Madcon have collaborated with a variety of artists in Norway, but first received real
commercial recognition for their work with their partners from Paperboys. The track Barcelona
from Paperboys feat. Madcon was a massive hit in Norway - Barcelona won the prize for most
requested video of the year from Nordic channel ZTV, and was an important factor in Paperboys
winning "Spellemannprisen". (Norwegian equivalent to the Grammys).
Tshawe and Yosef are currently hosts of a TV-show called The Voice of Madcon. The show airs
Monday to Thursday from 10 PM to 11 PM on the Norwegian music channel "The Voice". The show
features small-talk, music videos and interviews.
Tshawe participated in the 2007 season of Skal Vi Danse?, the Norwegian rendition of Dancing
with the Stars. On November 25 the finals aired, with Tshawe ending up as the winner.
Madcon are going to host a new television game show on the Norwegian TV-channel TV2, starting
in the second quarter of 2008. The Show is called Kan du teksten? which means Do you know the
lyrics?.
Their newest album, entitled So Dark The Con Of Man, was released on December 3. In the UK,
released on RCA, the album charted on UK Albums Chart at #137.
The first single from this album, Beggin, has sold (Norwegian) platinum, and reached number one
on sales charts already in the 1st (Norwegian iTunes top songs) and second week (VG-lista Topp
20). Beggin is a cover of a song originally performed in 1967 by The Four Seasons featuring
lead vocals by Frankie Valli. Madcon\'s version is produced by 3Elementz
曲目詳情:
01. 2000`n AA
02. Liar
03. The Sweetest Drug
04. Wholehearted
05. Give It A Try
06. What If
07. Hat-o-rade
08. A Conversation
09. Hope
10. Waitin`On You
11. OSLO
12. Gone