Youssou N'Dour (IPA: [jusun̩ˈduːʀ]) (born October 1, 1959 in Dakar) is a Senegalese singer and percussionist. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive."[1] He helped develop popular music in Senegal, known in the Wolof language as mbalax, a blend of the country's traditional griot percussion and praise-singing with the Afro-Cuban arrangements and flavors which made the return trip from the Caribbean to West Africa in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s and have flourished in West Africa ever since.
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Neneh Cherry (born Neneh Marianne Karlsson on March 10, 1964 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, DJ, and occasional broadcaster. Cherry blended hip hop with other influences, and experienced some moderate mainstream success with several of her recordings.
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