bvoc, *1965 DE, Port of Spain
Singer of Dance, Electronic and Pop
A.k.a. Alexander Nestor Haddaway
Alexander Nestor Haddaway (born January 9, 1965 in Trinidad) is an early nineties eurodance singer who hailed from the unusual location of Trinidad & Tobago. Haddaway's 1993 self titled debut CD spawned several hit singles, most notably the No.1 smash 'What is Love?'. His second album 'The Drive', released in 1995, was more of the same. Further releases found only marginal success. The son of a Dutch oceanographer and a Trinidadian nurse, Haddaway moved from Trinidad to Europe in the early 1970s with his father when his parents separated. After spending his formative years at boarding school, he moved to the United States to be with his mother. His high school years were spent in Maryland City, Maryland, where he graduated from Meade Senior High School in 1983. While at Meade, he was very active in the school's jazz, marching, symphonic, and stage bands. Discovering a love for music, Haddaway performed small engagements with a cover band called "Chance" while he studied political science and history at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. In 1989, then aged 24, Haddaway returned to Europe and settled in Cologne, Germany, where he started playing American football for the Cologne Crocodiles in the German Football League, as well as working as a choreographer, selling carpets and making music in his spare time. Haddaway's break came in 1992 when he was signed by German label Coconut Records. His first single "What Is Love" rapidly became popular across Europe, reaching number 2 in Germany and in the United Kingdom, where it sold more than 500,000 copies. It later reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. His second single "Life" hit number 2 in Germany, number 6 in the UK and number 41 in the USA; "I Miss You" and "Rock My Heart" were also top 10 smashes across Europe and established him as a successful Eurodance artist. His first LP The Album was also a multi-million seller. In 1995, he released his second album The Drive, which spawned the UK top 20 hit "Fly Away", as well as "Catch a Fire" and "Lover Be Thy Name". Subsequent albums are more soulful, but since 1998, Haddaway has struggled to repeat the mainstream commercial success of his early hits. Haddaway appeared on the Comeback reality television show in Germany in 2004. He appeared on a similar UK show, Hit Me Baby One More Time, in 2005 and subsequently appeared on the U.S. version. This exposure led to him scoring a moderate chart hit in Germany with the ballad "Spaceman". "What Is Love" enjoyed a resurge in popularity as the theme music for the head bobbing, nightclubbing addicted Butabi brothers (Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan) on Saturday Night Live and the subsequent film A Night at the Roxbury. The song was also featured in a 2008 PEPSI commercial (for diet Pepsi Max) which parodied the Leitmotif and included several stars including LL Cool J, Missy Elliot, and Busta Rhymes, but interestingly not Haddaway. On the 2010 Eminem album Recovery, a sample of the song "What Is Love" is used for the track "No Love" featuring Lil Wayne.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Life's A Dream | Flava & Stevenson Feat. Haddaway | 2018 | Single |
What Is Love? The Singles of the 90s | Haddaway | 2018 | Compil. |
Volcano | Haddaway, Dr. Alban, Franca Morgano, Katja Bredahl | 2016 | Single |
Everything | Blutonium Boy Feat. Haddaway | 2013 | Single |
Wild Wild Baby | Blutonium Boy Feat. Haddaway | 2013 | Album |
Hit Mixes | Haddaway | 2013 | Album |
What Is Love (Remix) | Haddaway With DJ Jim | 2013 | Single |
What Is Love (The Mixes) | Haddaway | 2013 | Album |
Up And Up | Haddaway Feat The Mad Stuntman | 2012 | Single |
XXXL Дискотека 80-х Зарубежная | Haddaway + Snap! + Dr. Alban | 2011 | Album |
Thing Called Love | Wolfram Eckert Feat. Haddaway | 2011 | Album |
The Drive & Let's Do It Now | Haddaway | 2010 | Compil. |
Лучшие песни | Haddaway | 2010 | Compil. |
You Gave Me Love | Haddaway | 2010 | Single |
What Is Love 2K9 | Klaas Meets Haddaway | 2009 | Single |
All The Best His Greatest Hits & Videos | Haddaway | 2009 | Album |
MP3 | Haddaway | 2008 | Compil. |
Аллея Звезд | Haddaway | 2008 | Compil. |
I Love The 90's | Dr. Alban vs Haddaway | 2008 | Single |
Greatest Hits | Haddaway | 2008 | Compil. |
All The Best His Greatest Hits & Videos | Haddaway | 2007 | Compil. |
What Is Love - His Greatest Hits | Haddaway | 2007 | Compil. |
Haddaway | Haddaway | 2007 | Album |
Follow Me | Haddaway | 2007 | Single |
Новая Фонотека В Кармане | Haddaway | 2006 | Compil. |
What Is Love / It's Over Now | Haddaway / Big Ang | 2006 | Album |
MP3 | Haddaway | 2005 | Compil. |
What Is Love | Haddaway | 2005 | Compil. |
Pop Splits | Haddaway | 2005 | Album |
Missionary Man | Haddaway feat. Della Miles | 2005 | Single |
Rock My Heart | Haddaway | 2005 | Compil. |
Spaceman | Haddaway | 2005 | Single |
MP3 Collection | Haddaway | 2005 | Compil. |
The Best Of What Is Love | Haddaway | 2004 | Compil. |
The Album New Edition - Hit Collection Vol. 1 | Haddaway | 2004 | Compil. |
Love Makes | Haddaway | 2002 | Single |
Music Box | Haddaway | 2002 | Album |
Love Makes | Haddaway | 2002 | Album |
Heaven Greatest Hits | Haddaway | 2002 | Compil. |
The Greatest Hits | Haddaway | 2002 | Compil. |
Deep | Haddaway | 2001 | Single |
My Face | Haddaway | 2001 | Album |
Best Hits | Haddaway | 2000 | Compil. |
The Millennium Mixes | Haddaway | 1999 | Single |
All The Best - His Greatest Hits | Haddaway | 1999 | Compil. |
Let's Do It Now | Haddaway | 1998 | Album |
Who Do You Love | Haddaway | 1998 | Single |
You're Taking My Heart | Haddaway | 1998 | Single |
What About Me | Haddaway | 1997 | Single |
Fly Away | Haddaway | 1995 | Single |
The Drive | Haddaway | 1995 | Album |
Catch A Fire | Haddaway | 1995 | Single |
Lover Be Thy Name | Haddaway | 1995 | Single |
Fly Away / The First, The Last, Eternity | Haddaway, Snap! | 1994 | Single |
The Sign / Haddaway | Ace Of Base / Haddaway | 1994 | Album |
Rock My Heart | Haddaway | 1994 | Single |
Stir It Up | Haddaway | 1994 | Single |
The Album | Haddaway | 1993 | Album |
Life / Dreamer | Haddaway / Coldcut | 1993 | Single |
Life | Haddaway | 1993 | Single |
I Miss You | Haddaway | 1993 | Single |
What Is Love | Haddaway | 1992 | Single |
Just A Dream / What Is Love | Donna De Lory / À La Carte Music | 1992 | Single |
What Is Love The Album Slot Machine Promo | Haddaway | Single | |
2 In 1: Haddaway + Londonbeat | Haddaway / Londonbeat | Compil. | |
DeLuxe Collection | Haddaway | Compil. | |
MP3 | Haddaway | Compil. |