Youssou N'Dour
Mbalax
The next Youssou N'Dour concert is scheduled for Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Rio loco in Latour-de-france, France. See all 5 upcoming concerts
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![Listen to Level Up (Twice As Tall) [feat. Youssou N'Dour] by Burna Boy, see lyrics, music video & more!](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music211/v4/87/9b/4d/879b4d44-ab35-9142-390f-d84cf9c7b179/075679804952.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Level Up (Twice As Tall) [feat. Youssou N'Dour] by Burna Boy, see lyrics, music video & more!")
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![Watch Beds Are Burning (feat. Yodelice, Youssou N'Dour, Via Tania, Casxio, Amadou et Mariam, Brazilian Girls, Dan Black, Desmond Tutu, Duran Duran, Jamie Burke, Marion Cotillard, Mark Ronson, Mélanie Laurent, Milla Jovovich, Serena Ryder, The All American Rejects & Theophilus London) [Dry Riverbed Version] music video by Various Artists](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video1/v4/c4/33/02/c43302a5-af79-c1c2-8824-a8a62626b72f/Cover.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Beds Are Burning (feat. Yodelice, Youssou N'Dour, Via Tania, Casxio, Amadou et Mariam, Brazilian Girls, Dan Black, Desmond Tutu, Duran Duran, Jamie Burke, Marion Cotillard, Mark Ronson, Mélanie Laurent, Milla Jovovich, Serena Ryder, The All American Rejects & Theophilus London) [Dry Riverbed Version] music video by Various Artists")
![Watch Gainde (Les Lions) [feat. Youssou N'Dour] music video by Black M](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video125/v4/2c/37/14/2c3714b5-2d45-f7ea-bce2-7f38c931a5bf/8864471374060101.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Gainde (Les Lions) [feat. Youssou N'Dour] music video by Black M")
![Watch Mbeugël is All (Version remix) [feat. Toumani Diabaté] music video by Youssou N'Dour](/mkimage/image/thumb/Video114/v4/87/ab/47/87ab4791-f8bc-ef70-c19b-968bab960f15/8864468260660101.jpg/575x575mv.webp "Watch Mbeugël is All (Version remix) [feat. Toumani Diabaté] music video by Youssou N'Dour")
About Youssou N'Dour
Artist Biography
Youssou N’Dour’s stature as an Afropop icon is so immense that his native Senegal once rewarded him with a job as a government minister and presidential advisor. In a career that stretches back to the ’70s, N’Dour’s raspy, powerful, instantly recognizable voice has served as the centerpiece to more than three dozen albums as well as an entire genre of music: mbalax, a glossy fusion of Western funk, Afro-Cuban pop, and limber sabar drumming from Wolof tradition. Born in Dakar in 1959, he was just 12 years old when he started performing live and was still a teen when he joined Star Band and later Étoile de Dakar, pioneering staples of the capital’s nightclub scene. After releasing a string of internationally successful solo efforts in the ’80s, N’Dour scored his biggest hit in 1994 with the luminous synth-pop duet “7 Seconds” (featuring Swedish songwriter Neneh Cherry). He boldly explored Arabic music and Islamic themes on his Grammy-winning 2004 effort, Egypt, and over the years N’Dour has continued to find new avenues for creative expression and outspoken activism.
Hometown
Dakar, Senegal
Genre
Mbalax
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