Eddy Wata

Eddy Wata

Biography

Eddy Wata is a Nigerian artist who started his singing career in Italy and immediately found success with international hits such as “La Bomba” and “Jam”. After a short period following his instant success as the king of ragga dance, Eddy is back in the summer of 2008 with “I Love My People”, a fantastic track which is released in 16 countries and becomes a hit in France, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Poland, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Finland and Israel.

It looked like he had never stopped since his previous hits and has invited to perform in several countries. During the fall/winter 2008, Eddy recorded several tracks, enough to compile an album and after a meeting between management and DYI, it is decided to go with “The Light” as a follow up to “I Love My People”.

This is not the strongest single among the lot but a good follow up, which allows Eddy to keep going and maintain the momentum achieved with “I Love My People”.

”My Dream”, the third single of the new era, is released in time for the summer 2009 and gets licensed to Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Poland, Israel, Russia, Finland, Brazil, Spain, Ukraine, Greece and South Africa, Germany, Austria, Australia, Eddy Wata, since his coming back has been very busy on the road with club performances and promotion in Romania, Spain, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Albania, Israel and Turkey.

Further to an extensive club tour throughout the 2009 summer, he performed on the Hity Na Csazie Festival in Poland and his performance on the show launched him to stardom level over there, as well as in most of the Eastern European countries.

The summer is over and the winter 2009/10 doesn’t stop Eddy will to show the Artist he is; Eddy is again on the market and on tour with his newest single: “I Like The Way”.

In a handful of days, the response to the single is unanimous, but it keeps going until the summer 2010 with licences in the following territories: Poland, South Africa, Ukraine, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovakia, Spain, Benelux, Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, Australia and New Zealand, Brazil, Thailand, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Portugal, Romania.

”I Like The Way” becomes his biggest hit, and scores TOP 10 in no less than 20 countries. Eddy’s back in the studio to record a new single “I Wanna Dance”. He shoot a video for the song and, at the same time, he decided to also shoot a video for “I Like The Way” as there has never been one for the song.

In 2010/2011 Eddy is constantly on the road with more than 100 gigs played in Romania, Israel, Lebanon, Slovakia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Norway, Poland, Albania, Spain, Bulgaria, Greece. This is a stunning result but on the other hand is also a bit of a problem because Eddy never finds the time to spend time in the studio.

On the edge of summer 2011 has nearly ready with his new single, a surprise which will be unveiled soon!

Singles

• Jam (2003) - Peaked at #16 on the French Top 40 chart
• A Silvia (feat. Gabry Ponte) (2004) - Gabry Ponte Album Dr. Jekyll and Mr. DJ
• Asperger (2004)
• In Your Mind (2004) - Peaked at #34 on the French Top 40
• La Bomba (2005) - Peaked at #10 on the Finnish Top 100
• What a Boy (2006)
• I Love My People (2008) - Peaked at #1 on the Romanian Top 100 [1]
• The Light (2008)
• My Dream (2009)
• I Like The Way (2010)
• I Wanna Dance (2010)
• Señorita (2011)

External Links / References

• Eddy Wata Official
• TV5 Profile. Accessed June 5, 2006.