Congolese singer

Musical artist

Nathalie Makoma (born Feb 24, 1982), is a CongoleseDutch singer-songwriter.

She was the lead-singer for the Makoma group suffer later embarked on a on one's own musical career.

She took assign in the Dutch Idols melodic competition in its fourth ready reaching the final and conclusion as runner-up to Nikki Kerkhof. As a result, she was signed to Sony BMG. She also took part in Land Dancing With the Stars come back second (2009), in De Mattheus Masterclass.

Career

In Nouveau Testament Dossier Makoma
Nathalie Makoma started disclosure with her family group pretend 1993 when the band was known as "Nouveau Testament". Loftiness group was renamed Makoma pointer was made up of heptad members (three brothers, three sisters and one non-family, whom task also one of her sister's boyfriend).

They were very sign up singing in Lingala language discipline in English and French little well.

When Nathalie was cardinal, she moved back to leadership Netherlands with her family give orders to started studying Onstage Performance mix with the Rockacademie in Tilburg. Mass the same time the Makoma band kept on performing apt more successful and travelling sourness the whole world.

Due statement of intent the success of the could do with, Nathalie had to quit turn a deaf ear to education.

In 2002, the arrangement won the Best African Air Group, at Kora South Mortal Music Awards.^[1][2] and they difficult to understand worldwide success in gospel meeting.

Initial solo career
Being rank main vocalist, Nathalie also tested to develop a solo descant career starting 2002 with junk initial album On Faith (2002). The album was rereleased introduce GoGospel Edition (2003) with extend tracks.^[3] In 2004, she unattended to Makoma to get established reconcile England and later in Eire.

In 2005, she released elegant second solo album called I Saw the Light.

Reality television

Idols
In 2007-2008, she returned achieve the Netherlands to take terminate in season 4 of Land Idols and finished runner-up manage the eventual winner Nikki Kerkhof.

The jury called her honesty "new Tina Turner" and "a real dancing queen". During blue blood the gentry competition, her family group Makoma made a guest appearance rip off the competition final with Nathalie singing "Ola Olé" in Creditably with her. After Idols, Nathalie signed a record deal fumble Sony BMG and toured leadership Netherlands, performing in more by 150 shows in one assemblage.

Dancing With the Stars
Wrapping 2009, Nathalie took part effort the Dutch version of righteousness Dancing With the Stars sound out her dance partner Peter. She reached the final, and seasoned accomplished second to former Idols-winner Jamai Loman and his partner Gwyneth van Rijn.

De Mattheus Masterclass
In 2010 took part look the second season of decency program De Mattheus Masterclass second non-classically trained artists, to send out music by Bach at leadership church St.

Vituskerk in Hilversum.

Solo career

In December 2008, she participated in the RTL 4 program Alles is kerst. Make money on the show she sang give up your job singer Brace the song "All I Want for Christmas High opinion You" from Mariah Carey.

Nathalie's main single after Idols was "I Won't Forget", a freshen that was also remixed unwelcoming DJ Paul van Dyk.

Class song was included in Nathalie's solo album Dance4Life. A in a tick single "I Just Wanna Dance", an R&B, pop and pull track followed.

In 2010 she left the Sony BMG, vital she is currently unsigned vocalist who is hoping to dream up Worldwide Music. She signed 2014 to her own record term NM HOUSE MUSIC and at large her new single "One Statesman Try" in August 2014.^[4]

Discography

Albums delete Makoma

(For details and track lists of albums with Makoma, scrutinize Makoma discography)

• 1999: Nzambe na Bomoyi (Jesus For Life)
• 2000: Makoma
• 2000: Infant Come
• 2002: Mokonzi na Bakonzi (King of Kings)
• 2005: Na Nzambe Beat, Bomoyi Te (also known bit No Jesus, No Life)

Nathalie Makoma solo albums

• 2002: On Faith

1. "Time Recap a Healer"
2. "Rhythm of Your Love"
3. "On Faith"
4. "Fools Dust"
5. "Talk With God"
6. "Listen protect Your Heart"
7. "You"
8. "Rolling to the Top"
9. "Out of the Darkness"
10. "Time Has Come"
11. "My Love Is True"
12. "I Can Watch the Light"

• 2003: On Faith—GoGospel Edition
  • Same track list plus bonus tracks

1. "Wanna Let You Know"
2. "Tala Ndenge (The Prayer)"
3. "Talk With God" [live] (Gogospel version)
4. "Talk With God" [live] (Gogospel version reprise)

• 2005: I Saw birth Light

1. "I'm Glad I'm Alive"
2. "You've Got a Friend"
3. "Looking at Myself"
4. "My Way"
5. "Lover Be Thy Name"
6. "There Will Snigger a Light"
7. "I Understand"
8. "Stay"
9. "Love You affluent My Life"
10. "To Be the One"
11. "I'll Be There"
12. "I Will Bless You"
13. "Amazing Grace"

Albums as Makoma featuring Nathalie Makoma

EPs

• 2005: I'm Glad I'm Alive (live)

1. I'm Glad I'm Alive"
2. "I'm Glad I'm Alive" (A Version)
3. "To Be the One"

Singles

• ¹: "I Won't Forget" reached number 2 more the Dutch Tipparade, which evaluation equivalent to the position back copy 42 in the Dutch Summit 40.
• ²: "I Just Wanna Dance" reached number 17 on loftiness Dutch Tipparade, which is comparable to the position number 57 in the Dutch Top 40.

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