Los Umbrellos

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Los Umbrellos was a Latin pop dance group formed in Denmark. It was formed by record producer Kenneth Bager in 1997 and broke up 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  The group contained backing vocals from two former models and Danish TV cohosts, Mai Britt Vingsøe and Grith Höifeldt.

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

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No Tengo Dinero" (Spanish: "I Don't Have Money") is a début single of Danish musical group Los Umbrellos, considered to be their signature song. It was released by FLEX Records (EMI on May 14, 1997.  Based on the theme of 1960 film Never on Sunday by Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis,

the lyrics were written by Jay and Richie Balmorian and group member Al Agami. It was produced by Kenneth Bager, Michael Pfundheller and Jan Elhøj, with additional production handled by Cutfather & Joe. The song was a top 5 hit in Austria, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, and Switzerland.

The song peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It stayed on the chart for 27 weeks without ever entering the top 40.  As of August 2003, the single had sold 800,000 copies worldwide.  Unlike the band's following releases, "No Tengo Dinero" enjoyed chart success, thus Los Umbrellos were named one hit wonder.