Baha Men

Baha Men are American singers in a Bahamian band. They play a modernised style of Bahamian music called Junkanoo. The group was formed in the Bahamas in 1980 as High Voltage. They started the genre "Junkanoo" in 1982. In 1991, they changed their name to Baha Men.

They released their first album, Junkanoo, in 1992. The album was very traditional in its sound. During this time, they began aiming their music at a more mainstream audience, and achieved great popularity with 2000's remake of "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (originally composed by Anslem Douglas).

The song was a chart success in many countries, and also became a popular song at US sporting events. "Who Let the Dogs Out?" also earned the band several awards including a Grammy Award in 2000 for Best Dance Recording, the Billboard Music Awards for World Music Artist of the Year and World Music Album of the Year and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award for Favorite Song. In 2002, they won another Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Band.

The Baha Men's most recent album was Holla!, released in 2004, but they are set to release an album in the year 2010 and began a tour in September 2009. Baha Men will launch this tour from Nassau, Bahamas.

Baha Men were one of the many artists to record a song on the album DisneyMania and two of its four sequels. On the first DisneyMania, they recorded "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King. On DisneyMania 2, they recorded the famous song "It's a Small World" from the Disney park attraction of the same name. They returned for DisneyMania 4, recording their take on the song "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from Lilo and Stitch entitled "Bahaman Roller Coaster Ride."

A number of their songs have used in major motion pictures such as: Rugrats In Paris, Miss Congeniality, Rat Race, and Garfield: The Movie. They also recorded a cover of Elton John's hit "Crocodile Rock" for the film Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course starring Steve Irwin and family. The band has also made an appearance when they starred as themselves in the 1994 romantic comedy My Father the Hero starring Gerard Depardieu and Katherine Heigl. The Baha Men also were featured in the soundtrack of Shrek with their hit song "Best Years of Our Lives". "Who Let the Dogs Out?" was also featured in the 2009 hit comedy The Hangover.

Music Videos

 * Holla
 * Love Really Hurts
 * Move It Like This
 * Who Let the Dogs Out?
 * You All Dat