Coco Argentée

Coco Argentée, (originally Corine Céline Ntyame), was born August 13, 1982, in Mbandjock, Centre Cameroon. This Cameroonian singer and songwriter lives in Belgium.

Argentée began her career in 2010 with the successful release of the song, Dans la tanière, of her first album Nostalgie. In February 2016, she released Crayon de Dieu, a maxi single of two titles. This single earned her the nickname La Go Galaxy. Coco Argentée now has three albums. The third album, Ouragan, was released in June 2018.

Biography

Childhood and early beginnings Coco's mother died when she was very young and she grew up with her father, sisters and stepmother. She left the group when her father, Thomas Mekoulou Ndengue, a railwayman, was transferred to Ngaoundere, in the Adamawa Region where she sang in cabarets without the knowledge of her parents.

In 2003, Coco Argentée left Cameroon for Chad where she earned a bachelor's degree in 2004. She then moved to N'Djamena and performed in cabarets until 2006 when she settled in Belgium, where she currently lives with her husband, and their two children.

Career Coco Argentée's solo career began in 2010 with the release of her first album Nostalgie, consisting of eight tracks. The album combines the musical genres of Bikutsi and Zouk. The most popular album track is Dans la tanière, a tribute to the city of Ndjamena where she began her career, had considerable success in both Kamer, and N'Djamena. The album won awards, including Musical Revelation of the Year for 2012 at Canal 2'Or and Best Bikutsi of 2013 at Festi-Bikutsi.

In April 2014, Argentée released a 10 track second album, Trésor, The 11 track album is supported by 10 concurrently released YouTube videos.

Discography

Albums

2010: Nostalgie 2014: Trésor 2018: Ouragan

Singles

2016: Le crayon de Dieu 2017 : Coco Jackson 2017: Femme 2021:le amour vrai

Prizes and awards

2012: Best Diaspora artist in the Planet Star Music Awards 2013: Musical revelation of the year at the ninth edition of Canal 2'Or 2013: Best Bikutsi of the year at Festi-Bikutsi 2014: Balafon Music Awards album of the year 2014: Artist of the year at the Balafon Music Awards 2015: Best female artist at the tenth edition of Canal2'Or