Admiral T
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Admiral T, whose real name is Christy Campbell, is a French singer of reggae
-dancehall
music. Besides Francky Vincent
, he is one of most popular and successful Guadeloupean singers.
He is also a designer and the creator of WOK LINE.
Born in 1981 on the French island of Guadeloupe
, he was one of two children. At the age of 6, he joined the dancehall group Karukera Sound System; he left the group in 1982 to start a solo career; releasing his first album Mozaïk Kréyòl. During the sneak preview of Sean Paul
at Bercy
in 2004 he outperformed him and drew much attention to himself. Universal Music Group
's delegates who attended this concert decided to sign Admiral T and re-released his album on Universal Records
, featuring artists like Wyclef Jean or French rapper Rohff
. It became a hit in the West Indies and Europe, especially in France.
In 2005, Admiral T appeared in the film Nèg Maron. The following year he released his second album, Toucher L'Horizon, which also gained commercial success and has been awarded by a Césaire of Music in October 2006. He spent much of 2007 in France, London and the West Indies on his "Fos A Péyi La" Tour (title of his song with Kassav'
). Admiral T won a Skyrock Music Award in December 2007 and a Virgin Award in February 2008. He launched his own clothing line WOK LINE and made a new tour in Africa during 2008. He is also the producer of the newcomer reggae
-dancehall
singer Wyckyd J. Admiral T performed Summerjam
in Germany and World Creole Music Festival
in England for 2009. He releases his 3rd album Instinct Admiral on 19 April 2010. There are featuring of Machel Montano
, Busy Signal
, La Fouine
, Médine
, Young Chang MC, Lieutenant, Patrick Saint-Éloi, Fanny J and Awa Imani.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
-dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
music. Besides Francky Vincent
Francky Vincent
Francky Vincent is a singer, song-writer, producer, painter, manager and musician of at least 170 songs from Guadeloupe...
, he is one of most popular and successful Guadeloupean singers.
He is also a designer and the creator of WOK LINE.
Biography
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...
, he was one of two children. At the age of 6, he joined the dancehall group Karukera Sound System; he left the group in 1982 to start a solo career; releasing his first album Mozaïk Kréyòl. During the sneak preview of Sean Paul
Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , who performs under stage name Sean Paul, is a Jamaican pop rap and reggae singer.-1973–1996: Early life:...
at Bercy
Bercy
Bercy is a neighborhood in the 12th arrondissement of Paris. It is the city's 47th administrative neighborhood. -History:Some of the oldest vestiges of human occupation in Paris were found on the territory of Bercy, dating from the late Neolithic . The name of Bercy, or Bercix, appeared for the...
in 2004 he outperformed him and drew much attention to himself. Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
's delegates who attended this concert decided to sign Admiral T and re-released his album on Universal Records
Universal Records
Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
, featuring artists like Wyclef Jean or French rapper Rohff
Rohff
Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne, south of Paris. Rohff was born in Comoros and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985.A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994...
. It became a hit in the West Indies and Europe, especially in France.
In 2005, Admiral T appeared in the film Nèg Maron. The following year he released his second album, Toucher L'Horizon, which also gained commercial success and has been awarded by a Césaire of Music in October 2006. He spent much of 2007 in France, London and the West Indies on his "Fos A Péyi La" Tour (title of his song with Kassav'
Kassav'
Kassav' is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band are Jocelyne Béroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthély, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro, Claude Vamur and Georges Décimus...
). Admiral T won a Skyrock Music Award in December 2007 and a Virgin Award in February 2008. He launched his own clothing line WOK LINE and made a new tour in Africa during 2008. He is also the producer of the newcomer reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
-dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
singer Wyckyd J. Admiral T performed Summerjam
Summerjam
The Summerjam is Europe's biggest reggae festival. It takes places annually in July at the Fühlinger See, a lake in Cologne, Germany. It is visited by 25.000 to 30.000 people...
in Germany and World Creole Music Festival
World Creole Music Festival
The establishment of the Dominica World Creole Music Festival by the Dominica Festivals Commission ushered in the newest music festival in the Caribbean...
in England for 2009. He releases his 3rd album Instinct Admiral on 19 April 2010. There are featuring of Machel Montano
Machel Montano
Machel Montano is a soca singer, record producer and songwriter based in the Trinidad and Tobago....
, Busy Signal
Busy signal
A busy signal in telephony is an audible or visual signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call....
, La Fouine
La Fouine
Laouni Mouhid, commonly known by his alias La Fouine or Fouiskin , is a French rapper of Moroccan origins from the city of Trappes, Yvelines in the Paris western suburbs. He is a growing figure of French rap. La Fouine signed with Sony Records in 2003 and released his debut album, Bourré au son,...
, Médine
Médine
Médine, whose real name is Medine Zaouiche, is a French rapper from Le Havre. He is of Algerian heritage. He is part of the hip-hop collective La Boussole and DIN records since 1996. Practicing Muslim, many of his lyrics deal with the hardships faced by people with low economic level, migrants,...
, Young Chang MC, Lieutenant, Patrick Saint-Éloi, Fanny J and Awa Imani.
Singles
- Gwadada (2002)
- Dancehall X-Plosion, featuring Pearl (2004)
- Les Mains En L'Air, featuring Diam'sDiam'sDiam's is a French-language rap artist of French and Greek Cypriot origin. Her family moved to Essonne in 1984....
(2006) - Fos a Péyi La, featuring Kassav'Kassav'Kassav' is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band are Jocelyne Béroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthély, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro, Claude Vamur and Georges Décimus...
(2007) - Viser La Victoire, featuring La FouineLa FouineLaouni Mouhid, commonly known by his alias La Fouine or Fouiskin , is a French rapper of Moroccan origins from the city of Trappes, Yvelines in the Paris western suburbs. He is a growing figure of French rap. La Fouine signed with Sony Records in 2003 and released his debut album, Bourré au son,...
and MedineMédineMédine, whose real name is Medine Zaouiche, is a French rapper from Le Havre. He is of Algerian heritage. He is part of the hip-hop collective La Boussole and DIN records since 1996. Practicing Muslim, many of his lyrics deal with the hardships faced by people with low economic level, migrants,...
(2010)
Mixtapes
- Mek It Happen (2002)
- Killa Session (2002)
- Ti Moun Ghetto (2004)
- Determiné Dèpi Piti (2005)
- Flagada Smokey (2006)
- Dancehall Festival (2006)
- Good To Mixx vol.2 (2006)
- The Big Champion (2006)
- Reyel Champion Soti Gwada (2007)
- Ti Moun Ghetto 2 (2007)
- The King Of The Dancefloor (2007)
Compilations
- Ragga Kolor (2002)
- Dancehall Clash (2002)
- Ragga Dancehall N°1 (2003)
- Groovin Attitude (2004)
- Ragga Masters (2004)
- Génération Rap RnB vol. 2 (2004)
- Exclusif Admiral T (2005)
- Ninety Seven K-Ribbean (2005)
- Unis-Sons (2005)
- Reggae Bashement (2006)
- Total Reggaeton 2 (2006)
- Generation Dancehall (2007)
- Rap & R'n'B Non Stop (2007)
- Coupé Décalé Mania (2007)
- BexXx Cluzif (2008)
- Too Much Gangsta (2008)
- Good Times (2008)
- Mesrine (2008)
- Don's Collector Saison 3 (2008)
- Soprano Riddim (2008) (produced by Bost & BimBost & BimBost & Bim are a French dancehall reggae production duo: Matthieu Bost and Jérémie Dessus. The duo has worked with the biggest Jamaican & European reggae artists such as Capleton, Morgan Heritage, Sizzla, Gentleman and Admiral T....
)
Contributions
- 1848 of Karukera Sound System (1998)
- Special Request of Karukera Sound System (2000)
- Welcome to Haiti of Wyclef Jean (2004)
- La Fierté Des Notres of Rohff (2004)
- Caribbean Sessions of Karukera Sound System (2005)
- Ma vision of Saël (2005)
- Émancipé of Vibe (2005)
- Dans Tes Rêves of Disiz La Peste (2005)
- Soné Ka-La of Jacques Schwarz-BartJacques Schwarz-BartJacques Schwarz-Bart is a New York based jazz saxophonist. His mother is the Guadeloupean novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart, author of The Bridge of Beyond. His father was French Jewish author André Schwarz-Bart. The two published a joint novel, Un plat de porc aux bananes vertes, in 1967...
(2006) - Face A La Réalité of Saik (2007)
- Les Liens Sacrés of Nèg'Marrons (2008)
- In Transit of Ziggi (2008)
Films
- Nèg Maron of Jean-Claude Flamand Barny (2005)
- Le Mur du Silence of Jean-Claude Flamand Barny (2009)
Reportages
- Mozaïk Kréyòl (2004)
- Toucher L'Horizon (2006)
- Dancehall Story (2008)
Clips
- Rapide (1998)
- Pas Comme Les Autres, featuring Saël (2000)
- Rendez-Vous, featuring Curtis (2000)
- Youth Attack, featuring Curtis (2001)
- So Strong, Savage Riddim (2002)
- Otantik, Hum Riddim (2002)
- Le Bien Et Le Mal, featuring Tiwony & Curtis (2002)
- Gwadada (2002)
- Lov, featuring Little Espion (2003)
- Rèv An Mwen (2003)
- Move Together, featuring Square One (2003)
- Dancehall X-Plosion, featuring Pearl (2004)
- Ok, featuring Saik (2004)
- Mets Nous A L'Aise, featuring Saël (2005)
- Lanmou Épi Respè (2006)
- Fos A Péyi La, featuring Kassav'Kassav'Kassav' is a Francophone zouk band formed in Paris in 1979. The core members of the band are Jocelyne Béroard, Jacob Desvarieux, Jean-Philippe Marthély, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro, Claude Vamur and Georges Décimus...
(2006) - Les Mains En L'Air, featuring Diam'sDiam'sDiam's is a French-language rap artist of French and Greek Cypriot origin. Her family moved to Essonne in 1984....
(2006) - Ti Moun Ghetto (2007)
- Pé La, featuring Jacques Schwarz-BartJacques Schwarz-BartJacques Schwarz-Bart is a New York based jazz saxophonist. His mother is the Guadeloupean novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart, author of The Bridge of Beyond. His father was French Jewish author André Schwarz-Bart. The two published a joint novel, Un plat de porc aux bananes vertes, in 1967...
(2008)