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Matt Houston Birth name Matthieu Gore Also known as Matt Born March 30, 1977 Origin Beirut, Lebanon Occupations Singer Instruments Vocals Years active 1996–present Labels On The Track Website Official Site Matthieu Gore better known as Matt Houston or just Matt is a French R & B singer and music producer originating from Guadeloupe. He was born in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe on 30 September 1977. He has released five albums and a number of singles.
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Career
He started very young in music in Guadeloupe where he won in a singing competition. He later on relocated to Paris living in the 12ème arrondissement.[1] At 16, he took music lessons and played piano and guitar and formed a band with a friend before launching his solo career. In 1996, he established his own record label called On The Track. His debut album was released in June 1999 called Matt with moderate success followed in 2001 by R&B 2 Rue that won the R& B best album category at 2002 Victoires de la Musique awards and reached platinum status. The leading single "R&B 2 Rue" from the album was his best single released. Matt Houston also released Chant de bataille in 2003 that had collaborations with a number of rap artists including Sat, Don Choa (of Fonky Family), Dadoo, Skalde Blase. The album was certified gold. In 2006 he released Phoenix 2006 with collaborations with Big Ali, Joe Houston and VR, rappers Eloquence and Busta Flex, and the young Nathy. Matt produced most of the album, in addition to the producer houses Deck, Da Konsepta and producers Komplex and Stéphane Filey. He came back in 2010 with the album Papa est back with collaborations with Lord Kossity, Kery James, Amel Bent and a mix of R’n’B with hip hop, zouk, Latin and electro vibes.
After writing "I wanna chat" as a soundtrack for Secret Story, Matt launched girl power band Hot.Chick.
Matt Houston was famously involved in a lawsuit against French singer Matthieu Tota who had picked Matt Pokora as a stage name and successfully won the lawsuit forcing Matt Pokora to change his name to M. Pokora after having released his first album and single under the name Matt Pokora.[2]
Discography
Albums
- 1999: Matt
- 2001: R&B 2 Rue (certified platinum in France)
- 2003: Chant de bataille (certified gold in France)
- 2006: Phoenix 2006
- 2010: Papa est back
EPs
- 2008: Matt Houston: Anthologie 1998 - 2007 (Mixtape in download only)
Singles
- 1999: "Je tuerai le mâle"
- 2000: "12/0013" (feat. Def Bond)
- 2000: "Je croyais en toi" (feat. Frédo and Kfear of La Brigade)
- 2001: "RnB 2 rue"
- 2001: "Cendrillon du ghetto" (feat. Lord Kossity)
- 2001: "Dans la peau d'un dealer"
- 2002: "Hotel motel" (feat. Sat of "Fonky Family")
- 2003: "Wicked"
- 2003: "Miss"
- 2005: "Chabine"
- 2008: "Hello RnB! Papa est back" (feat. Black Kent)
- 2010: "PlastiQ"
- 2010: "Booty shake"
- 2010: "Ou tu veux quand tu veux"
- 2010/2011: "Cunnilingus"
- 2010/2011: "Point G"
- Promotional and unofficial singles
- 2005: "Shorty"
- 2006: "Le test"
- 2006: "Dance with me" (with group Pass Pass) (appears on Big Ballers vol. 1 compilation)
- 2007: "Fuck This Industry"
References
External links
Categories:- 1977 births
- Living people
- French male singers
- French record producers
- People from Guadeloupe
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