Xavier Naidoo discography

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Xavier Naidoo

| Image = Xavier Naidoo.jpg

| Studio = 8

| Live = 4

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| Singles = 33

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German singer Xavier Naidoo began his music career in the early 1990s. His debut studio album, Seeing Is Believing, was released in 1994, consisting mostly of cover versions of traditional tracks and soul songs from the 1960s and 1970s. Released in the United States only, it failed to chart on the Billboard 200 and thus, was never released in Europe.{{cite web | url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/xavier-naidoo-debuet-cd-kommt-doch-1.672358 | title=Debüt-CD kommt doch| work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=10 May 2010|access-date=22 November 2015}} Following a fall-out with main producer Nicole Dürr, he signed with Frankfurt am Main-based Pelham Power Productions (3P) and began appearing as a background vocalist on several of his label-mates' albums. Naidoo's second studio album Nicht von dieser Welt, produced unter the guidance of Moses Pelham and Martin Haas, was released in May 1998. The album peaked at number one on the German Albums Chart and sold more than a million copies. Its singles included his debut single "20.000 Meilen", the top twenty entries "Nicht von dieser Welt" and "Seine Straßen" as well as top five hit "Sie sieht mich nicht", which served as the theme song for the feature film Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999). A gold-certified live album of his first concert tour, simply titled Live (1999), reached the top ten in Germany the following year.{{cite web

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His third effort, the double album Zwischenspiel – Alles für den Herrn, was released on his own label Naidoo Records in March 2002 after his departure from 3P. An instant success, it debuted atop the charts in both Austria and Germany and was certified double platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI). Three of its four singles, including "Wo willst du hin?" and "Abschied nehmen", became top five hits on the singles charts. In 2003, he collaborated with American rapper RZA on his compilation album The World According to RZA; their single "Ich kenne nichts (das so schön ist wie du)" reached number-one on the German Singles Chart and the top three in Austria and Switzerland, becoming his highest-charting single up to that point. The same year, his second live album ...Alles Gute vor uns... was released to gold status and top ten success.

Naidoo's fourth album Telegramm für X was released in November 2005. It reached number-one in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland was certified quadruple platinum by the BVMI. The album produced the top three singles "Dieser Weg" and "Was wir alleine nicht schaffen", while his second number-one hit "Danke", a song about the 2006 FIFA World Cup, was included on a reissue of the album. Alles kann besser werden, his fifth studio album, was released in 2009. It became his fifth number-one album in Germany, and reached the three in Austria and Switzerland. "Alles kann besser werden", its lead single, reached number six on the German Singles Chart though subsequent singles were less successful.

Gespaltene Persönlichkeit, a collaboration album with rapper Kool Savas, was released in 2012. It debuted at number atop the charts in Germany and Switzerland and was certified platinum by the BVMI. Single "Schau nicht mehr zurück" entered the top three in both countries. The same year, Naidoo's first compilation album Danke fürs Zuhören – Liedersammlung 1998–2012 was released to number-one success throughout German-speaking Europe. Mordsmusik, a dubstep album produced under his pseudonym Der Xer, and Bei meiner Seele were both released the following year. The latter album peaked at number one in Austria and Germany and featured the same-titled top two hit.

A highly demanded producer, songwriter and guest vocalist, Naidoo has collaborated with several musicians and musical projects, including all-male vocal group Söhne Mannheims, the Christian music project Zeichen der Zeit, the transnational anti-racism project Brothers Keepers, and the cast of the television series Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of The Best Singers series. Among his most successful appearances rank Brothers Keepers's "Adriano (Letzte Warnung)".

Albums

=Studio albums=

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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

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

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
Peak positions in Germany:

  • As Xavier Naidoo: {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Xavier+Naidoo&do_search=do|title=Discographie Xavier Naidoo|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 April 2019}}
  • As Der Xer: {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Der+Xer&do_search=do|title=Discographie Der Xer|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 April 2019}}
  • As Xavas: {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Xavas&do_search=do|title=Discographie Xavas|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=26 April 2019}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT
{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Xavier+Naidoo|title=Discografie Xavier Naidoo|publisher=Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI
{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/artist/Xavier_Naidoo|title=Discographie Xavier Naidoo|publisher=Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung)|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}

scope="row"| Seeing Is Believing

|

  • Released: 7 September 1993
  • Format: CD (United States only)
  • Label: Megaphon Music

| — || — || —

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scope="row"| Nicht von dieser Welt

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  • Released: 30 August 1998
  • Format: CD
  • Label: 3P, Epic Records

| 1 || 5 || 12

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  • AUT: Platinum
  • GER: 2× Platinum{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Xavier Naidoo|access-date=10 February 2023}}
  • SWI: Platinum
scope="row"| Zwischenspiel – Alles für den Herrn

|

  • Released: 25 March 2002
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 1 || 1 || 3

|

  • AUT: Platinum
  • GER: 2× Platinum
  • SWI: 2× Platinum
scope="row"| Telegramm für X

|

| 1 || 1 || 1

|

  • GER: 4× Platinum
  • SWI: 3× Platinum
scope="row"| Alles kann besser werden

|

  • Released: 9 October 2009
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 1 || 3 || 2

|

  • GER: 2× Platinum
  • SWI: Gold
scope="row"| Mordsmusik
(as Der Xer)

|

  • Released: 8 March 2013
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 62 || 44 || —

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scope="row"| Bei meiner Seele

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  • Released: 31 May 2013
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 1 || 1 || 3

|

  • GER: Platinum
  • AUT: Gold
scope="row"| Tanzmusik (Xavier lebt hier nicht mehr)
(as Der Xer)

|

  • Released: 12 December 2014
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| — || — || —

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scope="row"| Nicht von dieser Welt 2

|

  • Released: 1 April 2016
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 1 || 1 || 1

|

  • GER: Gold
scope="row"| Für dich.

|

  • Released: 24 November 2017
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 3 || 6 || 5

|

scope="row"| Hin und weg{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/hin-und-weg/1466748274|title=Xavier Naidoo – Hin und weg|via=iTunes|access-date=18 June 2019}}

|

  • Released: 19 July 2019
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 3 || 8 || 4

|

colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

==Collaborative albums as Xavas==

(Xavas being Xavier Naidoo and Kool Savas)

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

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

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI

scope="row"| Gespaltene Persönlichkeit

|

  • Released: 21 September 2012
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo Records,
    Essah Entertainment

| 1 || 3 || 1

|

  • GER: Platinum

=Live albums=

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scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

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

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI

scope="row"| Live

|

  • Released: 1 November 1999
  • Format: CD
  • Label: 3p, Epic Records

| 9 || 18 || 33

|

  • GER: Gold
scope="row"| ...Alles Gute vor uns...

|

  • Released: 2 June 2003
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Naidoo Records

| 8 || 2 || 11

|

  • AUT: Gold
  • GER: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
scope="row"| Wettsingen in Schwetzingen -
MTV Unplugged

|

  • Released: 19 September 2008
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo

| 1 || 2 || 1

|

  • AUT: Gold
  • GER: Platinum
  • SWI: Gold
scope="row"| Alles kann besser werden – Live

|

  • Released: 12 November 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo

| 1 || 15 || 2

|

  • GER: Gold
scope="row"| Hört, Hört! Live von der Waldbühne

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  • Released: 28 November 2014
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo

| 10 || 19 || 28

|

scope="row"| Nicht von dieser Welt 2 – Allein mit Flügel live

|

  • Released: 28 October 2016
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo

| 1 || — || —

|

scope="row"| Danke fürs Zuhören 2 – Nicht von dieser Welt Tour – Die Zweite 2017

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  • Released: 22 November 2019
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Naidoo

| 35 || 57 || —

|

Singles

=As lead artist=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

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

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

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI

scope="row"| "20.000 Meilen"

| rowspan="3"| 1998

| 32 || — || —

|

| rowspan="7"|Nicht von dieser Welt

scope="row"| "Nicht von dieser Welt"

| 19 || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Führ mich ans Licht"

| 27 || 35 || 40

|

scope="row"| "Sie sieht mich nicht"

| rowspan="3"| 1999

| 2 || 11 || 5

|

  • GER: Platinum
scope="row"| "Eigentlich gut"
(featuring Illmat!c & Bruda Sven)

| 32 || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Bis an die Sterne (Live)"

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Seine Straßen"

| 2000

| 15 || 40 || 37

|

scope="row"| "Wo willst du hin?"

| rowspan="4"| 2002

| 3 || 13 || 11

|

| rowspan="5"|Zwischenspiel / Alles für den Herrn

scope="row"| "Bevor du gehst"

| 5 || 14 || 49

|

scope="row"| "Wenn ich schon Kinder hätte"
(featuring Curse)

| 47 || 49 || —

|

scope="row"| "Abschied nehmen"

| 5 || 6 || 43

|

scope="row"| "Ich kenne nichts (das so schön ist wie du)"
(with RZA)

| 2003

| 1 || 2 || 3

|

  • AUT: Platinum
  • GER: Gold
  • SWI: Gold
scope="row"| "Dieser Weg"

| 2005

| 2 || 2 || 3

|

  • GER: Gold

| rowspan="5"| Telegramm für X

scope="row"| "Bist du am Leben interessiert"
(featuring Tone)

| rowspan="4"| 2006

| 27 || 32 || 24

|

scope="row"| "Zeilen aus Gold"

| 32 || 49 || 66

|

scope="row"| "Danke"

| 1 || 34 || 100

|

  • GER: Gold
scope="row"| "Was wir alleine nicht schaffen"

| 2 || 10 || 29

|

  • GER: Platinum
scope="row"| "Wann"
(featuring Cassandra Steen)

| 2008

| 35 || 29 || —

|

| Wettsingen in Schwetzingen

scope="row"| "Alles kann besser werden"

| 2009

| 6 || 16 || 28

|

| rowspan="5"|Alles kann besser werden

scope="row"| "Halte durch"

| rowspan="4"| 2010

| 29 || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Ich brauche dich"

| 30 || 40 || —

|

scope="row"| "Wild vor Wut"
(featuring Naturally 7)

| 73 || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Bitte hör nicht auf zu träumen"
(featuring Naturally 7 & Cassandra Steen)

| 22 || 71 || 49

|

  • GER: Gold
scope="row"| "Schau nicht mehr zurück"
(with Kool Savas as XAVAS)

| rowspan="2"| 2012

| 2 || 14 || 3

|

  • GER: Gold

| rowspan="2"| Gespaltene Persöhnlichkeit

scope="row"| "Wage es zu glauben"
(with Kool Savas as XAVAS)

| 34 || 45 || 37

|

scope="row"| "Bei meiner Seele"

| rowspan="2"| 2013

| 2 || 19 || 23

|

  • GER: Gold

| rowspan="3"| Bei meiner Seele

scope="row"| "Der letzte Blick"

| 37 || 51 || 70

|

scope="row"| "Hört, hört"

| 2014

| 49 || 61 || 48

|

scope="row"| "Frei"

| rowspan="3"| 2016

| 64 || — || —

|

| rowspan="3" |Nicht von dieser Welt 2

scope="row"| "Das lass' ich nicht zu"

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Der Fels"

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Nimm mich mit"

| 2017

| — || — || —

|

| rowspan="2"|Für dich.

scope="row"| "Für dich"

| 2018

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Ich danke allen Menschen"

| rowspan="3"| 2019

| 32 || 47 || 18

|

| rowspan="3"| Hin und weg

scope="row"| "Welt"
(featuring Kontra K)

| 73 || — || —

|

scope="row"| "Gute Zeiten"
(featuring MoTrip)

| — || — || —

|

| colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Other charted songs=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

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

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI

scope="row"| "Lass nicht los"
(with Kool Savas as XAVAS)

| rowspan="3"| 2012

| — || 45 || —

|rowspan="3" |Gespaltene Persöhnlichkeit

scope="row"| "Die Zukunft trägt meinen Namen"
(with Kool Savas as XAVAS)

| — || 47 || —

scope="row"| "Wenn es Nacht ist"
(with Kool Savas as XAVAS)

| — || 52 || —

scope="row"| "Amoi seg' ma uns wieder"

| rowspan="3"| 2014

| 12 || 3 || 5

| rowspan="2"|Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert (Sampler)

scope="row"| "Du bist das Licht"

| 46 || 44 || 52

scope="row"| "Hallelujah"

| 27 || 20 || 36

| Sing meinen Song - Das Weihnachtskonzert (Sampler)

scope="row"| "Mitten unterm Jahr"

| 2015

| 31 || 15 || 34

| Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert Vol. 2 (Sampler)

scope="row"| "Weck mich auf 2016"

| 2016

| 69 || 75 || —

| Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert, Vol. 3 (Sampler)

| colspan="20" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

=Album=

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! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:24em;"| Artist(s)

! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Album

scope="row"| "Freisein"

| 1997

| Xavier Naidoo

| Die neue S-Klasse

scope="row"| "3P (Licence 2 Kill)"

| 1998

| M. Pelham, T. Hofmann, Illmati!c, S. Setlur, Naidoo

| 3P: Revolution / Evolution

scope="row"| "Skillz"

| 1999

| Illmati!c, Xavier Naidoo

| Still Ill

scope="row"| "Lied (Du, nur du)"

| rowspan="7"| 2001

| Ben Becker, Xavier Naidoo

| Wir heben ab

scope="row"| "Soulmusic"

| Curse, Xavier Naidoo

| Von innen nach aussen

scope="row"| "Gib mir Musik"

| Edo Zanki, Xavier Naidoo

| Jetzt komm ich

scope="row"| "Über sieben Brücken musst du gehen"

| Erkan Aki, Xavier Naidoo

| Zeit der großen Gefühle

scope="row"| "Flashgott"

| Jan Delay, Xavier Naidoo, Dennis Dublate

| Searching for The Jan Soul Rebels

scope="row"| "Jeanny"

| Reamonn, Xavier Naidoo

| Dream No. 7

scope="row"| "Way to Mars"

| Sommersault, Xavier Naidoo

| By Your Side

scope="row"| "Tanz"

| rowspan="4"| 2003

| Harris, Xavier Naidoo

| Dirty Harry

scope="row"| "Digital Garden"

| Metaphysics, Xavier Naidoo

| Digital Garden

scope="row"| "Ich kenne nichts (das so schön ist wie du)"

| RZA, Xavier Naidoo

| The World According to RZA

scope="row"| "Tu me manques"

| Stress, Xavier Naidoo

| Tu me manques

scope="row"| "Tage und Stunden"

| rowspan="5"| 2004

| Bintia, Xavier Naidoo

| B-Ständig

scope="row"| "None of This"

| Jam & Spoon, Xavier Naidoo

| Tripomatic Fairytales 3003

scope="row"| "Serious"

| Kool & The Gang, Xavier Naidoo, Mousse T.

| The Hits: Reloaded

scope="row"| "Dieses Mal (Sommer unseres Lebens)"

| Melbeatz, Xavier Naidoo

| rowspan="2"| Rapper's Delight

scope="row"| "2. Bildungsweg"

| Melbeatz, Tone, Xavier Naidoo

scope="row"| "Dir allein"

| rowspan="4"| 2005

| BAP, Xavier Naidoo

| Dreimal zehn Jahre

scope="row"| "Was hab ich dir angetan?"

| Kool Savas, Azad, Xavier Naidoo

| One

scope="row"| "Ich wünsch mir"

| Olli Banjo, Xavier Naidoo

| Schizogenie

scope="row"| "Schick mir 'nen Engel"

| Tone, Xavier Naidoo

| Zukunftsmusik

scope="row"| "Weisse Taube"

| rowspan="4"| 2006

| Azad, Xavier Naidoo

| Game Over

scope="row"| "Schall und Rauch"

| Al Di Meola, Xavier Naidoo

| Vocal Rendezvous

scope="row"| "Hörst du mich?"

| D-Flame, Xavier Naidoo

| F.F.M.

scope="row"| "With You"

| Majestic 12, Xavier Naidoo

| Majestic

scope="row"| "Ich gehör nicht dir"

| rowspan="3"| 2007

| Bass Sultan Hengzt, Xavier Naidoo

| Der Schmetterlingseffekt

scope="row"| "Euer Sohn"

| Pal One, Xavier Naidoo

| Fokus: Rap

scope="row"| "People Like Them"

| Tomcraft, Xavier Naidoo

| For the Queen

scope="row"| "Sternschnuppa"

| rowspan="8"| 2008

| Bucher & Schmid, Xavier Naidoo

| Iisziit

scope="row"| "Stell dir vor"

| Curse, Xavier Naidoo

| Freiheit

scope="row"| "Im Herz"

| Franky Kubrick, Xavier Naidoo

| Dramaking

scope="row"| "Siagst as"

| Hubert von Goisern, Xavier Naidoo

| s'Nix

scope="row"| "Nothing Else Matters"

|Jazzkantine, Xavier Naidoo

|Hell's Kitchen

scope="row"| "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"

| Joana Zimmer, Xavier Naidoo

| Showtime

scope="row"| "Sehnsucht"

| Schiller, Xavier Naidoo

| Sehnsucht

scope="row"| "So leb' dein Leben"

| Tony Marshall, Xavier Naidoo

| Wie nie

scope="row"| "All the Shakin'"

| rowspan="7"| 2009

| Andreas Vollenweider, Xavier Naidoo

| Air

scope="row"| "Lass mich nicht hier"

| Cassandra Steen, Xavier Naidoo

| Darum leben wir

scope="row"| "Bettler & König"

| Karel Gott, Xavier Naidoo

| Leben

scope="row"| "Großes Problem"

| Monroe, Xavier Naidoo, Samy Deluxe

| Movement

scope="row"| "Der Mond ist aufgegangen"

| Pe Werner, Xavier Naidoo

| Im Mondrausch

scope="row"| "Mein Traum"

| Tone, Xavier Naidoo

| Phantom

scope="row"| "Liebe bringt den Schmerz"

| Vicky Leandros, Xavier Naidoo

| Möge der Himmel

scope="row"| "Spiegel"

| rowspan="3"| 2010

| Bligg, Xavier Naidoo

| Bart aber herzlich

scope="row"| "Schöner Tod"

| Marq, Xavier Naidoo

| Wunder

scope="row"| "Mein Weltbild"

| Olli Banjo, Xavier Naidoo

| Kopfdisco

scope="row"| "Was bringt unsere Liebe um?"

| rowspan="2"| 2011

| Kitty Kat, Xavier Naidoo

| Pinkmafia

scope="row"| "Believer"

| Marla Glen, Xavier Naidoo

| Humanology

=Soundtrack=

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scope="col" style="width:21em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:24em;"| Artist(s)

! scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Film

scope="row"| "Sie sieht mich nicht"

| 1999

| Xavier Naidoo

| Astérix & Obélix Take On Caesar

scope="row"| "Alles"

| 2000

| Sabrina Setlur, Xavier Naidoo

| Anatomy

scope="row"| "One Way"

|2006

|Xavier Naidoo

|One Way

scope="row"| "Wild vor Wut"

| 2010

| Xavier Naidoo

| Animals United

References

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