Worldbeat (album)

Worldbeat
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 16, 1989
RecordedMarch–November 1989
GenreLatin
LabelEpic Records
Kaoma chronology
Worldbeat
(1989)
Tribal-pursuit
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Worldbeat is the debut album by Kaoma, released in 1989. It provided three hit singles, two of them achieving success worldwide: "Lambada", "Dançando Lambada" and "Mélodie d'amour". The album is composed of songs in Portuguese, Spanish and English. It was ranked in the top 25 in Switzerland, Germany, Norway, Australia and Austria. It topped the Billboard Latin Pop in the U.S.

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 388.