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Paulo Mendonça

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Paulo Mendonça is a Swedish funk guitarist of Portuguese origin. He has made five studio albums and one live album, the first three in the 1990s [1][2] He toured with Tina Turner among others. In 2008, he collaborated on Jeff Scott Soto's album, Beautiful mess. In 2013, he released Does anyone wanna funk? which featured the song Birds and the bees, a moderate success in Sweden[1] and Germany [3]

He was one of the first musicians ever to collaborate with the Swatch Group to provide tunes for its Melody line of wristwatches. His latest collaboration with Swatch is the PAULO MENDONCA-11 PM model, from the Winter 2013 collection.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification
SWE
[4]
1991 Respect My Aim
1993 Different Phases
1995 11 PM
2013 Does Anybody Wanna Funk? 19
2013 Live From Pama Studio1
2019 Mindcontrol

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
SWE
[4]
NED
[5]
1994 "If You Want My Love" 49

Discography and certifications as songwriter

A discography of songs written and/or produced by Paulo Mendonca.

Year Song Artist Album Label Certifications
2007 "Officially Yours" Craig David Trust Me Atlantic/Warner Music UK United Kingdom (BPI): Gold
2009 "The last Words" Kevin Borg The Beginning' Sony BMG International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI): Gold

References

  1. ^ a b Lönnberg, Lars (22 April 2013). "Funk för folket ("Funk for the people.")". FRIA TIDNINGEN (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. ^ BlueDesert.dk: Paulo Mendonça discography
  3. ^ "Paulo Mendonca mit neuem Album 'Does Anybody Wanna Funk' im März 2013 | Burning Music". 20 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b "SwedishCharts.com Paulo Mendonça discography page". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  5. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl Paulo Mendonça discography page". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2013-04-12.