Michael Africk was born on 20 August 1975 and is an American singer, songwriter, multi-platinum record producer and entrepreneur.
13 Facts About Michael Africk
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Michael Africk collaborated with Mai Kuraki as a producer, songwriter and featured performer on the album Delicious Way which debuted at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart and had the highest first week sales for a debut album in Japanese music history with 2,218,640 units sold and remains the sixth best selling album of all time in Japan.
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Michael Africk has collaborated on many chart topping singles and albums with Kuraki over the years, including the multi-platinum single Never Gonna Give You Up where he is featured as a performer.
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Michael Africk sang "Someone Like Me", the theme song for Disney's animated film Doug's 1st Movie.
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Michael Africk was the opening act for N'Sync and Britney Spears, and toured in Japan.
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Michael Africk composed the music for the Japanese anime series Secret of Cerulean Sand.
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Michael Africk collaborated with Mai Kuraki for the song Baby Tonight, a single from the album Delicious Way.
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Michael Africk composed "Love One Another" with Kuraki for the benefit of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami victims.
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Michael Africk founded Handcraft Entertainment with the vision of globalizing the J-Pop genre.
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Currently Handcraft and Michael Africk represent artist, influencer and model Hana Kuro as well as artist, actress and model Anna Aya.
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In 2006, Michael Africk started his tech career when he co-founded XLR8 Mobile.
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Michael Africk would go on to found Dijit and Inmoji as well.
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Michael Africk was named one of the 12 Top Tech Leaders To Watch In 2017 by Inc.