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. He was born in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe, on 30 September 1977. He has released five albums and a number of singles.

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. 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 most successful single. Matt Houston also released ''Chant de bataille'' in 2003, that had collaborations with a number of rap artists including

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, Skalde Blase. The album was certified gold. In 2006, he released ''Phoenix 2006'', with collaborations with

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, Joe Houston and VR, rappers DJ Scandalous, 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

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and a mix of R&B with

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, Latin and electro vibes. After writing "I Wanna Chat" as a soundtrack for ''Secret Story'', Matt launched the girl power band, Hot.Chick. Matt Houston was involved in a lawsuit against French singer Matthieu Tota, who had picked Matt Pokora as a stage name, and won the lawsuit forcing Matt Pokora to change his name to M. Pokora, after having released his first self-titled album ''Matt Pokora'' and his single "

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" under the name Matt Pokora. In 2012, he bought a night club in Dammarie les Lys (77), near to Paris and released a new album ''Racines''. His single "Positif" with the Nigerian group

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was a summer hit in France. He collaborated on the single "Happy Birthday" with Mokobé.

Discography

Albums

EPs

*2008: ''Matt Houston: Anthologie 1998 – 2007'' (Mixtape in download only)

Singles

;Collaborations ;Featured in ;Other non-charting singles *2000: "Cybersex" *2000: "Je croyais en toi" (feat. Frédo and Kfear of La Brigade) *2002: "Hotel motel" (feat. Sat of "Fonky Family") *2003: "Wicked" *2005: "Chabine" *2006: "Phoenix" *2008: "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" *2011: "Shawty A Gangsta" (with ''DJ Scandalous'' & Bad Boy artist

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) *2011: "Sex Toy" (with DJ Scandalous & Atlantic artist

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References

External links

Mat Houston and record label On The TrackMatt Houston MySpace site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Houston, Matt 1977 births Living people French record producers Guadeloupean musicians 21st-century French singers 21st-century French male singers