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{{Short description|Senegalese politician and musician (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name           = Youssou N'Dour
| image          = YoussouNdour20090913.jpg
| caption        = N'Dour in 2009
| office         = [[Ministry of Tourism (Senegal)|Minister of Tourism of Senegal]]
| prime_minister = [[Abdoul Mbaye]]
| term_start     = 5 April 2012
| term_end       = September 2013
| predecessor    = Thierno Lo
| successor      = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|10|1}}
| birth_place    = [[Dakar]], [[Mali Federation]]
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| party          = 
| module         = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| alias         = Madjiguène Ndour
| instrument    = 
| genre         = {{flatlist|
* [[Mbalax]]
* [[African popular music|Afro-pop]]<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |title=Youssou N'Dour |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/youssou-ndour-mn0000692100 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref>
* [[Desert blues]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
* [[Music of Senegal|Senegalese]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
* [[Music of West Africa|West African]]<ref name="allmusic"/>
* [[World music|World]]
* [[Worldbeat]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/worldbeat-ma0000011922|title=Worldbeat Music Genre Overview|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>
}}
| occupation     = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* percussionist
}}
| years_active   = 1970s–present
| label          = {{flatlist|
* Prince Arts
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* [[Sony Music|Chaos]]
* [[Real World Records|Real World]]
* [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]
}}
| past_member_of  = {{flatlist|
* [[Star Band]]
* [[Étoile de Dakar]]
* [[Super Diamono]]<ref name="Hardy"/>
}}
| website         = 
}} 
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'''Youssou''' "'''Madjiguène'''" '''N'Dour'''<ref>Xalima, ''Youssou « Madjiguéne » devenu l’ennemi des hommes sénégalais...'' (28 November 2019) [https://xalimasn.com/youssou-madjiguene-devenu-lennemi-des-hommes-senegalais/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204203649/https://www.xalimasn.com/youssou-madjiguene-devenu-lennemi-des-hommes-senegalais/|date=4 December 2024}}</ref> (also '''Ndour''', {{IPA|fr|jusu (ɛ)nduʁ|lang}}; {{langx|wo|Yuusu "Maajigéen" Nduur}} {{IPA|wo|juːsu ⁿd̺uːɾ|}}; born 1 October 1959) is a [[Senegalese people|Senegalese]] singer, [[songwriter]], musician, composer, and politician. N'Dour helped develop a style of popular [[Senegambian]] music known as ''[[mbalax]],'' a genre that has sacred origins in the [[Serer people|Serer]] music [[njuup]] tradition and [[Ndut initiation rite|ndut initiation ceremonies]].<ref name="Sturman">Sturman, Janet, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9TuKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1925 ''The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture''], [[SAGE Publications]] (2019), p. 1926, {{ISBN|9781483317748}}. Retrieved 13 July 2019.</ref><ref name="coonnol">Connolly, Sean, [https://books.google.com/books?id=WcaGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 ''Senegal''], [[Bradt Travel Guides]] (2009), p. 27, {{ISBN|9781784776206}}. Retrieved 13 July 2019.</ref> From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.

''[[Rolling Stone]]'' described him in 2004 as "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Youssou N'Dour|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/youssoundour/biography|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930220906/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/youssoundour/biography|archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> and ranked him in 2023 at number 69 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 1, 2023|title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/youssou-ndour-3-1234643091/|access-date=July 13, 2023|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> N'Dour is the subject of the award-winning films ''[[Retour à Gorée|Return to Gorée]]'' (2007) directed by [[Pierre-Yves Borgeaud]] and ''[[Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love]]'' (2008) directed by [[Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi]]. In 2006, N'Dour portrayed [[Olaudah Equiano]] in the film ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who's who in Amazing Grace {{!}} Olaudah Equiano (Youssou N'Dour) {{!}} guardian.co.uk Film|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/pictures/image/0,,-1050329735448,00.html|access-date=28 April 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:YoussouNDour08TIFF.jpg|thumb|left|N'Dour at the 2008 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]]]

Ethnically,<ref>In the [[Senegambia region]] as well as many [[African culture]]s, 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 - [[Godfrey Mwakikagile|Mwakikagile, Godfrey]], ''The Gambia and Its People: Ethnic Identities and Cultural Integration in Africa,'' New Africa Press (2010), p. 136, 141. {{ISBN|9789987160235}}</ref> N'Dour is [[Serer people|Serer]], born to a Serer father and a [[Toucouleur people|Toucouleur]] mother.<ref name="Sturman"/><ref name="mus me port"/> However, culturally, N'Dour is [[Wolof people|Wolof]].<ref name="mus me port">{{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 }}</ref> He was born in [[Dakar]].<ref name="Sturman"/> He started performing at the age of 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 [[Sufism|Sufi]] orders in [[Senegambia]], he often incorporated aspects of [[Islamic music]] and chants into his work.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Music career==
=== 1970s: Beginnings with joining the "Star Band" and its spin-offs ===
At the age of 15, Youssou N'Dour joined a band called [[Diamono]] and, in 1975, toured with this band in [[West Africa]].<ref name="Hardy">Hardy, Phil, ''The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music'', [[Da Capo Press]] (1995), p. 682,  {{ISBN|9780306806407}}</ref><ref name="Appiah and Gates">[[Kwame Anthony Appiah|Appiah, Anthony]], [[Henry Louis Gates Jr.|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]</ref>

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 followed, as several members of the Star Band did, some musicians that would 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.<ref>Hudson, Mark, essay in liner notes of "Once Upon a Time in Senegal", Etoile de Dakar, Sterns Music 2010, p. 14</ref>

Although they quickly became one of the city's most popular bands,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 [[Talking drum|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.

=== 1990s: Continued mainstream success as eclectic and genre-crossover artist ===
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 [[List of African musicians|African musicians]] in history. His mix of traditional Senegalese "mbalax" with [[Eclecticism|eclectic]] influences, ranging from [[Cuban rumba]] to [[jazz]], [[Soul music|soul]] and [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], has won him an international fan base of millions. In the West, N'Dour has collaborated with [[Peter Gabriel]],<ref name="G150608">{{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}}</ref> [[Axelle Red]],<ref name="I290598">{{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}}</ref> [[Sting (musician)|Sting]],<ref name="T121202">{{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}}</ref> [[Alan Stivell]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Bran Van 3000]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> [[Neneh Cherry]],<ref name="I211004">{{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 }}</ref> [[Wyclef Jean]],<ref name="T121202"/> [[Paul Simon]],<ref name="I211004"/> [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Tracy Chapman]], [[James Newton Howard]], [[Branford Marsalis]], [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], [[Dido (singer)|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".<ref name="NYT231100">{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Polar Music Prize">{{Cite web|url=https://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/youssou-ndour/|title=Youssou N'Dour|website=Polar Music Prize|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701211414/https://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/youssou-ndour/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1994, N'Dour released his biggest international hit single, the trilingual "[[7 Seconds (song)|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)]]".<ref name="I290598"/> ''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]] ([[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album|best contemporary world music album]]) for his CD ''[[Egypt (album)|Egypt]]'' in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 November 2020|title=Youssou N'Dour|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/youssou-ndour/17140|access-date=28 April 2021|website=GRAMMY.com}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07gzhjn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428092521/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07gzhjn|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 April 2021|access-date=28 April 2021|website=BBC|title=BBC World Service - Focus on Africa, Youssou N'Dour on politics, culture and music}}</ref>

=== 2000s: Contemporary career as mass media owner and actor ===
In 2002, N'Dour was honoured with a [[Prince Claus Award]], under that year's theme "Languages and transcultural forms of expression".

He is the proprietor of ''Groupe Futurs Médias'', a mass media company founded in 2003 which owns ''L'Observateur'', one of the most widespread [[newspaper]]s in Senegal, the [[radio station]] "RFM" (Radio Futurs Médias), which like the newspaper was also started in 2003, and the [[TV channel]] "TFM" (Télé Futurs Médias), which broadcasts since 2010. Both the radio and the tv headquarters were attacked in 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

In 2006, N'Dour played the role of the African-British abolitionist [[Olaudah Equiano]] in the movie ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]'', which chronicled the efforts of [[William Wilberforce]] to end slavery in the [[British Empire]].<ref name="G210307">{{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}}</ref> In 2008, N'Dour offered one of his compositions, ''[[Bébé (song)|Bébé]]'', for the French singer [[Cynthia Brown (singer)|Cynthia Brown]].{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

In 2011, N'Dour was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in music from [[Yale University]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

He got a 2026 Grammy Awards nomination for his album ''Eclairer le monde - Light the World'' in the [[Best Global Music Album]] category.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2026 GRAMMYS: See The Full Nominations List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/news/2026-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=grammy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Youssou N'Dour {{!}} Artist {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/artists/youssou-ndour/17140 |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>

==Activism==
N'Dour was nominated as [[FAO Goodwill Ambassador|Goodwill Ambassador]] of the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the United Nations (FAO) on 16 October 2000.<ref>{{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|archive-date=7 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807120700/http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/ambassadors/ambassadors/ambassadors-youssoundour/en/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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 (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 café]]s 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 [[2003 invasion of Iraq|American invasion of Iraq]]. In a public statement explaining his decision, N'Dour said:<blockquote>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.<ref>{{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}}</ref></blockquote>He performed in three of the [[Live 8]] concerts (in [[Live 8 concert, London]], [[Live 8 concert, Paris]] and at the [[Live 8 concert, Eden Project]] in Cornwall) on 2 July 2005, with [[Dido (singer)|Dido]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jul/03/live8.music6 | title = Dido, Youssou and the three-gig dash | work=The Observer|publisher = Guardian.co.uk | date = 3 July 2005 | location=London}}</ref> He covered [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Jealous Guy]]" for the 2007 CD ''[[Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur]]''. N'Dour appeared in a joint Spain-Senegal ad campaign to inform the African public about the dramatic consequences of illegal immigration.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elkin|first=Mike|date=20 September 2007|title=Spanish TV ads seek to deter boat people|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/sep/20/spain.advertising|access-date=28 April 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> He participated in the [[Stock Exchange of Visions]] project in 2007.<ref name="TDO130609">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=146029 |title=Youssou n'Dour the Africa's Music Maestro |publisher=ThisDayOnline.com |date=13 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120100124/http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=146029 |archive-date=20 November 2010 }}</ref>

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

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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

==Political career==
At the beginning of 2012, he announced plans to stand as a candidate in the [[2012 Senegalese presidential election]], competing against President [[Abdoulaye Wade]].<ref>{{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 | archive-date = 8 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120108022113/http://www.seneweb.com/news/Politique/message-nouvel-an-youssou-ndour-confirme-sa-candidature-a-la-presidentielle-2012_n_56864.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{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 | archive-date = 3 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120103175225/http://www.walf.sn/politique/suite.php?rub=2&id_art=77931 | url-status = dead }}</ref> However, he was disqualified from running in the election over the legitimacy of the signatures he had collected to endorse his campaign.<ref name="BBC-Wade-run-court">{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> The story of N'Dour's presidential campaign was filmed for the [[PBS]] TV program ''[[Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/soundtracks/stories/ndour/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302174423/http://www.pbs.org/soundtracks/stories/ndour/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 March 2013 | title=Youssou N'Dour: Shakin' the Tree &#124; Sound Tracks|website=Pbs.org|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref> 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 (Senegalese politician)|Aminata Touré]] was appointed.<ref>[http://www.africa1.com/spip.php?article35590 "Sénégal : un nouveau gouvernement formé, sans le chanteur Youssou Ndour"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914130046/http://www.africa1.com/spip.php?article35590 |date=14 September 2017 }}, Agence France-Presse, 2 September 2013 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> N'Dour was instead appointed as Special Adviser to the President, with the rank of minister,<ref>[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}}.</ref> and tasked with promoting the country abroad.<ref>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}}.</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" 
|-
! 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}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Brit Awards]]
| [[1995 Brit Awards|1995]]
| [[Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist|International Male Solo Artist]]
| Himself
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1995|title=History|website=BRIT Awards|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021165404/http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1995|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|[[Danish Music Awards]]
| 1995
| Best International Song
| "[[7 Seconds (song)|7 Seconds]]"
| {{won}}
|<ref>[http://ifpi.dk/dma/index.php?pk_menu=27] {{dead link|date=October 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Edison Award]]
| 1994
| Best Pop International
| ''[[The Guide (Wommat)]]''
| {{won}}
|<ref>[https://www.edisons.nl/pop/edities/1994/ "POP 1994"], Edisons.nl</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=6|[[Grammy Awards]]
| [[1993 Grammy Awards|1993]]
| rowspan=3|[[Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album|Best World Music Album]]
| ''Eyes Open''
| {{nom}}
|rowspan=6|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/youssou-ndour/17140|title = Youssou N'Dour|website=Grammy.com|date = 23 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[1995 Grammy Awards|1995]]
| ''[[The Guide (Wommat)]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[2001 Grammy Awards|2001]]
| ''Joko: The Link''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[2004 Grammy Awards|2004]]
| rowspan=3|[[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album|Best Contemporary World Music Album]]
| ''Nothing's In Vain (Coono du Réér)''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[2005 Grammy Awards|2005]]
| ''[[Egypt (album)|Egypt]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[2009 Grammy Awards|2009]]
| ''Rokku Mi Rokka''
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row"|[[Ivor Novello Awards]]
| 1995
| International Hit of the Year
| "[[7 Seconds (song)|7 Seconds]]"
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/|title=Archive &#124; The Ivors &#124; The Ivors Academy &#124; Champions of Music Creators|website=The Ivors Academy|access-date=1 October 2021|archive-date=8 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408110558/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[:es:La Mar de Músicas|La Mar de Música Awards]]
| 2020
| Festival Award
| rowspan=7|Himself
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{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|access-date=6 May 2021|archive-date=14 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214073308/https://worldmusiccentral.org/2020/03/05/senegalese-singer-youssou-ndour-wins-the-2020-la-mar-de-musica-award/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[Lunas del Auditorio]]
| 2004
| Espectaculo Alternativo
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lunasauditorio.com.mx/|title=Lunas del Auditorio|website=Lunas del Auditorio|access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=5|[[MOBO Awards]]
| 2000
| rowspan=4|Best World Music Act 
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/955993.stm | title=BBC News &#124; ENTERTAINMENT &#124; Mobo Awards: The nominations }}</ref>
|-
| 2001
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1580204.stm|title=Mobos 2001: The winners|date=4 October 2001|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|2003
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3199193.stm|title=Mobo Awards 2003: The nominees|date=1 September 2003|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3595280.stm|title=Mobo Awards 2004: The nominees|date=24 August 2004|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|Best African Act
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4273504.stm|title=Mobo awards 2005: The winners|date=22 September 2005|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]
| [[1994 MTV Europe Music Awards|1994]]
| [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song|Best Song]]
| "[[7 Seconds (song)|7 Seconds]]"
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]]
| 2011
| Antonio Carlos Jobim Award
| rowspan=3|Himself
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imnworld.com/news/detail/1066/Youssou-NDour-Wins-Antonio-Carlos-Jobim-Award|title=Youssou N'Dour Wins Antonio Carlos Jobim Award|first=Bernard|last=Perusse|work=The Montreal Gazette|via=International Music Network|date=4 May 2011|access-date=6 May 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506001903/http://www.imnworld.com/news/detail/1066/Youssou-NDour-Wins-Antonio-Carlos-Jobim-Award|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"|[[Polar Music Prize]]
| 2013
| Polar Music Prize
| {{won}}
|<ref name="Polar Music Prize" />
|-
! scope="row"|[[Praemium Imperiale]]
| 2017
| Music
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.praemiumimperiale.org/en/laureate-en/laureates-en/ndour-en|title=Music {{!}} Youssou N'Dour|website=Praemium Imperiale|date=2017}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=2|[[Victoires de la Musique]]
| 2001
| rowspan=2|World Music Album of the Year
| ''Joko''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{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|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019024400/http://evenements.francetv.fr/emissions/les-victoires-de-la-musique/palmares-2001_568323|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2011
| ''Dakar – Kingston''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{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|access-date=1 November 2019|archive-date=10 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810033306/http://evenements.francetv.fr/emissions/les-victoires-de-la-musique/palmares-2011_568297|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|[[Urban Music Awards]]
| 2023
| Artist of the Year (Africa)
| Himself
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
{{end}}

==Discography==
[[File:Photo - Festival de Cornouaille 2010 - Youssou N'Dour en concert le 25 juillet - 010.JPG|thumb|N'Dour at the 2010 ''Festival de [[Cornouaille]]'' at [[Quimper]], France.]]

===Early cassettes===
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

* Vol 1 Tabaski
* Vol 2 Ndakarou
* Vol 3 Independance
* 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

===Albums===
<!--DATES MAY BE INCORRECT; CD release was used, please correct for original release date-->
*''Ndiadiane Ndiaye'' (1982)
*''Mouride'' (1982)
*''Independance Vol. 3'' (1982)
*''Show!!! A Abidjan'' (1983)
*Diongoma (1983)
*''[[Immigrés]]'' (1984)
*''Djamil Inédits 84-85'' (1985)
*''Nelson Mandela'' (1985)
*''[[The Lion (album)|The Lion]]'' (1989)
*''[[Set (Youssou N'Dour album)|Set]]'' (1990)
*''[[Eyes Open (Youssou N'Dour album)|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 (album)|Egypt]]'' (2004)
*''Jigeen Gni'' (2005) – single
*''Alsaama Day'' (2007)
*''Rokku Mi Rokka'' (2007) – No. 30 in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s Top 50 Albums of 2007.<ref>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</ref>
*''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)

===Compilation albums===
*''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)

===Collaborations===
* 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? (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 (singer)|Dido]].
* 2005: ''Live 8 Paris'' DVD – N'Dour sings at the end of the concert "New Africa/Lima Weesu".
* 2006: ''[[An Other Cup]]'' by [[Cat Stevens|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<ref>{{Cite news |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 |newspaper=[[Pulse Nigeria]]|access-date=14 August 2020 |date=14 August 2020}}</ref>
* 2020: ''L'Ours'' with [[Christophe Maé]]

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Single
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 388}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus>Australian chart peaks:
*Top 50 peaks: {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Youssou+N%27Dour|title=australian-charts.com > Youssou N'Dour in Australian Charts|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=29 July 2016}}
*"Undecided": {{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/oyPN1pW.jpg|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 14 July 2015|publisher=Imgur.com|access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Youssou+N%27Dour&cat=s |title=Youssou N'Dour - French Chart |publisher=lescharts.com |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL<br />(WAL)]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?search=Youssou%20N%27Dour&cat=s |title=Youssou N'Dour - Walloon Chart |publisher=ultratop.be |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=Youssou%20N%27Dour&cat=s |title=Youssou N'Dour - Swiss Chart |publisher=hitparade.ch |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://germancharts.de/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Youssou+N%27Dour&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Youssou N'Dour - German Chart |publisher=germancharts.de |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431702/youssou-ndour/chart?f=379 |title=Youssou N'Dour – US Billboard Hot 100 Chart |publisher=Billboard |access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3.5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Alternative Songs|US<br />Alt Rock]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431702/youssou-ndour/chart?f=377 |title=Youssou N'Dour - US Alternative Songs |publisher=Billboard |access-date=10 August 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "The Rubberband Man / Nelson Mandela"
| 1985
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| ''Nelson Mandela''
|-
! scope="row"| "Shango Affair"
| 1988
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| ''Black Mic Mac 2 OST''
|-
! scope="row"| "Shakin' the Tree" <small>(with [[Peter Gabriel]])</small>
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| 61 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 9
| rowspan="2"| ''The Lion''
|-
! scope="row"| "The Lion / Gaïende"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Toxiques"
| 1990
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| ''Set''
|-
! scope="row"| "Africa Remembers"
| 1992
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| ''Eyes Open''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[7 Seconds (song)|7 Seconds]]" <small>(with [[Neneh Cherry]])</small>
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| 3 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 98 || —
| rowspan="4"| ''[[The Guide (Wommat)]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Mame Bamba"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Undecided"
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| 53 || 145 || — || — || — || 92 || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Chimes of Freedom"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "How Come" <small>(with [[Canibus]])</small>
| rowspan="2"| 1998
| 52 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| ''[[Bulworth (soundtrack)|Bulworth OST]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "La Cour Des Grands (A Ton Tour De Jouer)" <small>(with [[Axelle Red]])</small>
| — || — || 16 || 31 || — || — || — || —
| official hymn of [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
! scope="row"| "My Hope Is in You"
| 1999
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| rowspan="2"| ''Joko - From Village to Town''
|-
! scope="row"| "Birima"
| 2000
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "So Many Men" <small>(with [[Pascal Obispo]])</small>
| 2002
| — || — || 35 || 27 || 85 || — || — || —
| ''Nothing's in Vain (Coono Du Réér)''
|-
! scope="row"| "#Senegaal rekk" <small>(with Le Super Etoile)</small>
| 2016
| — || — || 189 || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| colspan="11" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

==Films==
'''''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]''''' (2006)
:*As [[Olaudah Equiano]]. "A central figure in the [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|abolitionist]] movement in Great Britain, Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–97) wrote an [[witness|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 [[History of slavery|slave trade]] in Africa, through a concert performed by an international group of artists.<ref name=monde>{{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}}</ref><ref>Curiel, Jonathan, [https://archive.today/20120915083555/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.</ref>
'''''[[Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love]]''''' (2008)
:*As himself, through the recording of the ''[[Egypt (album)|Egypt]]'' album and its repercussions.
:*Released in the US on DVD by [[Oscilloscope Laboratories]].

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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Youssou N'Dour}}
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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}}
*{{discogs artist|17590}}
*[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%27Dour+in+Morocco%2C+May%2C+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]]
*{{IMDb name|618468}}
*[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217230508/http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/castcrew_equiano.php |date=17 February 2007 }} 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 International#Open Source|IntraHealth Open]]'', featuring N'Dour's track "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)"

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