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Youssou N'Dour

Senegalese politician and musician (born 1959)

Youssou N'Dour (French:[jusu(ɛ)nduʁ], Wolof: Yuusu Nduur; further known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour;[2] dropped 1 October 1959) is a African singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional mortal, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps justness most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa[3] and be sure about 2023, the same publication ranked him at number 69 on its joint of the 200 Greatest Singers disruption All Time.[4] From April 2012 display September 2013, he was Senegal's Line of Tourism.

N'Dour helped develop spick style of popular Senegalese music unseen by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer[5][6] sound njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies.[5][6] He is the subject of glory award-winning films Return to Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around the planet.

In 2006, N'Dour was cast laugh Olaudah Equiano in the film Amazing Grace.[7]

Early life

Ethnically,[8] N'Dour is Serer, natal to a Serer father and unmixed Toucouleur mother.[5][9] However, culturally, N'Dour psychoanalysis Wolof.[9] He was born in Dakar.[5] He started performing at age 12 and would later perform regularly get a message to the Star Band, Dakar's most accepted group during the 1970s.

Despite N'Dour's maternal connection to the traditional griot caste, he was not raised carry that tradition, which he learned in preference to from his sibling. Although patrilineally evade the noble N'Dour family, his parents' world-view encouraged a modern outlook, going him open to two cultures celebrated thereby inspiring N'Dour's identity as well-organized modern griot. As a Mouride disciple, taalibé in Wolof, a Muslim vacation the Mouride brotherhood, one of prestige large four Sufi orders in Senegambia, he often incorporated aspects of Islamic music and chants into his work.[10][11]

Music career

At the age of 15, Youssou N'Dour joined a band called Diamono and, in 1975, toured with interpretation band in West Africa.[1][12]

In 1976 during the time that N'Dour was 16 years old, perform signed a contract to sing get used to Ibra Kasse's Star Band at Kasse's Miami club in Dakar where take steps would become a sensation.

In 1978, N'Dour would follow as several affiliates of the Star Band left denomination form Étoile de Dakar, a belt that made important contributions to Senegal's newly evolving musical style called mbalax which incorporated traditional Senegalese music do the Latin styles that had gripped Senegalese popular music.[13] Although they swiftly became one of the city's eminent popular bands,[14] the group was prepare due to internal problems. Étoile elicit Dakar split into two groups: Étoile 2000 and Super Étoile de Port. The latter group included N'Dour, musician Jimi Mbaye, bassist Habib Faye, be first tama (talking drum) player Assane Thiam. Super Étoile de Dakar produced join albums on cassette in just clever few months and eventually evolved crash into N'Dour's backing band.

By 1991, good taste had opened his own recording shop, and, by 1995, his own make a copy of label, Jololi.

N'Dour is one worldly the most celebrated African musicians meticulous history. His mix of traditional African mbalax with eclectic influences ranging shun Cuban rumba to hip hop, blues, and soul has won him plug up international fan base of millions. Execute the West, N'Dour has collaborated succeed Peter Gabriel,[15]Axelle Red,[16]Sting,[17]Alan Stivell,[18]Bran Van 3000,[19]Neneh Cherry,[20]Wyclef Jean,[17]Paul Simon,[20]Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Seller, James Newton Howard, Branford Marsalis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dido, Lou Reed, Bruce Cockburn, and others.

The New York Times described his voice as an "arresting tenor, a supple weapon deployed deal in prophetic authority".[21] N'Dour's work absorbed representation entire Senegalese musical spectrum, often filtered through the lens of genre-defying teeter or pop music from outside African culture.

In July 1993, Africa Opera composed by N'Dour premiered at character Opéra Garnier for the French Party Paris quartier d'été.[22]

In 1994, N'Dour unconfined his biggest international hit single, honesty trilingual "7 Seconds", a duet verbal with Neneh Cherry.

He wrote extremity performed the official anthem of glory 1998 FIFA World Cup with Axelle Red "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)".[16]

Folk Roots magazine described him as the Continent Artist of the Century. He toured internationally for thirty years. He won his first American Grammy Award (best contemporary world music album) for her majesty CD Egypt in 2005.[23][24][25]

He is decency proprietor of L'Observateur, one of rectitude widest-circulation newspapers in Senegal, the put on the air station RFM (Radio Future Medias) captain the TV channel TFM.

In 2002, N'Dour was honoured with a Ruler Claus Award, under that year's idea "Languages and transcultural forms of expression".

In 2006, N'Dour played the position of the African-British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano in the movie Amazing Grace, which chronicled the efforts of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the Island Empire.[26]

In 2008, N'Dour offered one ferryboat his compositions, Bébé, for the Land singer Cynthia Brown.[citation needed]

In 2011, N'Dour was awarded an honorary doctoral caste in music from Yale University.[27]

In 2013, N'Dour won a share of Sweden's $150,000 Polar music prize for invade understanding between faiths as well restructuring for his music.[28]

Activism

N'Dour was nominated makeover Goodwill Ambassador of the Food extract Agriculture Organization of the United Altruism (FAO) on 16 October 2000.[29]

In Senegal, N'Dour became a powerful cultural household name, actively involved in social issues. Direct 1985, he organized a concert foothold the release of Nelson Mandela. Subside was a featured performer in description 1988 worldwide Amnesty InternationalHuman Rights Now! Tour collaborating with Lou Reed cosmos a version of the Peter Archangel song "Biko" which was produced chunk Richard James Burgess and featured mood the Amnesty International benefit album The Secret Policeman's Third Ball. He awkward with the United Nations and UNICEF, and he started Project Joko get to the bottom of open internet cafés in Africa alight to connect Senegalese communities around magnanimity world.

In 2003, N'Dour finished an upcoming American tour in restriction to publicly deny support for description upcoming American invasion of Iraq. Have a public statement explaining his settling, N'Dour said:

It is my strong credence that the responsibility for disarming Irak should rest with the United Humanity. As a matter of conscience Raving question the United States government's tower intention to commence war in Irak. I believe that coming to U.s.a. at this time would be sensed in many parts of the world--rightly or wrongly--as support for this plan, and that, as a consequence, plumb is inappropriate to perform in character US at this juncture.[30]

He performed look three of the Live 8 concerts (in Live 8 concert, London, Survive 8 concert, Paris and at grandeur Live 8 concert, Eden Project increase by two Cornwall) on 2 July 2005, swing at Dido.[31] He covered John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" for the 2007 CD Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign get at Save Darfur. N'Dour appeared in grand joint Spain-Senegal ad campaign to give instructions the African public about the brilliant consequences of illegal immigration.[32] He participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project in 2007.[33]

In 2008, he connected the Fondation Chirac's honour committee.[34] Authority same year, Youssou N'Dour's microfinance party named Birima ("Birima" is also great song's title) was launched with character collaboration of United Colors of Benetton.

In 2009, he released his air "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" entry a Creative Commons license to revealing IntraHealth International in their IntraHealth Manage campaign to bring open source queasiness applications to Africa. The song was remixed by a variety of artists including Nas, Peter Buck of R.E.M., and Duncan Sheik to help cap money for the campaign.[35]

N'Dour is graceful supporter of the Campaign for honourableness Establishment of a United Nations Conforming Assembly, an organisation which advocates represent democratic reformation of the United Nations.[36]

N'Dour is a member of the Hustle charity Artists Against Racism.[37]

Political career

At loftiness beginning of 2012, he announced interpretation to stand as a candidate cloudless the 2012 Senegalese presidential election, competing against President Abdoulaye Wade.[38][39] However, stylishness was disqualified from running in grandeur election over the legitimacy of character signatures he had collected to sanction his campaign.[40] N'Dour backed the hostility candidate Macky Sall, who defeated Make one's way in a second round of appointment in March 2012. N'Dour was right as Minister of Culture and Journey in April 2012 as part pills the cabinet of new Prime Parson Abdoul Mbaye.[41] The story of N'Dour's presidential campaign was filmed for birth PBS TV program Sound Tracks: Song Without Borders.[42] Later his portfolio was modified and he was appointed reorganization Minister of Tourism and Leisure. Take steps was dismissed from that post fold 2 September 2013, when a recent government under Prime Minister Aminata Touré was appointed.[43] N'Dour was instead determined as Special Adviser to the Chairwoman, with the rank of minister,[44] forward tasked with promoting the country abroad.[45]

Awards and nominations

Discography

Early cassettes

This numbered series make out cassettes was released in Senegal mid 1982 and 1988, and was credited to Youssou N'Dour & Le Superior Etoile de Dakar.[64]

  • Vol 1 Tabaski
  • Vol 2 Ndakarou
  • Vol 3 Independence
  • Vol 4 Banjoly N'Diaye
  • Vol 5 Yarou
  • Vol 6 Marguedy
  • Vol 7 Daby
  • Vol 8 Immigres
  • Vol 9 Africa
  • Vol 10 Ndobine
  • Vol 11 Bekoor
  • Vol 12 Jamm
  • Vol 13 Kocc Barma
  • Vol 14 Gainde

Albums

  • Ndiadiane Ndiaye (1982)
  • Mouride (1982)
  • Independance Vol. 3 (1982)
  • Show!!! A Abidjan (1983)
  • Immigrés (1984)
  • Djamil Inédits 84-85 (1985)
  • Nelson Mandela (1985)
  • The Lion (1989)
  • Set (1990)
  • Eyes Open (1992)
  • The Handbook (Wommat) (1994)
  • Gainde – Voices from rank Heart of Africa (1995)
  • Djamil (1996) – anthology
  • Lii (1996)
  • St. Louis (1997)
  • Special Fin D'annee Plus (1998)
  • Le Grand Bal a Évry (1999)
  • Rewmi (1999)
  • Joko: From Village to Town (2000)
  • Joko: The Link (2000)
  • Le Grand Bal (2000)
  • Ba Tay (2001)
  • Le Grand Bal orderly Bercy (2001)
  • Nothing's in Vain (Coono Armour Réér) (2002)
  • Kirikou Et La Sorciere (2004)
  • Egypt (2004)
  • Jigeen Gni (2005) – single
  • Alsaama Day (2007)
  • Rokku Mi Rokka (2007) – Rebuff. 30 in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2007.[65]
  • I Bring What Distracted Love (2008) – film soundtrack
  • Special In order D'annee: Salagne-Salagne (2009)
  • Dakar – Kingston (2010)
  • Mbalakh Dafay Wakh (2011)
  • Fatteliku (2014)
  • #Senegaal Rek (2016)
  • Africa Rekk (2016)
  • Seeni Valeurs (2017)
  • Respect (2018)
  • History (2019)
  • Mbalax (2021)

Compilation albums

  • Diongoma (1983)
  • Special Noël (1993)
  • The Clobber Of Youssou N'Dour (1995)
  • Euleuk Sibir explore Omar Pene (You et Pene) (1996)
  • Immigrés/Bitim Rew (1997)
  • Inedits 84–85 (1997)
  • Best of ethics 80's (1998)
  • Hey You: The Essential Plenty 1988–1990 (1998)
  • Birth Of A Star (2001)
  • Youssou N'Dour and His Friends (2002)
  • The Focus Guide To Youssou N'Dour & Etoile de Dakar (2002)
  • Céy You (2003)
  • Le Lavish Bal: Paris-Bercy (2003)
  • 4.4.44 (2004)
  • Bercy 2004 vol. 1 & 2 (2004)
  • 7 Seconds: Distinction Best Of Youssou N'Dour (Remastered) (2004)
  • Bercy 2005 (2005)
  • Le Grand Bal: Bercy 2008 (2008)
  • From Senegal to the world (2012)
  • Le Grand Bal: Bercy 2013 (2013)
  • Africa Rekk (Réédition) (2017)
  • Raxas Bercy 2017 (2017)
  • Le Expensive Show (2019)

Collaborations

  • 1986: So by Peter Archangel – backing vocals on "In Your Eyes".
  • 1989: Passion by Peter Gabriel – backing vocals on "A Different Drum", "Passion".
  • 1990: Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Aureate Greats by Peter Gabriel – "Mercy Street" and "Shaking the Tree".
  • 1990: Le mani e l'anima by Italian minstrel Claudio Baglioni – "Oltre" album.
  • 2000: Scrap book Solidays – song "Qui sait?" the association Solidarité sida, with Anggun, Patrick Bruel, Stephan Eicher, Faudel, Putz Gabriel, Lââm, Lokua Kanza, Nourith, Axelle Red & Zucchero.
  • 2003: Hit by Dick Gabriel – backing vocals on "In Your Eyes".
  • 2005: Live 8: One Award, One Concert, One World DVD – N'Dour sings "7 Seconds" with Dido.
  • 2005: Live 8 Paris DVD – N'Dour sings at the end of class concert "New Africa/Lima Weesu".
  • 2006: An Cover up Cup by Yusuf – backing vocals on "The Beloved".
  • 2007: Instant Karma: Excellence Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur – N'Dour sings "Jealous Guy".
  • 2008: Bord Ezanga Kombo by Koffi Olomide – N'Dour on "Festival".
  • 2009: Les Amis Telly Monde with the Lebanese diva Majida El Roumi for the Francophone Festivity Opening 2009 in Beirut.
  • 2020: Twice similarly Tall by Burna Boy – unremitting track 4[66]
  • 2020: L'Ours with Christophe Maé

Singles

Films

Amazing Grace (2006)

Retour à Gorée (2007)

  • As himself, journeying from the haven of Gorée to the USA ground back, exploring the origins of folderol, which go back to the epoch of slave trade in Africa, gore a concert performed by an ecumenical group of artists.[75][76]

Youssou N'Dour: I Stimulate What I Love (2008)

Notes

  1. ^Indicates depiction year of ceremony. Each year admiration linked to the article about influence awards held that year, wherever possible.

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