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Xavier Kurt Naidoo (born October 2, 1971 in Mannheim
Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in Germany. With 327,318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg after the capital Stuttgart....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
) is a German singer and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 of Tamil Indian South African
Tamil South Africans

Tamil South Africans are South Africans of Tamil people descent. Amongst the language groups represented among the Indian immigrants who came from India to Natal, South Africa, from 1860 onwards, are Tamil language, Telugu, Hindi, and Gujarati language, with Tamil people forming the majority....
 descent, who sings in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 and occasionally in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
. He is known for his soulful voice and has collaborated with several famous artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City?based hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan consists of nine United States rapping: RZA, GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard....
's RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
, Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox

Deborah Cox is a Canada Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and actor. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart , a record held for nearly eight years....
 and 3-P's Sabrina Setlur
Sabrina Setlur

Sabrina Setlur , formerly known as Schwester S., is a Germany rapping, songwriter and occasional actress. Her debut was in 1995 under the guidance of 3p Records executive and mentor Glashaus, producer of her breakthrough single "Ja Klar." Following the drop of her pseudonym and a number-one single, "Du Liebst Mich Nicht," in 1997, a ser...
, along with the Swiss
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 artist Stress. Many of his lyrics show his deep Christian
Christian

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 beliefs.

He sings in a number of styles, including soul
Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the African American culture through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, Secularity testifying." The genre occasion...
, R&B and hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
.






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Xavier Kurt Naidoo (born October 2, 1971 in Mannheim
Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in Germany. With 327,318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg after the capital Stuttgart....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
) is a German singer and songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
 of Tamil Indian South African
Tamil South Africans

Tamil South Africans are South Africans of Tamil people descent. Amongst the language groups represented among the Indian immigrants who came from India to Natal, South Africa, from 1860 onwards, are Tamil language, Telugu, Hindi, and Gujarati language, with Tamil people forming the majority....
 descent, who sings in German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 and occasionally in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
. He is known for his soulful voice and has collaborated with several famous artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City?based hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan consists of nine United States rapping: RZA, GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard....
's RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
, Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox

Deborah Cox is a Canada Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and actor. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart , a record held for nearly eight years....
 and 3-P's Sabrina Setlur
Sabrina Setlur

Sabrina Setlur , formerly known as Schwester S., is a Germany rapping, songwriter and occasional actress. Her debut was in 1995 under the guidance of 3p Records executive and mentor Glashaus, producer of her breakthrough single "Ja Klar." Following the drop of her pseudonym and a number-one single, "Du Liebst Mich Nicht," in 1997, a ser...
, along with the Swiss
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
 artist Stress. Many of his lyrics show his deep Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 beliefs.

He sings in a number of styles, including soul
Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the African American culture through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, Secularity testifying." The genre occasion...
, R&B and hip hop
Hip hop

Hip hop is a cultural movement built largely around the music genre of hip hop music, which developed in New York City during the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latino Americans....
. His most famous releases include "Ich kenne nichts", "20,000 Meilen", "Soul on Fire", "Dieser Weg", "Danke" and "Sie sieht mich nicht", which was featured on the German release of the film soundtrack for Asterix
Asterix

The Adventures of Asterix is a List of Asterix volumes of France comic strips written by Ren? Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo . The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959....
. Naidoo's popularity has massively increased since he joined groups like Söhne Mannheims
Söhne Mannheims

S?hne Mannheims is a Germany musical band founded 1995 in Mannheim by Xavier Naidoo and others....
, and Brothers Keepers
Brothers Keepers

Brothers Keepers is a Germany-based transnationalism anti-racism project, bringing together hip hop music, reggae and soul music musicians, headed primarily by Afro-Germans....
 and the charity project Zeichen der Zeit in the early 2000s.

Discography


Filmography

  • Tatort - Die kleine Zeugin (TV, 2000)
  • Auf Herz und Nieren (2001)


Musical

  • Human Pacific (1995)
  • People (1998)


Awards

  • 2000: ECHO
    ECHO

    ECHO is a Germany music award granted every year by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie . Each year's winner is determined by the previous year's sales....
     - "Best National Male Artist - Rock/Pop"
  • 2002: Goldene Stimmgabel
  • 2002: Comet
    Comet

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     - "Best Act National"
  • 2002: MTV Europe Music Award - "Best German Act"
  • 2004: Amadeus Award - "Record of The Year" for "Ich kenne nichts (Das so schön ist wie Du)"
  • 2006: Goldene Kamera - "Pop National"
  • 2006: ECHO
    ECHO

    ECHO is a Germany music award granted every year by the Deutsche Phono-Akademie . Each year's winner is determined by the previous year's sales....
     - "Best National Male Artist - Rock/Pop"


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