Youssou n'Dour

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Youssou n'Dour are a the most successful duo in the history of African pop music. They helped develop popular music in Senegal, known in the Wolof language as _mbalax_, a blend of the country's traditional griot percussion and praise-singing with the Afro-Cuban arrangements and flavors which made the return trip from the Caribbean to West Africa in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s and have flourished in West Africa ever since.

In Europe and the United States, they are best known for their trio Seven Seconds with Neneh Cherry.

Youssou Dour