{{short description|French singer, songwriter and composer (born 1978)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = John Mamann | image = John Mamann Deauville 2013.jpg | caption = John Mamann (2013) | image_size = | birth_name = Jonathan Maman | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|09|29|df=y}} | birth_place = France | instrument = | genre = [[Chanson]], pop | occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician, record producer | years_active = 2009{{spaced ndash}}present | label = [[AZ (label)|AZ]] | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|http://www.johnmamann.com/}} }} '''Jonathan Maman''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒɔnatɑ̃ mamɑ̃}}; born September 29, 1978), better known by his stage name '''John Mamann''' ({{IPA|fr|maman|lang}}), is a French singer, songwriter and composer who is signed to [[AZ (record label)|AZ]], part of [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music]]. He has released three albums, ''Mister Joe'' in 2010, self-titled ''Joe Mamann'' in 2012 and ''Love Life'' in 2013. The title track from the last album "Love \ Life", a duo with Portuguese singer Kika, has charted on French Singles Chart.
==Career== At age 18, John Mamann left for Canada and later on to the States (Miami, Florida) to pursue a musical career. His father, a musician and relatively successful singer, with Moroccan descent, had great impact on him. Returning to France, his debut single was "Pas jaloux". He was more successful with composing particularly after his success in 2008 with writing and producing [[Louisy Joseph]] and finding chart success with the latter's song "Assis par terre". He released his own album ''Mister Joe'' with all materials composed by him with lyrics from Elodie Hesme, François Welgryn, Lionel Florence et Florian Gazan.
Mamann has also written to a number of artists including [[Johnny Hallyday]] (in two songs "Autoportrait" and "Devant toi"), for [[Florent Pagny]], [[Natasha St-Pier]], [[Luce (singer)|Luce]], [[Jean-Roch]], [[Havana Brown]] and others. He has collaborated with producer [[RedOne]]. In 2011, he co-wrote and co-produced "[[Il nous faut]]", a big hit for French singer [[Elisa Tovati]] and Belgian ''[[X Factor (Belgian TV series)|The X Factor]]'' runner-up [[Tom Dice]]. The single reached number 1 on both Belgian Flanders and Wallonia Singles Charts.<ref name=flchart>[https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/cd8e2/Elisa-Tovati-&-Tom-Dice-Il-nous-faut Ultratop.be/nl/ Elisa Tovati and Tom Dice – "Il nous faut"]</ref><ref name=frchart>[https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/cd8e2/Elisa-Tovati-&-Tom-Dice-Il-nous-faut Ultratop.be/fr/ Elisa Tovati and Tom Dice – "Il nous faut"]</ref>
He also co-composed with David Hallyday, Fred Château, Mathieu Mendès, [[Corneille (singer)|Corneille]], [[Shaka Ponk]], [[Coyle Girelli]] and Stanislas, music for the 2013 French musical production ''[[Robin des Bois]]''.
==In popular culture== *He was part of [[Collectif Paris-Africa]], and contributed to the album ''Paris-Africa'' and one of the artists featured on "Des Ricochets", the main charity single for [[UNICEF]] from the album. *In 2012, he also took in the 8th edition of the annual event ''Concert pour la tolérance'' in [[Agadir]], Morocco. *In 2012, in [[The Voice: la plus belle voix (season 1)|season 1]] of the French singing competition ''[[The Voice: la plus belle voix]]'', [[Florent Pagny]] one of the four judges and mentors in the series chose John Mamann to help him mentor his team of contestants during the "Musical Battles" round.
==Personal life== His father, Maurice Mamann is a musician and singer who performed under the stage name Maurice Mann.
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album !align="center" colspan="2" width="20"|Peak positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[SNEP|FR]]<br><ref name="fr">{{cite web | url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Mamann | title=John Mamann discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=lescharts.com |accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]]<br><ref name="bel-wa">{{cite web | url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Mamann | title=John Mamann discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=ultratop.be/fr/ |accessdate=7 October 2013}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"|2010 |''Mister Joe'' | style="text-align:center;"|149 | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} |- | style="text-align:center;"|2012 |''John Mamann'' | style="text-align:center;"|85 | style="text-align:center;"|192 |- | style="text-align:center;"|2013 |''Love Life'' | style="text-align:center;"|103 | style="text-align:center;"|TBA |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="160"|Single !align="center" colspan="3" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[SNEP|FR]]<br><ref name="fr"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Ultratop|BEL (Wa)]]<br><ref name="bel-wa"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br><ref name="swe">{{cite web | url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=John+Mamann | title=John Mamann discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"|2010 | "15h du matin" <br><small>(with [[Grand Corps Malade]])</small> | style="text-align:center;"|50 | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"| |- | style="text-align:center;"|2013 | "Love \ Life" <small>(feat. Kika)</small> <!--The backslah is correct as per cover of single. Please don't replace with the / slash sign--> | style="text-align:center;"|28 | style="text-align:center;"|3*<br><small>(Ultratip)</small> | style="text-align:center;"|59 | style="text-align:center;"|''Love Life'' |- | style="text-align:center;"|2017 | "Tu la regardes" <br><small>(feat. [[Maître Gims]])</small> | style="text-align:center;"|67<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=4|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 4, 2017)|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|language=French|accessdate=28 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225162254/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2017&we=4|archive-date=25 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"| |- |} <small>*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.</small>
;Others *2009: "Pas jaloux" *2009: "Donnez-moi le sens" *2010: "On est tous comme ça" *2012: "Fais pas la gueule John" *2012: "Allez viens"
==Compositions and music productions== <small>(Selective listing. Contains individual as well as co-composing and co-producing)</small> *2008: [[Louisy Joseph]] – ''La Saison des amours'' (album production) + singles "Mes insomnies" and "Assis par terre" *2008: [[Natasha St-Pier]] – ''[[Natasha St-Pier (album)|Natasha St-Pier]]'' (6 tracks including single "Embrasse-moi") *2010: [[Florent Pagny]] – "8e merveille", "J'ai arrêté de rêver" *2011: [[Johnny Hallyday]] – "Autoportrait" *2011: [[Luce (singer)|Luce]] feat. [[Orelsan]] – "La Machine" *2011: [[Elisa Tovati]] & [[Tom Dice]] – "[[Il nous faut]]" *2012: [[Stockholm Syndrome (Swedish band)|Love Generation]] – "Just a Little Bit" *2012: [[Jean-Roch]] featuring [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] and [[Nayer]] – "[[Name of Love (Jean-Roch song)|Name of Love]]" *2012: Johnny Hallyday – "Devant toi" *2012: [[Far East Movement]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]] – "[[Live My Life (song)|Live My Life]]" *2013: [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]] – "Laila" *2013: [[Havana Brown]] – "[[Flashing Lights (Havana Brown song)|Flashing Lights]]" *2013: Havana Brown feat. [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] – "[[We Run the Night]]" *2013: ''[[Robin des Bois]]'' (a French musical) *2014: [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] - "[[Colours (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|XOXO]]"
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.johnmamann.com/ Official website] *[http://www.universalmusic.fr/john-mamann/ Universal Music France: John Mamann page]
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