Band, *1959 SN, Dakar
Singer / Musician / Composer / Songwriter of World
Youssou n'Dour was born in Dakar in 1959 and 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.
Babacar Faye perc, djm, bvoc | |
Jean-Philippe Rykiel key *1961 FR | |
Assane Thiam perc | |
Habib Faye key, b 1965-2018 SN | |
Ann Calvert bvoc | |
Maria Popkiewicz voc, bvoc FR | |
Alla Seck voc, bvoc | |
Mamadou Mbaye g | |
Ibou Konate bvoc, tr SN | |
Emmanuelle Bale bvoc | |
Papa Oumar Ngom g | |
Magatte Dieng perc | |
Mamadou Dieng dr | |
Laurence Darpy bvoc | |
Ouzin Ndiaye bvoc |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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#Senegaal Rekk | Youssou N'Dour | 2016 | Album |
Africa Rekk | Youssou N'Dour | 2016 | Album |
Live In Athens 1987 (The Full Recorded Show) | Peter Gabriel Including Youssou N'Dour And Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2013 | Album |
Senegal Superstar | Youssou N'Dour | 2013 | Compil. |
Live - Fatteliku | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2013 | Album |
United Against Malaria Concert - Live 2005 | Youssou N'Dour | 2012 | Album |
Dakar – Kingston | Youssou N'Dour | 2010 | Album |
I Bring What I Love | Youssou N'Dour | 2010 | Single |
(Music From The Motion Picture) I Bring What I Love | Youssou N'Dour | 2010 | Compil. |
L'Opportunità | Pupo, Paolo Belli, Youssou N'Dour | 2009 | Album |
Spécial Fin D'Année 2009 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2009 | Album |
Return To Gorée | Youssou N'Dour | 2009 | Album |
Le Grand Bal Bercy 2008 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2008 | Album |
Alsaama Day | Youssou N'Dour | 2007 | Album |
A Sampler | Youssou N'Dour | 2007 | Compil. |
X3 - Eyes Open / Joko: From Village To Town / The Guide | Youssou N'Dour | 2007 | Compil. |
Wake Up (It's Africa Calling) | Youssou N'Dour With cirKus | 2007 | Single |
Rokku Mi Rokka (Give And Take) | Youssou N'Dour | 2007 | Album |
Live At Montreux 1989 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2005 | Album |
Live At Montreux 1989 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2005 | Album |
Badou | Youssou N'Dour | 2005 | Album |
7 Seconds: The Best Of | Youssou N'Dour | 2004 | Compil. |
Bercy 2004 Vol, II | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2004 | Album |
Egypt | Youssou N'Dour | 2004 | Album |
Live At Union Chapel | Youssou N'Dour | 2003 | Album |
Le Grand Bal Paris Bercy 2002 | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2003 | Album |
Eyes Open | Youssou N'Dour | 2003 | Album |
Le Grand Bal Paris Bercy 2003 | Youssou N'Dour | 2003 | Album |
Nothing's In Vain (Coono Du Réér) | Youssou N'Dour | 2002 | Album |
Vol 2 | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2002 | Album |
So Many Men | Youssou N'Dour, Pascal Obispo | 2002 | Single |
Vol 4 | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2002 | Album |
Le Grand Bal Bercy 2001 | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2002 | Album |
Vol 3 | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2002 | Album |
Live | Youssou N'Dour | 2002 | Album |
So Many Men | Youssou N'Dour, Joy Denalane | 2002 | Single |
The Rough Guide To Youssou N'Dour & Étoile De Dakar | Youssou N'Dour & Etoile De Dakar | 2002 | Compil. |
La Ronde Des Écoliers Du Monde | Youssou N'Dour | 2001 | Single |
Le Grand Bal Bercy 2001 Vol 2 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2001 | Album |
Vol 1 | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2001 | Album |
Le Grand Bal Bercy 2001 Vol. 1 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2001 | Album |
The World Of Youssou N'Dour | Youssou N'Dour | 2001 | Album |
Le Grand Bal à Bercy | Youssou N'Dour | 2001 | Album |
Ba Tay | Youssou N'Dour | 2001 | Album |
Youssou N'Dour And His Friends | Youssou N'Dour | 2001 | Compil. |
Birth Of A Star - 11 Giant Dakar Hits | Youssou N'Dour | 2001 | Compil. |
Le Grand Bal Vol. 1 & 2 | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2000 | Album |
Joko (From Village To Town) | Youssou N'Dour | 2000 | Album |
Don't Walk Away | Youssou N'Dour | 2000 | Single |
Qui Sait ? | Anggun, Patrick Bruel, Stephan Eicher, Faudel, Peter Gabriel, Lââm, Lokua Kanza, Youssou N'Dour, Nourith, Axelle Red, Zucchero | 2000 | Single |
Volume 4 : Khaley Etoile | Etoile De Dakar Featuring Youssou N'Dour, Mar Seck & El Hadji Faye | 2000 | Compil. |
My Hope Is In You / You Sang To Me | Youssou N'Dour, Marc Anthony | 2000 | Single |
Birima | Youssou N'Dour | 2000 | Single |
Rewmi | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 2000 | Album |
Spècial Fin D'Année Plus | Youssou N'Dour | 1999 | Album |
My Hope Is In You | Youssou N'Dour | 1999 | Single |
La Cour Des Grands | Youssou N'Dour | 1998 | Album |
Kirikou Et La Sorcière | Youssou N'Dour | 1998 | Single |
How Come | Youssou N'Dour & Canibus | 1998 | Single |
Volume 4: Khaley Etoile | Etoile De Dakar Featuring Youssou N'Dour, Mar Seck & El Hadji Faye | 1998 | Compil. |
La Cour Des Grands (A Ton Tour De Jouer) | Youssou N'Dour • Axelle Red | 1998 | Single |
St. Louis | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 1997 | Album |
Hey You! - The Essential Collection 1988 - 1990 | Youssou N'Dour | 1997 | Compil. |
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | Youssou N'Dour | 1996 | Single |
Volume 3: Lay Suma Lay | Etoile De Dakar Featuring Youssou N'Dour & El Hadji Faye | 1996 | Compil. |
Anime (Rou) / Cast No Shadow | Massimo Di Cataldo & Youssou N'Dour / Oasis | 1996 | Single |
Lii ! | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 1996 | Album |
Anime Rou | Massimo Di Cataldo Featuring Youssou N'Dour | 1996 | Single |
Senegal: Gainde - Voices From The Heart Of Africa | Yandé Codou Sène & Youssou N'Dour | 1995 | Album |
Chimes Of Freedom | Youssou N'Dour | 1995 | Single |
Undecided / Estoy Aqui | Youssou N'Dour / Rosario Flores | 1994 | Single |
Mame Bamba | Youssou N'Dour | 1994 | Single |
Volume 2 : Thiapathioly | Etoile De Dakar Featuring Youssou N'Dour & El Hadji Faye | 1994 | Compil. |
7 Seconds / Crazy | Youssou N'Dour / Julio Iglesias | 1994 | Single |
Undecided | Youssou N'Dour | 1994 | Single |
7 Seconds | Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry | 1994 | Single |
The Guide (Wommat) | Youssou N'Dour | 1994 | Album |
The Best Of | Youssou N'Dour | 1994 | Compil. |
Hey You! (The Best Of Youssou N'Dour) | Youssou N'Dour | 1993 | Compil. |
Volume 1 : Absa Gueye | Etoile De Dakar Featuring Youssou N'Dour | 1993 | Compil. |
In Concert 560 - Glastonbury Festival 1992 | Youssou N'Dour | 1993 | Album |
Hope | Youssou N'Dour | 1992 | Single |
Eyes Open | Youssou N'Dour | 1992 | Album |
Africa Remembers | Youssou N'Dour | 1992 | Single |
Eyes Open Special Sampler | Youssou N'Dour | 1992 | Compil. |
Set | Youssou N'Dour | 1990 | Album |
L'Etoile De La Medina | Youssou N'Dour & Peter Gabriel | 1990 | Album |
Toxiques | Youssou N'Dour | 1990 | Single |
Shakin' The Tree | Youssou N'Dour & Peter Gabriel | 1989 | Album |
The Lion | Youssou N'Dour | 1989 | Album |
In Concert-465 | Youssou N'Dour | 1989 | Album |
The Lion / Gaïende | Youssou N'Dour | 1989 | Single |
Straight Up / Shakin' The Tree | Paula Abdul / Youssou N'Dour With Peter Gabriel | 1989 | Single |
Undo #1 / Shakin' The Tree | Ryuichi Sakamoto / Youssou N'Dour With Peter Gabriel | 1989 | Single |
Shango Affair | Youssou N'Dour | 1988 | Single |
Immigrés / Bitim Rew | Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 1988 | Album |
Nelson Mandela | Youssou N'Dour And Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 1986 | Album |
Nelson Mandela | Youssou N'Dour | 1985 | Album |
The Rubberband Man | Youssou N'Dour | 1985 | Single |
Djamil Inédits 84-85 | Youssou N'Dour | 1985 | Album |
Ndiadiane Ndiaye | Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | 1982 | Album |
Diakarlo 83 | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar / Etoile 2000 | 1982 | Compil. |
Diongoma | Youssou N'Dour | Album | |
Best Of 80's | Youssou N'Dour Et Le Super Etoile De Dakar | Compil. | |
Le Live des 10 Ans du Super Etoile de Dakar | Youssou N'Dour | Album | |
Do You Mind If I Play | Youssou N'Dour | Album |
Youssou N'Dour & Friends Band |