Angélique Kidjo (Natural July 14, 1960) is a Grammy nominated Beninese-French singer songwriter, noted for her diverse musical influences and originative music videos.

Kidjo was natural inside Ouidah, Benin on July 14, 1960. Per instance she was hexad Kidjo was performing by using her mother's theatre troupe, giving her an early appreciation for music & dance. Continuing political conflicts around Benin lead Kidjo to relocate to Paris around 1982. She began retired as a backup singer within local elastic, prior to establishing her have b&, and per prevent of the 1980s she had turn into one of a virtually all popular survive performing artist around Paris. She is married to musician & producer Jean Hebral.

Kidjo is fluent within English, Fon, French, and Yoruba & sings in all foursome languages and when well her have personalized language which includes words that help as songtitles like Batonga and Malaika. She typically uses Benin's traditional Zilin vocal technique & jazz vocalese.

Her musical influences include a Afropop, Caribbean zouk, Congolese rumba, Jazz, Gospel, and Latin styles; when well as her childhood idols Bella Bellow, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Miriam Makeba and Carlos Santana. She has processed her have renditions of George Gershwin's Summertime and Jimi Hendrix's Voodoo Child and has collaborated with a likes of Dave Matthews, Kelly Price, Branford Marsalis, Robbie Nevil, Carlos Santana, and Cassandra Wilson. Kidjo's hits include a songs Agolo, Aye, and Batonga.

Witharound February of 2003, she performed at a noted Radio City Music Hall in Just released York City alongside Chicago blues guitar legend Buddy Guy in what would become section of "Lightning In A Bottle: One Night In The History Of The Blues", the infotainment all about blues music that features survive concert footage of more rock, rap & blue greats.

Discography

Kidjo recorded the song on the soundtrack of the Jim Carrey movie Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.

Awards
Grammy nominations include a Best Music Video of 1995 and Best World Music Album in 1999 and 2003