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BLP sources|date=July 2010 Coco Mbassi (born February 28, 1969) is a female musical artist originating from Cameroon and based in Paris , France . Winner of the Radio France Internationale Découvertes Prize in 2001 with the song " Muenge Mwa Ndolo ", she toured worldwide and her first album, Sepia , was released in 2001. This album was nominated in 2002 for the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards , and won the German World Music CD Critics' Awards . Her second album Sisea was released in 2003.
Prior to her solo career, she sang with various artists as a backing vocalist, live or in recording sessions (e.g. Salif Keita , the jazz band Sixun , Toure Kunda , Ray Lema , and many more).cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p453248/biography|pure_url=yes|title=Biography: Coco Mbassi|last=Greenberg|first=Adam|publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=27 July 2010
She performed at Live 8 , at the Eden Project , Cornwall .
A lover of music in general, some of her favourites being Messiah (Handel)|The Messiah of Handel , Stevie Wonder , Bob Marley or the Cameroonian artist Dina Bell .
Her last release is a live tour DVD, Coco Mbassi Tour .
Coco is currently on tour with Totem_(Cirque_du_Soleil) as the lead female vocalist of the production.
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