A Tribute to Wes Madiko: His Greatest Hits 1997 - 2020 / RIP 1964 - 2021

Wes Madiko, better known as Wes, was a Cameroonian musician.
In 1996 Wes signed with Sony Music France to release Welenga. Thus Wes became one of the first stars of the group Deep Forest earning a Grammy Award.
His most successful hit "Alane" was released in May 1997 as the debut single from his album, Welenga.
In France, the song was sponsored by TF1,Fun Radio, RTL and the Malongo Coffees.
The single spent ten weeks at number-one and remained in the top 50 for 25 weeks, ten of them at the top (and a further 9 weeks in the Top 10), and is to date the 18th best-selling single of all time in France.

The song also reached number-one in Belgium (9 weeks at number-one and a further 8 weeks in the top 10), Austria (8 weeks at number-one and a further 9 weeks in the top 10) and The Netherlands (8 weeks at number-one and a further 8 weeks in the top 10) as well as reaching the top 10 in Germany (where it spent 18 weeks in the Top 10), Hungary, Ireland, Israel and Switzerland (10 weeks in the top 10) and number 11 in the UK.

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