Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour was born on 01 Oct 1959 in Dakar, Senegal. His birth name was Youssou N'Dour.

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive." He helped develop a style of popular music in Senegal, known by its Wolof language name of mbalax.

Youssou N'Dour released the following albums including Set (1992), Immigrés (1995), The Best of Youssou N'Dour (1999), Joko: The Link (2000), Le Grand Bal a Bercy (2001), Youssou N'Dour (2002), Ba Tay (2002), Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Etoile de Dakar (2002), Nothing's In Vain (2002), 7 Seconds: The Best of Youssou N'Dour (2004), Egypt (2004), Badou (2005), Eyes Open (2006), Rokku Mi Rokka (2007), Guide (Wommat) (2008) and Music From the Motion Picture I Bring What I Love (2010).

Set

Jun 1992

  1. Set
  2. Alboury
  3. Sabar
  4. Toxiques
  5. Sinebar
  6. Medina
  7. Miyoko
  8. Xale
  9. Feenene
  10. Fakastalu
  11. Hey You!
  12. One Day
  13. Ay Chono La

Immigrés

Nov 1995

  1. Immigrés/Bitim Rew
  2. Pitche Mi
  3. Taaw
  4. Badou

The Best of Youssou N'Dour

Sep 1999

  1. Set
  2. Shaking the Tree
  3. Sinebar
  4. Medina
  5. Lion/Gaiende
  6. Toxiques
  7. Fenene
  8. Miyoko
  9. Bamako
  10. Fakastalu
  11. Bes
  12. Hey You
  13. Macoy
  14. Immigres/Bitim Rew
  15. Xale Rewmi
  16. Kocc Barma

Joko: The Link

Sep 2000

  1. Wiri-Wiri
  2. Birima
  3. Mademba (The Electricity Is Out Again)
  4. This Dream
  5. Yama
  6. She Doesn't Need to Fall
  7. Miss
  8. Beykat
  9. Liggeey
  10. My Hope Is In You
  11. Red Clay

Le Grand Bal a Bercy

Feb 2001

  1. Presentation Concert (Bercy)
  2. Yarou
  3. Immigrés
  4. Mbadane
  5. Lang
  6. Ligueye
  7. Aziz
  8. Please Wait
  9. Sama Dome
  10. Dunya

Youssou N'Dour

Feb 2002

  1. La ronde des écoliers du monde
  2. Kirikou
  3. Xaley Rewmi
  4. Lang
  5. Xaleyi
  6. Boul Ko Damo
  7. Talal Loxo
  8. La ronde des écoliers du monde (version instrumentale)
  9. Kirikou

Ba Tay

Apr 2002

  1. Moor Ndaje
  2. Genne
  3. Ba Tay
  4. Le Climat
  5. Bey
  6. Sa Doole
  7. Xuloo-Bi
  8. Bird

Rough Guide to Youssou N'Dour & Etoile de Dakar

Aug 2002

  1. Absa Gueye
  2. Jalo
  3. Thiapathioly
  4. Diokhama Say Ne Ne
  5. Lay Suma Lay
  6. Walo
  7. Yalaye Dogal
  8. Youssou
  9. Alboury
  10. Independence
  11. Wadiour

Nothing's In Vain

Oct 2002

  1. Tan Bi (Heat, Breeze, Tenderness)
  2. Moor Ndaje (Mr. Everywhere)
  3. Li Ma Weesu (As In A Mirror)
  4. Genne (For Those Displaced)
  5. La Femme Est L'avenir De L'amour
  6. Mbeggeel Noonu La
  7. Il N'y A Pas D'amour Heureux
  8. Sagal Ko (Honor Her)
  9. C'est L'amour (It's Love)
  10. Doole (Show Your True Mettle)
  11. So Many Men
  12. Yaru (The Makings Of Respect)
  13. Africa, Dream Again/L'Afrique Revit Ses Reves

7 Seconds: The Best of Youssou N'Dour

Mar 2004

  1. New Africa
  2. Mouvement
  3. Seven Seconds
  4. Yo Le Le
  5. Please Wait
  6. Country Boy
  7. Birima
  8. Ob La Di Ob La Da
  9. No More
  10. Don't Look Back
  11. Things Unspoken
  12. Undecided (Japoulo) (Album Version)
  13. Without A Smile (Album Version)
  14. Old Man (Album Version)
  15. Set (Live)
  16. Oh Boy (Live)

Egypt

Jun 2004

  1. Allah
  2. Shukran Bamba
  3. Mahdiyu Laye
  4. Tijaniyya
  5. Baay Niasse
  6. Bamba the Poet
  7. Cheikh Ibra Fall
  8. Touba - Daru Salaam

Badou

Apr 2005

  1. DJamil
  2. Laye Fall
  3. Bekoor
  4. Wagane Faye
  5. Nanette Ada
  6. Xale Yi Rew Mi
  7. Badou

Eyes Open

Sep 2006

  1. New Africa
  2. Live Television
  3. No More
  4. Country Boy
  5. Hope
  6. Africa Remembers
  7. Couple's Choice
  8. Yo Lé Lé (Fulani Groove)
  9. Survie
  10. Am Am
  11. Marie-Madeleine la Saint-Louisienne
  12. Useless Weapons
  13. Same
  14. Things Unspoken

Rokku Mi Rokka

Oct 2007

  1. 4-4-44
  2. Pullo Ardo
  3. Sama Gammu
  4. Bajjan
  5. Baay Faal
  6. Sportif
  7. Tukki
  8. Lett Ma
  9. Dabbaax
  10. Xel
  11. Wake Up

Guide (Wommat)

Mar 2008

  1. Leaving
  2. Old Man
  3. Without A Smile
  4. Mame Bamba
  5. 7 Seconds
  6. How You Are
  7. Generations
  8. Tourista
  9. Undecided
  10. Love One Another
  11. Life
  12. My People
  13. Oh Boy
  14. Silence
  15. Chimes Of Freedom

Music From the Motion Picture I Bring What I Love

Jan 2010

  1. I Bring What I Love
  2. Immigrés/Bitim Rew
  3. Birima
  4. The Messenger [Recording]
  5. Yama
  6. Mame Bamba/Touba
  7. Atou Réér Na
  8. Xel/Plus Fort
  9. Hope/Yaakaar
  10. As In A Mirror [Li Ma Weesu]
  11. New Africa

Youssou N'Dour