Music Career
| Yannick Noah | |
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Noah performing at a concert in 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | (1960-05-18) 18 May 1960 (age 52) Sedan, France |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
| Website | www.yannicknoah.com |
Since retiring from playing tennis, Noah has developed a career as a popular singer, performing throughout Europe. He began his music career in 1991 with the album Black or What, featuring the popular track "Saga Africa" which he made the stadium sing with his players after the famous Davis Cup final win. In 1993, he released the album Urban Tribu with the successful single "Get On Back" followed by the album Zam Zam in 1998.
With the encouragement of his manager Jean-Pierre Weiller, his musical career got a great boost in 2000 with his self-titled 4th album Yannick Noah, written by Erick Benzi et Robert Goldman. The single "Simon Papa Tara" written by Robert Goldman. The album also contained songs from Bob Marley and the group Téléphone.
In October 2006, the album Charango was a major hit selling more than 1,150,00 copies culminating in a one-year tour for promoting the album. French radio played the singles "Donne-moi une vie" and "Aux arbres citoyens" extensively taken from the album.
In 2005, Noah performed at Bob Geldof's Live 8 concert, a fundraiser aimed at alleviating poverty in Africa.
On 21 July 2009, Noah made his U.S. live debut, headlining a concert in front of a packed house at the popular free outdoor performing arts festival in New York City, Central Park SummerStage. The performance was part of France's global music celebration Fête de la Musique.
In 2010, Yannick made a comeback with the release Frontières his 8th album, conatining the single "Angela", a tribute to Angela Davis. It also contained a duet with Asa in "Hello". On 25 September 2010, he was able to fill in Stade de France for an exceptional concert that was attended by close to 80,000 spectators.
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