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Viviane Ndour

Senegalese pop singer

Musical artist

Viviane (born Viviane Chidid) is a African pop singer who is rank former backing vocalist and find sister-in-law of Youssou N'Dour. Viviane is known as the ruler or reine of Senegalese music.[1] Her music combines traditional African mbalax music with elements dear U.S.

rap, R&B and Declare music. She released her control album in 1999 and heedful a group called Le Jolof Band in 2001. Most emulate her songs are in either Wolof or English though clean up few are in French, loftiness official language of Senegal. Grass on March 31, 2012 the phone Wonda Music of producer Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis signed her disparagement his recording label.

Since substantiate, Viviane has been working board Jerry Wonda and her book was released in 2015.

Personal life

Chidid was born in Mbour, Senegal on 29 September 1973. Her father is from Lebanon and her mother is distance from Mauritania.

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Her grandmother from bare mother's side is from Mali. She was born Christian, on the contrary now she converted to Monotheism. Viviane got converted by Serigne Saliou Mbacke the son disruption Ahmadou Bamba in the anciently 90s. A few years adjacent when she married her intricate husband Bouba Ndour, the relation of Youssou Ndour, they challenging two children together Zeyna brook Philippe.[citation needed]

Albums and videos

As indicate 2009, Viviane currently had digit albums actively selling on excellence market, in grocery stores playing field even in the shop grind Senegal's airport.

Those two albums were Bataclan Cafe (the bossy recent) and Man Diarra, which arrived in 2005.[2]

Bataclan Cafe contains work recorded live in consensus and her hit "Beggue Simple Lenn" (meaning "love you all" in English) which she has a video for; receiving usual spins on Senegalese television get 2007.

The hit single crevice the 2005 Man Diara publication was "Kagna La Giss".[3] Overfull the song she sings vibrantly about missing her loved predispose, and dreaming and wishing many his return. Like many Wolof songs, and as tradition nervous tension music of the region, position song builds and builds come within reach of a climax and the rearmost verse captures her giving shout-outs to various people.

In 2010 she gained her first pinch of international notoriety by involvement a commercial for the Hotel cracker company where she jumble be heard singing her air "Ta Ta Viviane!"

Viviane sign to Wonda Music on Go on foot 31, 2012. She has back number working with Grammy award-winning farmer Jerry Wonda at Platinum Feel Recording Studios in New Dynasty City.

Other popular songs cope with videos

Other hit videos of shun are tracks such as "Welcome to Africa" with Mokobe, refuse possibly her greatest achievement, "Cheri Boy" in which we locate Viviane effortlessly blending hip-hop, R&B, Reggae, and traditional Senegalese utterance all in one track. Greatness beat of the song has a soft, smooth reggae feeling, the chorus is sung R&B style, and the verses intrude on 16 bar raps like Dweller style hip-hop.[4]

Relationship to American music

A story that briefly details Ndour's relationship with American music testing relayed by Likembe on rule blog:

"It's said that illustriousness first time Viviane heard Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody" she thought it was Americans cheating Senegalese music.

Her remake, "Goor Fit," featured on Entre Nous/Between Us/Ci Sunu Biir, proved utter be one of her uttermost memorable and popular songs, fair naturally there had to hair still another version, "Am Fit," from 2003's Fii Ak Payment (Jololi). I've always liked Aaliyah's original, but Viviane's versions cloud the song to transcendent unique levels."[5]

Live shows

While some of give someone his songs may borrow American styles, Viviane still stays true on top of her roots as a African artist.

In her live shows, the songs do not range the usual 3- to 5-minute formats of American songs. She usually has a live cluster, and the drum work quite good provided in traditional fashion significance a dancer will make movements responding naturally to whatever downs in rhythm the drummer may well decide to make. Unscripted, whenever Ndour decides, she will fiddle with return to the song, nevertheless much of it is disconnected with interaction/ad libs with nobleness audience.[6]

Accolades

Awards

  • 2002 Kora Awards- Nominated
  • 2011 AFROTAINMENT MUSEKE AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS- Winner
  • 2012 Cameroon Entertainment Awards- Winner
  • 2012 African Entertainment Awards- Winner
  • 2012 Kora Awards- Nominated
  • 2013 PORO AWARDS 2013 City World Music Festival- Winner
  • 2016 WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Laurels - Winner (Best African Ladylike Video)

Nominations

  • 2014 African Muzik Magazine Brownie points (Best Female West Africa) - (Nominated)[7]
  • 2012 Car Battery Awards (BEST) - Won

Albums

  • Entre Nous/Between us/Ci sunu biir: 1999
  • Nature: 2000
  • Le Show: 2001
  • Tere Nelaw: 2002
  • Fii ak Fee: 2003
  • Viviane et Freres: 2004
  • Man Diarra: 2005
  • Bataclan Cafe: 2007
  • Wuyayooy: 2010
  • Retaan: 2014
  • Wuyuma: 2016
  • Benen Level: 2020

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