![]() ![]() We were among the very first partners to believe in her songwriting, and we continue to have a very close publisher-writer relationship. Matthieu Tessier, Managing Director of Warner Chappell Music France, says : “I’m so glad that Aya has placed her faith in us again at Warner Chappell. The original popularity of ‘Djadja’ was amplified across Europe and beyond with a features from Loredana in German, Afro B in English, and more recently a Spanish version with Colombian superstar Maluma, which broke into the Billboard Global 200 (#57) and Spotify Global Top 50. ![]() Its success was propelled by the global smash and French #1 single ‘Djadja’, which also has gone Platinum in 17 markets and charted in 36 countries worldwide. Her previous album Nakamura sold more than a million copies worldwide, and has generated over 3.5 billion audio and visual streams since its release in 2018. The album has already been certified Gold and also features the single ‘Jolie Nana’, which topped the French charts for four consecutive weeks – the longest run for a female artist since 2015. She recently topped the French charts with ‘Plus Jamais feat Stormzy’, a single from her third studio album Aya, released by Rec 118/Warner Music France in November 2020. She also had a big concert at the Modibo-Keïta stadium in Bamako, where she opened for the American Nigerian star Davido.Multi-Platinum artist and songwriter Aya Nakamura, the biggest French breakthrough star of the last three years, has signed a new globally exclusive deal with Warner Chappell Music, three years after having signed her first agreement with the publisher in 2017. She released her debut album with a number of collaborations. Her song "Brisé" composed by Christopher Ghenda, garnered 13 million views on YouTube, and a duo with rapper Fababy "Love d'un voyou" resulted in her charting in France. Dembo Camara, a long-time friend, became her producer and manager. Nakamura published her music online with "Karma" and "J'ai mal" getting a lot of following. She later launched into music taking the name Nakamura, after the character Hiro Nakamura of the NBC Heroes science fiction drama series. She followed fashion courses at La Courneuve. Immigrating to France with her family, she resided in Aulnay sous Bois. ![]() Coming from a family of griots (West African storytellers, praise singers / poets of oiral tradition), she was the oldest of five siblings in her family.
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