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| Name = Youssou N'Dour<br />
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| Background = solo_singer<br />
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| Born = {{Birth date and age|1959|10|1|df=y}}<br />
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| Origin = [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]]<br />
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| Genre = [[Mbalax]]<br />
| Occupation = [[Singer]], [[percussion instrument|percussionist]]<br />
| Years_active = 1970s–present<br />
| Label = [[Sony Music Entertainment|Chaos Recordings]]<br>[[Real World Records]]<br>[[Nonesuch Records]]<br />
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| URL = {{URL|youssou.com}}<br />
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'''Youssou N'Dour''' ( born 1 October 1959 ) is a [[Senegal]]ese [[singer]], [[percussionist]] and occasional actor. In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' described him as, in Senegal and much of [[Afrika]], "perhaps the most famous singer alive."<ref>Considine, J.D. and Matos, Michaelangelo, [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/youssoundour/biography "Biography: Youssou N'Dour"] ''RollingStone.com'', 2004</ref> He helped develop a style of popular music in Senegal, known in the [[Serer language]] as ''[[mbalax]]''. He is the subject of the award-winning films ''[[:fr:Retour à Gorée|Return to Goree]]'' directed by [[Pierre-Yves Borgeaud]] and ''[[Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love]]'' directed by [[Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi]], which were released theatrically around the world.<br />
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