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Youssou N'Dour
Senegalese politician and musician (born 1959)
Youssou N'Dour (French:[jusu(ɛ)nduʁ], Wolof: Yuusu Nduur[juːsuⁿd̺uːɾ]; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour;[2] born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa[3] and in 2023, the same publication ranked him at number 69 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.[4] From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.
N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer[5][6] music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies.[5][6] He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Eli
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YOUSSOU NDOUR
YOUSSOU NDOUR’s bedrock in Senegalese music and storytelling remains the hallmark of his artistic personality.
In October 1959, YOUSSOUNDOUR was born a traditional ‘Griot’ singer. After two years in street theatre his career truly began in 1972, age just thirteen. After the passing of Papa Samba Diop, known as Mba — leader of the Star Band in Dakar, Youssou sang a song he composed onstage as a tribute to him to great acclaim.
In 1981 after leaving the Etoiles group in Dakar, Youssou founded the orchestra Super Etoile. 1984 saw its Parisian debuts during Africa Fête, the African cultural festival set up by Mamadou Konté from Mali, featuring in the great pan-African dances and events organised at the Bercy Omnisports stadium in Paris by its leader.
After meeting Peter Gabriel in 1984, YOUSSOUNDOUR joined Band Aid for Ethiopia; in 1988 he sang at Wembley Stadium to celebrate the freedom of Nelson Mandela, and then alongside Sting, Tracy Chapman and Bruce Springsteen for Amnesty International.
He became known worldwide thanks to the song 7 Se Youssou N’Dour was born in 1959 in Senegal from a griot family, a Senegalese caste of poets and musicians. His culture will be of deep inspiration for his artistic career, and he established himself on the music scene thanks to a mix of African, Caribbean, and pop sounds that characterize his music. In 1977 he founded Étoile de Dakar which became the mbalax pioneer, a genre that weaves together Wolof sabar and Latin music, rock, Afro-pop. At the start of the Eighties, the band was renamed SuperÉtoile de Dakar and made its debut in North America. It was immediately noticed and acclaimed by critics and artists alike, including Peter Gabriel who invited N’Dour to participate in the renowned song “In Your Eyes” and, consequently, asked him to be the opening act for his international tour. But Youssou earned his spot among the greatest international artists when in 1988 accepted to perform, together with Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, and Tracy Chapman on the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! tour. In 1989 he published his
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