Xavier German singer, composer, and record producer Kurt Naidoo specializes in soul and R&B music. He founded the record labels Beats Around the Bush and Naidoo Records and is a founding member of the German band Söhne Mannheims. Naidoo has a prosperous solo career as well. In addition to selling more than a million copies of his debut album Nicht von dieser Welt (1998), all six of his subsequent albums—Interspiel - Alles für den Herrn (2002), Telegramm für X (2005), Alles kann besser werden (2009), Danke für's Zuhören (2012), Bei meiner Seele (2013), and Nicht von dieser Welt 2 (2016)—debuted at the top of the German album charts. Although he has recorded a few English-language songs, the majority of his tracks are in German.