Paulo Mendonça
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Paulo Mendonça is a Swedish funk guitarist songwriter and composer of Portuguese origin. He has released five studio albums and one live album, the first three in the 1990s[1][2] as a performing artist and sold more than 250,000 copies and as a songwriter he received 8× platinum awards.[3] In 1996 he participated at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[4] He toured with Tina Turner among others. In 2008, he collaborated on Jeff Scott Soto's album, Beautiful mess. In 2010 Mendonca worked on several songs on the Hurts album Happiness as a guitarist and background vocalist.[5] In 2013, he released Does anybody wanna funk? which featured the song "Birds and the bees", a moderate success in Sweden[1] and Germany [6]
In 2017 Mendonça co-wrote the song "Funky Song"[7] for the Polish singer Margaret.
Discography
Discography and certifications as songwriter
A discography of songs written and/or produced by Paulo Mendonca.
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Label | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Officially Yours" | Craig David | Trust Me | Atlantic/Warner Music UK | United Kingdom (BPI): Gold |
| 2009 | "The last Words" | Kevin Borg | The Beginning | Sony BMG | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI): Gold |
