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Senegalese singer, songwriter, percussionist, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician, born 1 October 1959, Dakar. He began singing as a child performer at neighborhood gatherings in the tough Medina section of Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. He took formally to the stage at age 12 and by his mid-teens was singing regularly with the Star Band, the most successful group in Senegal at that time. In 1979, he formed his own ensemble, the Etoile de Dakar, which, by 1981, had evolved into The Super Etoile. The most famous band in Africa, The Super Etoile, guided by Youssou N'Dour has crafted and invented a thoroughly modern African pop style, one which has gone on to influence artists as diverse as Peter Gabriel and Paul Simon. It was Gabriel, in fact, who introduced N'Dour to American and British artists via his So album (in 1986) and took N'Dour and The Super Etoile on the road with him in a subsequent world tour. In 1988, Youssou N'Dour was a co-headliner on the Amnesty International "Human Rights Now!" tour alongside Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, and Tracy Chapman. It was during the "Human Rights Now!" tour that N'Dour first heard Chimes Of Freedom and became friends with Branford Marsalis, who appears on The Guide. N'Dour's first international album releases on Virgin, The Lion (1989), produced by George Acogny and containing the N'Dour-Gabriel composed single "Shaking The Tree"; and Set (1990), produced by Brian Eno-compadre Michael Brook, prompted Brian Cullman to write in Rolling Stone: "If any third world performer has a real shot at the sort of universal popularity last enjoyed by Bob Marley, it's Youssou, a singer with a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it." In the summer of 1991, Youssou N'Dour signed to Spike Lee's 40 Acres & A Mule Musicworks label, distributed by Columbia. N'Dour was impressed by Lee's stated commitment to "enlarging the legacy of great African-American music" in a wide range of styles and Lee's belief that N'Dour's music constituted a part of that legacy. The result of that union was 1992's Eyes Open; self-produced by N'Dour at his own state-of-the-art Xippi Studio in Dakar and featuring The Super Etoile, Eyes Open went on to win a Grammy Award nomination. Since the release of Eyes Open, Youssou N'Dour was made an ambassador for UNICEF in conjunction with the Year Of The Child. In July 1993, an African opera composed by N'Dour premiered at the Paris Opera. N'Dour was the subject of a recent episode of the BBC's Rhythms Of The World program.
2022
Youssou Ndour Head Office
4xFile, MP3, Single
2022
Youssou Ndour Head Office
4xFile, MP3, EP
2021
Universal Music Africa
File, MP3, Album
2019
Naïve, Believe
CDr, Single, Promo
2019
Naïve
CDr, Single, Promo
2019
Youssou Ndour Head Office
CD, EP
2019
2018
Jive/Epic, Sony Music
CDr, Single, Promo
2018
Prince Arts
CD, Album
2018
Youssou Ndour Head Office
CD
2018
Youssou Ndour Head Office
CD
2017
Youssou Ndour Head Office
CD, Album
2017
Youssou Ndour Head Office
CD, Album
2016
Prince Arts
CD, Album
2016
2014
Youssou Ndour Head Office
CD, Album
2013
Metro Select
2xCD, Comp, Dig
2013
2013
2012
Nascente
2xCD, Comp
2011
Youssou Ndour Head Office
CD, Album
2010
Stern's Music
2xCD, Comp
2010
2010
2010
2009
Xippi Inc.
CD, Album
2009
Sony Music
CD, Single
2008
Bencom Srl, Warner Music Italia Srl
CD, Single, Promo, Uni
2008
Jololi
CD-ROM, P/Mixed
2008
2007
Nonesuch
CD, Single, Promo
2007
Nonesuch
CD, Promo, Smplr
2007
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia, Columbia, Columbia
3xCD, Album, Comp, RE
2007
2007
2005
Jololi
CD, Album
2005
Jololi
DVD, PAL
2005
Jololi
DVD
2005
Jololi
Cass, Single
2005
2004
Jololi
DVD, PAL
2004
Jololi
Cass, Album
2004
Plainisphare, Elephant
CD, Album
2004
2004
2003
Jololi
DVD-V
2003
Jololi
Cass, Album
2003
Wea Music, Nonesuch
CD, Single, Promo
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
Touba K7
CD, RE
2002
Touba K7
CD, RE
2002
Jololi
DVD-V
2002
Touba K7
CD, RE
2002
Quantum Leap
DVD, Reg
2002
Nonesuch
CD, Single
2002
2002
2002
2001
Manteca
CD, Comp
2001
Touba K7
CD, RE
2001
Sonic Edge (2)
DVD-V, NTSC
2001
Éditions Jade
CD, Single
2001
Jololi
VHS
2001
2001
2001
2001
2000
Jololi
Cass
2000
Columbia
7", Jukebox
2000
Columbia, Sony Music, FNAC
CD, Promo, Smplr
2000
Jololi
VHS
2000
Jololi
Cass, Album
2000
Sony Music Entertainment (France) S.A., Small
CD, Single, Promo
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
1999
Jololi
Cass
1999
Jololi
CD, Album
1999
Columbia
CD, Maxi, Promo, Smplr
1999
1999
1998
Celluloid
CD, Comp
1998
1998
1998
1998
1998
1997
1996
Epic, Epic
7", Jukebox
1996
Jololi
Cass, Album
1996
KSF Talla Diagne
Cass, Album
1996
Sony Music Special Marketing
CD, Single
1996
Saprom Productions
Cass, Single
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