Alain Nkossi Konda is a very gifted singer/songwriter originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. At a tender age he went to the US with his diplomat father who was then working for the United Nations Development Program. Says Nkossi: "My father was often a member of the Salvation Army church choir in his youth where they sung songs in harmony ... both my parent's enjoyed singing and have good voices. I have been singing for as long as I can remember".

During the more than 29 years he spent in the urban jungle of New York, Nkossi earned himself a reputation as a hard working musician/producer within the NYC Afro Pop community. He is a respected innovator who effortlessly combines his African musical heritage with his new American homeland creating what he calls "Tri-cultural pop“ which is a combination of Funk, Soukous and Reggae with Pop hooks sung in French, English and Lingala.

His first album "Adiyoyo Mona Lisa“ was released in 1998.

In 1999, Nkossi became the first artist to be signed by Harry Belafonte for his new label Niger Records/Palm Pictures in collaboration with Island Records founder Chris Blackwell.

During the spring of 2001, Nkossi and his associate Jim Savitt set up their own production company Afrikool. Their objective was to provide the necessary tools that could facilitate the cultural exchange between African artists and their American counterparts. Under that banner, he wrote 18 songs and co-produced with Promoter Rick Garson (Michael Jackson "Thriller" Tour, George Michael "Faith" Tour, Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" Tour...) „World Voice 2002“, a spoken word album featuring artists such as Britney Spears, N’Sync, Aerosmith and more... Reading prayers from Pope John Paul II's private journals.

Awards in "World" category:

In 2001, Nkossi was selected as a Finalist in the U.S.A. Songwriting Contest.

In 2002, he won both the first and second prize of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. A new re-recording of The prize winning songs, „Unconditional love“ and „Story Tellers“ can both be heard on his previous album "Africa-pella".

In 2003, he was selected as a Semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition with his song “Foot of the hill”´, the same year Nkossi was a Winner in the Nashville Christmas Song competition with his original track “Bells Ringing”…

In 2004: He was selected as a Finalist of the U.K. Songwriting Competition with a new composition titled “Your anything”.
Won 2 Honorable Mention Awards, one for the U.S.A Songwriting Competition with another title "Bolingo" and another for the 2004 International Songwriting Competition with a new title “Moment of truth” which he composed for consideration as the official song for the 2005 World Nordic Championships” which were held in Obersdorf/ Germany on Feb. 16th.

In 2005: He was selected as the winner of the "World" category of the West Coast Songwriters Contest with the title "Unnacceptable" (featured on his new album Nostaslgia 3C1S1V) & also received an Honorable mention prize for another title "Pulling the rug".

Nkossi placed among the top 500 Songwriter' s entered in the 13th Annual BILLBOARD World song contest and won 2 Honorable mention awards with his tracks "Only for a moment" and "Foot of the hill" which are both featured on his new album Nostalgia 3C1S1V.

Nkossi is well aware of the power of music and his desire to communicate through it transcends borders. He belongs to this goup of artists who understood that music is the most wonderful way to convey ideas, feelings and passions. Music overwhelms him, devours him to the point where he manages to dominate it, shape it and extrapolate it in such a way that we can perceive it as a universal language.
This is a language that he likes to share and which he transcends during his live performances. He is one of these artists we call „amazing performer“. During his stage acts we immerse into his musical world and can’t help to let ourselves be carried away by the crazy swirl of his innovative style. The least that can be said is it lifts and stirs you up while keeping a great musical quality all through.

During his last visit to NewYork for a "Mini-Tour", Alain received an appointement from Ambassador Maradona and Secretary General Dr. Alessandro Manini as Special Envoy in support of the CISRI-ISP Program Against Malnutrituion & the United Nations System. (www.pomun.org ).

Production & composition of a featured sports anthem track titled: "KoolWave" for the ADIDAS Official Website (www.adidas.com ) currently featured during the WorldCup Soccer Tournament.