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Willy William

Willy William is an award-winning DJ and producer for his productions. He has won an MTV Video Music Award and has been nominated for Latin Grammys. In 2016, 11Willy was the most Shazammed French artist in the world, shortly before he became a star with his French single "Voodoo Song," which garnered more than 50 million views on Facebook in less than 48 hours.
"Voodoo Song" later became "Mi Gente," a collaboration between J Balvin and Willy William. "Mi Gente" has received over 3 billion views on YouTube and is a member of the Spotify Billions Club. The number one Billboard hit has even received praise from Barack Obama, who announced "Mi Gente" as his favorite song of the year, and Beyoncé, who released an official remix of the song.
Willy William has also co-produced tracks such as "Goodbye feat. Nicki Minaj & Willy William" by Jason Derulo and David Guetta, and "Mambo feat. Sean Paul, El Alfa, Sfera Ebbasta & Play-N-Skillz" by Steve Aoki & Willy William. His latest solo single, "Trompeta," went platinum in France, the Netherlands and Belgium, and gold in Can

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Biography

  • Born

    14 April 1981 (age 43)

  • Born In

    Fréjus, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, France

Willy William is a French-Jamaican DJ, music producer and singer songwriter and artist famous for his club remixes and vocal collaborations with a number of dance music artists.

He came to prominence in 2003 with his work with DJ Flex in the dancefloor hit B Boyz Shake da Body and in 2004 as producer of Tragedie using the pseudonym 'Lord William. He later joined the French music collective Collectif Métissé, also continuing to produce his own materials.

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Willy William

French DJ (born 1981)

Musical artist

Willy Fauade William (born 27 June 1981) is a French DJ, record producer and singer famous for his club remixes and vocal collaborations with a number of dance music artists. He is most famous for his French hit "Ego" and his Latin hit "Mi Gente", the latter with J Balvin.

Early life

Willy Fauade William was born on 27 June 1981 in Fréjus, France,[4] to a Guadeloupean father and an Ethiopian mother from Eritrea.[5] He was raised in Champagné, a commune in the department of Sarthe.

Career

William came to prominence in 2003 with his work with DJ Flex in the dancefloor hit "B Boyz Shake da Body" and in 2004 as producer of "Tragedie" using the pseudonym "Lord William".[6] He later joined the French music collective Collectif Métissé,[7] also continuing to produce his own materials.

He collaborated with a great number of artists producing their songs and taking part in vocals as featured artists. He charted with collaborative songs with DJ Assad with "Li tourner", L

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