Manu Chao

Artists · Musicians · guitarist

🇫🇷 France

Spanish musician

About Manu Chao

Manu Chao (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmanu ˈtʃao]; born José Manuel Tomás Arturo Chao Ortega on 21 June 1961) is a French-Spanish musician. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles.

With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe. He became a solo artist after its breakup in 1995 and since then has toured regularly with his live band, Radio Bemba Sound System.

Quick facts

Known for: La Couleur du Temps, Où tu veux on y va, A me mi piace (Planet Funk remix)
Born: 1961-06-21
Artist type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Paris
Associated area: France
Active period: 1961-06-21
MusicBrainz description: French singer‐songwriter
Genres: country, electronic, folk, latin, pop, punk, reggae, rock, ska, worldbeat
Music tags: 00s, 10s, 80s, 90s, alternative latin, country, electronic, english, european, folk, france, french, french pop, international, international fusion, latin, latin alternative, latin alternative rock, multiple ipi, music of latin america, musiques du monde, pop, punk, rap, reggae, rock, rock en español, ska, spanish, world, world music, worldbeat
ISNI: 0000000114936588
IPI: 00145958831, 00151894065, 00151894163