ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO
African Fusion / Afro-Cuban Jazz • Benin
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Beninese singer whose Fon-language dance music and percussive rhythms earned her acclaim beyond her homeland.
After rising to international success with the release of her chart-topping 1991 album, Logozo, West African singer Angélique Kidjo became a fixture of world music, pairing her unique multilingual fusion of Afrobeat, pop, jazz, reggae, and various African traditions with collaborators who span multiple genres of music, from Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet to Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Dr. John, and Branford Marsalis. After leaving her native Benin for Paris, Kidjo recorded a string of critically acclaimed albums for Island Records in the '90s, followed by an ambitious trilogy that saw her exploring African music's influence in the Americas, from gospel to Brazilian and Latin. Her adventurous spirit and collaborative nature have been hallmarks of her career, while a deep-rooted sense of her Beninese and West African heritage has remained a through-line in all of
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Pretty
African Fusion
1981
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Parakou
African Fusion
1989
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Logozo
African Fusion
1991
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Ayé
African Fusion
1993
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Fifa
African Fusion
1996
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Oremi
African Fusion
1998
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Oyaya!
African Fusion
2004
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Djin Djin
African Fusion
2007
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Õÿö
African Fusion
2010
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Eve
African Fusion
2014
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Celia
Afro-Cuban Jazz
2019
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