Joci Pápai

Joci Pápai
Pápai in 2017
Background information
Birth name József Pápai
Born (1981-09-22) 22 September 1981
Tata, Hungary
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actor
  • rapper
  • guitarist
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active 2005–present

József "Joci" Pápai (Hungarian: [ˈjot͡si ˈpaːpɒi]; born 22 September 1981) is a Hungarian singer, voice actor, rapper and guitarist of Romani descent. He represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Origo" finishing in 8th place.[1]

Career

Pápai came into contact with music early as his older brother had started writing songs and playing guitar at the age of four. He was influenced by music of the 1960s and 1970s, and rock, pop, soul, and R&B music. His public debut was in 2005, when he was a part of the second season of the TV2 show Megasztár, where he was eliminated in the consolation rounds, but was interviewed by the Budapest daily tabloid Blikk. Afterwards, he started to produce his official debut.

His first big success was Ne nézz így rám. In 2006, he collaborated with rapper Majka with Nélküled and Nekem ez jár, but his greatest success came in 2015 with Mikor a test örexik. He then released a song in collaboration with Caramel and Zé Szabó titled Elrejtett világ. His last collaboration with Majka appeared together with the pop-funk song Senki más.

On 8 December 2016, it was announced that Pápai would be one of the thirty acts participating in the 2017 edition of A Dal, the national selection for Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the self-penned "Origo",[2] in which he progressed to the final and won the competition, giving him the right to represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, coming in 8th place overall.

Discography

Joci Pápai being interviewed after the first semi-final of A Dal 2017, 10 February 2017

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
HUN
[3]		 SWE
[4]		 SWI
[5]
"Ne nézz így rám" 2010 2—— Vigaszdíj
"Nélküled"
(with Majka and Tyson)		 ———
"Rabolj el" 2011 ——— Non-album singles
"Nekem ez jár"
(with Majka, Curtis, and BLR)		 2013 5——
"Mikor a test örexik"
(with Majka)		 2015 9——
"Elrejtett világ"
(with Caramel and Zé Szabó)		 ———
"Senki más"
(with Majka)		 2016 ———
"Origo" 2017 297
[6]		70
"Özönvíz" 5——
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mercereau, Damien (5 March 2017). "Eurovision 2017 : Joci Pàpai revient aux origines pour la Hongrie" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Radics Gigi nyerte A Dal utolsó válogatóját". hirado.hu. 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  3. ↑ Peak positions on the Hungarian Single Top 40:
    • For "Origo": "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  4. ↑ "swedishcharts.com – Discography Pápai Joci". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "hitparade.ch – Discographie Pápai Joci". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Freddie
with "Pioneer"		 Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest
2017		 Succeeded by
AWS
with "Viszlát nyár"



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