Aya Nakamura

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Aya Nakamura
Nakamura performing in 2024
Born	Aya Coco Danioko[1] (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29) Bamako, Mali
Citizenship	Mali France
Occupations	Singer songwriter
Years active	2014–present
Children	2
Musical career
Origin	Paris, France
Genres	Pop Afrobeats zouk R&B
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Rec. 118 Parlophone Warner Music France
Musical artist

Aya Coco Danioko (born 10 May 1995), known professionally as Aya Nakamura, is a French-Malian singer-songwriter. She began publishing her music online, gaining a following with the songs "Karma" and "J'ai mal". Dembo Camara, a longtime friend, became her producer and manager. Her song "Brisé" garnered traction on YouTube, and a duet with rapper Fababy, "Love d'un voyou", resulted in her charting in France for the first time. She released her debut album, Journal intime, in 2017, followed in 2018 by Nakamura, which was certified diamond in France and has sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide. The album spawned the hit singles "Djadja" and "Copines" and launched the singer's international career. The same year, she beat the record held by Édith Piaf since 1961 as the most-listened-to French-speaking female artist in the Netherlands.^[2]

Throughout her career, Nakamura has accumulated five number-one songs and a number-one album in France. She was awarded a Victoires de la Musique award for her 2020 album, Aya, which was certified double platinum in 2023,^[3] having sold 200,000 copies. She also won an NRJ Music Award and received multiple nominations for the MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act. Two years after its release, Nakamura surpassed a billion^[2] streams on Spotify, making the singer the most-listened-to French-language female artist on the platform.^[4]

In February 2023, she became Lancôme's international beauty muse.^[5]