I Know

Irma (born 1988 in Douala, Cameroon) is a singer-songwriter from Cameroon. She is living in France.
Irma is from a family with a musical background. Her father is guitarist and her mother was in a church choir. As a child Irma was performing at masses too. At age 15 she went to a high school in Paris to improve her school education. By 2007 she posted her first videos at YouTube. They included own compositions like "Letter To The Lord" or the piano number "Somehow" but also cover versions like "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5, "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat or "New Soul" by Yael Naim. In the summer of 2008 she met Michael Goldman, son of French musician Jean-Jacques Goldman and in 2007 co-founder of the music label My Major Company. Irma got a record contract at this label and released her first album <Letter To The Lord> in February 2011 in France, were it made position number 20 in the album charts. In Switzerland she debutet at number 46 and in Wallonia at number 18.
The first single "I Know" reached number 42 in Switzerland, number 51 in France and number 7 in Wallonia. In 2011 she released several home made videos with acoustic covers at YouTube in collaboration with French and international musicians, including Tété (Hey Ya!), Matthieu Chédid (Rolling In The Deep), Gad Elmaleh (Isn't She Lovely?), Tom Dice (Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution) from Belgium and Patrice (The Times They Are A-Changin') from Germany. Together with Will.I.Am from The Black Eyed Peas she performed a cover version of The Jackson 5 number "I Want You Back".