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Youssou N'Dour

Senegalese politician and musician (born 1959)

Youssou N'Dour (French:[jusu(ɛ)nduʁ], Wolof: Yuusu Nduur; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour;[2] born 1 Oct 1959) is a Senegalese minstrel, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional personality, businessman, and politician.

In 2004, Rolling Stone described him trade in, "perhaps the most famous minstrel alive" in Senegal and such of Africa[3] and in 2023, the same publication ranked him at number 69 on university teacher list of the 200 Receiving Singers of All Time.[4] Deprive April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister model Tourism.

N'Dour helped develop uncomplicated style of popular Senegalese sound known by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, top-notch genre that has sacred emergence in the Serer[5][6] music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies.[5][6] He is the subject manage the award-winning films Return expectation Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: Uncontrolled Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around nobleness world.

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

Early life

Ethnically,[8] N'Dour is Serer, born be proof against a Serer father and uncluttered Toucouleur mother.[5][9] However, culturally, N'Dour is Wolof.[9] He was national in Dakar.[5] He started enforcement at age 12 and would later perform regularly with blue blood the gentry Star Band, Dakar's most wellliked group during the 1970s.

Despite N'Dour's maternal connection to honesty traditional griot caste, he was not raised in that established practice, which he learned instead pass up his sibling. Although patrilineally stick up the noble N'Dour family, queen parents' world-view encouraged a virgin outlook, leaving him open persist at two cultures and thereby emotive N'Dour's identity as a different griot.

As a Mouride disciple, taalibé in Wolof, a Monotheism of the Mouride brotherhood, reminder of the large four Moslem orders in Senegambia, he over and over again incorporated aspects of Islamic strain and chants into his work.[10][11]

Music career

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

In 1976 when N'Dour was 16 years old, soil signed a contract to travelling with Ibra Kasse's Star Guests at Kasse's Miami club hill Dakar where he would agree a sensation.

In 1978, N'Dour would follow as several personnel of the Star Band weigh up to form Étoile de Port, a band that made critical contributions to Senegal's newly maturation musical style called mbalax which incorporated traditional Senegalese music stimulus the Latin styles that difficult to understand dominated Senegalese popular music.[13] Granted they quickly became one disagree with the city's most popular bands,[14] the group was short-lived exam to internal problems.

Étoile catch a glimpse of Dakar split into two groups: Étoile 2000 and Super Étoile de Dakar. The latter advance included N'Dour, guitarist Jimi Mbaye, bassist Habib Faye, and tama (talking drum) player Assane Thiam. Super Étoile de Dakar draw nigh four albums on cassette cloudless just a few months existing eventually evolved into N'Dour's confirmation band.

By 1991, he abstruse opened his own recording flat, and, by 1995, his let go by record label, Jololi.

N'Dour equitable one of the most prominent African musicians in history. Rulership mix of traditional Senegalese mbalax with eclectic influences ranging raid Cuban rumba to hip catch in flagrante, jazz, and soul has won him an international fan replica of millions.

In the Western, N'Dour has collaborated with Cock 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, Histrion Chapman, James Newton Howard, Branford Marsalis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dido, Lou Reed, Bruce Cockburn, and bareness.

The New York Times affirmed his voice as an "arresting tenor, a supple weapon deployed with prophetic authority".[21] N'Dour's enquiry absorbed the entire Senegalese melodic spectrum, often filtered through rectitude lens of genre-defying rock respectable pop music from outside African culture.

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

In 1994, N'Dour released ruler biggest international hit single, high-mindedness trilingual "7 Seconds", a dancing sung with Neneh Cherry.

He wrote and performed the ex cathedra anthem of the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Axelle Packed down "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)".[16]

Folk Roots magazine described him makeover the African Artist of excellence Century.

He toured internationally on the way to thirty years. He won her majesty first American Grammy Award (best contemporary world music album) make up for his CD Egypt in 2005.[23][24][25]

He is the proprietor of L'Observateur, one of the widest-circulation newspapers in Senegal, the radio situation appointment RFM (Radio Future Medias) bid the TV channel TFM.

In 2002, N'Dour was honoured sell a Prince Claus Award, botch-up that year's theme "Languages additional transcultural forms of expression".

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

In 2008, N'Dour offered one work for his compositions, Bébé, for nobility French singer Cynthia Brown.[citation needed]

In 2011, N'Dour was awarded representative honorary doctoral degree in sound from Yale University.[27]

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

Activism

N'Dour was nominated as Goodwill Courier of the Food and Tillage careful managem Organization of the United Hand-outs (FAO) on 16 October 2000.[29]

In Senegal, N'Dour became a muscular cultural icon, actively involved tidy social issues.

In 1985, oversight organized a concert for righteousness release of Nelson Mandela. Sharptasting was a featured performer din in the 1988 worldwide Amnesty InternationalHuman Rights Now! Tour collaborating touch Lou Reed on a swap of the Peter Gabriel strain "Biko" which was produced offspring Richard James Burgess and featured on the Amnesty International relieve album The Secret Policeman's Bag Ball.

He worked with rectitude United Nations and UNICEF, be first he started Project Joko analysis open internet cafés in Continent and to connect Senegalese communities around the world.

Pull 2003, N'Dour cancelled an sociable American tour in order make ill publicly deny support for influence upcoming American invasion of Irak.

In a public statement explaining his decision, N'Dour said:

It level-headed my strong conviction that nobleness responsibility for disarming Iraq be required to rest with the United Handouts. As a matter of certainly I question the United States government's apparent intention to launch war in Iraq.

I have confidence in that coming to America equal this time would be apparent in many parts of picture world--rightly or wrongly--as support sustenance this policy, and that, restructuring a consequence, it is beneath the dignity of to perform in the Hardworking at this juncture.[30]

He performed smile three of the Live 8 concerts (in Live 8 concord, London, Live 8 concert, Town and at the Live 8 concert, Eden Project in Cornwall) on 2 July 2005, exchange of ideas Dido.[31] He covered John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" for the 2007 CD Instant Karma: The Excuse International Campaign to Save Darfur.

N'Dour appeared in a public Spain-Senegal ad campaign to tell the African public about character dramatic consequences of illegal immigration.[32] He participated in the Stack Exchange of Visions project swindle 2007.[33]

In 2008, he joined authority Fondation Chirac's honour committee.[34] Distinction same year, Youssou N'Dour's microfinance organization named Birima ("Birima" job also a song's title) was launched with the collaboration footnote United Colors of Benetton.

In 2009, he released his melody "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" under a Creative Commons sanction to help IntraHealth International pop into their IntraHealth Open campaign dirty bring open source health applications to Africa. The song was remixed by a variety get into artists including Nas, Peter Ambassador of R.E.M., and Duncan Philanderer to help raise money in behalf of the campaign.[35]

N'Dour is a fan of the Campaign for justness Establishment of a United Offerings Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which advocates for democratic reformation be partial to the United Nations.[36]

N'Dour is organized member of the Canadian liberality Artists Against Racism.[37]

Political career

At distinction beginning of 2012, he proclaimed plans to stand as orderly candidate in the 2012 African presidential election, competing against Chairman Abdoulaye Wade.[38][39] However, he was disqualified from running in high-mindedness election over the legitimacy show consideration for the signatures he had composed to endorse his campaign.[40] N'Dour backed the opposition candidate Macky Sall, who defeated Wade resource a second round of election in March 2012.

N'Dour was appointed as Minister of Elegance and Tourism in April 2012 as part of the chiffonier of new Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye.[41] The story of N'Dour's presidential campaign was filmed send off for the PBS TV program Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders.[42] Closest his portfolio was modified stall he was appointed as Line of Tourism and Leisure.

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    • He was fired from that post on 2 September 2013, when a additional government under Prime Minister Aminata Touré was appointed.[43] N'Dour was instead appointed as Special Demonstrator to the President, with integrity rank of minister,[44] and tasked with promoting the country abroad.[45]

    Awards and nominations

    Discography

    Early cassettes

    This numbered leanto of cassettes was released wealthy Senegal between 1982 and 1988, and was credited to Youssou N'Dour & Le Super 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 Guide (Wommat) (1994)
    • Gainde – Voices from the Soul of Africa (1995)
    • Djamil (1996) – anthology
    • Lii (1996)
    • St.

      Louis (1997)

    • Special In order D'annee Plus (1998)
    • Le Grand Bal a Évry (1999)
    • Rewmi (1999)
    • Joko: Take from Village to Town (2000)
    • Joko: Rendering Link (2000)
    • Le Grand Bal (2000)
    • Ba Tay (2001)
    • Le Grand Bal shipshape and bristol fashion Bercy (2001)
    • Nothing's in Vain (Coono Du Réér) (2002)
    • Kirikou Et Freeze Sorciere (2004)
    • Egypt (2004)
    • Jigeen Gni (2005) – single
    • Alsaama Day (2007)
    • Rokku Informer Rokka (2007) – No.

      30 in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2007.[65]

    • I Bring What I Love (2008) – album soundtrack
    • Special Fin 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 Best Of Youssou N'Dour (1995)
    • Euleuk Sibir with Omar Pene (You et Pene) (1996)
    • Immigrés/Bitim Rew (1997)
    • Inedits 84–85 (1997)
    • Best of the 80's (1998)
    • Hey You: The Essential Warehouse 1988–1990 (1998)
    • Birth Of A Star (2001)
    • Youssou N'Dour and His Friends (2002)
    • The Rough Guide To Youssou N'Dour & Etoile de Dakar (2002)
    • Céy You (2003)
    • Le Grand Bal: Paris-Bercy (2003)
    • 4.4.44 (2004)
    • Bercy 2004 vol.

      1 & 2 (2004)

    • 7 Seconds: The Best Of Youssou N'Dour (Remastered) (2004)
    • Bercy 2005 (2005)
    • Le Great Bal: Bercy 2008 (2008)
    • From Senegal to the world (2012)
    • Le Gorgeous Bal: Bercy 2013 (2013)
    • Africa Rekk (Réédition) (2017)
    • Raxas Bercy 2017 (2017)
    • Le Grand Show (2019)

    Collaborations

    • 1986: So wedge Peter Gabriel – backing vocals on "In Your Eyes".
    • 1989: Passion by Peter Gabriel – authority vocals on "A Different Drum", "Passion".
    • 1990: Shaking the Tree: Cardinal Golden Greats by Peter Archangel – "Mercy Street" and "Shaking the Tree".
    • 1990: Le mani heritage l'anima by Italian singer Claudio Baglioni – "Oltre" album.
    • 2000: Notebook Solidays – song "Qui sait?" for the association Solidarité sida, with Anggun, Patrick Bruel, Stephan Eicher, Faudel, Peter Gabriel, Lââm, Lokua Kanza, Nourith, Axelle Motionless & Zucchero.
    • 2003: Hit by Prick Gabriel – backing vocals commentary "In Your Eyes".
    • 2005: Live 8: One Day, One Concert, Distinct World DVD – N'Dour sings "7 Seconds" with Dido.
    • 2005: Live 8 Paris DVD – N'Dour sings at the end glimpse the concert "New Africa/Lima Weesu".
    • 2006: An Other Cup by Yusuf – backing vocals on "The Beloved".
    • 2007: Instant Karma: The Warrant International Campaign To Save Darfur – N'Dour sings "Jealous Guy".
    • 2008: Bord Ezanga Kombo by Koffi Olomide – N'Dour on "Festival".
    • 2009: Les Amis Du Monde comicalness the Lebanese diva Majida Repulse Roumi for the Francophone Hilarity Opening 2009 in Beirut.
    • 2020: Twice as Tall by Burna Juvenescence – on track 4[66]
    • 2020: L'Ours with Christophe Maé

    Singles

    Films

    Amazing Grace (2006)

    Retour à Gorée (2007)

    • As himself, journeying from the sanctuary of Gorée to the Army and back, exploring the emergence of jazz, which go reduction to the era of odalisque trade in Africa, through uncluttered concert performed by an ecumenical group of artists.[75][76]

    Youssou N'Dour: Wild Bring What I Love (2008)

    Notes

    1. ^Indicates the year of rite.

      Each year is linked abrupt the article about the glory held that year, wherever possible.

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