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Birth Name: Youssou N’Dour
Age: 64, born 1 October 1959
Country of origin: 
Senegal
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Around the world with Listal's members
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Published 13 years, 2 months ago 
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My favorite male-female music duets.
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Published 9 years ago
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Bands I've seen Live
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Published 13 years, 5 months ago
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Grammy Winner Youssou N'Dour is one of Africa's music pioneers, and has helped put African music on the world map over the past fifteen years.
Born in Senegal, his mother taught him the music and songs of the Wolof people, to whom his family belongs. He began to perform with music and drama groups at an early age in his home town in Daker, making his first public performance with a modern band in 1973. In 1975 he joined the Star Band, the house band at Dakar's most popular night club. With them, he experimented, melding Wolof music with western instruments, in a style called mbalax. In 1979 he formed his own band Etoile, reva
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1. Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
| Rating: | 279 Watched |
2. Top of the Pops (1964)
| Rating: | 112 Watched |
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4. Live 8 (2005)
| Rating: | 78 Watched |
5. Later... With Jools Holland (1992)
| Rating: | 38 Watched |
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1. Amazing Grace (2007)
| Rating: | 163 Watched |
2. 8
| Rating: | 29 want to see |
3. Xala (1975)
| Rating: | 21 want to see |
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5. 8 (2008)
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2. 7 Seconds
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