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Los Umbrellos
Los Umbrellos
	Los Umbrellos, 1997
Background information
Origin	Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Latin pop
Years active	1997–1999
Labels	Virgin Records, Flex Records, EMI Music, Time Records
Past members	Al Agami; Mai Britt Vingsøe; Grith Höifeldt

Los Umbrellos was a Latin pop dance group formed in Denmark. It was formed by record producer Kenneth Bager in 1997 and disbanded in 1999. It was led by the rapper Al Agami, the exiled crown prince of the small African enclave of Lado. His family fled to Denmark to escape the persecution of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.^[1] The group contained backing vocals from two former models and Danish TV co-hosts, Mai Britt Vingsøe and Grith Höifeldt.^[2]

The group released only one album in 1997, entitled Flamenco Funk. Their single, "No Tengo Dinero", went to number 33 on the UK Singles Chart,^[3] and peaked at number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 that year.^[4] The song also hit No. 1 in Austria and the top five in New Zealand, Switzerland and Italy.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	AUT	SWI
Flamenco Funk	Release date: February 10, 1998 Label: FLEX Records Formats: CD	10	30
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions								Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
Year	Single	AUT	CAN	NED	ITA	NZ	SUI	UK ^[3]	U.S.	Certifications (sales thresholds)	Album
1997	"No Tengo Dinero"	1	31	22	4	2	3	33	42	AUT: Platinum^[5]	Flamenco Funk
1998	"Easy Come, Easy Go"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Drive"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Gigolò"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

^ Billboard article
^ Picks and Pans Review: Flamenco Funk
^ ^a ^b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 329. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com
^ Austrian certifications, database ifpi.at Archived 2011-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved August 31, 2008)