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Nathalie Makoma (born February 24, 1982), is a Congolese Dutch singer-songwriter. She was the lead singer for the group Makoma and she later embarked on a solo musical career on her own. She took part in the Dutch ''Idols'' singing competition in its fourth season reaching the final and finishing as runner-up to Nikki Kerkhof. As a result she was signed to Sony BMG. She also took part in Dutch ''Dancing With the Stars'' coming second (2009), in ''De Mattheus Masterclass''. ==Career== ;in Nouveau Testament / Makoma Nathalie Makoma started singing with her family group in 1993 when the band was known as "Nouveau Testament". The group was renamed Makoma and was made up of seven members ( three brothers and one non-family member,boy friend one of the sisters. They were very successful singing in Lingala language and in English and French as well. When Nathalie was fourteen, she moved back to the Netherlands with her family and started studying Onstage Performance at the Rockacademie in Tilburg. At the same time the Makoma band kept on performing becoming more successful and travelling around the whole world. Due to the success of the band, Nathalie had to quit her education. In 2002, the group won the Best African Music Group, at Kora South African Music Awards.〔(Nollywood Gossip: Kora Awards winning group Makoma making a big comeback after a 6-year break )〕 and they had worldwide success in gospel music. ;Initial solo career Being the main vocalist, Nathalie also tried to develop a solo music career starting 2002 with her initial album ''On Faith'' (2002). The album was rereleased as ''GoGospel Edition'' (2003) with additional tracks. In 2004, she left Makoma to get established in England and later in Ireland. In 2005, she released a second solo album called ''I Saw the Light''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathalie Makoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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