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20-418: Fun Factory may refer to: Fun Factory (band) , a German Eurodance group "Fun Factory" (song) , a 1991 single from The Damned Fun Factory (single album) , a 2019 release by Fromis 9 Fun Factory (company) , a German manufacturer of erotic toys Fun Factory (TV series) , a children's program on the early Sky Channel The Fun Factory (game show) ,

40-464: A 1976 television program on NBC Fun Fun Factory, a shōjo manga by Yoshitomo Watanabe Play-Doh Fun Factory an accessory for Play-Doh that extrudes it in various shapes. Fun Factory Uganda , a Ugandan entertainment company See also [ edit ] Film studios run by Mack Sennett (including the Keystone Studios ) were popularly known as his 'Fun Factory'. Topics referred to by

60-694: A Fun Factory Greatest Hits album was released. Hardison left Fun Factory in 1997; the remaining two members Mey and Browarczyk were joined by the new member Ray Horton and planned to continue with a rebranded band name "Fun Affairs", but saw little success and Fun Factory split up. In 1998, a Fun Factory spin-off was introduced with an all-new line-up, with rotating members, first comprising singer Lian Ross (Josephine Hiebel), rappers T-Roc/Tiger One (Terrance Lamont Croom), Alfonso Losa-Eser and Alexander Walser from Liechtenstein. On some of their releases they have been credited as The New Fun Factory . The first studio album Next Generation , published on Marlboro Records,

80-641: A cover version of the original, and "On Top Of The World", were released in 2009 and 2013 respectively. In December 2009, a promotional single titled "Shut Up" was released, which marked the first song since 1995 where founding members Cottura and Tözün were involved. In 2013, three of four founding members, Tözün, Cottura and Browarczyk, reunited for performances. They were joined by new rapper Ski (Anthony Freeman) from New York City. They gave their first full concert, credited as 'The Originalz FF Members of Fun Factory', in Poland on October 26, 2013, where they also presented

100-499: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fun Factory (band) The group was founded in 1992 with Balca Tözün from Turkey, Rodney Hardison from America, and Toni Cottura and Stephan Browarczyk from Germany. They released their first singles "Fun Factory's Theme" and "Groove Me" in 1992 and 1993. Fun Factory released their debut album Nonstop! The Album in 1994. Before their third single release " Close to You " in late 1993,

120-527: Is more on the mainstream, American style of rapping. It features numerous other members of the Booya Family, such as Jan van der Toorn and Alex Prince . The second album, Father , was released in May 1998 and contains slower pieces and more personal lyrics. The songs " Too Much Heaven " and "War" were also featured on the tribute albums Love The Bee Gees and Hands on Motown . At the end of 1999, Nana's released

140-499: Is not an actual first name, but is rather a Ghanaian title of nobility . His 1996 self-titled debut album was certified Platinum in Poland and Gold in Germany and Switzerland. The album spawned the 1997 hit single, " Lonely ", which reached number-one in Germany and Switzerland, and was certified Platinum in Germany. Nana arrived in Hamburg , Germany, with his mother and his brothers at

160-586: The Manfred Mann cover version " Do Wah Diddy ". They were all chart hits, peaking at nos. 11, 12 and 6 on the German Singles Charts. The same year, Fun Factory released their second Studio Album Fun-Tastic . By this time they began to become more popular throughout Europe , the United States, and Canada. The follow-up single release was " Don't Go Away ", becoming their last chart success. Following

180-491: The age of 10. At the beginning of the 90s, his debut consisted of DJing in hip-hop clubs. He also co-produced and rapped in some songs of DJ David Fascher ("Here We Go", "Make The Crowd Go Wild"), under the alias MC Africa True . In 1994 he joined the Eurodance project Darkness as a rapper, which was produced by Bülent Aris and Toni Cottura . The song "In My Dreams" became a club hit, but Nana did not feel very comfortable with

200-556: The group reported that lead singer Balca Tözün had been replaced with Marie-Anett Mey , an entertainer from Paris, France. " Close to You " became their first chart success, peaking at number 1 on the Canadian Dance chart. Follow-up singles were " Take Your Chance " and " Pain ", which peaked at 18 and 24 respectively on the German Singles Chart. In 1995, the band released their singles " I Wanna B with U ", " Celebration " and

220-532: The new song "Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart)". In 2014, the group began performing as Fun Factory again. On August 7, 2015, the single "Let's Get Crunk" was released. On July 15, 2016, "Turn It Up" was released, followed by the group's third studio album, Back to the Factory , in August. In February 2021, the group released "Memories", which went on to be their last single. In July 2021, the band announced they were leaving

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240-556: The only type of collaborations between Nana and Graciano Major, they both work together in the studio and have released a song in 2021 under the name “One Night Stand”, under his own Label Darkman Records . . The single was distributed over the Internet, through all major digital streaming platforms, and Graciano Major joined hands with Lebanese Electronic music producer and DJ Ramzy Shaar to remix his single “Dubai” in October 2022, released under

260-672: The planned bilingual album Global Playa was canceled at the request of the record company. After a long break, in the summer of 2004, Nana finally released the album All Doors In Flight No. 7 , featuring Jan van der Toorn and Manuell, on his own label, Darkman Records . The album was distributed exclusively over the Internet, through Nana's website. After the Covid pandemic, Nana skyrocketed back into touring across Europe around August 2022 with his newly appointed official backing singer Polish R&B singer-songwriter Graciano Markowski known as Graciano Major . Touring and live performances were not

280-560: The project and a cast for the new members was following. Balja, Toni, Steve and Anthony still perform together under "S.T.S.B. fka Fun Factory". After over a year of inactivity, Fun Factory resurfaced with a new line up of Douglas, DGS, and Jasmin, the former two being former members of the New Fun Factory project that was active during Fun Factory's first hiatus. In July 2023, the group released their newest single, "Uh La La". Current Lineup: Douglas, DGS, Jasmin (2023–present) Tözün

300-465: The release of "Don't Go Away", Cottura left the band. As a trio, the group released two more singles, "I Love You" and "Oh Yeah Yeah (I Like It)". For the single version of "I Love You", the first rap verse by Cottura was re-recorded by Browarczyk. In 1996, Cottura started releasing solo singles and founded the record label Booya Family, where he produced tracks for a variety of artists including NANA , Marky Mark , 'N Sync , and Backstreet Boys . In 1997,

320-419: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fun Factory . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fun_Factory&oldid=1043655193 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

340-532: The single "I Wanna Fly", which flopped, due to a decrease in euro-rap's popularity and the growing importance of hip-hop played in German . Nevertheless, Nana still recorded two further albums with Booya Music, which were not released due to legal problems. At the beginning of 2001 Nana released the German-language song Du wirst sehen , a gesture which was not appreciated by international fans. The single flopped, and

360-536: The style Darkness adopted and the group separated. However, his current scene name, Darkman, originated from this time. In 1996 Aris and Cottura founded the Black Music label Booya Music, which Nana joined as the first artist. The first single, "Darkman" reached the top 10 of Germany 's official single-chart by Media Control . The following single, "Lonely", became the most successful euro-rap song, being number-one for several weeks. The album, Nana , released in 1997,

380-685: Was released in 1999 and sold over 100,000 copies, along with the singles "Party With Fun Factory", "Sha-La-La-La-La" and "Wish" in 1998 and 1999. In 2000, Mey released her first and only solo single, "Be the One". In 2002, New Fun Factory's studio album ABC of Music , saw moderate success and the group was soon dissolved. In 2008, a group with all new members, credited under the Fun Factory brand released their first single titled "Be Good To Me". They performed at ZDF Fernsehgarten and toured in Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Romania. Two more singles, "I Wanna B With U 2010",

400-436: Was said to have left the band in 1993 and was replaced by Mey, however, Tözün continued to provide uncredited vocals for all their later releases until their disbandment in 1997 with Mey serving as a visual, lip-syncing and performing with the group on stage. Nana (rapper) Nana Kwame Abrokwa (born 5 October 1968) is a Ghanaian born German rapper and DJ , performing under the pseudonyms Nana or Darkman . Nana

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