- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1959
- Place of Birth
- Dakar, Senegal
Youssou N'Dour
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 tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies. He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released ar…
Filmography
movieTaratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy
2024 · Self
Praise Song
moviePraise Song
2021 · Self
movieAfrica Rising
2019 · Self - Musician (archive footage)
movieOmar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018 · Self
movieRock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
2018 · Self
tvWanderlust
2016 · Himself
moviePeter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987
2013 · Self
movieThe Children's Republic
2012 · Original Music Composer
movie8
2008 · Himself
movieYoussou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
2008 · Self
movieReturn to Gorée
2007 · Self
movieAmazing Grace
2006 · Olaudah Equiano
movieLive 8
2005 · Self
movieCirque du Soleil: Midnight Sun
2004 · Self
movieLive for Love United
2002 · Self
tvStar Academy
2001 · Self
movieKirikou and the Sorceress
1998 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Paris Concert for Amnesty International
1998 · Self
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
tvTaratata
1993 · Self
moviePicc Mi
1992
movieLest We Forget
1991 · Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
moviePeter Gabriel - POV
1991 · Self
movieBoxumaleen!!
1991 · Music
movieBruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires
1988 · Self
movieHuman Rights Now 25th Anniversary
1988 · Self - Musician
movieNelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988 · Self
movieThe Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987 · Self
tvVictoires de la musique
1985 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieMosaïque
1976 · Self
movieXala
1975 · Star Band de Dakar
movieDreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
— · Self