Youssou N’Dour

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bandleader businessperson human musician politician record producer singer songwriter

Youssou N’Dour is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, and bandleader renowned for popularizing mbalax music worldwide and for his influential role in global pop and world music.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Youssou N'Dour	5
Youssou N’Dour canonical	4
Youssou Madjiguène N’Dour	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader ⓘ businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ politician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1970s ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best World Music Album ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album Polar Music Prize ⓘ Praemium Imperiale ⓘ surface form: Praemium Imperiale (music)
birthName	Youssou N’Dour self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Youssou Madjiguène N’Dour
collaboratedWith	Neneh Cherry ⓘ Paul Simon ⓘ Peter Gabriel ⓘ Sting ⓘ Wyclef Jean ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Senegal ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1959-10-01 ⓘ
employer	Super Étoile de Dakar ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Wolof people ⓘ
founded	Super Étoile de Dakar ⓘ
genre	Afropop ⓘ mbalax ⓘ pop music ⓘ world music ⓘ
hasRole	lead vocalist ⓘ
instrument	vocals ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to world music ⓘ popularizing mbalax music internationally ⓘ
languageOfPerformance	English ⓘ French ⓘ Wolof ⓘ
movement	anti-apartheid activism ⓘ human rights activism ⓘ
name	Youssou N’Dour self-link ⓘ
nationality	Senegalese ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
notableWork	7 Seconds ⓘ Egypta ⓘ surface form: Egypt Eyes Open ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ Set ⓘ Le Lion ⓘ surface form: The Lion Wommat (The Guide) ⓘ
occupation	business executive ⓘ composer ⓘ politician ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
participatedIn	Live 8 ⓘ Live Earth ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Dakar ⓘ
positionHeld	Minister of Tourism and Leisure of Senegal ⓘ Senegalese Minister of Tourism and Culture ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Dakar ⓘ