Angélique Kidjo is a Beninese singer born on July 14, 1960, in Cotonou, a few weeks before the independence of the ex-Dahomey, known for the diversity of its musical influences and the originality of its clips. Also author and composer, she is winner of the Grammy Awards on many occasions. His success, include songs Agolo, We We, Adouma, Wombo Lombo, Afirika and Batonga. The BBC has included him in its list of the 50 icons of the African continent. Time Magazine called her the first Diva African and it is part of the list established by The Guardian of the 100 most influential women in the world. His influences zouk Congolese rumba pop music Caribbean, le le la rumba la la rumba rumba, the music jazz, gospel, et Latin styles. It is also inspired by the artists that have rocked his childhood: Bella Bellow, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Miriam Makeba et Carlos Santana. Kidjo is fluent in fon, French, yoruba, and English. She sang in its four tongues. His song Malaika, from the album Logozo is Swahili. She often uses Zilin vocal technique and the Vocalese. Angélique Kidjo was born in Cotonou, Benin. His father is a Fon of Ouidah and her mother, Yoruba, Director of a theatre troupe and sophisticated business woman. At the age of six, it incorporates Theatre of its mother company, which gives rise to her taste for music and traditional dances. She began to sing in the group the Sphinx and teenager, meeting success through its adaptation to the national radio of the song of Miriam Makeba the three Z.Elle then recorded the album Pretty with the help of his brother and the Cameroonian producer Ekambi Brilliant. This album contains the songs Ninawa, Gbe Agossi and a tribute to Bella Bellow, a Togolese singer who was one of his sources of inspiration. The success of this album allowed him to make a great tour of West Africa. Continuing political conflicts in Benin prevented him to pursue his career independently in his own country. In 1983, she moved to Paris, where was born daughter in 1993.Tout working to pay his tuition, Angelique Kidjo follows courses in singing at the CIM, a deemed Paris jazz school.