Kaoma – Worldbeat (VG+/VG+) – LP, AU 1989

Worldbeat is an LP by Kaoma from 1989 released on the CBS label.

About this album

Worldbeat is Kaoma’s bright, crossover-driven follow-up to the worldwide lambada craze. Issued in 1989, the album folds Brazilian rhythms such as samba and batucada into glossy pop arrangements, with “Lambada” as its undeniable centrepiece and best-known song. Kaoma were part of the wave that turned lambada into an international phenomenon at the end of the 1980s, and this album shows how that sound was packaged for a broad global audience. Built around danceable grooves, catchy hooks and multilingual flair, Worldbeat stands as a snapshot of late-1980s Latin pop crossing into the mainstream.