Dr. Alban
Sign in to saveNigerian-Swedish dentist, musician
Person
- Born
- 1957-08-26
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- Listeners
- 587,762
- Total plays
- 4,469,065
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Dr. Alban is a Swedish musician and producer with his own record label Dr. Records. His music can best be described as hip-hop reggae with a dance hall style. Dr. Alban (born August 26, 1957 as Alban Nwapa in Nigeria) grew up listening to Fela Kuti and James Brown. At age 23, he began studying dentistry. In order to be able to finance his university studies the music-loving medical student started making his own music. During this time Alban worked as a DJ in the well known Stockholm club 'Alph
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity
· 2009 · cited 3,032x
- Toward an Integrated Clinical, Molecular and Serological Classification of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Report of a Working Party of the 2005 Montreal World Congress of Gastroenterology
· 2005 · cited 2,780x
- Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study
· 2021 · cited 2,404x
- Mixed layer depth over the global ocean: An examination of profile data and a profile‐based climatology
· 2004 · cited 2,258x
- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy of Biological Tissues
· 2008 · cited 1,643x
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Key facts
- Born
- Alban Uzoma Nwapa , ( 1957-08-26 ) 26 August 1957 (age 68) , Oguta , Imo , Federation of Nigeria
- Origin
- Stockholm , Sweden
- Genres
- Eurodance hip-hop reggae dancehall
- Occupations
- Singer rapper producer
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Years active
- 1980s–present
- Labels
- Dr. Alban Records Ariola
- Website
- dralban .net
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Key dates
- Born
- 26 August 1957
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Article
Ogbuagu Alban Uzoma Nwapa Listen (born 26 August 1957), better known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian-Swedish musician and producer with his own record label, Dr. Records. His music can best be described as Eurodance/hip-hop reggae in a dancehall style. He has sold an estimated 16 million records worldwide and is most famous for his worldwide 1992 hit "It's My Life", from the album One Love.
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