancehip hopreggae with a dancehall style. He sold an estimated 1. Its My Life which was one of the songs from the album One Love. BiographyeditDr. Alban was born as Alban Uzoma Nwapa into a middle class family of 1. Oguta, Imo state, Nigeria. He had his secondary education at Christ The King College, Aba, Nigeria and spent most of his youth in his hometown Oguta. At age of 2. 3, he travelled to Sweden to study dentistry. To be able to finance his studies, Dr. Alban became a DJ. 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Alban Uzoma Nwapa took the stage name Dr. Alban, a nod to his dental studies. His debut album Hello Afrika included hits like Hello Afrika and No Coke, both of which ended up being million selling singles. The album itself was quite successful which earned Alban Gold certification awards in numerous markets including Germany for sales of over 2. Austria for sales of over 2. Switzerland for sales of over 2. One year later this success was surpassed by the second album One Love. The album contained European hit singles such as Its My Life which was used as background music for a Tampax advert and Sing Hallelujah. The single Its My Life reached No. Israel, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and No. Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom. While the song Its My Life reached Platinum status in Germany for sales of over 5. Netherlands for sales of over 7. Europe. 11. 11. The album in its turn reached the top of the album chart in Austria and entered the top 5 in Switzerland, also managed to reach No. Germany. 1. 31. The album received a Gold certification award in Germany for sales of over 2. Platinum award both in Austria and Switzerland for sales of over 5. Albans third album Look Whos Talking Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The album was the first to earn Alban a Gold certification award in his home country Sweden for sales of over 5. Dr. Alban founded his own record label Dr. Records, whereon he released his 1. Born in Africa. The album was unable to match up with the success of the previous album releases. It only reached the No. Finland, while it peaked at No. Switzerland and Sweden, No. Germany, No. 4. 1 in Austria. In 1. 99. 7, Alban released a compilation album entitled The Very Best of 1. Austria, Sweden and Germany. In 1. 99. 7, Alban, also released a studio album entitled Believe which peaked at No. Sweden, No. 3. 0 in Finland, and No. Austria. 2. 0 In the end of 1. Dr. Alban released a single with German based artist Sash, entitled Colour the World which experienced a moderate chart success in Europe. In 2. 00. 0, Alban released a single entitled What Do I Do which appeared on the album chart of Sweden only at No. The album Prescription was a flop as it failed to chart anywhere. In 2. 00. 7, after years of absence from the music scene, Dr. Alban released a new studio album Back to Basics. It was sold on the Internet only, through Dr. Albans official website. In Russia however, both the physical CDs and cassettes were released. In 2. 01. 4, on 1. February, at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Dr. Alban teamed up with Jessica Folcker in the third heat of Melodifestivalen 2. Around the World to win the chance to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2. Copenhagen, Denmark. DiscographyeditStudio albumseditCompilation albumseditSingles as lead artisteditSingles as featured artisteditIn popular cultureeditIn the British TV series Little Britain, Dr. Alban is the name of the doctor whom Vicky Pollard visits when she is pregnant. ReferenceseditExternal linksedit. Ginzakatalogen nr 4 2. Ginza ABPublished on Mar 2.