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Paulo Mendonça

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Paulo Mendonça is a Swedish funk guitarist songwriter and composer of Portuguese origin. He has released five studio albums and one live album, the first three in the 1990s[1][2] as a performing artist and sold more than 250.000 copies and as a songwriter he received 8x platinum awards.[3] In 1996 he participated at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[4] He toured with Tina Turner among others. In 2008, he collaborated on Jeff Scott Soto's album, Beautiful mess. In 2010 Mendonca worked on several songs on the Hurts album "Happiness" as a guitarist and background vocalist.[5] In 2013, he released "Does anybody wanna funk?" which featured the song Birds and the bees, a moderate success in Sweden[1] and Germany [6]

In 2017 Mendonça co-wrote the song "Funky Song"[7] for the polish singer Margaret.

Discography

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Albums

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

Singles

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Year Single Peak positions Album
SWE
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NED
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1994 "If You Want My Love" 49

Discography and certifications as songwriter

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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

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  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 ab sofort bei K-ENT – 8x Platin, made in Sweden! | K'ent Media Management Label Publishing" (in German). 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  4. ^ "Paulo Mendonça Setlist at Montreux Jazz Festival 1996". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  5. ^ Hurts - Happiness (in German), retrieved 2023-02-08
  6. ^ "Paulo Mendonca mit neuem Album 'Does Anybody Wanna Funk' im März 2013 | Burning Music". 20 February 2013.
  7. ^ Margaret - Monkey Business (in German), retrieved 2023-02-08
  8. ^ a b "SwedishCharts.com Paulo Mendonça discography page". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl Paulo Mendonça discography page". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
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