German singer David Lubega Balemezi is best known by his stage name Lou Bega. His 1999 song "Mambo No. 5", a cover of Pérez Prado's 1949 instrumental composition, debuted at the top of the charts in various European nations and received a Grammy Award nomination. Bega's distinctive musical style consists of mixing beats and grooves from the 1940s and 1950s with vintage musical parts.