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Angélique Kidjo

07/14/1960 in Ouidah, Benin

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  • Afro-Pop
  • Afro-Beat
  • Worldbeat
  • Africa
  • World Fusion

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Biography

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, known as Angélique Kidjo (born July 14, 1960), is a Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has included Kidjo in its list of the African continent's 50 most iconic figures. The Guardian has listed her as one of its Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World and Kidjo is the first woman to be listed among "The 40 Most Powerful Celebrities In Africa" by Forbes magazine. The Daily Telegraph in London described her as "The undisputed queen of African music" during the 2012 Olympic Games River of Music Festival. In March 2013, NPR, National Public Radio in America, called her "Africa's greatest living diva". Kidjo is listed among the "2014 Most Influential Africans" by New African magazine and Jeune Afrique. Forbes Afrique put Kidjo on the cover of their "100 most influential women" issue in 2015. On June 6, 2013, Kidjo was elected vice-president of the Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d´Auteurs et Compositeurs (CISAC). She now resides in New York City, where she is an occasional contributor to the New York Times. Kidjo has received Honorary Doctorates from Yale University, Berklee College of Music and Middlebury College. ... (see more)


Popular Songs

Celia album cover
Sahara
Celia album cover
Toro Mata
Black Ivory Soul album cover
Bahia
Oremi album cover
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Albums by Release Date

Celia album cover
Celia
by Angélique Kidjo
Eve album cover
Eve
by Angélique Kidjo
Õÿö album cover
Õÿö
by Angélique Kidjo
Djin Djin album cover
Djin Djin
by Angélique Kidjo
Black Ivory Soul album cover
Black Ivory Soul
by Angélique Kidjo
Oremi album cover
Oremi
by Angélique Kidjo

Featured on

Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program album cover
Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program
by Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Possibilities album cover
Possibilities
by Herbie Hancock
House Party album cover
House Party
by Dan Zanes & Friends
Wakafrika album cover
Wakafrika
by Manu Dibango

Compilations

Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan album cover
Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs Of Bob Dylan
by Various Artists
Red Hot + Rio 2 album cover
Red Hot + Rio 2
by Various Artists
1960-2010: Africa, 50 Years of Music album cover
1960-2010: Africa, 50 Years of Music
by Various Artists
Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album album cover
Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album
by Various Artists
Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration album cover
Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration
by Various Artists
In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 album cover
In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2
by Various Artists
Africa Calling: Live 8 At Eden album cover
Africa Calling: Live 8 At Eden
by Various Artists
Putumayo Presents: Women Of Africa album cover
Putumayo Presents: Women Of Africa
by Various Artists
Lightning in a Bottle: Original Soundtrack Recording album cover
Lightning in a Bottle: Original Soundtrack Recording
by Various Artists
Putumayo Presents: Dreamland (World Lullabies & Soothing Songs) album cover
Putumayo Presents: Dreamland (World Lullabies & Soothing Songs)
by Various Artists
Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida album cover
Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida
by Various Artists
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 2 album cover
Lilith Fair: A Celebration of Women in Music, Volume 2
by Various Artists
Rhythms In Common album cover
Rhythms In Common
by Various Artists
Street Fighter (All New Songs From The Motion Picture) album cover
Street Fighter (All New Songs From The Motion Picture)
by Various Artists

Playlists

Riviera Days
Riviera Days
dj: djbeebo
Neo-Cocktail Lounge
Neo-Cocktail Lounge
dj: djbeebo
J-Quai
J-Quai
dj: djbeebo
Global Beats
Global Beats
dj: djbeebo
Laundromat
Laundromat
dj: olkid
One World
One World
dj: bluebeatkillerplaylist
Bloooz
Bloooz
dj: weejindy
Wdavison's Music
Wdavison's Music
dj: wdavison

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