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Paulo Mendonça is a Swedish funk guitarist songwriter and composer of Portuguese origin. He has released five studio albums and one live album, the first three in the 1990s as a performing artist and sold more than 250.000 copies and as a songwriter he received 8x platinum awards. In 1996 he participated at the Montreux Jazz Festival. He toured with Tina Turner among others. In 2008, he collaborated on Jeff Scott Soto's album, Beautiful mess. In 2010 Mendonca worked on several songs on the Hurts album "Happiness" as a guitarist and background vocalist. In 2013, he released "Does anybody wanna funk?" which featured the song Birds and the bees, a moderate success in Sweden and Germany

In 2017 Mendonça co-wrote the song "Funky Song" for the polish singer Margaret.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification
SWE
1991 Respect My Aim
1993 Different Phases
1995 11 PM
2013 Does Anybody Wanna Funk? 19
2013 Live From Pama Studio1
2019 Mindcontrol

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
SWE
 		NED
1994 "If You Want My Love" – 49

Discography and certifications as songwriter

A discography of songs written and/or produced by Paulo Mendonca.

Year Song Artist Album Label Certifications
2007 "Officially Yours" Craig David Trust Me Atlantic/Warner Music UK United Kingdom (BPI): Gold
2009 "The last Words" Kevin Borg The Beginning' Sony BMG International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI): Gold

References

  1. ^ Lönnberg, Lars (22 April 2013). "Funk för folket ("Funk for the people.")". Fria tidningen (Sweden) (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  2. BlueDesert.dk: Paulo Mendonça discography
  3. "Paulo Mendonca ab sofort bei K-ENT – 8x Platin, made in Sweden! | K'ent Media Management Label Publishing" (in German). 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  4. "Paulo Mendonça Setlist at Montreux Jazz Festival 1996". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  5. Hurts - Happiness (in German), retrieved 2023-02-08
  6. "Paulo Mendonca mit neuem Album 'Does Anybody Wanna Funk' im März 2013 | Burning Music". 20 February 2013.
  7. Margaret - Monkey Business (in German), retrieved 2023-02-08
  8. ^ "SwedishCharts.com Paulo Mendonça discography page". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  9. "Dutchcharts.nl Paulo Mendonça discography page". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2013-04-12.

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