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aka: Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo
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GRAMMY award-winner Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist who is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos.
She grew up listening to Yoruba and Beninese traditional music, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, James Brown, Manu Dibango, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti, Stevie Wonder, Osibisa, and Santana.
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The album, Oremi, is a collection of songs mixing African and African-American influences. Cassandra Wilson, Branford Marsalis, Kelly Price and Kenny Kirkland collaborated with Kidjo on this project. The opening track is a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child”.
On May 1, 2007, Angelique Kidjo released the album, Djin Djin. Many guests appear on the album, including Josh Groban, Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys, Joss Stone, Peter Gabriel, Amadou and Mariam, Ziggy Marley, and Branford Marsalis. In 2007, TIME magazine called Angelique Kidjo “Africa’s premier diva”.
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On January 20, 2009, along with Joan Baez, Michael Franti and Jackson Browne, she performed at the Peace Ball for Barack Obama’s inauguration in Washington, DC.
On August 30, 2010, Angelique Kidjo sang at the 30th anniversary celebration of Solidarnosc in the Polish city of Gdańsk featuring Philip Glass, Marianne Faithfull, Rufus Wainwright and Macy Gray.
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On December 11, 2011, Kidjo performed at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, along with Janelle Monáe, Evanescence, Sugarland, Jill Scott, and many others.
On April 30, 2012, Kidjo was part of the International Jazz Day organized by UNESCO at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City, along with Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Bennett, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder, Hugh Masekela, and many others.
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On October 9, 2012, Kidjo sang for the One World Concert in Syracuse, NY, honoring the Dalai Lama. The concert was organized by Syracuse University and also featured Dave Matthews, Swizz Beatz, Natasha Bedingfield, David Crosby, Counting Crows, Roberta Flack, Nelly Furtado, A.R. Rahman.
Kidjo sang Hans Zimmer’s arrangement of “Imagine”, along with John Legend, Keith Urban and Alejandro Sanz during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2021.
On September 15, 2021, TIME included her in their list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Angelique Kidjo‘s musical influences include Afropop, Caribbean zouk, Congolese rumba, jazz, gospel, and Latin styles. Her childhood idols include Bella Bellow, James Brown, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Celia Cruz, Jimi Hendrix, Miriam Makeba and Carlos Santana.
Angelique Kidjo has collaborated with Dave Matthews and the Dave Matthews Band, Kelly Price, Alicia Keys, Branford Marsalis, Ziggy Marley, Philip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Bono, Yo-Yo Ma, Carlos Santana, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Josh Groban, Dr John, the Kronos Quartet, Yemi Alade, Cassandra Wilson, Burna Boy, Sting, Mr Eazi, and Indonesia’s pop star Anggun.
Kidjo is fluent in five languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, Gen (Mina), and English. She sings in all of them.
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