Born in
Cameroon, in the city of Douala, Grace Decca is the sixth child in
a family of eleven children. Her father was an automobile expert and her mother
a teacher. With four famous artists including her elder brother Ben, her
younger sister Dora and her younger brother Isaac, her family is well-known on
the Cameroonian music scene. She is also the niece of the late Eboa Lotin, and
great granddaughter of musician Lobe Lobe Rameau, one of the pioneers of Makossa. She holds a
DEA in Communication, obtained in France in 1998. After obtaining her Baccalauréat, Decca left for France to continue her studies.
She obtained a DEUG
in Culture and Communication, a BTS in Management Tools, as well as a Bachelor
and a master's degree. She was introduced to music in the early 1980s by
her elder brother, Ben, with whom she made choruses. In 1983, she was featured
in his single "Na sengui bobe" which was a success.
She performed alongside her brother between 1984 and
1989, before starting her own solo career. Decca released her first album in
1989 with the title Besoin d’amour. The album, featuring five songs,
sold more than 150,000 copies in Cameroon and helped her gain popularity.
In 1993, she
released a second album, Doi La Mulema, which was even more successful
than her first, which helped her gain international acclaim. Five years later, Decca returned to the music scene
with the release of her third album called Appelle-moi-Princesse, which
brought her a number of awards, including: Best Female Album of the Year,
Best-Selling Female of the Year, and the Bertrand Folon Award for artistic
maturity. In 2001, Decca released her fourth album, Donne-moi
un peu d'amour, which included eight tracks and was produced by J.P.S.
Productions. She later started her own label, GNS Productions, which is still
active. She has also produced the albums of several emerging artists such as
Joly Din and her younger brother, Isaac Decca.
♫ Clip: 2015 Grace Decca – Mouna o Bodi o Mba 5:38Thirteen
years after the release of Donne-moi un peu d'amour, Grace made a
comeback with an album which was different from her previous four. Namely, for
her fifth album, Decca chose gospel music. The album, titled Mouna (Burden in
the Douala language) was produced in the United States by George Duke, who also wrote two songs on it. Due to this album
being made up of thirteen songs sung in English, French and Douala, Decca was able to perform alongside renowned musicians
such as Sheila E., Jeffrey Osborne, Jonathan Butler, Chino XL, Paul Jackson Jr., Kirk Whalum, Alex AI, Teddy Campbell, Howard Hewett and Erik Zobble. Today Grace Decca is one of the most celebrated female singers of Cameroon.
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