She grew up listening to Yoruba and Beninese traditional music, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, James Brown, Manu Dibango, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti, Stevie Wonder, Osibisa, and Santana. Her father is from the Fon people of Ouidah and her mother from the Yoruba people in Nigeria. Kidjo was born in Ouidah, French Dahomey, in what is now Benin. Kidjo often uses Benin's traditional Zilin vocal technique and vocalese. "Malaika" is a song sung in the Swahili language. She sings in all of them, and she also has her own personal language, which includes words that serve as song titles such as "Batonga". Kidjo is fluent in five languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, Gen (Mina), and English. Her album Logozo is ranked number 37 in the Greatest Dance Albums of All Time list compiled by Vice magazine's Thump website.
Īngelique Kidjo has collaborated with many artists including Bono, John Legend, Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Carlos Santana, Josh Groban, Philip Glass, Sting, Ziggy Marley, Yemi Alade, Burna Boy and Davido. On September 15, 2021, Time included her in their list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2007, Time magazine called her "Africa's premier diva." She performed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2021. She is a 2023 Polar Music Prize laureate. Her father was a musician, and her mother worked as a choreographer and theatre director. Kidjo was born into a family of performing artists. Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo ( / ˌ ɒ̃ ʒ ə ˈ l iː k ˈ k ɪ dʒ uː, - ˈ k ɪ dʒ oʊ/ born July 14, 1960) is a Beninese- French singer-songwriter, actress, and activist noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos.
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