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M. Pokora
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M. Pokora

M. Pokora is a r&b artist from France formed in 2003. 64 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

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64
Releases
2004–2026
Active years
2003
Formed

Discography

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R.E.D. (Rythmes Extrêmement Dangereux) cover4.2

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R.E.D. (Rythmes Extrêmement Dangereux)

2015 · 15 tracks

Singles & EPs

43

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Videos

4

Collaborators

3

Upcoming shows

Adrenaline Tour

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M. Pokora at a glance

Born in
Strasbourg
From
France
Active since
2003
Instruments
voice
Labels
Universal Music Group, EMI, Parlophone, Groupe TF1
Spouse
Christina Milian (since 2020)

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About

Matthieu Tota (born 26 September 1985) commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriter. Matthieu Tota, is the son of professional footballer André Tota and his mother is Brigitte Tota. His parents divorced in 1998 when he was just 13. As a child, he studied at an elementary school in Hohberg, and later at Collège Paul-Émile Victor in Mundolsheim, and Lycée Aristide Briand in Schiltigheim near Strasbourg. As a young man, football (soccer) became his first ambition and he wanted to be a professional player. But he opted for music. Matthieu Tota explained about the origin of his name Pokora in an interview during the documentary Mis à jour broadcast on 26 August 2010 about him on NRJ 12 television station. He said he was searching for an artistic name and happened to be talking to his grand mother of Polish origin and the importance of humility came up. So he asked her how do we say humility in Polish language and she said "pokora". So Matthieu immediately decided to call himself Pokora. Matt came from his name Matthieu. So he became to be known by his stage name Matt Pokora.

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He earned some public attention as a member of French R&B group Mic Unity. In fall 2003, he participated in the third season of Popstars, a French talent reality television show broadcast on M6. The concept of the program was to present possible candidates the winners of which would take part in the formation of a boy band or girl band. He was a crowd and jury favourite, and became a member of a boy band called Linkup formed with Lionel and Otis, two other winners in 2003 Popstars. The female winners were formed into another group Diadems formed of Marylore, Angel, Pookie, Ophélie and Alexandra. In the final showdown, the boy band including Mattieu Tota won the series over the girl band Diadems, who ended up runners-up. Their first Linkup single "Mon Étoile" was very successful topping French charts, and the debut album Notre Étoile was moderately successful. However the second single release "Une seconde d'éternité" was much less successful despite good sales. The band tried again their hand in a collaboration with the British boy band Blue making a bilingual English/French version with Blue based on the latter's song "Bubblin'". The bilingual English/French Blue/Linkup version was entitled "You & Me Bubblin". Soon afterwards, Linkup disbanded due to poor performance of sales on releases.

M. Pokora in brief

How many M. Pokora releases are on Riffiter?
64 releases are catalogued, spanning 2004 to 2026.
When was M. Pokora formed?
M. Pokora formed in 2003, in France.
What genre is M. Pokora?
M. Pokora is catalogued under R&B, Pop.
What is the most recent M. Pokora release on Riffiter?
ADRÉNALINE, LA RÉÉDITION, released in 2026.
Who is M. Pokora married to?
M. Pokora is married to Christina Milian, since 2020.

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