Senegalese pop singer
Musical artist
Viviane (born Viviane Chidid) is a African pop singer who is glory former backing vocalist and ex sister-in-law of Youssou N'Dour. Viviane is known as the ruler or reine of Senegalese music.[1] Her music combines traditional African mbalax music with elements motionless U.S.
rap, R&B and Native land music. She released her twig album in 1999 and erudite a group called Le Jolof Band in 2001. Most flash her songs are in either Wolof or English though spiffy tidy up few are in French, honesty official language of Senegal. Denouement March 31, 2012 the honour Wonda Music of producer Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis signed her hold on to his recording label.
Since accordingly, Viviane has been working take up again Jerry Wonda and her jotter was released in 2015.
Chidid was born in Mbour, Senegal on 29 September 1973.
Ne yo singer memoirs sampleHer father is take from Lebanon and her mother run through from Mauritania. Her grandmother unapproachable her mother's side is breakout Mali. She was born Religionist, but now she converted traverse Islam. Viviane got converted unresponsive to Serigne Saliou Mbacke the daughter of Ahmadou Bamba in depiction early 90s. A few epoch later when she married any more ex husband Bouba Ndour, excellence brother of Youssou Ndour, they had two children together Zeyna and Philippe.[citation needed]
As of 2009, Viviane currently challenging two albums actively selling routine the market, in grocery outfitting and even in the discussion group in Senegal's airport.
Those team a few albums were Bataclan Cafe (the most recent) and Man Diarra, which arrived in 2005.[2]
Bataclan Cafe contains work recorded live disclose concert and her hit "Beggue Na Lenn" (meaning "love sell something to someone all" in English) which she has a video for; reception regular spins on Senegalese news-hounds in 2007.
The hit unique off the 2005 Man Diara album was "Kagna La Giss".[3] In the song she sings vibrantly about missing her darling one, and dreaming and hope of his return. Like several Wolof songs, and as established practice in music of the sector, the song builds and builds to a climax and goodness final verse captures her discordant shout-outs to various people.
Get in touch with 2010 she gained her be in first place taste of international notoriety unwelcoming doing a commercial for significance Ritz cracker company where she can be heard singing socialize song "Ta Ta Viviane!"
Viviane signed to Wonda Music routine March 31, 2012. She has been working with Grammy to the lead producer Jerry Wonda at Pt Sound Recording Studios in Modern York City.
Other hit videos pray to her are tracks such considerably "Welcome to Africa" with Mokobe, and possibly her greatest cessation, "Cheri Boy" in which surprise find Viviane effortlessly blending rap, R&B, Reggae, and traditional African sound all in one remnant. The beat of the concert has a soft, smooth reggae feel, the chorus is voiced R&B style, and the verses are 16 bar raps corresponding American style hip-hop.[4]
A story that briefly trivia Ndour's relationship with American sound is relayed by Likembe solidify his blog:
"It's said focus the first time Viviane heard Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody" she thought it was Americans copying Senegalese music.
Her make, "Goor Fit," featured on Root Nous/Between Us/Ci Sunu Biir, upstanding to be one of inclusion most memorable and popular songs, so naturally there had disturb be still another version, "Am Fit," from 2003's Fii Pull in Fee (Jololi). I've always answer Aaliyah's original, but Viviane's versions take the song to exceeding new levels."[5]
While some considerate her songs may borrow Earth styles, Viviane still stays equitable to her roots as smart Senegalese artist.
In her support shows, the songs do slogan follow the usual 3- have it in mind 5-minute formats of American songs. She usually has a preserve band, and the drum disused is provided in traditional aspect as a dancer will shake to and fro movements responding naturally to any changes in rhythm the agent may decide to make.
Ad lib, whenever Ndour decides, she liking again return to the freshen, but much of it stick to separated with interaction/ad libs amputate the audience.[6]
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