Charlotte Dipanda

Charlotte Dipanda (born 18 July 1985) in Yaoundé, Cameroon is a Cameroonian singer, who plays mostly acoustic music. Her lyrics are in French, her native language Bakaka, and in Douala.

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Charlotte Dipanda
Charlotte Dipanda at the Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex, in 2016
Background information
Born	(1985-07-18) 18 July 1985 (age 40) Yaoundé, Cameroon
Genres	Afropop and Congolese rumba
Occupation	Singer-Songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2001 - present
Labels	Pharempire

Website	charlottedipanda.com

Early life and career

Dipanda made her first record with guitar player Jeannot Hens. It was released in 2002. She was spotted by Congolese musician Lokua Kanza, in an open-mic session at a Yaoundé club.^[1] She then moved to France, where she worked with Congolese singer Papa Wemba. Dipanda has provided background vocals for Manu Dibango, Rokia Traoré, and Axelle Red. Dipanda does most of her gigs in Europe but has also performed in the Palais des sports in her native Yaoundé. Her first solo album is called Mispa and was released in 2008.^[2] In 2014, she released her third album entitled 'Massa'. Her second album 'Dube L'am' was released in 2011. Charlotte Dipanda was one of the judges for the show The Voice Afrique Francophone broadcast on the channel Vox Africa in 2016.

At the 2018 edition of the Balafon Music Awards, she received two awards, namely Female Voice of the Year and clip of the year with Sista.^{[citation needed]} She won the 2015 AFRIMA award for Album of the Year and Best Artiste in African Contemporary consecutively.^[3]

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Discography

Albums

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Title	Details
Mispa	Released: 2008 Formats: Digital download, CD
Dube I'am	Released: 25 December 2011 Formats: Digital download, CD
Massa	Released: 4 February 2015 Formats: Digital download, CD
Un Jour Dans Ma Vie	Released: 20 April 2017^[5] Formats: Digital download, CD
'CD''	Released: 26 February 2021^[6] Pharempire Formats: Digital download, CD

Singles

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Title	Year	Peak chart position	Album
"To Be Nde Na"	2008		Mispa
"Encore une fois"	2008	--
"Bodimbea (featuring Richard Bona)	2011	--	Dube I'am
"Mouanyang"	--
"Ndolo Bukatè (Un peu d'amour)"	2015	--	Massa
"Na Bia Tè (Si je savais)"	--
"Africa" (featuring Sauti Sol)	--
"Kénè So (Aller de l'avant)"	--
"Un jour dans ma vie"	2017	--	Un Jour Dans Ma Vie
"Wei"	--
"Sista (featuring Yemi Alade)"^{[citation needed]}	--
"Muna"	2017	--

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Charlotte Dipanda

Early life and career

Endorsements

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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