Youssou N'Dour

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Ethnically,In the Senegambia region as well as many African cultures, a person's ethnicity is determined by their father's line or surname. N'Dour and its variation Ndure or Ndour is a typical Serer surname. See - Mwakikagile, Godfrey, The Gambia and Its People: Ethnic Identities and Cultural Integration in Africa, New Africa Press (2010), p. 136, 141. {{ISBN|9789987160235}} N'Dour is Serer, born to a Serer father and a Toucouleur mother. However, culturally, N'Dour is Wolof.{{cite news |title=La musique me portait, c'était ma seule langue |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2005/08/12/youssou-n-dour-la-musique-me-portait-c-etait-ma-seule-langue_679658_3246.html |language=fr |date=12 August 2005|newspaper=Le Monde.fr }} He was born in Dakar. He started performing at age 12 and would later perform regularly with the Star Band, Dakar's most popular group during the 1970s.

Despite N'Dour's maternal connection to the traditional griot caste, he was not raised in that tradition, which he learned instead from his sibling. Although patrilineally from the noble N'Dour family, his parents' world-view encouraged a modern outlook, leaving him open to two cultures and thereby inspiring N'Dour's identity as a modern griot. As a Mouride disciple, taalibé in Wolof, a Muslim of the Mouride brotherhood, one of the large four Sufi orders in Senegambia, he often incorporated aspects of Islamic music and chants into his work.{{Cite news |date=2009-06-16 |title=Youssou N'Dour film explores music and Islam |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ndour-idUSTRE55F6XW20090616 |access-date=2022-07-16}}{{cite news |title=A song and a prayer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/may/23/worldmusic.islam |first=Mark|last= Hudson|work=The Guardian |date=23 May 2004}}

At the age of 15, Youssou N'Dour joined a band called Diamono and, in 1975, toured with the band in West Africa.Hardy, Phil, The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music, Da Capo Press (1995), p. 682, {{ISBN|9780306806407}}Appiah, Anthony, Gates, Henry Louis, Encyclopedia of Africa, Volume 1, Oxford University Press (2010), p. 562, {{ISBN|9780195337709}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=A0XNvklcqbwC&pg=RA1-PA562]

In 1976 when N'Dour was 16 years old, he signed a contract to sing with Ibra Kasse's Star Band at Kasse's Miami club in Dakar where he would become a sensation.

In 1978, N'Dour would follow as several members of the Star Band left to form Étoile de Dakar, a band that made important contributions to Senegal's newly evolving musical style called mbalax which incorporated traditional Senegalese music into the Latin styles that had dominated Senegalese popular music.Hudson, Mark, essay in liner notes of "Once Upon a Time in Senegal", Etoile de Dakar, Sterns Music 2010, p. 14 Although they quickly became one of the city's most popular bands,{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/06/etoile-de-dakar-youssou-ndour | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Etoile de Dakar featuring Youssou N'Dour: Once Upon a Time in Senegal | first=Robin | last=Denselow | date=6 May 2010}} the group was short-lived due to internal problems. Étoile de Dakar split into two groups: Étoile 2000 and Super Étoile de Dakar. The latter group included N'Dour, guitarist Jimi Mbaye, bassist Habib Faye, and tama (talking drum) player Assane Thiam. Super Étoile de Dakar produced four albums on cassette in just a few months and eventually evolved into N'Dour's backing band.

By 1991, he had opened his own recording studio, and, by 1995, his own record label, Jololi.

N'Dour is one of the most celebrated African musicians in history. His mix of traditional Senegalese mbalax with eclectic influences ranging from Cuban rumba to hip hop, jazz, and soul has won him an international fan base of millions. In the West, N'Dour has collaborated with Peter Gabriel,{{cite web | last = Llewellyn Smith | first = Caspar | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/15/worldmusic.musicmonthly2 | title = Soundtrack of my life: Youssou N'Dour | website = Guardian.co.uk | date = 15 June 2008 | access-date = 4 January 2012 | location=London}} Axelle Red,{{cite news | last = Perrone | first = Pierre | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/music-the-song-remains-the-game-1156645.html | title = Music: The song remains the game |newspaper=The Independent| publisher = Independent.co.uk | date = 29 May 1998 | access-date = 4 January 2012 | location=London}} Sting,{{cite news | last = Hudson | first = Mark | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3587019/Supernatural-superstar.html | title = Supernatural superstar | publisher = Telegraph.co.uk | date = 12 December 2002 | access-date = 4 January 2012 | location=London}} Alan Stivell,{{cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article990987.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2 | title = Scotland News – Listings: Critics' choice | publisher = TimesOnline.co.uk | date = 11 January 2004 }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Bran Van 3000,{{cite news | last = Gill | first = Andy | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-bran-van-3000-673995.html | title = Album: Bran van 3000 | publisher = Independent.co.uk | date = 14 June 2001 | location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Neneh Cherry,{{cite news | last = Cumming | first = Tim | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/youssou-ndour-and-the-fathi-salama-orchestra-barbican-london-542612.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091114070002/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/youssou-ndour-and-the-fathi-salama-orchestra-barbican-london-542612.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 November 2009 | title = Youssou N'Dour and the Fathi Salama Orchestra, Barbican, London | publisher = Independent.co.uk | date = 21 October 2004 }} Wyclef Jean, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, James Newton Howard, Branford Marsalis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dido, Lou Reed, Bruce Cockburn, and others.

The New York Times described his voice as an "arresting tenor, a supple weapon deployed with prophetic authority".{{cite news | last = Powers | first = Ann | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/23/arts/world-music-review-african-drumbeats-that-shout-out-in-celebration.html | title = African Drumbeats That Shout Out in Celebration | newspaper = NYTimes.com | date = 23 November 2000 }} N'Dour's work absorbed the entire Senegalese musical spectrum, often filtered through the lens of genre-defying rock or pop music from outside Senegalese culture.

In July 1993, Africa Opera composed by N'Dour premiered at the Opéra Garnier for the French Festival Paris quartier d'été.{{Cite web|url=https://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/youssou-ndour/|title=Youssou N'Dour|website=Polar Music Prize|access-date=5 October 2019}}

In 1994, N'Dour released his biggest international hit single, the trilingual "7 Seconds", a duet sung with Neneh Cherry.

He wrote and performed the official anthem of the 1998 FIFA World Cup with Axelle Red "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)".

Folk Roots magazine described him as the African Artist of the Century. He toured internationally for thirty years. He won his first American Grammy Award (best contemporary world music album) for his CD Egypt in 2005.{{Cite web|date=23 November 2020|title=Youssou N'Dour|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/youssou-ndour/17140|access-date=28 April 2021|website=GRAMMY.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017vdhk|access-date=28 April 2021|website=BBC|title=BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Youssou N'Dour}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07gzhjn|access-date=28 April 2021|website=BBC|title=BBC World Service - Focus on Africa, Youssou N'Dour on politics, culture and music}}

He is the proprietor of L'Observateur, one of the widest-circulation newspapers in Senegal, the radio station RFM (Radio Future Medias) and the TV channel TFM.

In 2002, N'Dour was honoured with a Prince Claus Award, under that year's theme "Languages and transcultural forms of expression".

In 2006, N'Dour played the role of the African-British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano in the movie Amazing Grace, which chronicled the efforts of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire.{{cite web | last = Moss | first = Stephen | url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/mar/21/1 | title = I'm bringing a message | website = Guardian.co.uk | date = 21 March 2007 | location=London}}

In 2008, N'Dour offered one of his compositions, Bébé, for the French singer Cynthia Brown.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

In 2011, N'Dour was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in music from Yale University.{{cite web | url = http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/may/23/university-confers-2907-degrees-310th-commencement/ | title = University confers 2,907 degrees at 310th Commencement | first1 = David | last1 = Burt | first2 = Max | last2 = de La Bruyère | work = The Daily Yale News | date = 23 May 2011 | access-date = 3 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111112184929/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/may/23/university-confers-2907-degrees-310th-commencement/ | archive-date = 12 November 2011 | url-status = dead }}

In 2013, N'Dour won a share of Sweden's $150,000 Polar music prize for promoting understanding between faiths as well as for his music.{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-sweden-music-award-idUSBRE9460B520130507/ | title = Youssou N'Dour's work for harmony lands Swedish music prize | work = Reuters | date = 7 May 2013 | first=Alistair | last=Scrutton}}

N'Dour was nominated as Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on 16 October 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/ambassadors/ambassadors/ambassadors-youssoundour/en/|title=Youssou N'Dour|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization|access-date=16 September 2009}}

In Senegal, N'Dour became a powerful cultural icon, actively involved in social issues. In 1985, he organized a concert for the release of Nelson Mandela. He was a featured performer in the 1988 worldwide Amnesty International Human Rights Now! Tour collaborating with Lou Reed on a version of the Peter Gabriel song "Biko" which was produced by Richard James Burgess and featured on the Amnesty International benefit album The Secret Policeman's Third Ball. He worked with the United Nations and UNICEF, and he started Project Joko to open internet cafés in Africa and to connect Senegalese communities around the world.

In 2003, N'Dour cancelled an upcoming American tour in order to publicly deny support for the upcoming American invasion of Iraq. In a public statement explaining his decision, N'Dour said:

It is my strong conviction that the responsibility for disarming Iraq should rest with the United Nations. As a matter of conscience I question the United States government's apparent intention to commence war in Iraq. I believe that coming to America at this time would be perceived in many parts of the world--rightly or wrongly--as support for this policy, and that, as a consequence, it is inappropriate to perform in the US at this juncture.{{Cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/ndour-04.php|title=Facing Mecca|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=2004-06-08|website=The Village Voice|access-date=2018-12-08}}

In 2008, he joined the Fondation Chirac's honour committee.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fondationchirac.eu/en/foundation/honour-committee/|title=Honor Committee|website=Fondationchirac.eu|access-date=5 October 2019}} The same year, Youssou N'Dour's microfinance organization named Birima ("Birima" is also a song's title) was launched with the collaboration of United Colors of Benetton.

In 2009, he released his song "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)" under a Creative Commons license to help IntraHealth International in their IntraHealth Open campaign to bring open source health applications to Africa. The song was remixed by a variety of artists including Nas, Peter Buck of R.E.M., and Duncan Sheik to help raise money for the campaign.{{cite web | url = http://www.intrahealth.org/section/open | title = Open Initiative | publisher = IntraHealth | access-date = 4 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120111194158/http://www.intrahealth.org/section/open | archive-date = 11 January 2012 | url-status = dead }}

N'Dour is a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which advocates for democratic reformation of the United Nations.{{Cite news|url=http://en.unpacampaign.org/statements/page/4/|title=Statements|work=Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly|access-date=28 September 2017|language=en-US}}

N'Dour is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.{{Cite web|url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/artists/|title=Artists - Artists Against Racism|website=artistsagainstracism.org|language=en-US|access-date=25 June 2018}}

At the beginning of 2012, he announced plans to stand as a candidate in the 2012 Senegalese presidential election, competing against President Abdoulaye Wade.{{cite web | url = http://www.seneweb.com/news/Politique/message-nouvel-an-youssou-ndour-confirme-sa-candidature-a-la-presidentielle-2012_n_56864.html | title = Message Nouvel an : Youssou Ndour confirme sa candidature à la Présidentielle 2012 | publisher = Seneweb | language = fr | date = 2 January 2012 | access-date = 3 January 2012 }}{{cite web | url = http://www.walf.sn/politique/suite.php?rub=2&id_art=77931 | title = Course à la présidentielle : Youssou Ndour sur la ligne de départ | first = Charles Gaïky | last = Diene | work = WalFadjri | language = fr | access-date = 3 January 2012 }} However, he was disqualified from running in the election over the legitimacy of the signatures he had collected to endorse his campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16770305|title=Senegal clashes erupt as court clears Wade poll bid|date=28 January 2012|work=BBC News}} N'Dour backed the opposition candidate Macky Sall, who defeated Wade in a second round of voting in March 2012. N'Dour was appointed as Minister of Culture and Tourism in April 2012 as part of the cabinet of new Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17620917 |title=Senegal musician Youssou Ndour given ministerial post | work=BBC News|date=5 April 2012}} The story of N'Dour's presidential campaign was filmed for the PBS TV program Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders.{{Cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/soundtracks/stories/ndour/ | title=Youssou N'Dour: Shakin' the Tree | Sound Tracks|website=Pbs.org|access-date=5 October 2019}} Later his portfolio was modified and he was appointed as Minister of Tourism and Leisure. He was dismissed from that post on 2 September 2013, when a new government under Prime Minister Aminata Touré was appointed.[http://www.africa1.com/spip.php?article35590 "Sénégal : un nouveau gouvernement formé, sans le chanteur Youssou Ndour"], Agence France-Presse, 2 September 2013 {{in lang|fr}}. N'Dour was instead appointed as Special Adviser to the President, with the rank of minister,[http://www.dakaractu.com/C-est-officiel-Youssou-N-dour-nomme-Conseiller-special-avec-rang-de-ministre_a51674.html "C’est officiel : Youssou N'dour nommé Conseiller spécial, avec rang de ministre"], Dakaractu, 9 September 2013 {{in lang|fr}}. and tasked with promoting the country abroad.Benjamin Roger, [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/167393/politique/yasmina-khadra-youssou-n-dour-george-weah-ces-personnalit-s-qui-r-vaient-d-tre-pr-sident/ "Yasmina Khadra, Youssou N’Dour, George Weah… Ces personnalités qui rêvaient d’être président"], Jeune Afrique, 8 November 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.

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! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Year{{efn|Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.}}

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Nominee(s)

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

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! scope="row"| Brit Awards

| 1995

| International Male Solo Artist

| Himself

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1995|title=History|website=BRIT Awards|access-date=1 October 2021}}

|-

! scope="row"|Danish Music Awards

| 1995

| Best International Song

| "7 Seconds"

| {{won}}

|[http://ifpi.dk/dma/index.php?pk_menu=27] {{dead link|date=October 2021}}

|-

! scope="row"| Edison Award

| 1994

| Best Pop International

| The Guide (Wommat)

| {{won}}

|[https://www.edisons.nl/pop/edities/1994/ "POP 1994"], Edisons.nl

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=6|Grammy Awards

| 1993

| rowspan=3|Best World Music Album

| Eyes Open

| {{nom}}

|rowspan=6|{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/youssou-ndour/17140|title = Youssou N'Dour|website=Grammy.com|date = 23 November 2020}}

|-

| 1995

| The Guide (Wommat)

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2001

| Joko: The Link

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2004

| rowspan=3|Best Contemporary World Music Album

| Nothing's In Vain (Coono du Réér)

| {{nom}}

|-

| 2005

| Egypt

| {{won}}

|-

| 2009

| Rokku Mi Rokka

| {{nom}}

|-

! scope="row"|Ivor Novello Awards

| 1995

| International Hit of the Year

| "7 Seconds"

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/|title=Archive | The Ivors | The Ivors Academy | Champions of Music Creators|website=The Ivors Academy|access-date=1 October 2021}}

|-

! scope="row"| La Mar de Música Awards

| 2020

| Festival Award

| rowspan=7|Himself

| {{won}}

|{{cite web|url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2020/03/05/senegalese-singer-youssou-ndour-wins-the-2020-la-mar-de-musica-award/|title=Senegalese Singer Youssou N'Dour Wins the 2020 La Mar de Música Award|publisher=World Music Central|date=5 March 2020}}

|-

! scope="row" | Lunas del Auditorio

| 2004

| Espectaculo Alternativo

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/|title=Lunas del Auditorio|website=Lunas del Auditorio|access-date=1 October 2021}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=5|MOBO Awards

| 2000

| rowspan=4|Best World Music Act

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/955993.stm | title=BBC News | ENTERTAINMENT | Mobo Awards: The nominations }}

|-

| 2001

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1580204.stm|title=Mobos 2001: The winners|date=4 October 2001|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}

|-

|2003

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3199193.stm|title=Mobo Awards 2003: The nominees|date=1 September 2003|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}

|-

| 2004

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3595280.stm|title=Mobo Awards 2004: The nominees|date=24 August 2004|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}

|-

|2005

|Best African Act

| {{won}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4273504.stm|title=Mobo awards 2005: The winners|date=22 September 2005|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}

|-

! scope="row"| MTV Europe Music Awards

| 1994

| Best Song

| "7 Seconds"

| {{won}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUAHXOIZHV8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/eUAHXOIZHV8| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=1994 MTV Europe Music Awards - Nominees & Winners| website=YouTube|date=2 December 2018}}{{cbignore}}

|-

! scope="row"| Montreal International Jazz Festival

| 2011

| Antonio Carlos Jobim Award

| rowspan=3|Himself

| {{won}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.imnworld.com/news/detail/1066/Youssou-NDour-Wins-Antonio-Carlos-Jobim-Award|title=YOoussou N'Dour Wins Antonio Carlos Jobim Award|first=Bernard|last= Perusse|work=The Montreal Gazette|via=International Music Network|date=4 May 2011}}

|-

! scope="row"|Polar Music Prize

| 2013

| Polar Music Prize

| {{won}}

|

|-

! scope="row"|Praemium Imperiale

| 2017

| Music

| {{won}}

|{{cite web|url=https://www.praemiumimperiale.org/en/laureate-en/laureates-en/ndour-en|title=Music {{!}} Youssou N'Dour|website=Praemium Imperiale|date=2017}}

|-

! scope="row" rowspan=2|Victoires de la Musique

| 2001

| rowspan=2|World Music Album of the Year

| Joko

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://evenements.francetv.fr/emissions/les-victoires-de-la-musique/palmares-2001_568323|title=Les Victoires de La Musique - Palmarès 2001|website=Francetv.fr}}

|-

| 2011

| Dakar – Kingston

| {{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://evenements.francetv.fr/emissions/les-victoires-de-la-musique/palmares-2011_568297|title=Les Victoires de La Musique - Palmarès 2011|website=Francetv.fr}}

|-

!scope="row"|Urban Music Awards

| 2023

| Artist of the Year (Africa)

| Himself

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.urbanmusicawards.co/chris-brown-drake-beyonce-stormzy-dj-khaled-and-central-cee-all-make-the-shortlist-of-nominees-for-this-years-19th-anniversary-of-the-urban-music-awards/|title=Drake, Beyonce, Stormzy, Chris Brown, DJ Khaled and Central Cee all make the shortlist of nominees for this year's 19th anniversary of the Urban Music Awards.|first=U. M. A.|last=Team|date=23 January 2023|website=Urban Music Awards|accessdate=20 May 2023}}

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This numbered series of cassettes was released in Senegal between 1982 and 1988, and was credited to Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar.{{cite journal |author1=Jacot Music |title=Youssou N'Dour & Le Super Etoile de Dakar (advertisement) |journal=fRoots |date=January 1990 |issue=79/80 |page=62}}

• Vol 1 Tabaski
• Vol 2 Ndakarou
• Vol 3 Independence
• Vol 4 Banjoly N'Diaye
• Vol 5 Yarou
• Vol 6 Marguedy
• Vol 7 Daby
• Vol 8 Immigres
• Vol 9 Africa
• Vol 10 Ndobine
• Vol 11 Bekoor
• Vol 12 Jamm
• Vol 13 Kocc Barma
• Vol 14 Gainde
• Vol 15 Set

• Ndiadiane Ndiaye (1982)
• Mouride (1982)
• Independance Vol. 3 (1982)
• Show!!! A Abidjan (1983)
• Immigrés (1984)
• Djamil Inédits 84-85 (1985)
• Nelson Mandela (1985)
• The Lion (1989)
• Set (1990)
• Eyes Open (1992)
• The Guide (Wommat) (1994)
• Gainde – Voices from the Heart of Africa (1995)
• Djamil (1996) – anthology
• Lii (1996)
• St. Louis (1997)
• Special Fin D'annee Plus (1998)
• Le Grand Bal a Évry (1999)
• Rewmi (1999)
• Joko: From Village to Town (2000)
• Joko: The Link (2000)
• Le Grand Bal (2000)
• Ba Tay (2001)
• Le Grand Bal a Bercy (2001)
• Nothing's in Vain (Coono Du Réér) (2002)
• Kirikou Et La Sorciere (2004)
• Egypt (2004)
• Jigeen Gni (2005) – single
• Alsaama Day (2007)
• Rokku Mi Rokka (2007) – No. 30 in Rolling Stone{{'}}s Top 50 Albums of 2007.CHRISTGAU, ROBERT; FRICKE, DAVID; HOARD, CHRISTIAN; SHEFFIELD, ROB, [https://web.archive.org/web/20071220102920/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601851/the_top_50_albums_of_2007/15 "The Top 50 Albums of 2007"] RollingStone.com, 17 December 2007
• I Bring What I Love (2008) – film soundtrack
• Special Fin D'annee: Salagne-Salagne (2009)
• Dakar – Kingston (2010)
• Mbalakh Dafay Wakh (2011)
• Fatteliku (2014)
• #Senegaal Rek (2016)
• Africa Rekk (2016)
• Seeni Valeurs (2017)
• Respect (2018)
• History (2019)
• Mbalax (2021)

• Diongoma (1983)
• Special Noël (1993)
• The Best Of Youssou N'Dour (1995)
• Euleuk Sibir with Omar Pene (You et Pene) (1996)
• Immigrés/Bitim Rew (1997)
• Inedits 84–85 (1997)
• Best of the 80's (1998)
• Hey You: The Essential Collection 1988–1990 (1998)
• Birth Of A Star (2001)
• Youssou N'Dour and His Friends (2002)
• The Rough Guide To Youssou N'Dour & Etoile de Dakar (2002)
• Céy You (2003)
• Le Grand Bal: Paris-Bercy (2003)
• 4.4.44 (2004)
• Bercy 2004 vol. 1 & 2 (2004)
• 7 Seconds: The Best Of Youssou N'Dour (Remastered) (2004)
• Bercy 2005 (2005)
• Le Grand Bal: Bercy 2008 (2008)
• From Senegal to the world (2012)
• Le Grand Bal: Bercy 2013 (2013)
• Africa Rekk (Réédition) (2017)
• Raxas Bercy 2017 (2017)
• Le Grand Show (2019)

• 1986: So by Peter Gabriel – backing vocals on "In Your Eyes".
• 1989: Passion by Peter Gabriel – backing vocals on "A Different Drum", "Passion".
• 1990: Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats by Peter Gabriel – "Mercy Street" and "Shaking the Tree".
• 1990: Le mani e l'anima by Italian singer Claudio Baglioni – "Oltre" album.
• 2000: Album Solidays – song "Qui sait?" for the association Solidarité sida, with Anggun, Patrick Bruel, Stephan Eicher, Faudel, Peter Gabriel, Lââm, Lokua Kanza, Nourith, Axelle Red & Zucchero.
• 2003: Hit by Peter Gabriel – backing vocals on "In Your Eyes".
• 2005: Live 8: One Day, One Concert, One World DVD – N'Dour sings "7 Seconds" with Dido.
• 2005: Live 8 Paris DVD – N'Dour sings at the end of the concert "New Africa/Lima Weesu".
• 2006: An Other Cup by Yusuf – backing vocals on "The Beloved".
• 2007: Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur – N'Dour sings "Jealous Guy".
• 2008: Bord Ezanga Kombo by Koffi Olomide – N'Dour on "Festival".
• 2009: Les Amis Du Monde with the Lebanese diva Majida El Roumi for the Francophone Games Opening 2009 in Beirut.
• 2020: Twice as Tall by Burna Boy – on track 4{{cite web |last1=Alake |first1=Motolani |title=Burna Boy releases new album, 'Twice As Tall' |url=https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/burna-boy-twice-as-tall-new-album-diddy-youssou-ndour-sauti-sol-naughty-by-nature-and/9rqfh9e |website=Pulse Nigeria |access-date=14 August 2020 |date=14 August 2020}}
• 2020: L'Ours with Christophe Maé

Amazing Grace (2006)

:*As Olaudah Equiano. "A central figure in the abolitionist movement in Great Britain, Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–97) wrote an eyewitness account of his life as a slave and of his work in the anti-slavery movement: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."

:*As a musician on the film's soundtrack.

Retour à Gorée (2007)

:*As himself, journeying from the island of Gorée to the USA and back, exploring the origins of jazz, which go back to the era of slave trade in Africa, through a concert performed by an international group of artists.{{cite news|last=Regnier|first=Isabelle|title="Retour à Gorée" : la force de la musique des esclaves noirs au détriment de la vérité historique|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2008/04/01/retour-a-goree-la-force-de-la-musique-des-esclaves-noirs-au-detriment-de-la-verite-historique_1029687_3476.html|access-date=14 March 2012|newspaper=Le Monde|date=1 April 2008|language=fr}}Curiel, Jonathan, [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/19/DDMQ1311DQ.DTL "Return to Gorée"] (review), San Francisco Chronicle, 19 September 2008.

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008)

:*As himself, through the recording of the Egypt album and its repercussions.

:*Released in the US on DVD by Oscilloscope Laboratories.

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• {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20120301210439/http://www.fondation-youssou-ndour.org:80/index.php|Youssou N'Dour}} – official site {{in lang|fr}}
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• [http://africanmusic.org/artists/youssou.html Youssou N'Dour] at African Music Encyclopedia
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002431/http://www.afropop.org/multi/interview/ID/60/Youssou+N'Dour+in+Morocco,+May,+2004 Youssou N'Dour] interview at Afropop Worldwide, May 2004
• [http://www.globalrhythm.net/WorldMusicLegends/YoussouNDour.cfm Youssou N'Dour] World Music Legends at GlobalRhythm.net
• {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121209052739/http://www.worldbeatplanet.com/node/402?PHPSESSID=004ccbd5f0f572b642d76b6a4f1f10d4 Youssou N'Dour]}} article Senegal Superstar Wins Grammy for "Egypt" at World Beat Planet, 16 February 2005
• [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3097000 Youssou N'Dour] article Youssou N'Dour, "Egypt" and Islam on National Public Radio
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• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235450/combined Youssou N'Dour] film Youssou N'Dour: I bring what I love at IMDb
• [http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/castcrew_equiano.php Youssou N'Dour] role in the film [http://www.amazinggracemovie.com Amazing Grace]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080416161225/http://www.stockexchangeofvisions.org/speaker.php?id=55 Youssou N'Dour] video interview Visions of Youssou N'Dour on Stock Exchange of Visions
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081120031553/http://www.intrahealth.org/open Youssou N'Dour] at IntraHealth Open, featuring N'Dour's track "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)"

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