Tshawe Baqwa and Yosef Wolde-Mariam, otherwise known as Madcon, first burst on to the UK music scene in August 2008 when their single ‘Beggin’ became a Top 5 smash with sales of over 2 million worldwide. The single also earned the duo a World Music Award the following year.

Their pop appeal is also influenced largely by both retro and urban influences, mainly in part due to their international roots. Tshawe has South African parents, was born in Germany and grew up in a suburb in Oslo, Norway. Yosef, born two years earlier in Norway, has parents from Ethiopia and Eritrea.

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