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{{short description|French pop group}}
{{For|the African town |Kaoma, Zambia}}
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| origin = [[Paris]], France<ref>{{cite journal|title=Review/Pop; Lambada, Would-Be Craze by Way of Paris
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/15/arts/review-pop-lambada-would-be-craze-by-way-of-paris.html|author=Pareles, Jon|journal=The New York Times|date=1990-01-15}}</ref>
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| associated_acts = [[Touré Kunda]], [[Chico & Roberta]]
| website = [https://international-artists.com/release/kaoma/ Kaoma Website]
| past_members = [[Loalwa Braz]]<br>Chyco Dru<br />Jacky Arconte<br />Jean-Claude Bonaventure<br />Michel Abihssira<br />Fania<br />Etna Brasyl<br />Dyami<br />Alan Hoy
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'''Kaoma''' was a [[French people|French]]-[[Brazilians|Brazilian]] band. It was created in [[1989]] and responsible for successfully launching the [[lambada]] musical style in [[Europe]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1990-01-15 |title=Review/Pop; Lambada, Would-Be Craze by Way of Paris (Published 1990) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/15/arts/review-pop-lambada-would-be-craze-by-way-of-paris.html |access-date=2025-08-20 |language=en}}</ref> 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 (song)|Lambada]]", which topped the charts in many countries.
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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.
The French duo then got the idea of forming a lambada group to introduce the genre to Europe, and after returning to [[France]], they registered the song at [[SACEM]] under the name Chico de Oliveira and renamed the song to Lambada.
The two French producers were originally looking for a singer between 19 and 25 years old for a lambada group. Despite already being in her 30s, [[Loalwa Braz]], who had been living in France since 1989, decided to enter the contest. Not only was Braz selected among more than 20 candidates, but also gave the idea of naming the band Kaoma. The other musicians hired for the project were Chyco Dru from [[Martinique]] for the bass, Jacky Arconte from [[Guadeloupe]] for the guitar, Jean-Claude Bonaventure on the keyboard, Michel Abihssira for the drums and percussion, and Fania Niang for backing vocals.<ref>{{Cite news |title='Chorando se Foi': Loalwa Braz e Kaoma conquistaram o mundo com versão de canção boliviana |url=https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-38688477 |access-date=2025-08-20 |work=BBC News Brasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
== Career ==
In the summer of 1989, the band Kaoma released the single "[[Lambada (song)|Lambada]]", which became a major chart-topping international hit. The songwriting credits were given to Chico de Oliveira. However, it was discovered on 30 August 1989 that Chico de Oliveira was a pseudonym for Olivier Lamotte D'Incamps, better known as Olivier Lorsac.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1989-08-30 |title=La lambada, tube de l'été Les ressorts d'une bonne affaire |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1989/08/30/la-lambada-tube-de-l-ete-les-ressorts-d-une-bonne-affaire_4134408_1819218.html |access-date=2025-08-20 |language=fr}}</ref>
Instead, it was a direct cover of the 1986 song "[[Lambada (song)|Chorando Se Foi]]" by Brazilian singer-songwriter Márcia Ferreira, which itself was a Portuguese adaptation of Cuarteto Continental's 1984 version of "[[Llorando se fue]]", whose original version was released in 1981 by [[Bolivia]]n group [[Los Kjarkas]].<ref>[http://www.marciaferreira.com.br/ Márcia Ferreira's Official Site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706153412/http://www.marciaferreira.com.br/ |date=2011-07-06 }}. Biography. marciaferreira.com.br</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Céspedes |first1=Gilka Wara|year=1993 |title="Huayño," "Saya," and "Chuntunqui": Bolivian Identity in the Music of "Los Kjarkas" |journal=Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana |volume=14|issue=1 |pages=52–101 |doi=10.2307/780009 |jstor=780009}}</ref> To add more to the story, Kaoma also significantly altered Márcia Ferreira's lyrics. This led to both Los Kjarkas and Márcia Ferreira successfully suing Kaoma.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1990-07-04 |title=Brazilian Wonder Turns Out Bolivian (Published 1990) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/04/arts/brazilian-wonder-turns-out-bolivian.html |access-date=2025-08-20 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tejada |first=Ignacio Saenz de |last2=Galilea |first2=Carlos |date=1989-10-03 |title=El plagio de la lambada |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1989/10/03/cultura/623372405_850215.html |access-date=2025-08-20 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kjarkas: "La lambada es un dolor" |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Kjarkas/lambada/dolor/elpepicul/19900529elpepicul_17/Tes |newspaper=El País |date=1990-05-29 |first=Nacho |last=Saenz de Tejada}}</ref>
"[[Dançando Lambada]]" and "[[Mélodie d'amour (Kaoma song)|Mélodie d'amour]]" were the next two singles and were also hits, although they failed to earn the same success as "Lambada", which itself peaked at number 46 in the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p39773/charts-awards/billboard-singles Kaoma: Billboard singles] AllMusic.</ref> "Lambada" fared better in Europe, reaching number 4 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | ___location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 296}}</ref> Also in 1989, Kaoma released their first album ''[[Worldbeat (album)|Worldbeat]]'' which achieved worldwide success, becoming - along with Beto Barbosa - one of the legends of Brazilian lambada. At the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1990|1990 Lo Nuestro Awards]], Kaoma won two awards for [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Group or Duo of the Year|Pop Group of the Year]] and [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop New Artist of the Year|New Pop Artist of the Year]].<ref name="Winners-archive">{{cite web|url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf |title=Lo Nuestro – Historia |language=es |work=[[Univision]] |publisher=[[Univision Communications]] |access-date=March 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf |archive-date=June 26, 2015 }}</ref>
In 1991, Kaoma released the album ''Tribal Pursuit'' which provided the singles "[[Danca tago-mago|Danca Tago Mago]]" and "Moço do Dendê". Kaoma would also release the album ''A la media noche'' in 1998, prior to disbanding, and Braz would continue on a solo career.
On 19 January 2017, Braz was murdered in Saquarema, and her body was found in her car.<ref name="death">{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/rj/regiao-dos-lagos/noticia/2017/01/corpo-de-loalwa-braz-do-kaoma-e-encontrado-em-carro-incendiado.html |title=Loalwa Braz, do Kaoma, é achada morta em carro incendiado, diz polícia|website=Gl.globo.com|date=19 January 2017 |access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38681413|title=Lambada singer Loalwa Braz found dead in Brazil|date=19 January 2017|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref> Police arrested three suspects for the murder; several motives were suspected, such as a botched robbery or a revenge killing. All three were sentenced to prison.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-10 |title=Três homens são condenados pela morte da cantora Loalwa Braz, do grupo Kaoma |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/regiao-dos-lagos/noticia/tres-homens-sao-condenados-pela-morte-da-cantora-loalwa-braz-do-grupo-kaoma.ghtml |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}</ref>
==Personnel==
=== Principal members ===
* [[Loalwa Braz]] – lead vocals <small>(1989–1999; died 2017)</small>
* Chyco Dru – bass guitar <small>(1989–1999; 2006–2009)</small>
* Jacky Arconte – guitars <small>(1989–1999; 2006–2009)</small>
* Jean-Claude Bonaventure – keyboards, production <small>(1989–1993)</small>
* Michel Abihssira – drums, percussion <small>(1989–1998)</small>
* Fania – backing vocals, flute <small>(1989–1993)</small>
=== Other members ===
* Etna Brasyl – lead vocals <small>(2006–2009)</small>
* Dyami – unknown
* Alan Hoy – backing vocals, dancer <small>(2006–2009)</small>
==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Brazil|BRA]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="albums">{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kaoma&titel=Worldbeat&cat=a|title=Kaoma – Worldbeat|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[O3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="AUT">{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kaoma|title=Discographie Kaoma|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="GER">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Kaoma|title=Discographie von Kaoma|website=offiziellecharts.de|language=de|access-date=22 June 2023|archive-date=22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622033806/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Kaoma|url-status=dead}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dutch Album Top 100|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NLD">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kaoma|title=Discografie Kaoma|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref name="albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref name="albums"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Latin Albums|US Latin]]
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! scope="row"| ''[[Worldbeat (album)|Worldbeat]]''
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* Released: 16 December 1989
* Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]]
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*[[Pro-Música Brasil|ABPD]]: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abpd.org.br/niveis_de_certificacao.asp |title=Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Disco |publisher=ABPD |access-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223013007/http://www.abpd.org.br/niveis_de_certificacao.asp |archive-date=2010-12-23 }}</ref>
*[[Music Canada|MC]]: Gold<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian certifications |url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |publisher=Cria |access-date=2009-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331121149/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |archive-date=March 31, 2010 }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| ''Tribal-Pursuit''
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* Released: 1991
* Label: [[Sony Music]]
* Formats: CD
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! scope="row"| ''A La Media Noche''
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* Released: 10 November 1998
* Label: Atoll Music
* Formats: CD
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===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;" | [[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
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! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="ARIA"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[O3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br /><ref name="AUT"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9018&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9018.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9018|title=Top ''RPM'' Singles: Issue 9018|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref name="GER"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Irish Singles Chart|IRL]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=The Irish Charts – Search by Artist for Kaoma|website=irishcharts.ie|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dutch Single Top 100|NLD]]<br /><ref name="NLD"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kaoma|title=Discography Kaoma|website=charts.nz|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/song/Kaoma/Lambada-1995|title=Kaoma – Lambada|website=hitparade.ch|language=de|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25708/kaoma/|title=Kaoma {{!}} full Official Chart History|website=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
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! scope="row" | "[[Lambada (song)|Lambada]]"
| rowspan="2"| 1989
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* [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]: Gold<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=150}}</ref>
* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Gold<ref name="bpi">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/|publisher=bpi.co.uk|title=www.bpi.co.uk/|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Bundesverband Musikindustrie|BVMI]]: 2× Platinum<ref>{{cite certification|region=Germany|access-date=August 1, 2008|title=Lambada}}</ref>
* [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI SWE]]: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.se/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf |title=Guld and platina 1987–1998 |access-date=2011-10-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521214300/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/guld-platina-1987-1998.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-21 }}</ref>
* [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI SWI]]: Gold<ref name="swisscharts">{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1989 |publisher=swisscharts.com |title=The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community |access-date=November 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801111715/http://www.swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1989 |archive-date=August 1, 2013 }}</ref>
* MC: Gold<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results |access-date=2010-05-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412081617/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |archive-date=April 12, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[NVPI]]: Platinum<ref name="nvpi">{{cite web|url=http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat |publisher=nvpi.nl |title=Goud / Platina | NVPI |access-date=November 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215103705/http://www.nvpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=60461#resultaat |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[Recording Industry Association of Japan|RIAJ]]: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|title=List of best-selling international singles in Japan|url=http://homepage1.nifty.com/tuty/chart_japan_yougaku_singlesales3.htm|year=2002|publisher=JP&KIYO|access-date=2017-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054247/http://homepage1.nifty.com/tuty/chart_japan_yougaku_singlesales3.htm|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" | ''[[Worldbeat (album)|Worldbeat]]''
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! scope="row" | "[[Dançando Lambada]]"
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! scope="row" | "Lambamor"
| rowspan="3" | 1990
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! scope="row" | "[[Mélodie d'amour (Kaoma song)|Mélodie d'amour]]"
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! scope="row" | "Jambé Finète (Grillé)" (Remix)
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! scope="row" | "[[Danca tago-mago|Dança Tago-Mago]]"
| rowspan="2"| 1991
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| rowspan="3" | ''Tribal Pursuit''
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! scope="row" | "Mamãe Afrika"
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! scope="row" | "Moço do Dende"
| 1992
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! scope="row" | "A la Media Noche" (Remix)
| 1998
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| rowspan="2"| ''A La Media Noche''
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! scope="row" | "Banto"
| 1999
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! scope="row" | "Lambada 3000"
| 2009
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| Non-album single
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! scope="row" | "Danca Tago Mago (Robert Abigail Remix) feat. Fab Faya"
| 2014
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| Non-album single
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://bnmusic-artists.com/kaoma/ Kaoma Lambada webpage]
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