Youssou N'Dour
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-10-01 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Dakar, Senegal
Also known As
Youssou Ndour
Youssou N'Dour
Biography
Youssou N'Dour (also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa and in 2023, the same publication ranked him at number 69 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism. N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer music njuup t...
Acting
2004
as Himself
2005
as Self
2006
as Olaudah Equiano
1991
as Self
1987
2008
1988
as Self - Musician
1992
2018
as Self
1976
as Self
1991
as Self
2013
2008
as Himself
2007
as Self
-
1975
as Star Band de Dakar
1998
2019
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
1988
2024
2021
as Self
Production
1991
as Music
1998
as Original Music Composer
2012
as Original Music Composer
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