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Lou Bega discography

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Lou Bega

| Image = Lou Bega.jpg

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| Studio = 6

| Compilation = 4

| Music videos = 18

| Singles = 17

| Option = 3

| Option name = Promotional singles

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This is the discography of German singer Lou Bega.

Albums

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications

style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Lou+Bega|title=Discographie von Lou Bega|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=3 September 2021}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS
{{cite web|title=Discography Lou Bega|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lou+Bega|work=australian-charts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=22 July 2012}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT
{{cite web|title=Discographie Lou Bega|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lou+Bega|work=austriancharts.at|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=22 July 2012|language=German}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
{{cite magazine|title=Lou Bega Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Albums|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lou bega|chart=Canadian Albums}}|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=22 July 2012}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FIN
{{cite web|title=Discography Lou Bega|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lou+Bega|work=finnishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=22 July 2012}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA
{{cite web|title=Discographie Lou Bega|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lou+Bega|work=lescharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=22 July 2012|language=French}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NOR
{{cite web|title=Discography Lou Bega|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lou+Bega|work=norwegiancharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=22 July 2012}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI
{{cite web|title=Lou Bega (Charts)|url=http://hitparade.ch/artist/Lou_Bega|work=hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=22 July 2012|format=select "Charts" tab|language=German}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK
{{cite web|title=Lou Bega|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/lou%20bega/|publisher=The Official Charts Company|accessdate=22 July 2012}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
{{cite magazine|title=Lou Bega Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lou bega|chart=Billboard 200}}|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=22 July 2012}}

scope="row"| A Little Bit of Mambo

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| 3 || 19 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 50 || 3

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  • BVMI: Gold{{cite web|title=Gold-/Platin-Datenbank: Lou Bega|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Lou%20Bega|publisher=Bundesverband Musikindustrie|accessdate=22 July 2012|language=German}}
  • ARIA: Platinum{{cite web|title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2000.htm|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=22 July 2012}}
  • IFPI AUT: Gold{{cite certification|region=Austria|artist=Bega|accessdate=22 July 2012}}
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum{{cite web|title=The Official Swiss Charts and Awards and Music Community: Awards (Lou Bega)|url=http://swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Lou+Bega|work=swisscharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=22 July 2012}}
  • MC: 5× Platinum{{cite web|title=Gold and Platinum Search (Lou Bega)|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=Lou%20Bega|publisher=Music Canada|accessdate=19 September 2015}}
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum: Bega, Lou|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Bega,+Lou%22|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=22 July 2012}}
  • SNEP: 2× Gold{{cite web|title=InfoDisc: Les Certifications depuis 1973 |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Certif_Album.php |publisher=InfoDisc |work=SNEP |accessdate=24 October 2014 |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621054859/http://www.infodisc.fr/Certif_Album.php |archivedate=21 June 2010 }}
scope="row"| Ladies and Gentlemen

|

  • Released: 28 May 2001
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download

| 54 || — || 31 || — || — || 109 || — || 23 || — || —

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scope="row"| Lounatic

|

  • Released: 10 May 2005
  • Label: DA, Big
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| Free Again

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  • Released: 21 May 2010
  • Label: DA
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 78 || — || —

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scope="row"| A Little Bit of 80s

|

  • Released: 28 June 2013
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Format: CD, digital download

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| 90s Cruiser

|

  • Released: 27 August 2021
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: CD, digital download

| 91 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Compilation albums=

  • King of Mambo (2002)
  • Mambo Mambo – The Best of Lou Bega (2004)
  • Beautiful World – A Little Collection of Lou Bega's Best (2013)
  • Best of – Seine größten Hits (2016)

Singles

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUT

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FIN

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| FRA

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ
{{cite web|title=Discography Lou Bega|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lou+Bega|work=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=23 July 2012}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWE
{{cite web|title=Discography Lou Bega|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Lou+Bega|work=swedishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=23 July 2012}}

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK

! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US
{{cite magazine|title=Lou Bega Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lou bega|chart=Hot 100}}|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=23 July 2012}}

scope="row"| "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)"

| rowspan="3"| 1999

| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3

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  • BVMI: 3× Platinum
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum{{cite web|title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Singles|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-1999.htm|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=23 July 2012}}
  • BPI: 3× Platinum{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx|title=BPI Certified Awards Search|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|accessdate=5 October 2024|format=insert "Lou Bega" into the "Search" box, and then select "Go"}}
  • IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI SWE: 3× Platinum{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-19991.pdf |title=(Guld & Platina) ÅR 1999 |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |trans-title=(Gold & Platinum) Year 1999 |pages=5–6 |accessdate=23 June 2013 |language=Swedish |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521215705/http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-19991.pdf |archivedate=21 May 2012 }}
  • IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum
  • RMNZ: 3× Platinum{{cite web|title=Top 50 Singles Chart: Chart #1044 (Sunday 12 September 1999)|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/1999-09-10|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|access-date=24 October 2014}}
  • SNEP: Diamond{{cite web|title=SNEP Les Certifications: Lou Bega (Mambo No.5)|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=0&awards_awd=0&awards_artist=Lou+Bega&awards_title=Mambo+N+5&awards_edit_distrib=&submitAdvanced=Rechercher|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|accessdate=24 October 2014|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128074554/http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=0&awards_awd=0&awards_artist=Lou+Bega&awards_title=Mambo+N+5&awards_edit_distrib=&submitAdvanced=Rechercher|archive-date=28 January 2018|url-status=dead}}

| rowspan="4"| A Little Bit of Mambo

scope="row"| "I Got a Girl"

| 19 || 31 || 19 || 2 || 5 || 48 || 12 || 20 || 55 || —

|

  • IFPI SWE: Gold
scope="row"| "Tricky, Tricky"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || 55 || — || — || 74

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scope="row"| "Mambo Mambo"

| 2000

| — || — || — || — || 11 || — || — || — || — || —

|

  • SNEP: Silver{{cite web|title=Certifications Singles Argent – année 2001 |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/page-259165.xml?year=2001 |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |accessdate=24 October 2014 |language=French |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229015017/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/page-259165.xml?year=2001 |archivedate=29 December 2013 }}
scope="row"| "Gentleman"

| rowspan="2"| 2001

| 35 || — || 16 || — || 54 || — || — || 62 || — || —

|

| rowspan="2"| Ladies and Gentlemen

scope="row"| "Just a Gigolo"

| 94 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| "Bachata"

| rowspan="2"| 2006

| 100 || — || — || — || 69 || — || — || — || — || —

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| rowspan="3"| Lounatic

scope="row"| "You Wanna Be Americano"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| "Conchita"

| 2007

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| "Boyfriend"

| rowspan="2"| 2010

| 71 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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| rowspan="2"| Free Again

scope="row"| "Sweet Like Cola"

| 38 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| "This Is Ska"

| 2011

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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| {{N/A|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Give It Up"

| 2013

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| A Little Bit of 80s

scope="row"| "Scatman & Hatman" {{small|(with Scatman John)}}

| 2019

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

| rowspan="4"| 90s Cruiser

scope="row"| "Buena Macarena"

| rowspan="3"| 2021

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Bongo Bong"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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scope="row"| "Let's Get the Fiesta Started"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|

colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Promotional singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles, showing year released and album name

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Album

scope="row"| "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of Monica)"{{cite web|title=Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of Monica) [New Version] – Single by Lou Bega|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/mambo-no.-5-little-bit-monica/id366475930|work=iTunes Store|publisher=Apple|accessdate=12 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| rowspan="3"| 2010

| rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Chocolata"{{cite web|title=Chocolata by Lou Bega|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/chocolata/id375737252|work=iTunes Store|publisher=Apple|accessdate=12 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
scope="row"| "It's Christmas Time"{{cite web|title=It's Christmas Time by Lou Bega|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/its-christmas-time/id396318850|work=iTunes Store|publisher=Apple|accessdate=12 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Music videos

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scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Director(s)

rowspan="3"| 1999"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)"Jorn Heitmann
"I Got a Girl"–
"Tricky, Tricky"–
2000"Mambo Mambo"–
rowspan="2"| 2001"Gentleman"–
"Just a Gigolo"–
rowspan="4"| 2006"Bachata"–
"C'est la Vie"
{{small|(featuring Edvin Marton)}}		–
"The Streets of Roundswell"
{{small|(featuring Daniel McCreadie)}}		–
"You Wanna Be Americano"–
2007"Conchita"–
rowspan="2"| 2010"Boyfriend"Dave Coba
"Sweet Like Cola"Oliver Sommer
2013"Give It Up"–
2019"Scatman & Hatman"{{cite web|title=Scatman John, Lou Bega – Scatman & Hatman (Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV7_lOPvkac|date=13 June 2019|via=YouTube|access-date=10 June 2020|language=en}}
{{small|(featuring Scatman John)}}		–
rowspan="3"| 2021"Buena Macarena"{{cite web|title=Lou Bega - Buena Macarena (Official Video)| via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvH-96ly_4o|language=en|access-date=5 May 2021}}–
"Bongo Bong"{{cite web|title=Lou Bega - Bongo Bong (Official Video)| via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwqBwI9XmdE|language=en|access-date=27 August 2021}}–
"Let's Get the Fiesta Started"–

=Music video appearances=

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Director(s)

! scope="col"| Notes

2000"I Wanna Be Like You"Volker HannvackerDisney video from the PC game The Jungle Book

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20111107092936/http://www.lou-bega.com/ Official website]
  • [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lou-bega-mn0000210143 Lou Bega] at AllMusic
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