Youssou N'Dour
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1959, Dakar, Senegal
- Movies
- 24
Youssou N'Dour (also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa and in 2023, the same publication ranked him at number 69 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.
N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies. He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around the world.
In 2006, N'Dour was cast as Olaudah Equiano in the film Amazing Grace.
Upcoming Youssou N'Dour Movies
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Le meilleur des Francofolies | Self |
| 2024 | Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy | Self |
| 2021 | Praise Song | Self |
| 2019 | Africa Rising | Self - Musician (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Omar Sy, c'est ta chance | Self |
| 2018 | Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 | Self |
| 2013 | Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987 | Self |
| 2008 | 8 | Himself |
| 2008 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | Self |
| 2007 | Return to Gorée | Self |
| 2007 | Amazing Grace | Olaudah Equiano |
| 2005 | Live 8 | Self |
| 2004 | Cirque du Soleil: Midnight Sun | Self |
| 2002 | Live for Love United | Self |
| 1998 | The Paris Concert for Amnesty International | Self |
| 1992 | Picc Mi | |
| 1991 | Lest We Forget | Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria") |
| 1991 | Peter Gabriel - POV | Self |
| 1988 | Bruce Springsteen - Human Rights Final - Buenos Aires | Self |
| 1988 | Human Rights Now 25th Anniversary | Self - Musician |
| 1988 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute | Self |
| 1987 | The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball | Self |
| 1976 | Mosaïque | Self |
| 1975 | Xala | Star Band de Dakar |
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