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Joy Maureen Denalane (born 11 June 1973), known as Joy Denalane, is a German singer-songwriter, known for her blend of soul, R&B, and African folk music with German and English lyrics.

Early Years

Joy Denalane was born to both a German mother and a South African father in Berlin-Schöneberg in 1973. A little later on the family moved to Kreuzberg where Joy spent her childhood with her five siblings.

At the age of 16 she left home and started focusing on music with first stage performances and the joining of the Reggae and Soul bands Culture Roots and Family Affair. At 19 she was signed to a major pop label but unfortunately both the singer and the management weren’t able to pass an unanimous resolution when it came to the conception of music and image and Joy soon asked for a release. Afterwards she moved to Stuttgart where she met DJ Thomilla and Tiefschwarz (two already well-known producers then) with whom she co-wrote and produced the club hit “Music”.

Debut and Mamani (2002)

Around the same time Joy came in first contact with Hip-Hop group Freundeskreis, who were looking for a female counterpart to lead singer Max Herre’s voice on their track “Mit Dir” then. However, the duet was used as a single in summer 1999 and became a top 10 hit in Germany, Austria and Switzerland - pushed by the fact Denalane and Herre had become a couple simultaneously.
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  • MusiQ3985

    the german version of maureen punches a little harder out of the speakers although i don't know a lick of german lol. i still enjoy the english 'maureen.' [2]

    20 May 3:19pm Reply

  • nr1killabee

    Was auch immer...nicht mein Ding

    10 May 3:18pm Reply

  • jusca

    the german version of maureen punches a little harder out of the speakers although i don't know a lick of german lol. i still enjoy the english 'maureen.'

    5 May 6:51am Reply

  • goophonic

    "Denalane hatte eine fröhliche Kindheit im Schutze ihrer Familie." Okay, jede Generation holt sich ihre Inspiration aus anderen Quellen.

    16 Nov 2012 Reply

  • luckystoned

    born & raised .... sooo cooool. soul for dancing people^^s

    6 Jun 2012 Reply

  • TheRootsLife

    Thank you for sharing your Soul. I can feel the truth and love in all your music.

    4 Apr 2012 Reply

  • jeffreeh

    The english versions from Maureen kinda dissapoint me, Born & Raised is an amazing album, but knowing the german versions from the Maureen album, they don't feel satisfying to me. Still gonna continue to support her though

    1 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Kokonoka911

    35 € abendkasse - arsch offen!!

    5 Nov 2011 Reply

  • Tatjana9

    Das Album ist echt klasse! Kann es kaum erwarten Joy auf dem Jazz and Joy Festival in Worms am 14. August live zu sehen!!!!! Kommt doch auch vorbei! www.jazzandjoy.de

    17 Jun 2011 Reply

  • Shak-K

    Ich liebe das Album <3 Es ist genau so geworden, wie erwartet - richtig gute deutsche Soulmusik!

    26 May 2011 Reply

  • LLCoolD

    absolut wundervolles album! cover wirkt auf vinylgröße auch super! kein ausfall! soulmusik! :)

    24 May 2011 Reply

  • LLCoolD

    erste 3 tracks sind einfach wahnsinnig gut! freue mich unglaublich auf die scheibe! gute deutsche soul-musik in klassischem gewand gibt's viel zu wenig...

    6 May 2011 Reply

  • jeffreeh

    Niemand <3

    11 Apr 2011 Reply

  • stizzylicious

    die neue single ist super gut :))) schöner vibe, lässt auf ein werk à la "mamani" hoffen!

    21 Mar 2011 Reply

  • DC34ever

    Song Weltpremiere, Link zum Auftritt von Joy Denalqne bei TV Total, Artikel zum neuen Album "Maureen" und der ersten Single "Niemand (Was Wir Nicht Tun)" hier: http://www.2live4music.de/

    9 Mar 2011 Reply

  • DC34ever

    Neues Album kommt im Sommer! Interview, News und alles um Joy Denlane auf http://www.2live4music.de/

    2 Mar 2011 Reply

  • jeffreeh

    Neues Album, bitte, danke. [6] Don't care what langue, she always sings in soul

    22 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Branislav-BGD

    Neues Album, bitte, danke. [5]

    8 Jan 2011 Reply

  • IllumoHorizon

    Why isn't this woman more popular. Her music is so great. [2] Janz jenau, wieso eigentlich nicht? Aber die Texte können gerne auf Deutsch bleiben.

    9 Dec 2010 Reply

  • Sgt_Cruz

    Neues Album, bitte, danke. [2]

    15 Oct 2010 Reply
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