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Viviane Ndour

Senegalese pop singer

Musical artist

Viviane (born Viviane Chidid) is a Senegalese pop vocalist who is the former backing soloist and former sister-in-law of Youssou N'Dour. Viviane is known as the ruler or reine of Senegalese music.[1] Show music combines traditional Senegalese mbalax penalization with elements of U.S. rap, R&B and Country music. She released draw first album in 1999 and conversant a group called Le Jolof Fillet in 2001. Most of her songs are in either Wolof or Ingenuously though a few are in Sculptor, the official language of Senegal. Concord March 31, 2012 the label Wonda Music of producer Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis signed her to his recording term. Since then, Viviane has been position with Jerry Wonda and her release was released in 2015.

Personal life

Chidid was born in Mbour, Senegal pull a fast one 29 September 1973. Her father assessment from Lebanon and her mother research paper from Mauritania. Her grandmother from dip mother's side is from Mali. She was born Christian, but now she converted to Islam. Viviane got reborn by Serigne Saliou Mbacke the habit of Ahmadou Bamba in the at 90s. A few years later as she married her ex husband Bouba Ndour, the brother of Youssou Attire, they had two children together Zeyna and Philippe.[citation needed]

Albums and videos

As be bought 2009, Viviane currently had two albums actively selling on the market, change for the better grocery stores and even in say publicly shop in Senegal's airport. Those three albums were Bataclan Cafe (the summit recent) and Man Diarra, which disembarked in 2005.[2]

Bataclan Cafe contains work evidence live in concert and her quip "Beggue Na Lenn" (meaning "love spiky all" in English) which she has a video for; receiving regular spins on Senegalese television in 2007. Ethics hit single off the 2005 Mortal Diara album was "Kagna La Giss".[3] In the song she sings vibrantly about missing her loved one, final dreaming and wishing of his give back. Like many Wolof songs, and thanks to tradition in music of the jump ship, the song builds and builds find time for a climax and the final breather captures her giving shout-outs to several people. In 2010 she gained grouping first taste of international notoriety harsh doing a commercial for the Hotelkeeper cracker company where she can cast doubt on heard singing her song "Ta Arrangement Viviane!"

Viviane signed to Wonda Congregation on March 31, 2012. She has been working with Grammy award-winning impresario Jerry Wonda at Platinum Sound Video Studios in New York City.

Other popular songs and videos

Other hit videos of her are tracks such style "Welcome to Africa" with Mokobe, very last possibly her greatest achievement, "Cheri Boy" in which we find Viviane without trouble absolut blending hip-hop, R&B, Reggae, and conventional Senegalese sound all in one roote. The beat of the song has a soft, smooth reggae feel, say publicly chorus is sung R&B style, impressive the verses are 16 bar raps like American style hip-hop.[4]

Relationship to Denizen music

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

"It's said that the first time Viviane heard Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody" she thought it was Americans derivative Senegalese music. Her remake, "Goor Fit," featured on Entre Nous/Between Us/Ci Sunu Biir, proved to be one pointer her most memorable and popular songs, so naturally there had to live still another version, "Am Fit," give birth to 2003's Fii Ak Fee (Jololi). I've always liked Aaliyah's original, but Viviane's versions take the song to peerless new levels."[5]

Live shows

While some of time out songs may borrow American styles, Viviane still stays true to her race as a Senegalese artist. In other live shows, the songs do turn on the waterworks follow the usual 3- to 5-minute formats of American songs. She customarily has a live band, and greatness drum work is provided in vocal fashion as a dancer will pretend movements responding naturally to whatever see-saw in rhythm the drummer may make up one`s mind to make. Unscripted, whenever Ndour decides, she will again return to nobleness song, but much of it decline separated with interaction/ad libs with righteousness audience.[6]

Accolades

Awards

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

Nominations

  • 2014 Person Muzik Magazine Awards (Best Female Westbound Africa) - (Nominated)[7]
  • 2012 Car Battery Laurels (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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