Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo ( born 14 July 1960) is a French-Beninese musician, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and a Polar Music Prize. She has collaborated with artists including Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, John Legend, Philip Glass, Bono, Yo-Yo Ma, and Burna Boy. She is the second African artist — and the first of African ethnicity — to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She performed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2021. In 2021, Time magazine included her in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Kidjo is fluent in five languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, Gen (Mina) and English. She sings in all of them, and she also has her own personal language, which includes words that serve as song titles such as "Batonga". Kidjo often uses Benin's traditional Zilin vocal technique and vocalese.
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Coming up
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Nov 21 · 8 PM
Angélique Kidjo
Angelique Kidjo · Thierry Vaton · David Donatien · Gregory Louis · Rody Cereyon
22 €–51 €
Past shows
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Oct 23 · 8 PM
Symphonie Africaine – Angélique Kidjo
Orchestre national du Capitole · Angelique Kidjo
5 €–68 €
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