[1] Winner of the Radio France Internationale Découvertes Prize in 1996[2] with the song "Muenge Mwa Ndolo", she toured worldwide and her first album, Sepia, was released in 2001.
Prior to her solo career, she sang with various artists as a backing vocalist, live or in recording sessions (including with Salif Keita, the jazz band Sixun, Toure Kunda, Ray Lema).,[3] and Manu Dibango.
A lover of music in general, some of her favourites are The Messiah of Handel, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley and the Cameroonian artist Dina Bell.
[citation needed] Mbassi was on tour with Totem (Cirque du Soleil) as the lead female vocalist of the production in 2011.
[citation needed] After being selected for the BEAM 2018 showcase,[5] Coco Mbassi has written a musical called 'Haendel on the Estate' extracts of which were performed at Ovalhouse theatre in February 2019 as part of their First Bites Spring 2019 programme.