Alban Uzoma Nwapa was born and raised in Southeastern Nigeria and came to Sweden at the age of 23 to study dentistry. To help with the costs he took up a job as a DJ at a local Stockholm club where he often sang along to the tunes and soon became well-known, so he kept doing it as a lucrative side-job after finishing his studies and opening his own practice.
Fast-forward to 1992, when his second album “One Love” was released under the stage name Dr. Alban. It contained two Euro-dance songs, which became very popular all over Europe: the Gospel “Sing Hallelujah!” and “It’s My Life”, which was further popularised by featuring in the background of a Tampax commercial.