Magic System
- For set of rules that magical effects follow in a fictional setting, see Magic system
Magic System | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
| Genres | Zouglou |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Labels | Artop |
| Members | Salif "Asalfo" Traoré Narcisse "Goude" Sadoua Étienne "Tino" Boué Bi Adama "Manadja" Fanny |
Magic System is a musical group from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, founded in 1996. The band comprises Salif "Asalfo" Traoré, Narcisse "Goude" Sadoua, Étienne "Tino" Boué Bi, and Adama "Manadja" Fanny.
Magic System's recordings in the Zouglou dance style have featured in the charts throughout Africa (selling over 1.5 million CDs), the West Indies, and in France, where the band became one of the most popular modern African artists.[citation needed]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Wa) |
FRA [1] | ||||
| 1997 | Papitou | — | — | ||
| 1999 | Premier Gaou | — | 19 | ||
| 2001 | Poisson d'Avril | — | — | ||
| 2003 | Un gaou à Paris' | — | 73 | ||
| 2005 | Cessa kiè la vérité | 55 | 13 | ||
| 2007 | Ki Dit Mié | — | 25 | ||
| 2011 | Toutè Kalé | 35 | 7 | ||
| 2012 | D'Abidjan à Paris | 29 | 16 | ||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Wa) |
FRA [2] |
NED | SUI | |||||||||||
| 1997 | "Momo" | — | — | — | — | Papitou | ||||||||
| 2001 | "1er Gaou" | 10 | 4 | — | 30 | 1er Gaou | ||||||||
| 2003 | "On n'sait jaimais" (with Leslie & Sweety) | — | 8 | — | 22 | Je suis et je resterai (Leslie album) | ||||||||
| "Amoulanga" | — | 94 | — | — | 1er Gaou | |||||||||
| "Un gaou à Paris" | — | 58 | — | — | Un gaou à Paris | |||||||||
| 2004 | "Un gaou à Oran" (featuring Mokobé & AP fr 113 and Mohammed Lamine) | 3 | 9 | 65 | 29 | Cessa kiè la vérité | ||||||||
| 2005 | "Bouger Bouger" (featuring Mokobé) | 9 | 7 | — | 38 | |||||||||
| 2006 | "C'chô, ça brûle" (featuring Akil, Cheb Bilal & Big Ali) | — | 4 | — | — | Single only | ||||||||
| 2007 | "Ki dit mié" | — | 8 | — | 96 | Ki dit mié | ||||||||
| "On va samizé" (featuring Amine) | — | 26 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2008 | "Joie de vivre" | 18 | 2 | — | 66 | |||||||||
| 2009 | "Même pas fatigué !!!" (with Khaled) | 10 | 1 | — | 49 | Liberté (Khaled album) | ||||||||
| 2010 | "Ambiance à l'Africaine" | 28 | 11 | — | — | Toutè Kalé | ||||||||
| 2011 | "Chérie Coco" (featuring Soprano) | 11 | 2 | — | 69 | |||||||||
| "La danse des magiciens" | 27 | 36 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 2012 | "Tango Tango" | — | 99 | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||