At age 18, John Mamann left for Canada and later on to the States (Miami, Florida) to pursue a musical career. His father, a musician and relatively successful singer, with Moroccan descent, had great impact on him. Returning to France, his debut single was "Pas jaloux". He was more successful with composing particularly after his success in 2008 with writing and producing
Louisy Joseph and finding chart success with the latter's song "Assis par terre". He released his own album
Mister Joe with all materials composed by him with lyrics from Elodie Hesme, François Welgryn, Lionel Florence et Florian Gazan. Mamann has also written to a number of artists including
Johnny Hallyday (in two songs "Autoportrait" and "Devant toi"), for
Florent Pagny,
Natasha St-Pier,
Luce,
Jean-Roch,
Havana Brown and others. He has collaborated with producer
RedOne. In 2011, he co-wrote and co-produced "
Il nous faut", a big hit for French singer
Elisa Tovati and Belgian
The X Factor runner-up
Tom Dice. The single reached number 1 on both Belgian Flanders and Wallonia Singles Charts. He also co-composed with David Hallyday, Fred Château, Mathieu Mendès,
Corneille,
Shaka Ponk,
Coyle Girelli and Stanislas, music for the 2013 French musical production
Robin des Bois. ==In popular culture==