Background
Area at the age of nine, where he grew up to the sounds of Louis Armstrong, which encouraged him to learn how to play trumpet at the age of 14.
Area at the age of nine, where he grew up to the sounds of Louis Armstrong, which encouraged him to learn how to play trumpet at the age of 14.
He attended Meade Senior High School.
Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Haddaway moved to the Washington, District of Columbia This eventually resulted in him forming his first group which he called Chances. Haddaway moved to Cologne, Germany in 1987 where he mostly worked in bars. Later, he formed his own company, Energy, which was involved in organizing fashion shows and photo-shoots.
Haddaway"s break came in 1992 when he was signed by German label Coconut Records.
His first single "What Is Love" rapidly became popular in Europe, reaching number 2 in Germany and in the United Kingdom. In Germany, the single sold 900,000 copies, in the United Kingdom, it was certified Gold for shipment of 400,000 units.
lieutenant later reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold for shipments of 500,000 units. By the beginning of 1994, worldwide sales of "What Is Love" had already reached 2.6 million.
His second single "Life" hit number 2 in Germany, number 6 in the United Kingdom and number 41 in the United States of America, and its worldwide sales had reached 1.5 million by 1994.
The follow-up singles "I Mission You" and "Rock My Heart" were also top 10 smashes in Europe and established him as a successful Eurodance artist. His first LP, The Album (also known as Haddaway in the United States of America), was a multi-million seller which reached Platinum status in Germany for shipments of 500,000, and Gold in the United Kingdom and in France for shipments of 100,000. In 1995, he released his second album The Drive, which spawned the United Kingdom top 20 hit "Fly Away", as well as "Catch a Fire" and "Lover Be Thy Name".
"What Is Love" enjoyed a resurge in popularity as the theme music for the head-bobbing, nightclubbing-addicted Butabi brothers (Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan) on Saturday Night Live and the subsequent film A Night at the Roxbury.
Haddaway"s subsequent albums were more soulful, but since 1998, the singer has struggled to repeat the mainstream commercial success of his early hits. Albums Let"s Do lieutenant Now and My Face (the latter re-released as Love Makes) all failed to chart, producing only a handful of moderately successful singles.
Haddaway appeared on the television show Comeback – Die große Chance in Germany in 2004. He then appeared on a similar United Kingdom show Hit Maine Baby One More Time in 2005 and subsequently appeared on the United States. version.
This exposure led to him scoring a moderate chart hit in Germany with the ballad "Spaceman" from his next album People’s Splits.
"What Is Love" was featured in a 2008 Pepsi commercial (for diet Pepsi Max) which parodied the leitmotif and included several stars including LL Cool J, Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes, but not Haddaway. In the same year, he teamed up with another Eurodance star Doctor Alban for the single "I Love the 90"s". In 2009, "What Is Love" re-entered charts after German DJ Klaas remixed lieutenant
In 2012, Haddaway released the single "Up and Up" with The Mad Stuntman, which was a top 20 dance hit in the United States of America.
Haddaway now lives in Kitzbühel, Austria, and also has a home in Cologne, Germany.