Angelique Kidjo News & Updates

Angelique Kidjo Has Been Added Last-Minute To WOMADelaide 2024

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Mar 04, 2024 • Yahoo

Angélique Kidjo takes on a classic album by Talking Heads

Listen carefully to the Talking Heads band’s 1980 album “Remain in Light” and you can hear the...

Jul 03, 2026 • The World from PRX

Angelique Kidjo meets Wizkid for the first time, fans react as she requests a collaboration

Angelique Kidjo shares her excitement about meeting Wizkid at Paris Fashion Week, sparking fan react...

Jun 25, 2026 • Legit.ng on MSN

Angélique Kidjo, an encounter beyond space and time

An encounter with Angélique Kidjo transcends space and time. We start off in Paris in April 2023, l...

May 26, 2023 • The Africa Report

Angelique Kidjo

A powerful singer and tireless performer, Angelique Kidjo has been one of the most successful perfor...

Jun 08, 2024 • Jazz

Angelique Kidjo Sings “Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads

Angelique Kidjo had to flee her home country of Benin as a young woman while it was suffering at the...

Sep 05, 2019 • PBS

Angélique Kidjo Awarded $100,000 Vilcek Prize in Music

NEW YORK, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Angélique Kidjo receives a 2023 Vilcek Prize in Music i...

Feb 07, 2023 • Yahoo Finance

Pharrell Williams Debuts Collaborations With Quavo, Lil Baby, Angelique Kidjo at Louis Vuitton Show

The fashion brand’s Menswear Spring-Summer 2027 show took place on Tuesday at the Cité Internatio...

Jun 24, 2026 • Yahoo

Angélique Kidjo Is Passing The Torch

Angélique Kidjo spent most of the past year in Paris, where she lived for almost 20 years from 1980...

Jun 17, 2021 • Essence

Angélique Kidjo Visits Bénin

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her home country Bénin last week to meet ch...

Dec 20, 2022 • Celebrity Causes

Angelique Kidjo expresses excitement after first meeting with Wizkid

Beninese musician and actress Angelique Kidjo has expressed excitement after meeting Nigerian music ...

Jun 25, 2026 • AllAfrica on MSN

Angélique Kidjo Turns up the Heat on Dinner and a Song at Croft Alley

Grammy winning singer Angélique Kidjo brought her musical and culinary talents to Croft Alley at Th...

Jun 16, 2019 • Laweekly

Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma on creating harmonic sanctuary ahead of Greek Theatre performance

Ahead of their special performance of “Sarabande Africaine” at the Hearst Greek Theatre, globall...

Aug 28, 2025 • The Daily Californian

« Your future is in your hands »: Angélique Kidjo’s powerful message is inspiring a generation

Every generation believes it’s living through difficult times. Economic uncertainty. Wars. Climate...

Jun 19, 2026 • La Nouvelle Tribune on MSN

7 Great Artists Playing SummerStage This Year

I loved reading these artists’ memories of their SummerStage concerts and their experiences being ...

Jun 16, 2026 • The New York Times

Angélique Kidjo Announces New Album HOPE!!, Shares First Single ‘Fall on Me’ with PJ Morton

Alongside the announcement, Kidjo has shared “Fall on Me,” a soul-stirring collaboration with PJ...

Mar 05, 2026 • EURweb

Superstar Angélique Kidjo sings at the 1000th Tiny Desk — and speaks from her heart

In an exclusive interview, the 5-time Grammy award-winning Beninese singer talks about her music, he...

Sep 12, 2022 • Northcountrypublicradio.org

Spotlight On: Angélique Kidjo

This Saturday, October 4, Kidjo heads back to Santa Barbara for a concert at UCSB in support of her ...

Oct 01, 2014 • Santa Barbara Independent

Angélique Kidjo's world music concert

Angélique Kidjo is a diva of the first magnitude. But while many singers of her stature balance inc...

Mar 08, 2008 • SFGate

Angélique Kidjo declares joy a radical act on new album

Angélique Kidjo has never made music for the faint of heart. Across a career spanning more than fou...

Apr 26, 2026 • Rolling Out

Hope can help you 'find your way through the fog', Angélique Kidjo unveils new album

Angélique Kidjo is a global music icon, five-time Grammy winner, and unstoppable force for change. ...

May 22, 2026 • France 24

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: A new music catch up with Angelique Kidjo and Dames Brown, remembering Dave Mason and more!

A couple of masterpieces from the late Dave Mason (Traffic), new work from Jack White, Nick Behnan, ...

Apr 25, 2026 • WDET 101.9 FM

The icon who fled a dictatorship to become the Queen of African music

She fled communist Benin to become a global icon. Now, on her first album in five years, Angélique ...

Apr 23, 2026 • inews.co.uk

Angelique Kidjo reimagines Talking Heads 'Remain in Light' ft. Ezra Koenig, Blood Orange, more

You may recall that Angélique Kidjo performed a reimagined take on Talking Heads’ seminal album R...

Mar 21, 2018 • brooklynvegan

May Day: The three San Diego concerts you won't want to miss!

Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore and Miley Cyrus will be in extremely good company in August when they...

Apr 30, 2026 • The San Diego Union-Tribune on MSN

Angélique Kidjo and Youssou NDour Will Perform at Royal Albert Hall in 2027

Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo and Senegalese icon Youssou NDour will perform at the Royal...

May 05, 2026 • BroadwayWorld

Angélique Kidjo Insists That We Find Joy, Resilience, and Unity on Star Guest-Filled ‘HOPE!!’

Right now, this dour world needs a heavy “feel good” dose of Angélique Kidjo’s infectious joy...

Apr 20, 2026 • Glide Magazine

Angélique Kidjo is still moving the world

The Beninese legend discusses the inspiration behind her latest album HOPE!!, honouring her mother w...

Apr 29, 2026 • The Mail & Guardian

BCNARTS: Best Bets: Angelique Kidjo Promotes New Album In Stanford Concert With Special Guests

Angelique Kidjo, an accomplished artist, has developed her own language....

Apr 24, 2026 • SFGATE