Published video “Youssou Ndour -SENEGAL REKK- VERSION ORIGINALE - EDIT”.
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Youssou N’Dour
Youssou "Madjiguène" N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and politician. N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegambian music known as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.
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politics · Senegalese politician and musician (born 1959) · politician · singer-songwriter · singer · minister · also Youssou N’Dour, Youssou N'Dour, Youssou Ndour, Youssou'n'Dour, Yuusu Nduur, N’Dour
Born 1 October 1959 · Q210734
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2026· 13 entries
Published video “Youssou Ndour -Senegal rekk - Arena 2026”.
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Published video “SENEGAL REKK (REMIX) – Youssou NDour”.
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Published video “La billetterie est OUVERTE. Reservez vos places via ce lien 👇https://tix.to/LGB2026AR/iwffm #Bercy”.
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Published video “LIVE : Grand Bal du 03 Janvier 2026 avec Youssou Ndour et le Super Etoile”.
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Published video “Senegal Rekk (Remix)”.
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Published video “Beeg Naa Lene (Senegal Rekk)”.
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Published video “SANS DIRE UN MOT”.
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Published video “LIVE : Grand Bal du 1er Janvier 2024 avec Youssou Ndour et le super étoile”.
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Published video “POUR TOUJOURS”.
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Published video “LIGGEY - CLIP OFFICIEL DU GRAND BAL 2026 - YOUSSOU NDOUR. #Liggey #GrandBal2026 #youssoundour”.
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Published video “Youssou Ndour Feat Sidy Diop & Diolé Tall - Grand Bal du 03 Janvier 2026: Dakarou - Dakar Arena”.
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Published video “Youssou Ndour - Grand Bal du 03 Janvier 2026: 7 Seconds - Dakar Arena”.
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2025· 7 entries
Published video “POUR TOUJOURS (Acoustic Version)”.
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Published video “7 Seconds (Radio Edit)”.
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Published video “Yeksil (Moussa Ngom Remix)”.
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Published video “Sa ma Habiibi (Yéyé Faye Remix)”.
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Published video “Jimi Mbaye Dogo (Hommage du Super Etoile de Dakar)”.
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Released album “Eclairer le monde - Light the World”.
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Published video “Say Thank You”.
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: Youssou N’Dour review – Senegalese superstar is on magnificent form
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Awarded La Mar de Músicas (2022).
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2019· 2 entries
The Guardian: Youssou N’Dour: History review – the Senegalese superstar returns
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Released album “History”.
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Prom 65a: Youssou N’Dour & Le Super Étoile de Dakar review – joyous spirit
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2017· 2 entries
Released album “Seeni Valeurs”.
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Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Released album “Africa Rekk”.
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Released ep “#Senegaal Rekk”.
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2015· 3 entries
Jazz: Youssou N'Dour: Fatteliku
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The Financial Times: Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de Dakar: Fatteliku — review
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The Guardian: Youssou N’Dour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar: Fatteliku Live review – exuberant early work
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2014· 1 entry
Yahoo Finance: Youssou N'Dour Sings Songs From the Past and Distributes Them With Technique for the Future by Menyou
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2013· 3 entries
Awarded Polar Music Prize (2013).
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Released album “Senegal Superstar”.
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N'Dour won a share of Sweden's $150,000 Polar music prize for promoting understanding between faiths as well as for his music
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “From Senegal to the World: 80s Classics & Rarities”.
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The Guardian: Youssou N'Dour at Womad festival - video
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2011· 2 entries
N'Dour was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in music from Yale University
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Released album “Mballax Dafay Wax”.
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2010· 3 entries
Released album “Dakar–Kingston”.
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Released album “Once Upon a Time in Senegal: The Birth of Mbalax 1979–1981”.
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Released album “(Music From the Motion Picture) I Bring What I Love”.
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2009· 2 entries
Billboard: Youssou N’Dour To Close Africa Vive Series
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Released his song "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" under a Creative Commons license to help IntraHealth International in their IntraHealth Open campaign to bring open source health applications to Africa
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2008· 2 entries
Joined the Fondation Chirac's honour committee
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N'Dour offered one of his compositions, Bébé, for the French singer Cynthia Brown
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Rokku Mi Rokka”.
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Released album “Alsaama Day”.
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2006· 3 entries
Released album “Best of 80’s”.
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N'Dour played the role of the African-British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano in the movie Amazing Grace, which chronicled the efforts of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire
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N'Dour portrayed Olaudah Equiano in the film Amazing Grace
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “Hey You!”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album for Egypt (2005).
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Released album “Bercy 2005”.
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2004· 4 entries
Variety: Youssou N’Dour
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Released album “Egypt”.
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Released album “7 Seconds: The Best of Youssou N’Dour”.
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As "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa, and ranked him in 2023 at number 69 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
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2003· 5 entries
Which owns L'Observateur, one of the most widespread newspapers in Senegal, the radio station "RFM" (Radio Futurs Médias), which like the newspaper was also started in 2003, and the TV channel "TFM" (Télé Futurs Médias),
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Released album “Céy You”.
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In 2003, N'Dour cancelled an upcoming American tour in order to publicly deny support for the upcoming American invasion of Iraq.
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Released album “Together”.
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N'Dour cancelled an upcoming American tour in order to publicly deny support for the upcoming American invasion of Iraq
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2002· 5 entries
Released album “Nothing’s in Vain (Coono du réér)”.
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Awarded Prince Claus Award (2002).
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Released album “Ba Tay”.
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N'Dour was honoured with a Prince Claus Award, under that year's theme "Languages and transcultural forms of expression"
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Released album “The Rough Guide to Youssou N’Dour & Étoile de Dakar”.
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Birth of a Star: 11 Giant Dakar Hits”.
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Released album “Le Grand Bal à Bercy”.
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “Joko (The Link)”.
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Released album “Joko: From Village to Town”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Senegal: Gainde: Voices From the Heart of Africa”.
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1994· 3 entries
Released album “The Best of Youssou N’Dour”.
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Released album “The Guide (Wommat)”.
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N'Dour released his biggest international hit single, the trilingual "7 Seconds", a duet sung with Neneh Cherry
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Hey You! The Best of Youssou N’Dour”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Eyes Open”.
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Set”.
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “The Lion”.
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1985· 3 entries
Released album “Nelson Mandela”.
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Organized a concert for the release of Nelson Mandela
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Released album “Djamil: Inedits 84–85”.
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Diongoma”.
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1978· 1 entry
N'Dour followed, as several members of the Star Band did, some musicians that would form Étoile de Dakar, a band that made important contributions to Senegal's newly-evolving musical style called mbalax, which incorporat
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1976· 1 entry
When N'Dour was 16 years old, he signed a contract to sing with Ibra Kasse's Star Band at Kasse's "Miami club" in Dakar where he would become a sensation
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1959· 1 entry
Born 1959-10-01.
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