Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Berlin, Germany |
Genres | |
Years active | 2002–present [1][failed verification] |
Labels | Universal Music Group |
Members |
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Website | www.culchacandela.de |
Culcha Candela is a dancehall, hip hop, house and reggae group from Berlin, Germany. Sources say they formed at different times but in the range of 2001–2003.[2][3] Their lyrics range from political issues, such as "Una Cosa" or "Schöne, neue Welt" to party songs, such as "Partybus". The name Culcha Candela can be translated into English roughly as "hot" or "bright" culture.
History
Culcha Candela themselves put their founding on 7 July 2002 In the years after that they made numerous concerts, in 2004 the debut album Union Verdadera was released, that also came in the German Charts.
The Band was together with Saïan Supa Crew, Gentleman and the Söhne Mannheims on Tour. In May 2005 a remix of Sientelo, the reggaeton hit of the Puerto Rican Speedy and the US-singer Lumidee. On 12 September 2005 the second album was released, with the name Next Generation that was also the reason for the first own tour. It resembles the first one from the Style, so it was largely embossed by reggae.
On 10 August 2007 Hamma was released, the pre-single from their third album, "
In the following six weeks they were able to successfully defend first place in the single charts. Hamma later also got Platinum[5] A Hamma!-Tour followed in German-speaking countries. The second release from the album was Ey DJ on 23 November 2007.
On 14 February 2008 the band represented their hometown
On 28 August 2009 their fourth studio album was released . The album stayed in the German charts for over a year. In terms of style, it was based on its predecessor, there are party songs, serious songs, but also two ballads on it. The first single was the song of the same name, Schöne Neue Welt, which is about social, political development and environmental. The Second Single Monsta was released on 22 October, it achieved gold in Germany[5] and in Switzerland even Platinum. The Third Single was Eiskalt which was released on 19 March 2010. In Summer 2010 the fourth and final single Somma im Kiez was released.
In November 2010 Culcha Candela were on tour in Central America for three weeks at the invitation of the Goethe-Institut.[6] In that year also Lafrontino left the Band.
On 22 October 2010 their first Best-Of album was released
On 27 May they performed in the
The single Wildes Ding was released on 6 January 2012. The "jungle version" of the song was the theme song for
At the end of 2012 they announced that they would take a break next year, there should be no concerts and no new music should be released. Instead, they wanted to work on solo projects. Larsito offered drum workshops and recorded an album called Etwas bleibt, Johnny Strange got involved with the organization Afrika Rise, Don Cali produced as Part of the project KAO Music, Chino and Itchy appeared as Itchinosound. In June 2014 Itchyban released his solo album Unperfekt under his real first name Mateo on the label Warner.
On 15 May 2014 Culcha Candela officially announced that Larsito and Mr. Reedoo have left the band and now want to continue working solo. At the beginning of 2015, the four remaining band members also announced the change to Warner Music and the release of a new album together in summer 2015.[8] On 1 May 2015 they released the song La Noche Entera, which premiered as a pre-single exclusively on their Facebook page. On 5 June their first official single Wayne (feat. Curlyman) was released from the new album Candelistan, which was released on 28 August 2015.
Discography
Studio albums
Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications | ||
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GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
SWI
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2004 | Union Verdadera
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52 | — | — | |
2005 | Next Generation
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20 | 73 | — | |
2007 | Culcha Candela
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6 | 35 | 23 | |
2009 | Schöne neue Welt
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8 | 26 | 12 | |
2011 | Flätrate
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15 | 44 | 25 |
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2015 | Candelistan
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11 | 19 | 15 | |
2017 | Feel Erfolg
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17 | 32 [14] |
80 | |
2021 | Top Ten
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— | — | — |
Live albums
Year | Title | Chart positions | ||
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GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
SWI
[11] | ||
2008 | Culcha Candela Live
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— | 59 | 67 |
Compilation albums
Year | Title | Chart positions | Certifications | ||
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GER [9] |
AUT [10] |
SWI
[11] | |||
2010 | Das Beste
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18 | 20 | 28 |
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References
- ^ "Culcha Candela Website". Universal Music Entertainment. Archived from the original on 26 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
- ^ "Culcha Candela Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Culcha Candela » Band". culchacandela.de (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Interview vom 13. Oktober 2005". Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
- ^ a b c Gold-/Platin-Datenbank Deutschland (Suchen: Culcha Candela)
- ^ "FLÄTRATE" – das neue Album jetzt im Handel und als Download. Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine culchacandela.de
- ^ "Comet 2011: Die jubelnden Gewinner". Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) viva.tv-News, 27 May 2011; retrieved 28 May 2011. - ^ Renzo Wellinger: "Culcha Candela neu bei Warner Music". Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2020-10-29. Musikmarkt, 22 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Offizielle Deutsche Charts". GfK Entertainment (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Ö3 Austria Top 40 (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swiss Music Charts (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank". Bundesverband Musikindustrie (in German). Aberratio GmbH. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ "Search Certifications – The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swiss Music Charts (in German). Steffen Hung (Hung Medien). Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ "Ö3 Austria Top40: Longplay-Charts - Ö3 Charts".