Angélique Kidjo
Singer, songwriter and actress — Afropop, world music, jazz, funk, gospel and Latin music
Biographie
Angélique Kidjo was born on 14 July 1960 in Ouidah, Benin, and began as a child in his mother's theatre troupe. She recorded the album "Pretty", then left Benin for France in 1983, where she studied jazz in Paris. Signed by Island Records, she published "Logozo" in 1991 and has been leading an international career. His work combines African musical traditions with pop, jazz, funk, rock and world music. She sings in Fon, Yoruba, French and English. The United States of America has been a goodwill ambassador since 2002.
Distinctions and benchmarks
Five Grammy Awards, including the first in 2008 for the album "Djin Djin" (2007) · Polar Music Prize in 2023 · UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2002; founder in 2006 of the Batonga Foundation, dedicated to the education of girls in sub-Saharan Africa · Ranked in Time 100, list of the world's 100 most influential people, in 2021 · First African artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, ceremony on August 18, 2026 · Performed at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, July 23, 2021
Discographie
"Logozo" (1991) · "Aye" (1994) · "Fifa" (1996) · "Jin Djin" (2007) · "Eve" (2014) · "Celia" (2019) · "Mother Nature" (2021) — major albums from a discography of more than twenty albums · "HOPE!!" (2026), new album, with Pharrell Williams, Aura Starr, Nile Rodgers, Quavo and Davido among the guests
On the Poster — Festivals
- 2010 — FESMAN III — World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar: Interview with Moïse 1er at the heart of the festival — to be re-examined in our reports