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{{Infobox person
| name               = Angélique Kidjo
| image              = Angélique Kidjo Gershwin 2023.jpg
| caption            = Kidjo performing at the [[Gershwin Prize]] in 2023
| birth_name         = Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = [[Ouidah]], [[French Dahomey]] (now [[Benin]])
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* songwriter
* actress
}}
| website            = {{URL|kidjo.com}}
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed           = yes
| years_active    = 1982–present
| instrument      = Vocals
| genre           = {{flatlist|
* [[African popular music|Afropop]]
* [[Afrobeat]]
* [[reggae]]
* [[world music]]
* [[world fusion]]
* [[worldbeat]]
* [[jazz]]
* [[Gospel music|gospel]]
* [[Latin American music|Latin]]
}}
| label           = {{flatlist|
* [[Island Records|Island]]
* [[Mango Records|Mango]]
* [[PolyGram]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* [[Razor & Tie]]
* [[429 Records|429]]
}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [[Manu Dibango]]
* [[Carlinhos Brown]]
* [[Vinicius Cantuária]]
* [[Henri Salvador]]
* [[Cassandra Wilson]]
* [[Alicia Keys]]
* [[Carlos Santana]]
* [[Ziggy Marley]]
* [[Gilberto Gil]]
* [[Daniela Mercury]]
* [[Anggun]]
* [[Dianne Reeves]]
* [[Lionel Loueke]]
* [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]]
* [[Romero Lubambo]]
* [[Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir]]
* [[Les Amazones d'Afrique]]
* [[Yemi Alade]]
* [[Burna Boy]]
}}
}}
| alias              =
| spouse             = {{marriage|Jean Hébrail|1987}}
}}

'''Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɒ̃|ʒ|ə|ˈ|l|iː|k|_|ˈ|k|ɪ|dʒ|uː|,_|-|_|ˈ|k|ɪ|dʒ|oʊ}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Portwood |first=Jerry |date=March 20, 2020 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/in-my-room-angelique-kidjo-970435/ |title='In My Room' With Angelique Kidjo |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc_ieZQvrQ0&t=2m33s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Gc_ieZQvrQ0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |title=Angelique Kidjo joins UNICEF's COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign |publisher=UNICEF |date=April 7, 2021 |access-date=May 22, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/14/the_leaders_of_this_world_stand |title='The Leaders of this World Stand by and Look at Us Dying'–Singer Angelique Kidjo Speaks Out on Climate Change |work=Democracy Now! |date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref>) is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five [[Grammy Award]]s and is a 2023 [[Polar Music Prize]] laureate. She has released many albums, performed around the world, and has collaborated with other artists such as [[Alicia Keys]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Angelique Kidjo collaborates with Alicia Keys | date=September 17, 2018 | url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/angelique-kidjo-collaborates-alicia-keys }}</ref> [[Peter Gabriel]],<ref>{{cite web | title=BBC – Music – Review of Angelique Kidjo – Djin Djin | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/nqdp/ }}</ref> [[John Legend]],<ref>{{cite magazine | title=John Legend, Keith Urban, Angélique Kidjo Lead 'Imagine' Performance at Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=July 23, 2021 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-legend-keith-urban-angelique-kidjo-lead-imagine-performance-at-tokyo-olympics-opening-ceremony-1201310/ }}</ref> [[Philip Glass]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Review: Philip Glass takes David Bowie and the symphony to new places with a stupendous 'Lodger' | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=January 11, 2019 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-glass-bowie-laphil-review-20190112-story.html }}</ref> [[Bono]],<ref>{{cite web | title='Africa Rising, Angelique Kidjo' | url=https://www.u2.com/news/title/africa-rising-angelique-kidjo/ }}</ref> [[Yo-Yo Ma]],<ref>https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/kidjo-yo-yo-ma-berkeley-20819644.php</ref> and [[Burna Boy]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Angélique Kidjo Connects with Africa's Next Musical Generation|author=[[Jon Pareles]]|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 17, 2021 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/17/arts/music/angelique-kidjo-mother-nature.html|access-date=December 11, 2025}}</ref> She is the first Black African artist to receive a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Angélique Kidjo first black African to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star | date=July 3, 2025 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx2g5znggpo }}</ref>

She performed at the [[2020 Olympic Games|Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games]] Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2021.<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/john-legend-keith-urban-angelique-kidjo-lead-imagine-performance-at-tokyo-olympics-opening-ceremony-1201310/ |title=John Legend, Keith Urban, Angélique Kidjo Lead 'Imagine' Performance at Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 23, 2021}}</ref> On September 15, 2021, ''Time'' included her in their list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people]] in the world.

Kidjo is fluent in five languages: [[Fon language|Fon]], [[French language|French]], [[Yorùbá language|Yorùbá]], [[Gen language|Gen]] (Mina) and [[English language|English]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afrisson.com/Angelique-Kidjo-486.html |title=Angélique Kidjo – Bénin: cd mp3 concert biographie news |website=Afrisson |language=fr |access-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-date=January 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114065436/http://www.afrisson.com/Angelique-Kidjo-486.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> She sings in all of them, and she also has her own [[Personal language#Personal languages|personal language]], which includes words that serve as song titles such as "Batonga". Kidjo often uses Benin's traditional Zilin vocal technique and [[vocalese]].

==Early life==
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo<ref name="allafrica.com">{{cite web |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200905110467.html |title=Nigeria: Gifted Angelique Kidjo, On African Voices |publisher=[[AllAfrica]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020121048/http://allafrica.com/stories/200905110467.html |archive-date=October 20, 2012}}</ref><ref name="africatimeforpeace.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.africatimeforpeace.com/uk/concerts_1.html |title=Africa {{pipe}} Time for Peace |website=Africatimeforpeace.com |access-date=April 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331051430/http://www.africatimeforpeace.com/uk/concerts_1.html |archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref><ref name="rateyourmusic.com">{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/angelique_kidjo |title=Albums by Angélique Kidjo |publisher=[[Rate Your Music]] |access-date=April 3, 2012}}</ref> was born in [[Ouidah]], [[French Dahomey]], in what became [[Benin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://musique.rfi.fr/artiste/musiques-monde/angelique-kidjo |title=Angélique Kidjo – Biographie, discographie et fiche artiste |website=RFI Musique |date=March 3, 2011 |language=fr-FR |access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> Her father is from the [[Fon people]] of Ouidah and her mother from the [[Yoruba people]]. Her father was a musician, and her mother worked as a [[choreographer]] and theatre director.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angelique Kidjo |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Angelique-Kidjo |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> She grew up listening to Yoruba and Beninese traditional music, [[Miriam Makeba]], [[Hugh Masekela]], [[James Brown]], [[Manu Dibango]], [[Otis Redding]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Fela Kuti]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Osibisa]] and [[Santana (band)|Santana]]. By the time she was six years old, Kidjo was performing with her mother's theatre troupe,<ref name="borders">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:SMNB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=120012B47B7659E0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420 |title=Kidjo's Music Crosses Borders, Boundaries |last=Weickgenant |first=Joel |date=March 29, 2008 |newspaper=[[Savannah Morning News]] |publisher=[[NewsBank]] |page=6E |access-date=February 3, 2009}}</ref> giving her an early appreciation for traditional music and dance.

She started singing in her school band, Les Sphinx, and found success as a teenager with her adaptation of Miriam Makeba's "Les Trois Z", which was played on national radio. Kidjo recorded the album ''Pretty'' with [[Cameroon]]ian producer Ekambi Brilliant and her brother Oscar. It featured the songs "Ninive", "Gbe Agossi", and a tribute to the singer [[Bella Bellow]], one of her role models. The success of the album allowed her to tour all over West Africa. Continuing political conflicts in Benin prevented her from being an independent artist in her own country and led her to relocate to [[Paris]] in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angélique Kidjo |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/angelique-kidjo/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Vilcek Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Paris==
After moving to France, Kidjo initially planned to become a human rights lawyer, but ended up studying music.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Africa's Premier Diva – Angélique Kidjo |url=http://www.funtimesmagazine.com/2020/11/27/336581/africa-s-premier-diva-ang-lique-kidjo |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=FunTimes Magazine |language=en}}</ref> While working various day jobs to pay for her tuition, Kidjo studied music at the CIM, a jazz school in Paris,<ref>{{Cite book |last=McDonnell |first=Evelyn |title=Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl. |publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-316-55887-7 |location=New York, NY |pages=243}}</ref> where she met musician and producer Jean Hebrail, with whom she has composed most of her music and whom she married in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-03 |title=Jean Hébrail: Meet Angélique Kidjo's Husband |url=https://vimbuzz.com/jean-hebrail-meet-angelique-kidjos-husband/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404151602/https://vimbuzz.com/jean-hebrail-meet-angelique-kidjos-husband/ |archive-date=2022-04-04 |access-date=2022-12-09 |language=en-US}}</ref> She started out as a backup singer in local bands. In 1985, she became the front singer of [[Jasper van 't Hof]]'s Euro-African jazz/rock band Pili Pili. Three Pili Pili studio albums followed: ''Jakko'' (1987), ''Be In Two Minds'' (1988, produced by Marlon Klein) and ''Hotel Babo'' (1990). By the end of the 1980s, she had become one of the most popular live performers in Paris and recorded a solo album called ''Parakou'' for the Open Jazz Label. She met [[Island Records]] founder [[Chris Blackwell]] in Paris; Blackwell signed her to a record deal in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angelique Kidjo musician – All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/angelique-kidjo |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=All About Jazz Musicians |language=en}}</ref> She recorded four albums for Island until Blackwell's departure from the label. In 2000, she was signed in New York by [[Columbia Records]], for whom she recorded two albums.

== Albums ==
===''Parakou''===
Kidjo's first international album ''Parakou'', first released in 1989, was the beginning of a series of collaborations with producer and composer Jean Hébrail and featured [[Jasper van 't Hof|Jasper van't Hof]].

===''Logozo''===
Her first album for [[Island Records]] was recorded between Miami and Paris and produced by [[Miami Sound Machine]] drummer Joe Galdo and features Branford Marsalis and [[Manu DiBango]] on saxophones. It was released worldwide in 1991 and reached number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' World Albums chart. Music videos for the singles "We We" and "Batonga" were released and Kidjo made her first world tour, headlining the Olympia Hall in Paris on October 31, 1992. ''Logozo'' is ranked number 37 in the Greatest Dance Albums of All Time list compiled by the [[Vice (magazine)|Thump]] website.<ref name="thump.vice.com">{{Cite news |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-99-greatest-dance-albums-of-all-time/ |title=The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time |date=July 14, 2015 |website=Thump.vice.com |access-date=February 9, 2018 |language=en-ca}}</ref>

===''Ayé''===
Released in 1994, the album ''Ayé'' was produced by [[David Z (music producer)|David Z]] at [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s [[Paisley Park|Paisley Park Studios]] in Minnesota and by Will Mowat at Soul To Soul studio in London. It includes the single "Agolo", a song that addresses the issue of the environment, of which the video directed by Michel Meyer gave Kidjo her first [[Grammy]] nomination. Kidjo sang on the album in both [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]] and [[Fon language|Fon]], often using the Beninese traditional zilin vocal technique.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiser |first=Danny |date=2021-03-30 |title=Benin: Ayé – Angelique Kidjo |url=https://www.200worldalbums.com/post/benin-ay%C3%A9-angelique-kidjo |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=200worldalbums.com |language=en}}</ref> The song "Agolo" was used as the theme tune of the [[BBC World Service]] programme ''[[Everywoman (radio programme)|Everywoman]]'' (broadcast between March 1997 and April 2006).<ref name="kidjo">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/03_march/07/angeliquekidjo.shtml "Theme music success for BBC World Service series Everywoman"], BBC | Press Office, March 7, 2002.</ref>

===''Fifa''===
Kidjo and Hebrail traveled all over Benin in 1995 to record the traditional rhythms that formed the base for the ''[[Fifa (Angélique Kidjo album)|Fifa]]'' album. [[Carlos Santana]] appears on "Naima", a piece Kidjo wrote for her daughter. The single "Wombo Lombo" and its video directed by Michel Meyer was a success all over Africa in 1996.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

===Trilogy===
In 1998, she began recording a trilogy of albums (''Oremi'', ''Black Ivory Soul'' and ''Oyaya'') exploring the African roots of the music of the Americas.

====''Oremi''====
Produced by Peter Mokran and Jean Hebrail, recorded in New York, ''Oremi'' is a collection of songs mixing African and African-American influences. [[Cassandra Wilson]], [[Branford Marsalis]], [[Kelly Price]] and [[Kenny Kirkland]] collaborated with Kidjo on this project. The opening track is a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "[[Voodoo Child (Slight Return)|Voodoo Child]]".

====''Black Ivory Soul''====
In 2000, Kidjo traveled to [[Salvador de Bahia]] to start recording the Axe percussion grooves for this album, based on Afro-Brazilian culture. She worked with songwriters [[Carlinhos Brown]] and [[Vinicius Cantuária]]. On the Brazilian version of the album [[Gilberto Gil]] joined her on "Refavela" and [[Daniella Mercury]] on "Tumba". Dave Matthews appears in the song "Iwoya".

====''Oyaya!''====
Produced by [[Steve Berlin]] from [[Los Lobos]] and by the pianist Alberto Salas, released in 2004, ''Oyaya!'' mixes Latin and Caribbean music with African guitars. French Guyanese musician [[Henri Salvador]] joined Kidjo on the song "Le Monde Comme un Bébé".

===''Djin Djin''===
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Kidjo released the album ''[[Djin Djin]]'' on May 1, 2007. Many guests appear on the album including [[Josh Groban]], [[Carlos Santana]], Alicia Keys, [[Joss Stone]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Amadou and Mariam]], [[Ziggy Marley]] and [[Branford Marsalis]]. The title refers to the sound of a bell in Africa that greets each new day. The album, produced by [[Tony Visconti]], won a Grammy for Best Contemporary World Music Album and an [[NAACP Image Award]] for Outstanding World Music Album.

===''Õÿö''===
''Õÿö'', released in Europe on January 18, 2010, and in America on April 6, 2010, pays tribute to the music of Kidjo's childhood in Benin. It mixes traditional music, Miriam Makeba's songs, classic soul of the 1960s and 1970s; including a song from the 1952 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Aan]]'', "Dil Main Chuppa Ke Pyar Ka". [[Dianne Reeves]] appears on [[Aretha Franklin]]'s "[[Baby I Love You (Aretha Franklin song)|Baby I Love You]]", [[Bono]] and [[John Legend]] on [[Curtis Mayfield]]'s "[[Move On Up]]", for which Kidjo recorded a video<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtEkbYhtW3Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wtEkbYhtW3Q |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |title=Angelique Kidjo – MOVE ON UP – with Bono and John Legend featuring the Bill T. Jones' FELA! Dancers |date=May 28, 2010 |via=YouTube |access-date=February 18, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with the ''[[Fela!]]'' dancers and [[Roy Hargrove]] on [[Santana (band)|Santana]]'s "[[Samba Pa Ti]]". Produced by Kidjo and Jean Hebrail, the album was arranged in conjunction with the Beninese guitarist [[Lionel Loueke]]. ''Õÿö'' was nominated for Best Contemporary World Music Album at the [[53rd Annual Grammy Awards|53rd Grammy Awards]].

===''Spirit Rising''===
''Spirit Rising'', the live album from Kidjo's PBS Special performance, was released in North America on February 22, 2012. It features a collection of songs from her entire career played live in Boston with special guests [[Ezra Koenig]] from [[Vampire Weekend]], [[Dianne Reeves]], [[Branford Marsalis]], [[Christian McBride]] and [[Josh Groban]]. Kidjo sang a version of "[[Redemption Song]]" with the Kuumba Singers.

===''Eve''===
On January 28, 2014, Kidjo the album ''Eve'', which was dedicated to the women of Africa. Kidjo stated that "''Eve'' is an album of remembrance of African women I grew up with and a testament to the pride and strength that hide behind the smile that masks everyday troubles." She recorded the album in New York with the Beninese percussionists from the [[Gangbe Brass Band]] and an ensemble of session musicians. Performers on the album include Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke, Dominic James, [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]], [[Christian McBride]], and producer [[Patrick Dillett]]. Guest musicians on the album include [[Rostam Batmanglij]] from Vampire Weekend, Nigerian folk singer [[Aṣa]] on "Eva", pianist [[Dr. John]] on "Kulumbu"; the [[Kronos Quartet]] and the [[Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra]]. The traditional Congolese song "Bana" features the vocals of Kidjo's mother Yvonne.

The album debuted at number 1 in the ''Billboard'' World Music chart.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/angelique-kidjos-new-album-eve-debuts-at-1-on-both-billboard-world-charts-243750471.html |title="Angelique Kidjo's New Album 'Eve' Debuts At #1 On Both Billboard World Charts!"}} PR Newswire.</ref> It was rated No. 1 among world music albums for 2014 by Radio France Internationale.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfimusique.com/actu-musique/musique-monde/album/20141231-top-12-albums-world-afrique-2014 |title="Top 12 des albums World/Afrique 2014" |date=December 31, 2014}}, RFI Musique, December 31, 2014,</ref> Its opening track, "M'Baamba", featured in ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} "Top 10 songs of 2014" list.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/arts/music/jon-pareless-favorite-albums-of-2014.html|title=Jon Pareles's Favorite Albums and Songs of 2014 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 11, 2014 |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles}}</ref> ''Eve'' won the [[Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album]] at the [[57th Annual Grammy Awards|57th Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/videos/57th-grammy-awards-premiere-ceremony#ooid=92a204czpl6gKA8X3LH_s7fi58sE3Yy8,Jyc2c4czo8kddXMwcRTdtWBgGJvXfUG5&ootime=16m40s |title=57th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony |work=The Grammys |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

===''Angélique Kidjo Sings with the Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg''===
On March 31, 2015, Kidjo released her collaboration with the [[Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra]]. The album contains orchestral versions of nine songs from previous albums and two original songs: Nanae and Otishe. All the songs are arranged by [[Gast Waltzing]] and David Laborier and the orchestra is conducted by Gast Waltzing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdn.newsapi.com.au/link/9978894c9971b151c2c6d41f0d7361ea?domain=theaustralian.com.au |title=Invigorating African funk |date=March 27, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref> Tony Hillier of ''[[Rhythms Magazine]]'' described it as "arguably the most ambitious and spiritually arresting album the New York-based West African singer has recorded in a long and distinguished career".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rhythms.com.au/news/angelique-kidjo-stream/ |title=Angelique Kidjo Stream |work=[[Rhythms Magazine]] |access-date=April 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404222330/https://rhythms.com.au/news/angelique-kidjo-stream/ |archive-date=April 4, 2015}}</ref> The album won the [[Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album]] category.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35585976 |title=Benin's Kidjo wins world music Grammy |date=February 16, 2016 |work=BBC News |access-date=February 9, 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===''Remain in Light''===
[[File:Angelique Kidjo - Photo- Cotonou, 2017.jpg|thumb|Kidjo in 2017]]
Released on June 8, 2018, ''Remain in Light'' is a track-by-track re-imagination of [[Talking Heads]]' [[Remain In Light|landmark 1980 album]], considered to be one of the greatest albums of the 1980s{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} Kidjo partnered with producer [[Jeff Bhasker]] ([[Rihanna]], [[Kanye West]], [[Harry Styles]], [[Bruno Mars]], [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], [[Jay-Z]]) to create the record, deeply influenced by [[Music of West Africa|music from West Africa]], notably [[Fela Kuti]]'s [[Afrobeat]]. With her version of ''Remain in Light'', Kidjo wanted to celebrate the music of Talking Heads and [[Brian Eno]] with her own vocals, as well as percussion, horn orchestrations, and select lyrics performed in languages from her home country. ''Remain in Light'' features appearances by [[Ezra Koenig]] of [[Vampire Weekend]], [[Blood Orange (musician)|Blood Orange]], [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]], [[Antibalas]] Horns, Kidjo's longtime guitarist Dominic James, and percussionist Magatte Sow. Visual artist [[Kerry James Marshall]] created the album artwork.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/05/31/615243331/first-listen-angelique-kidjo-remain-in-light |title=Angelique Kidjo Gives New Life To Talking Heads' 'Remain In Light' |publisher=NPR |access-date=November 13, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/angelique-kidjo-interview-myth-of-cultural-appropriation-covering-remain-in-light/ |title=Angélique Kidjo on the Myth of Cultural Appropriation and Covering Talking Heads' Remain in Light |first=Grayson Haver |last=Currin |website=Pitchfork |date=June 7, 2018 |language=en |access-date=November 13, 2018}}</ref>

===''Celia''===
Kidjo's tribute to Cuban singer [[Celia Cruz]] was released on April 19, 2019. It is produced by David Donatien and featured [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]], [[Meshell Ndegeocello]] and the [[Gangbe Brass Band]]. ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the album "magnificent",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/apr/19/angelique-kidjo-celia-review-magnificent-african-reinvention-of-salsa |title=Angélique Kidjo: Celia review – magnificent African reinvention of salsa – Robin Denselow's world album of the month |first=Robin |last=Denselow |date=April 19, 2019 |access-date=April 22, 2019 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> and the ''[[Financial Times]]'' gave it 5 stars.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Honigmann |first1=David |date=April 12, 2019 |title=Angélique Kidjo: Celia — a reimagining of a Latin superstar |website=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/c982b9d8-59dc-11e9-9dde-7aedca0a081a |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref> The album includes songs spanning all of Celia Cruz's career reinvented with an Afrobeat feel. Of the song "Quimbara", [[The New York Times|''New York Times'']] critic [[Jon Pareles]] says: "Backed by Michelle Ndegeocello on bass, the Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen on drums, Dominic James on guitars and the Gangbe Brass Band, Kidjo reconnects the salsa original to West Africa, layering the song with a tumbling six-beat rhythm, a brass-band undertow and a tangle of scurrying guitar lines while she belts with enough grit to rival Cruz herself."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/arts/music/playlist-anderson-paak-sean-paul-j-balvin.html |title=The Playlist: Anderson .Paak's Soulful Strut, and 12 More New Songs |first1=Jon |last1=Pareles|author-link=Jon Pareles|first2=Caryn |last2=Ganz |first3=Giovanni |last3=Russonello |date=March 15, 2019 |access-date=April 22, 2019 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Kidjo won the [[Grammy Award]] for "[[Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album|Best World Music Album]]" for ''Celia'' on January 26, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/grammy-winners-2020-the-full-list.html |title=Grammy Award Winners List 2020 |website=Vulture.com |date=January 27, 2020}} by Zoe Haylock, Vulture.com, January 27, 2020.</ref>

===''Mother Nature''===
On June 18, 2021, the album ''Mother Nature'' was released.<ref name=Mike>{{cite web |url=https://iminathi.net/angelique-kidjo-mother-nature-album/ |title=Angelique Kidjo Mother Nature |work=iminathi |last=Mike |first=Steven |date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=17 June 2021}}</ref> It features many collaborations with young African producers and singers including [[Yemi Alade]], [[Burna Boy]] [[Mr Eazi]], [[Zeynab]], [[Shungudzo]], [[Sampa The Great]], [[Rexxie]], African legend [[Salif Keita]] and French singer [[Matthieu Chedid]]. Music videos for the songs "Dignity", "Africa", "One of a Kind" and "Mother Nature" featuring [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] have been released. ''[[The Independent]]'' said: "the 15th album by Angelique Kidjo has the feel of a grand homecoming: celebratory and inclusive, with an acute sense of place and time".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/angelique-kidjo-mother-nature-review-a-joyous-west-african-pioneer-1059311 |title=Mother Nature is a joyous, invigorating record from West African pioneer Angélique Kidjo |website=Inews.co.uk |date=June 18, 2021}}</ref> [[The Sunday Times|''The'' ''Sunday Times'']] said: "the music&nbsp;... is infectious&nbsp;... the rhythms are a combination of modern and traditional fused with state-of-the-art production values. Kidjo's impassioned voice evokes memories of the great Miriam Makeba". The ''Financial Times'' called ''Mother Nature'' "a rallying pan-African collaboration"<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8907c83f-a05f-438f-aa42-296aa2d56cba |title=Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature – a rallying pan-African collaboration |newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|date=June 4, 2021 |last1=Honigmann |first1=David}}</ref>

==Memoir: ''Spirit Rising, My Life, My Music''==
Kidjo wrote a memoir with Rachel Wenrick titled ''Spirit Rising''. It was published by [[HarperCollins]] on January 7, 2014. [[Desmond Tutu]] wrote the preface and [[Alicia Keys]] the foreword. On the back cover, [[Bill Clinton]] is quoted as saying: "The only thing bigger than Angélique Kidjo's voice is her heart. In this evocative memoir, Kidjo chronicles an inspiring life of music and activism, and raises a passionate call for freedom, dignity, and the rights of people everywhere."<ref>{{cite web |last=Kidjo |first=Angelique |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Spirit-Rising/?isbn=9780062071798 |title=Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music by Angelique Kidjo, Rachel Wenrick |website=Harpercollins.com |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>

==Collaboration with Philip Glass: ''IFÉ''==
January 17, 2014, saw the premiere of ''IFÉ: Three Yoruba songs for Angelique Kidjo and the Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg'' conducted by [[Jonathan Stockhammer]] at the Philharmonie hall in Luxembourg. [[Philip Glass]] wrote the orchestral music based on three creation poems in Yoruba sung by Kidjo. In the program notes, Philip Glass says: "Angelique, together we have built a bridge that no one has walked on before."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2014/01/17/angelique-kidjo-l-afrique-et-l-orchestre_4349715_3246.html?xtmc=kidjo_philip_glass&xtcr=1 |title=Angélique Kidjo, l'Afrique et l'orchestre |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=January 17, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.philharmonie.lu/en/programm/events.php?seite=event_details&id=2646 |title=Philharmonie Luxembourg |website=Philharmonie.lu |date=January 17, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202221952/http://www.philharmonie.lu/en/programm/events.php?seite=event_details&id=2646 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The piece made its American premiere with the [[San Francisco Symphony]] to a sold-out crowd in the [[Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall]] on July 10, 2015.<ref name="sfchronicle.com">{{Cite news |url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/Kidjo-Glass-African-music-meets-minimalism-at-6373343.php?t=859796197b00af33be |title=Kidjo/Glass: African music meets minimalism at Symphony |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>

==Advocacy==
Kidjo has been a [[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador]] since 2002. With [[UNICEF]], she has travelled to many countries in Africa. Reports on her visits can be found on the [[UNICEF]] site: [[Benin]], [[Senegal]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Syria]], [[Malawi]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[South Africa]] and Haiti.

Along with Mary Louise Cohen<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.batongafoundation.org/discover/about-us/board-of-directors/mary-louise-cohen/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101111739/http://www.batongafoundation.org/discover/about-us/board-of-directors/mary-louise-cohen/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-01 |title=Mary Louise Cohen « Batonga Foundation}}</ref> and [[John R. Phillips (attorney)|John R. Phillips]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.batongafoundation.org/discover/about-us/board-of-directors/john-phillips/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731145146/http://www.batongafoundation.org/discover/about-us/board-of-directors/john-phillips/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-31 |title=John Phillips « Batonga Foundation}}</ref> Kidjo founded the [[#Batonga Foundation|Batonga Foundation]], which empowers some of the most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach young women and girls in Benin with the knowledge and skills they need to be agents of change in their own lives and communities. Batonga accomplishes this by locating the most vulnerable adolescent girls in Benin and connecting them to girl-centred safe spaces led by Beninese women. These safe spaces provide young women and girls with training that allow them to gain new skills in financial literacy and build social capital.

She campaigned for [[Oxfam]] at the 2005 Hong Kong [[WTO]] meeting, for their Fair-Trade Campaign and travelled with them in North Kenya and at the border of [[Darfur]] and [[Chad]] with a group of women leaders in 2007 and participated in the video for the in My Name Campaign with [[will.i.am]] from the [[Black Eyed Peas]].

She hosted the [[Mo Ibrahim Foundation]]'s Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]], on November 26, 2007, and on November 15, 2008, in [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania, on November 14, 2009, and in [[Mauritius]] on November 20, 2010. She hosted the "Africa Celebrates Democracy Concert" organized by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation in [[Tunis]] on November 11, 2011, and sang at the Award Ceremony on November 12, 2011, also in [[Dakar]] on November 10, 2012, [[Addis Ababa]] in November 2013 and [[Accra]] in November 2015.

Since March 2009, Kidjo has been campaigning for "Africa for women's rights". This campaign was launched by The [[International Federation of Human Rights]] (FIDH).

On September 28, 2009, [[UNICEF]] and Pampers launched a campaign to eradicate Tetanus "Give the Gift of Life"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pampers.co.uk/en_GB/UnicefSong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004173822/http://www.pampers.co.uk/en_GB/UnicefSong |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |title=Unicef |date=October 4, 2009}}</ref> and asked Kidjo to produce the song "You Can Count On Me" to support the campaign. Each download of the song donates a vaccine to a mother or a mother-to-be.

With [[Jessica Biel]] and [[Peter Wentz]], Kidjo was a [[LiveEarth]] Ambassador for the 2010 Run For Water events.

Kidjo has recorded a video based on her song "Agolo" and on the images of [[Yann Arthus-Bertrand]] for the [[United Nations]] SEAL THE DEAL Campaign to prepare for the Copenhagen Climate Change summit.

The Commission of the [[African Union]] (AU) announced on July 16, 2010, the appointment of Kidjo as one of 14 Peace Ambassadors to support the implementation of the 2010 Year of Peace and Security program.

She appears in the ''Sudan365: Keep the Promise'' video,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqB1B3LYYao |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/aqB1B3LYYao |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live |title=Sudan365: Keep the Promise |date=September 19, 2010 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> to support the peace process in Darfur.

In June 2010, she contributed the song "Leila" to the [[Enough Project]] and [[Downtown Records]]' ''Raise Hope for Congo''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://raisehopeforcongomusic.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622043628/http://raisehopeforcongomusic.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2013-06-22 |title=Reference at web.archive.org}}</ref> compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo's women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo.

In 2011, Kidjo collaborated with Forró in the Dark and [[Brazilian Girls]] on the track "Aquele Abraço" for the [[Red Hot Organization]]'s most recent charitable album ''[[Red Hot Organization#Red Hot + Rio 2|Red Hot + Rio 2]]''. The album is a follow-up to the 1996 ''[[Red Hot + Rio]]''. Proceeds from the sales will be donated to raise awareness and money to fight [[AIDS/HIV]] and related health and social issues. Kidjo recorded a version of [[Fela Kuti]]'s "Lady" with [[Questlove]] and [[Tune-Yards]] for the Red Hot Organization in 2012.

In September 2012, she was featured in a campaign called "30 Songs/30 Days" to support ''[[Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide]]'', a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.halftheskymovement.org/blog/entry/30-songs-30-days-for-half-the-sky1 |title=Half the Sky |website=Halftheskymovement.org |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014103757/http://www.halftheskymovement.org/blog/entry/30-songs-30-days-for-half-the-sky1 |archive-date=October 14, 2012}}</ref>

On February 18, 2013, at the [[UNESCO]] headquarters in Paris, Kidjo was the host of a night of celebration for the cultural heritage of Mali. The event included performances by many Malian artists.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/day_of_solidarity_with_mali_at_unesco_headquarters_18_february/ |title=Day of solidarity with Mali at UNESCO Headquarters 18 February |publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>

On May 22, 2014, Kidjo met with US First Lady [[Michelle Obama]] to discuss international girls' education, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House.<ref>Krissah Thompson, {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2014/05/22/michelle-obama-renews-her-call-to-bringbackourgirls/ |title="Michelle Obama renews her call to No. Bringbackourgirls" |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}, ''The Washington Post'', May 22, 2014.</ref>

On September 21, 2014, Kidjo was one of the endorsees of the [[People's Climate March (2014)|People's Climate March]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://peoplesclimate.org/endorsements/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814092039/http://peoplesclimate.org/endorsements/ |archive-date=August 14, 2015 |title=People's Climate Movement – Endorsements |work=People's Climate Movement}}</ref> She joined the march in New York, along with [[Mary Robinson]], and was interviewed by [[Amy Goodman]] for ''[[Democracy Now]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/22/singer_angelique_kidjo_the_women_of |title=Singer Angélique Kidjo: The Women of Africa Are Paying the Price of Climate Change |website=[[Democracy Now!]]}}, ''Democracy Now!'', September 22, 2014</ref>

November 2014 saw Kidjo collaborating with many other artists as part of [[Band Aid 30]], the 30th anniversary version of the [[Band Aid (band)|1980s supergroup]].

In 2015, she signed an open letter which the [[ONE Campaign]] had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to [[Angela Merkel]] and [[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma]], urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in [[Germany]] and the [[African Union|AU]] in [[South Africa]] respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before the main [[United Nations|UN]] summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tracy McVeigh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/07/povert-sexist-letter-women-equality-gaga-sandberg-beyonce |title=Poverty is sexist: leading women sign up for global equality {{pipe}} Life and style |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=May 8, 2015}}</ref>

Kidjo is a contributor to the Art Of Saving A Life Campaign initiated by the [[Bill & Melinda Gates]] Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artofsavingalife.com |title=The Art of Saving a Life |website=Artofsavinglife.com |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

On September 25, 2015, she sang Afirika at the opening of the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in New York in support of the launch of the [[Global Goals]] for Sustainable Development along with [[Shakira]] after a speech by [[Pope Francis]] and before [[Malala]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.okayafrica.com/news/angelique-kidjo-united-nations-general-assembly-sustainable-development-summit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006191217/http://www.okayafrica.com/news/angelique-kidjo-united-nations-general-assembly-sustainable-development-summit/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-10-06 |title=Angélique Kidjo Lit Up The United Nations General Assembly Okayafrica.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.unicef.org/media/media_85641.html |title=UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Shakira and Angélique Kidjo raise their voices in support of a new development era for children |website=Unicef.org |access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>

At the G7 Summit in 2019, [[Emmanuel Macron|President Macron]] of France named Kidjo as the spokesperson for the AFAWA initiative (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) to help close the financing gap for women entrepreneurs in Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.kidjo.com/biography |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=Kidjo.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Batonga Foundation===
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| name                = Batonga Foundation
| logo                =
| type                = Educational [[Charitable organization|Charity]] No. 501(c(3)
| founded_date        = {{Start date and age|2006}}
| founders            = {{Flatlist|
* Angélique Kidjo
* Mary Louise Cohen
* [[John R. Phillips (attorney)|John R. Phillips]]
}}
| location            = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| origins             =
| key_people          = {{Flatlist|
* Mary Louise Cohen
* Angélique Kidjo
* Monica Winsor
* Jean Hebrail
* Joel H. Samuels
* Aleta Williams
* [[Romuald Hazoumè]]
* Colin Clarke
}}
| area_served         = {{Flatlist|
* [[Benin]]
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}}

In 2006, Kidjo founded the Batonga Foundation with the goal of empowering and educating adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Batonga's goal is to go "beyond the paved road" by targeting the most excluded girls and equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to live healthy, financially independent lives. Batonga's data-driven approach allows them to target the hardest-to-reach girls, recruit them to the Girls Clubs, provide them a safe space to learn, convene, connect, and improve their livelihoods. In this, Batonga remains true to its core mission – to shine a light on the most overlooked girls in Francophone West Africa and empower them to be agents of change in their communities and their own lives.

====History====
Growing up, Kidjo was one of the few girls in Benin to receive an education.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} She invented the word "Batonga" as a joyfully defiant response to those who told her that girls did not belong in the classroom. Later, it would become the title of a hit song for the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and the name of her non-profit organization.

In 2006, Kidjo founded the Batonga Foundation with the goal of empowering and educating adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Batonga has since provided girls in five African countries (Mali, Benin, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Cameroon) with 5,000 academic years of education through scholarships and in-kind support, supplied 8,727 students access to wells and latrines across seven schools in Benin, and offered 222,000 students in Benin's poorest regions [[Toms Shoes|TOMS shoes]] for the walk to school.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In 2015 and 2016, under the guidance of the intentional design team at [[Population Council]], Batonga began to shift away from the scholarship model and formal education initiatives that tended to leave behind society's most vulnerable. Batonga began instead focusing on innovative education programs geared toward the most excluded young women and girls. Today, Batonga focuses primarily on providing girls with safe spaces and mentors, equipping them with life and financial literacy skills, and helping them start small businesses.

==World War I Centennial Ceremony==
On November 11, 2018, Kidjo sang Bella Bellow's song "Blewu" under the [[Arc de Triomphe]] of Paris in front of 70 heads of state and a television audience of millions to pay tribute to the fallen African soldiers of the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/11/11/angelique-kidjo-a-emu-les-spectateurs-avec-la-chanson-blewu-sous-larc-de-triomphe_a_23586315/ |title=Angélique Kidjo a ému les spectateurs avec la chanson "Blewu" lors des commémorations |date=November 11, 2018 |website=Le Huffington Post |access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rfi.fr/europe/20181111-world-leaders-arrive-arc-de-triomphe-paris-wwi-commemoration |title=World leaders mark WWI centenary in sombre Paris ceremony |date=November 11, 2018 |publisher=Radio France Internationale |access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/TF1leJT/posts/775109852828994 |title=TF1 Le JT |via=Facebook |access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=August 2020}}

==Special concerts==
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=== 1990s ===
In 1996, Kidjo performed in [[Oslo]], Norway, for the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]] honoring [[Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo]] and [[José Ramos-Horta]] for their work in [[East Timor]].

In 1998, she was part of [[Sarah McLachlan]]'s [[Lilith Fair]] tour.

=== 2000s ===
==== 2000–2005 ====
In 2002, she performed in Oslo for the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]] honoring US President [[Jimmy Carter]].

In February 2003, she performed a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" at the famed [[Radio City Music Hall]] in New York City alongside Chicago blues guitar legend [[Buddy Guy]] and New York rock guitarist [[Vernon Reid]] (of [[Living Colour]]) in what would become part of ''Lightning in a Bottle: One Night In The History Of The Blues'', a documentary about blues music that features live concert footage of other rock, rap and blues greats.

In November 2003, she sang with Peter Gabriel and [[Youssou N'Dour]] at the Cape Town [[46664]] concert for the [[Nelson Mandela Foundation]].

In May 2004, she performed at the [[Quincy Jones]]-produced concert in Rome called "We Are The Future" in front of 400,000 people. The show took place at the [[Circus Maximus]] with appearances by [[Oprah Winfrey]], Alicia Keys, [[Andrea Bocelli]], Herbie Hancock and other international stars.

In 2005, Kidjo appeared at the Africa Unite Live concert in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a concert to celebrate the Honourable [[Bob Marley]]'s 60th birthday and was a featured speaker at the conference of African Unity held along with the concert.

In March 2005, she appeared at the Africa Live concert in Dakar along with many great African stars in front of 50,000 people.

In June 2005, she was part of the [[Live 8 concert, Eden Project]] hosted by [[Angelina Jolie]] in Cornwall, UK.

[[File:Angélique Kidjo.jpg|thumb|Kidjo in 2006]]

==== 2006–2009 ====
In 2007, she toured North America extensively with [[Josh Groban]]'s "Awake" show.

On July 7, 2007, Kidjo performed at the [[Live Earth concert, Johannesburg|South African leg]] of [[Live Earth]].

Kidjo performed at the 75th Birthday Celebration of Quincy Jones at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] in July 2008.

She made her [[Carnegie Hall]] debut in New York on November 1, 2008.

Her [[Royal Albert Hall]] debut in London was on November 26, 2008, along with [[Hugh Masekela]] for the "African Stars" concert benefitting [[Voluntary Service Overseas|VSO]].

Along with [[Joan Baez]], [[Michael Franti]] and [[Jackson Browne]], she performed at the Peace Ball for [[Barack Obama]]'s inauguration in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2009.

Kidjo made her [[Sydney Opera House]] debut in Australia on April 12, 2009.

Kidjo appeared in the theatrical performance of ''Storie fantastiche dal delta del Niger'' by {{ill|Raffaele Curi|it}} for the Alda Fendi Experimenti Foundation in Rome in April 2009.

The same month, Kidjo performed at Africa Day in [[The Hague]], Netherlands, showing her commitment to poverty reduction and supporting the work of the Evert Vermeer Foundation and [[SNV Netherlands Development Organisation]]. Kidjo commented, "In the fight against poverty you need organisations like SNV and the Evert Vermeer Foundation. SNV with expertise on the ground and EVF convincing politicians to do more on sustainable development."<ref>{{cite web |title=Reference at web.archive.org |url=http://www.snvworld.org/en/aboutus/news/Pages/NewsPage0904017.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512221026/http://www.snvworld.org/en/aboutus/news/Pages/NewsPage0904017.aspx |archive-date=2009-05-12}}</ref> In July 2009, Kidjo became a member of the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation International Advisory Board.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reference at web.archive.org |url=http://www.snvworld.org/en/aboutus/news/Pages/NewsPage0907001.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009104224/http://www.snvworld.org/en/aboutus/news/Pages/NewsPage0907001.aspx |archive-date=2011-10-09}}</ref>

In Europe in July 2009, together with [[Dianne Reeves]], [[Lizz Wright]] and [[Simone (actress)|Simone]], Kidjo was part of a touring tribute to [[Nina Simone]] called "Sing the Truth".

The same month, she sang a duet with Alicia Keys at Radio City Hall in New York for the 46664 concerts for [[Nelson Mandela]]'s Foundation.

On August 28, 29 and 30, 2009, she participated in the Back2Black Festival devoted to African culture in [[Rio de Janeiro]] along with Gilberto Gil, Youssou N'Dour and [[Omara Portuondo]].

On September 25, 26 and 27, 2009, the Festival D'Ile De France in Paris asked Kidjo to curate a tribute to her idol [[Miriam Makeba]] at the [[Cirque d'hiver]]. She invited [[Rokia Traoré]], [[Dobet Gnahoré]], [[Sayon Camara|Sayon Bamba Camara]], [[Vusi Mahlasela]], [[Aṣa|Asa]] and [[Ayọ|Ayo]]. Kidjo curated another version of the same show at the [[Barbican Center|Barbican]] in London on November 21, 2009, with [[Baaba Maal]] replacing [[Rokia Traoré]].

On October 23, 2009, she sang at the [[United Nations General Assembly]] for the UN Day Concert, A Tribute to Peacekeeping with [[Nile Rodgers]], [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] and [[Lang Lang]].

On December 4, 2009, in Cape Town, South Africa, Kidjo performed her song "Agolo" at the Final Draw of the [[Fifa World Cup 2010]].

On December 7, 2009, on the opening day of the [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference|UN Copenhagen Climate Change summit]], Kidjo sang, along with [[Anggun]], [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]], Youssou N'Dour and [[Cheb Khaled]], at the Dance 4 Climate Change concert.

=== 2010s ===
On February 15, 2010, Kidjo performed in [[Vancouver]] for the [[2010 Winter Olympics|Winter Olympic Games]] at the Place De La Francophonie.

On February 28, 2010, she performed at the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]], the Los Angeles Philharmonic concert hall designed by [[Frank Gehry]].

On June 10, 2010, she was part of the Official Kick-Off Celebration Concert of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] South Africa, along with John Legend, Hugh Masekela, [[Shakira]], Alicia Keys, [[Juanes]] and Black Eyed Peas.

On June 17, 2010, she performed at [[Les FrancoFolies de Montréal]] – the Montreal Francofolies festival of French-language music.

On August 30, 2010, Kidjo sang at the 30th Anniversary celebration of [[Solidarnosc]] in the Polish city of [[Gdańsk]] produced by Bob Wilson and [[Hal Willner]] featuring [[Philip Glass]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Rufus Wainwright]] and [[Macy Gray]].

On November 11, 2010, Kidjo presented her "Sound Of The Drum" show at [[Carnegie Hall]]. The sold-out concert featured special guests Youssou N'Dour, [[Omara Portuondo]], [[Dianne Reeves]] and guitarist [[Romero Lubambo]] and told the story of the African roots of the music of the diaspora.

From December 10 until December 19, 2010, Kidjo participated in the Fesman 2010, the [[World Festival of Black Arts]] in Dakar, Senegal. The Festival is the third edition of a festival devoted to African culture all over the world.

Kidjo was one of the performers at the BET Honours Awards in February 2011

On June 8, 2011, Kidjo performed her most famous songs with the [[Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra]] at the [[Philharmonie Luxembourg]] Hall.

On October 1, 2011, she created a special concert based on Beninese traditional songs with guest guitarist Lionel Loueke for the "Heroic Africans" exhibition at the [[Metropolitan Museum of New York]].

On October 27, 2011, Kidjo performed at the [[Doha Tribeca Film Festival]] in Qatar, following the screening of ''Mama Africa'', a documentary about Miriam Makeba's life.

On December 10, 2011, Kidjo sang "Malaika" in Oslo at the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] ceremony honoring [[Ellen Johnson Sirleaf]], [[Leymah Gbowee]] and [[Tawakul Karman]]. Kidjo also performed at the [[Nobel Peace Prize Concert]] the next day along with [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Evanescence]], [[Sugarland]], [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]] and many others. The event was hosted by [[Helen Mirren]] and [[Rosario Dawson]].

On February 17, 2012, Kidjo performed for the opening of the Carnival of Recife, Brazil with [[Nana Vasconcelos]] and Maestro Forro

On February 28, 2012, the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations and UNICEF presented a special Kidjo concert called "Raise your Voice to End Female Genital Mutilation" at the [[United Nations General Assembly Hall]] in New York City. The Concert was produced by MGP Live.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raise your Voice to End Female Genital Mutilation |url=https://www.un.org/es/endfgm/FGM-Kidjo%20Program2.pdf |access-date=March 6, 2020 |website=un.org/ |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>

On April 30, 2012, Kidjo was part of the International Jazz Day organized by UNESCO at the [[United Nations General Assembly Hall]] in New York City, with [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Terrence Blanchard]], [[Ron Carter]], [[Wayne Shorter]], [[Tony Bennett]], [[Shaka Khan]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Hugh Masekela]] and many others.

Kidjo sang "Blewu", "Redemption Song" and "Toast to Freedom" at the "Electric Burma" concert in Dublin on June 18, 2012, honoring [[Aung San Suu Kyi]]. The concert was organized by [[Amnesty International]] and also featured [[Bono]], [[Damien Rice]], [[Vanessa Redgrave]] and many others.

On July 21, 2012, Kidjo performed with [[Baaba Maal]], Hugh Masekela and [[King Sunny Ade]] on the African stage of the BT River of Music Festival organized for the [[2012 London Olympic Games]].

On October 9, 2012, Kidjo sang for the One World Concert in Syracuse, NY, honoring the [[Dalai Lama]]. The Concert was organized by the Syracuse University and featured also [[Dave Matthews]], [[Swizz Beatz]], [[Natasha Bedingfield]], [[David Crosby]], [[Counting Crows]], [[Roberta Flack]], [[Nelly Furtado]], [[A. R. Rahman]]. [[Phil Ramone]] served as a music producer and [[Whoopi Goldberg]] as MC. Kidjo sang "Move On Up" and also "True Colors" as a duet with [[Cyndi Lauper]].

On December 6, 2012, Kidjo joined the [[Alicia Keys]]'s [[Keep A Child Alive]] Black Ball in Harlem at the Apollo Theatre along with [[Jennifer Hudson]], [[Bonnie Raitt]] and [[Brittany Howard]]. Oprah Winfrey and Kidjo were honored for their humanitarian work at the ceremony. She sang "Pata Pata", "Afirika" and "[[Djin Djin]]" as a duet with Alicia Keys.

On March 8, 2013, [[International Women's Day]], Kidjo performed along with [[Fatoumata Diawara]] at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London for the Women of the World Festival organized by the [[Southbank Centre]].

On September 13, 2013, Kidjo sang at the legendary [[Rock in Rio]] Festival with the rock band [[Living Color]].

On May 14, 2014, Kidjo sang at the famous Brazilian music award show "[[Brazilian Music Awards]]" at the [[Teatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)|Teatro Municipal]] in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>Regina Rito, {{cite web |title="Dueto de Péricles com a cantora Angelique Kidjo levanta o público no Municipal" |url=https://odia.ig.com.br/diversao/televisao/2014-05-16/dueto-de-pericles-com-a-cantora-angelique-kidjo-levanta-o-publico-no-municipal.html}}, O Dia, May 16, 2014.</ref>

On May 29, 2014, Kidjo sang with Brazilian singer [[Lenine (musician)|Lenine]] and Portuguese guitar player [[Rui Veloso]] for the opening concert of [[The Rolling Stones]] at [[Rock In Rio|Rock in Rio Lisboa]].

On November 5, 2014, Kidjo presented her "Mama Africa" tribute concert to [[Miriam Makeba]] at [[Carnegie Hall]]. The sold-out concert featured special guests [[Laura Mvula]], [[Ezra Koenig]] and [[Vusi Mahlasela]] and was introduced by [[Whoopi Goldberg]].<ref>{{cite news|author=[[Jon Pareles]]|date=November 6, 2014 |title=A Circle of Celebration, Forged in Africa – Angélique Kidjo's Tribute to Miriam Makeba |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/08/arts/music/anglique-kidjos-tribute-to-miriam-makeba.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

On July 10, 2015, Kidjo sang with the [[San Francisco Symphony]] at the [[Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall]]. The program included Gershwin's "[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" (with lyrics in Fon), ''IFÉ'', her collaboration with Philip Glass and some songs from her album ''Sings''.<ref name="sfchronicle.com" />

October 3, 2015, saw the French sold out premiere of ''IFÉ, Three Yoruba Songs'', Kidjo's collaboration with Philip Glass at the [[Philharmonie de Paris]] with the Orchestre Lamoureux conducted by Gast Waltzing.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Angélique Kidjo & Philip Glass : Ifè |url=http://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/magazine/angelique-kidjo-philip-glass-ife |access-date=February 9, 2018 |work=Philharmonie de Paris |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 5, 2015 |title=Le Monde.fr – Actualité à la Une |url=https://abonnes.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2015/10/05/a-la-philharmonie-angelique-kidjo-chante-un-hymne-a-la-negritude_4782589_3246.html |access-date=February 9, 2018 |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

On November 5, 2015, the [[David Lynch Foundation]] organised another benefit concert at New York City's [[Carnegie Hall]] named "Change Begins Within" to promote [[transcendental meditation]] for stress control. Kidjo participated, as did [[Katy Perry]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Jerry Seinfeld]], [[Jim James]] and classical guitarist [[Sharon Isbin]]. Each of the performers actively practices [[transcendental meditation]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=November 5, 2015 |title=Katy Perry, Sting Stun at David Lynch's Meditation Benefit Concert – Jerry Seinfeld, Angelique Kidjo, Jim James and others also perform and explain relaxation technique's importance to them at New York's Carnegie Hall |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/katy-perry-sting-stun-at-david-lynchs-meditation-benefit-concert-20151105 |access-date=November 14, 2015 |newspaper=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

On July 10, 2016, Kidjo created the premiere of her "African Women All-Stars" concert at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] with special guests [[Aṣa]], Dobet Gnaore, [[Lura (singer)|Lura]] and the Trio Teriba from Benin.<ref>{{cite web |last=Robert |first=Arnaud |date=July 12, 2016 |title=Angelique Kidjo et les Brésiliens, une autre finale |url=http://www.pressreader.com/switzerland/le-temps/20160712/281745563720927 |access-date=February 9, 2018 |via=PressReader}}</ref>

On September 24, 2016, Kidjo performed at the opening ceremony of the [[NMAAHC|National Museum of African American Culture and History]] in Washington appearing along with [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Angela Bassett]], [[Robert De Niro]], [[Will Smith]], Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and [[John Lewis]].<ref>{{cite news |date=September 26, 2016 |title=Angélique Kidjo convoque l'âme de Miriam Makeba sur le nouveau musée afro-américain |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2016/09/26/angelique-kidjo-convoque-l-ame-de-miriam-makeba-sur-le-nouveau-musee-afro-americain_5003723_3212.html |access-date=February 9, 2018 |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

On May 5, 2017, Kidjo presented her "Remain In Light" concert at [[Carnegie Hall]]. Her sold-out performance was a reinvention of the [[Remain in Light|iconic album]] by the rock band [[Talking Heads]]. The concert included special guest [[Nona Hendryx]], [[Lionel Loueke]], [[Antibalas]], [[Jason Lindner]] and an unplanned duet with [[David Byrne]] on the song "[[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once In A Lifetime]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=May 7, 2017 |title=Review: Angélique Kidjo Takes ''Remain in Light'' Back to Africa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/arts/music/angelique-kidjo-remain-in-light-talking-heads.html |access-date=February 9, 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

On August 4, 2019, Kidjo appeared at the Late Night Prom of the BBC in London's Royal Albert Hall<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 3 – BBC Proms, 2019, Angélique Kidjo |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007f48 |access-date=July 5, 2023 |website=BBC}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
In 2023, Kidjo launched her 40th anniversary live concert tour commencing at the Royal Albert Hall on the 17 November 2023 and proceeding with a global tour celebrating the same.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Angélique Kidjo, Royal Albert Hall review – 40 years of music and activism celebrated |url=https://www.ft.com/content/deb637e1-7e59-4145-87a5-1a493fc99b23 |website=[[Financial Times]]|date=November 20, 2023 |last1=Fiegel |first1=Eddi}}</ref> The show featured special guests, including Lebanese trumpeter [[Ibrahim Maalouf]], Senegalese superstar [[Youssou N'Dour]], Afropop pioneer [[Stonebwoy]], and British singer-songwriter [[Laura Mvula]]. The full concert was recorded and released as a [[pay-per-view]] event through On Air and is available to stream in 4K UHD with [[Dolby Vision]] and [[Dolby Atmos]] sound.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=12 December 2024 |title=Angélique Kidjo '40th Anniversary' |url=https://onair.events/angelique-kidjo-40th-anniversary-concert |access-date=26 March 2025 |website=On Air}}</ref>

Kidjo sung an [[Hans Zimmer]]'s arrangement of Imagine along with [[John Legend]], [[Keith Urban]] and [[Alejandro Sanz]] during the [[2020 Olympic Games|Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games]] Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2021<ref name="rollingstone.com" />

On September 30, 2021, Kidjo performed at the opening ceremony of [[Expo 2020]] in [[Dubai]], [[UAE]].

On November 16, 2021, Kidjo performed in [[Geneva]], Switzerland, with the [[Geneva Camerata]] in the Concert Prestige n.2 conducted by [[David Greilsammer]], with arrangements by Jonathan Keren, and Francesco Ciniglio as the drummer.

On September 12, 2022, Kidjo performed the 1,000th [[List of Tiny Desk Concerts|Tiny Desk Concert]] for [[NPR Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnhart |first=Max |date=September 12, 2022 |title=Superstar Angélique Kidjo sings at the 1000th Tiny Desk – and speaks from her heart |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/09/12/1121998593/superstar-angelique-kidjo-sings-at-the-1000th-tiny-desk-and-speaks-from-her-hear |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 12, 2022 |title=NPR Music Celebrates its 1000th Tiny Desk Concert |url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/1122006688/npr-music-celebrates-its-1000th-tiny-desk-concert |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kidjo married French musician and producer Jean Hébrail in 1987. Their daughter Naima was born in 1993 in France.<ref>{{cite news |last=Orshoki |first=Wes |title=With a little help from her friends: Angelique Kidjo finds inspiration in world-class collaborators |publisher=Global Voice |date=June 2007 |pages=31–35}}</ref>

==Other activities==
* Kidjo performed the original song "How Can I Tell You?" in the documentary ''[[Nasrin (film)|Nasrin]]'', released in October 2020, with music by [[Stephen Flaherty]] and lyrics by [[Lynn Ahrens]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/olivia-colman-narrated-documentary-about-iranian-activist-nasrin-sotoudeh-acquired-by-virgil-films-1234586870/ |title=Oliva Colman-Narrated Documentary About Iranian Activist Nasrin Sotoudeh Acquired by Virgil Films |date=September 29, 2020 |journal=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
* In 2007, she covered [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Happy Christmas (War Is Over)]]" for the CD ''[[Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur]]''.
* In 2009, Kidjo released a version of "Redemption Song" on the compilation album ''[[Oh Happy Day: An All-Star Music Celebration]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE52Q6WQ20090327 |title=Jon Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah go gospel for "Day" |date=March 27, 2009 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
* Kidjo was one of the contributors of the [[Museum of Modern Art|MOMA]] (Museum of Modern Art of New York) project called "Design and Violence" in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://designandviolence.moma.org/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-awareness-poster-campaign-amnesty-international-volontaire/ |title=Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Awareness Poster Campaign (Amnesty International & Volontaire) |date=October 15, 2014 |work=Design and Violence |access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>
* Kidjo was a judge for the seventh annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.<ref>{{cite web |title=7th Annual IMA Judges |url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2008.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306153750/http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2008.asp |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |access-date=February 18, 2014 |publisher=Independent Music Awards}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS">{{cite book |last=Ryan |first=Gavin |title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 |year=2011 |publisher=Moonlight Publishing |location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia |edition=PDF |page=154}}</ref><ref name="AUS2">{{cite web |url=https://imgur.com/a/HFsrsrF |title=Angélique Kidjo ARIA Chart history to 2024, received from ARIA in May 2024 |publisher=ARIA |via=Imgur.com |access-date=14 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[SNEP|FRA]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ang%E9lique+Kidjo |title=Discographie Angélique Kidjo |website=lescharts.com |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="SWE">{{cite web |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ang%E9lique+Kidjo |title=Discography Angélique Kidjo |website=swedishcharts.com |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ang%E9lique+Kidjo |title=Discographie Angélique Kidjo |website=hitparade.ch |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/angelique-kidjo/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Angélique Kidjo Chart History: ''Billboard'' 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[World Albums|US<br />World]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/angelique-kidjo/chart-history/wlp/ |title=Angélique Kidjo Chart History: World Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''Pretty''
| 1981
| — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Ewa Ka Djo (Let's Dance)''<ref name="profile and discography">{{cite web |last=Romero |first=Angel |title=Artists Profiles: Angélique Kidjo |website=World Music Central |date=22 July 2016 |url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2016/07/22/artists-profiles-angelique-kidjo/ |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
| 1985
| — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Parakou''
| 1990
| — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| ''Logozo''
| 1991
| 39 || — || — || — || — || 1
|-
! scope="row"| ''Ayé''
| 1994
| 54 || — || 20 || 18 || — || 2
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Fifa (Angélique Kidjo album)|Fifa]]''
| 1996
| 86 || — || 36 || 12 || — || 10
|-
! scope="row"| ''Oremi''
| 1998
| 64 || — || — || 37 || — || 5
|-
! scope="row"| ''Keep On Moving: The Best of Angelique Kidjo''
| 2001
| 176 || — || — || — || — || 10
|-
! scope="row"| ''Black Ivory Soul''
| 2002
| 84 || 102 || — || 52 || — || 2
|-
! scope="row"| ''Oyaya!''
| 2004
| — || 157 || — || 50 || — || 5
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Djin Djin]]''
| 2007
| — || 141 || — || 62 || 58 || 1
|-
! scope="row"| ''Õÿö''
| 2010
| 146 || — || — || — || — || 4
|-
! scope="row"| ''Spirit Rising''
| 2012
| 104 || — || — || — || — || 5
|-
! scope="row"| ''Eve''
| 2014
| — || — || — || — || — || 1
|-
! scope="row"| ''Sings''<br />{{small|(with the [[Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg]])}}
| 2015
| 149 || — || — || — || — || 6
|-
! scope="row"| ''Remain in Light''
| 2018
| — || — || — || — || — || 3
|-
! scope="row"| ''Celia''
| 2019
| — || — || — || 73 || — || 8
|-
! scope="row"| ''Mother Nature''<ref name=Mike />
| 2021
| — || — || — || 27 || — || —
|}

===Charted singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref name="AUS"/><ref name="AUS2"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Angelique+Kidjo&do_search=do |title=Discographie von Angélique Kidjo |website=offiziellecharts.de |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[VG-lista|NOR]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ang%E9lique+Kidjo |title=Discography Angélique Kidjo |website=norwegiancharts.com |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref name="SWE"/>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/33550/angelique-kidjo/ |title=Angelique Kidjo: full Official Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dance Club Songs|US<br />Dance]]<br /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/angelique-kidjo/chart-history/dsi/ |title=Angélique Kidjo Chart History: Dance Club Songs |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Wé-Wé"
| 1992
| 95 || — || — || — || — || —
| ''Logozo''
|-
! scope="row"| "Agolo"
|rowspan="2"| 1994
| 146 || 57 || 8 || 35 || — || —
|rowspan="2"| ''Ayé''
|-
! scope="row"| "Adouma"
| 124 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Wombo Lombo"
|rowspan="2"| 1996
| 165 || — || — || — || 95 || 16
|rowspan="2"| ''Fifa''
|-
! scope="row"| "Shango"
| 165 || — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row"| "Tumba"
| 2002
| — || — || — || — || — || 26
| ''Black Ivory Soul''
|-
! scope="row"| "Salala"<br />{{small|(featuring [[Peter Gabriel]])}}
| 2007
| — || — || — || — || — || 17
| ''Djin Djin''
|}

===Featured in===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| [[Ultratop|BEL<br />(Wa)]]
|-
! scope="row"| "Mama Africa"<br /><small>([[Kids United]] with Angélique Kidjo & [[Youssou Ndour]])</small>
| 2017
| Tip
| ''Forever United'' <small>(Kids United album)</small>
|}

==Videography==
{{Incomplete list|date=June 2015}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Album
!Director
!Ref
|-
|1991
|"Wé-Wé"
|''Logozo''
|Tom Watson
|
|-
|1991
|"Batonga"
|''Logozo''
|Michel Meyer
|
|-
|1994
|"Agolo"
|''Ayé''
|Michel Meyer
|
|-
|1994
|"Adouma"
|''Ayé''
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
|1996
|"Wombo Lombo"
|''Fifa''
|Michel Meyer
|
|-
|1996
|"Shango"
|''Fifa''
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
|1998
|"Voodoo Chile"
|''Oremi''
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
|1998
|"We Are One"
|''Lion King II'' soundtrack
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
|2007
|"Gimme Shelter" <small>(featuring Joss Stone)</small>
|''Djin Djin''
| {{n/a}}
|
|-
|2010
|"Move On Up"
|''Õÿö''
| Kevin Custer
|
|-
|2012
|''PBS Special: Angelique Kidjo and Friends''
|''Spirit Rising''
| Jim Gable
|
|-
|2014
|"Eva" <small>(featuring Asa)</small>
|''Eve''
| Kevin Custer
|
|-
|2014
|"Ekomole" <small>(as featured artist of Dibi Dobo)</small>
|
|
|-
|2018
|"Born Under Punches"
|''Remain In Light''
| Jeff Bhasker
|
|-
|2018
|"Once In A Lifetime"
|''Remain In Light''
| Antoine Paley
|
|-
|2019
|"La Vida Es Un Carnaval"
|''CELIA''
| Chris Saunders
|
|-
|2021
|"Dignity" <small>(featuring Yemi Alade)</small>
|''Mother Nature''
|
|-
|2021
|"Africa, One Of A Kind"
|''Mother Nature''
|
|
|-
|2021
|"Mother Nature"
|''Mother Nature''
|
|
|-
|2022
|"Do Yourself" <small>(featuring Burna Boy)</small>
|''Mother Nature''
| Meji Alabi
|
|-
|2022
|"Let Me Be Great" <small>(as featured artist of Sampa The Great)</small>
|''As Above So Below''
|
|}

==TV shows==
Kidjo has appeared on several television shows, including:
* ''Later with [[Jools Holland]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sccq3 |title=BBC Two – Later... with Jools Holland, Series 36, Episode 4 |publisher=BBC |date=May 8, 2010 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>
* ''NOW with [[Bill Moyers]]'' in 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/now/arts/kidjo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021020234046/http://www.pbs.org/now/arts/kidjo.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 20, 2002 |title=NOW with Bill Moyers. Arts & Culture. Musician Angelique Kidjo |publisher=PBS |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>
* ''Politically Incorrect'' with [[Bill Maher]] in 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/politically-incorrect-with-bill-maher/untitled.828/ |title=Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher – 'Untitled' Episode Info – MSN TV |publisher=MSN |date=May 15, 2002 |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227165835/http://tv.msn.com/tv/episode/politically-incorrect-with-bill-maher/untitled.828/ |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''CBS Early Show'' in 2007<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/2100-3480_162-513764.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407214005/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-3480_162-513764.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |title=Second Cup Café: Angelique Kidjo |work=CBS News |date=June 28, 2002 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>
* She was interviewed by [[David Frost]] for [[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] in 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/frostovertheworld/2008/09/2008920193333503900.html |title=Abhisit Vejjajiva – Frost Over the World |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> and [[Christiane Amanpour]] for CNN in 2009, 2012 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/16/childhood-stunting/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407235804/http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/16/childhood-stunting/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |title=Childhood stunting – Amanpour – CNN.com Blogs |work=CNN |date=October 16, 2012 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>
* She was the host of the ''[[Tavis Smiley Show]]'' on [[PBS]] in March 2010 and February 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.pbs.org/video/1431570973/ |title=Video: Angelique Kidjo: Tuesday, 3/2/10 {{pipe}} Watch Tavis Smiley Online {{pipe}} PBS Video |publisher=PBS |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153953/http://video.pbs.org/video/1431570973/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jon Friedman |url=http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2010/07/angelique-kidjo-featuring-john-legend/ |title=Angelique Kidjo Featuring John Legend – Music |publisher=Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |date=July 28, 2010 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
Kidjo has received [[honorary doctorate]]s from [[Yale University]], [[Berklee College of Music]], [[Middlebury College]], and [[UCLouvain]].<ref name="news.yale.edu">{{Cite news |url=https://news.yale.edu/2015/05/15/yale-awards-nine-honorary-degrees-commencement-2015 |title=Yale awards nine honorary degrees at Commencement 2015 |date=May 15, 2015 |access-date=February 9, 2018 |website=News.yale.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.berklee.edu/about-us/display/berklee-2010-honorary-doctorates#Ang_lique_Kidjo |title=Berklee 2010 Honorary Doctorates |website=Stan Getz Library |access-date=February 9, 2018 |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113165811/https://library.berklee.edu/about-us/display/berklee-2010-honorary-doctorates#Ang_lique_Kidjo |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/node/476846 |title=Middlebury Celebrates Commencement |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 9, 2018 |website=Middlebury.edu}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://uclouvain.be/en/discover/news/innovation-interdisciplinarity-and-inclusion-uclouvain-expands-frontiers-of-knowledge.html |title=Honorary doctorates 2020: Sharing knowledge |website=UCLouvain.be}}</ref>

In 2010, the ''[[BBC Focus on Africa]]'' magazine included Kidjo in its list of the African continent's 50 most iconic figures, based on reader votes,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/focusonafricamagazine/news/story/2010/09/100930_iconsforum.shtml |title=Forum: Who is your African Icon? |work=[[BBC Focus on Africa]] |access-date=April 3, 2012}}</ref> and in 2020 she was on the list of the BBC's [[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-23 |title=BBC 100 Women 2020: Who is on the list this year? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55042935 |access-date=2020-11-23}}</ref>

In 2011, ''[[The Guardian]]'' listed her as one of its Top 100 Women in art, film, music and fashion<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/mar/08/angelique-kidjo-100-women |title=Angélique Kidjo |last=Khaleeli |first=Homa |date=March 8, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref> and Kidjo is the first woman to be listed among "The 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa" by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/ehed45mef/angelique-kidjo-51-beninoise-musician |title=Angelique Kidjo, 51, Beninoise, Musician – In Photos: The 40 Most Powerful Celebrities In Africa |last=Nsehe |first=Mfonobong |access-date=February 18, 2014 |website=Forbes}}</ref> She was listed among the "2014 Most Influential Africans" by ''[[New African]]'' magazine and [[Jeune Afrique]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newafricanmagazine.com/2014-influential-africans-arts-culture-4/3/ |title=2014 Most Influential Africans – Arts & Culture |work=[[New African]] |date=December 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/JA2816p021-037.xml16/musique-ang-lique-kidjo-droit-des-femmesb-nin-ang-lique-kidjo-diva-engag-e.html |title=Bénin – Bénin : Angélique Kidjo, diva engagée – Jeuneafrique.com – le premier site d'information et d'actualité sur l'Afrique |author=HaNiakaté |date=January 12, 2015 |website=Jeuneafrique.com |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref> ''Forbes Afrique'' put Kidjo on the cover of their "100 most influential women" issue in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forbesafrique.com/top-100-femmes-angelique-kidjo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723011100/http://forbesafrique.com/top-100-femmes-angelique-kidjo/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-07-23 |title=Angélique Kidjo |work=Forbes Afrique}}</ref>

Kidjo is the recipient of the 2015 Crystal Award given by the [[World Economic Forum]] of Davos in Switzerland<ref name="weforum.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.weforum.org/news/shigeru-ban-andrea-bocelli-angelique-kidjo-receive-crystal-awards-open-world-economic-forum-ann?news=page |title=Shigeru Ban, Andrea Bocelli, Angélique Kidjo receive Crystal Awards; Open World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos |website=Weforum.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208003906/http://www.weforum.org/news/shigeru-ban-andrea-bocelli-angelique-kidjo-receive-crystal-awards-open-world-economic-forum-ann?news=page |archive-date=February 8, 2015 |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref> and she received the [[Ambassador of Conscience Award]] from [[Amnesty International]] in 2016<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/04/angelique-kidjo-honoured-with-amnesty-international-top-human-rights-award |title=Angélique Kidjo honoured with Amnesty International top human rights award |agency=Thomson Reuters Foundation |date=May 4, 2016 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>

On September 15, 2021, ''Time'' magazine included her in their list of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people]] in the world.<ref name="Time100">{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096049/angelique-kidjo/ |title=The 100 Most Influential People of 2021: Angélique Kidjo |magazine=Time |date=September 15, 2021}}</ref>

On 3 July 2025, it was announced that Kidjo would be the first black African to get a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name="t405">{{cite web |last=Chibelushi |first=Wedaeli |title=Angélique Kidjo first black African to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star |website=BBC News |date=3 July 2025 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx2g5znggpo |access-date=3 July 2025}}</ref>

Other awards include:
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* Prix Découverte RFI SACEM (France, 1991)
* Octave RFI (France, 1992)
* Prix Afrique en Creation (France, 1992)
* Danish Music Awards: Best Female Singer (Denmark, 1995)
* [[Kora Awards|Kora Music Awards]]: Best African Female artist (Africa, 1997)
* [[Mobo Awards]] for Best World Music Act (UK, 2002)
* Médaille De Vermeil De La Ville De Paris (France, 2004)
* Africa-Festival Award (Germany, 2006)
* SAFDA African Pride Award (South Africa, 2006)
* [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]] Award (Canada, 2007)
* [[N.A.A.C.P.]] Image Award for Outstanding World Music Album (USA, 2008)
* [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album]] (USA, 2008)
* Go Global World Music Award (Denmark, 2008)
* [[Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic]] (Italy, 2008)
* Commander of the National Order of [[Benin]] (Benin, 2008)
* Making a Difference for Women Award from the National Council for Research on Women (USA, 2009)
* [[African popular music|Afropop]] Hall of Fame (USA, 2009)
* Celebrating Women Award from the [[New York Women's Foundation]] (USA, 2009)
* [[Premio Tenco]] for her entire singing career (Italy, 2009)
* On May 8, 2010, Kidjo was awarded the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Music]] by [[Berklee College]] (USA)
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* Officier de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (France, 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/artsetlettres/janvier2010.html |title=Nominations dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres – janvier 2009 |website=Culture.gouv.fr |access-date=April 3, 2012}}</ref>
* Grand Prix Des Musiques Du Monde De La [[Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique|Sacem]] for her entire songwriting career (France, 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sacem.fr/cms/home/createurs-editeurs/grands_Prix/grands-prix-2010/grand-prix-angelique-kidjo |title=Grand Prix des musique du monde – Angélique Kidjo |website=Sacem.fr |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>
* Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary World Music Album (USA, 2011)
* Prix Special de la Francophonie (Washington DC, USA, 2011)<ref>{{cite web |author=FrenchTwistDC |url=http://www.frenchtwistdc.com/2011/03/belgium-kicks-off-mois-de-la.html |title=Belgium kicks off DC's Francophonie Festival |publisher=French Twist D.C. |date=March 4, 2011 |access-date=April 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321031155/http://www.frenchtwistdc.com/2011/03/belgium-kicks-off-mois-de-la.html |archive-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Champions of the Earth]] Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=2641&ArticleID=8729&l=en |title=Press Releases May 2011 – UN Announces Winners of Flagship Environment Award – United Nations Environment Programme |publisher=UNEP |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221832/http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=2641&ArticleID=8729&l=en |url-status=dead}}</ref> (United Nations, 2011)
* [[BET Awards]] nomination for Best International Act: Africa (USA, 2011)
* Miroir Awards for World Music of the Festival d'été de Quebec (Canada, 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.feq.ca/en/FEQ/FEQ-Awards-Winners/Archives?edition=2012#annee |title=Festival d'été de Québec – FEQ Awards Winners |website=Feq.ca |access-date=February 12, 2019}}</ref>
* Trophée Des Arts, FIAF French Institute, Alliance Française (New York, 2012)<ref>{{cite web |author=France-Amérique |url=http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2012/11/14/angelique_kidjo_et_thierry_breton_a_l_honneur_du_gala_du_trophee_des_arts_2012_du_fiaf.html |title=Angélique Kidjo à l'honneur du Trophée des Arts 2012 du FIAF {{pipe}} France-Amérique |website=France-amerique.com |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224003439/http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2012/11/14/angelique_kidjo_et_thierry_breton_a_l_honneur_du_gala_du_trophee_des_arts_2012_du_fiaf.html |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Keep A Child Alive]]'s Award for Outstanding Humanitarian Work, shared with [[Oprah Winfrey]], (New York, 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keepachildalive.org/downloads/pressreleases/BB2012_Redux_11282012.pdf |title=Keep a Child Alive's Black Ball 'Redux' Raises $2.9 Million for HIV Treatment and Care in Africa and India |website=Keepachilalive.org |access-date=February 18, 2014 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191306/http://keepachildalive.org/downloads/pressreleases/BB2012_Redux_11282012.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Lifetime Achievement Award from the African Diaspora Awards 2012
* [[Songlines Music Awards]] in the Best Artist category (UK 2013)<ref>{{cite news |author=Angus MacSwan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-songlines-idUSBRE93P00G20130426 |title=African diva Angelique Kidjo wins Songlines Best Artist award |work=Reuters |date=April 26, 2013 |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>
* On May 25, 2014, Kidjo was awarded the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Arts]] by [[Middlebury College]] (USA)
* On June 4, 2014, Kidjo received the Arms Around The Child Award along with Jez Frampton during The Other Ball event in London hosted by [[Mark Ronson]] with [[Lily Allen]], [[Florence and the Machine]], [[Blood Orange (musician)|Blood Orange]] and [[Rudimental]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.looktothestars.org/news/12099-mark-ronson-to-return-as-host-for-the-other-ball |title="Mark Ronson To Return As Host For The Other Ball" |date=June 3, 2014}}, Look to the Stars, June 3, 2014.</ref>
* On October 28, 2014, Kidjo was awarded the Chair Citation by The [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] Fund for Journalists at the United Nations in New York. Past recipients include [[Bob Woodruff]] and [[Nicholas D. Kristof]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unjournalismfellowship.org |title="Annual Lunch Held on October 28; Fund Honored Navi Pillay and Angélique Kidjo"}}, Dag Hammarskjold Fund for Journalists.</ref>
* On December 27, 2014, in [[Lagos]], Nigeria, Kidjo won two All African Music Awards (AFRIMA): one for Best Contemporary Artist, one for Best Female Singer from West Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kwamewrite.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/legend-feature-angelique-kidjo-honoured/ |title="Canvas Black, Sounds or Tracks, Street Style, Public Spaces, Interconnecting Vibes" |date=December 30, 2014}}, December 30, 2014.</ref>
* Kidjo is the recipient of the 2015 Crystal Award given by the [[World Economic Forum]] of Davos in Switzerland<ref name="weforum.org"/>
* On January 28, 2015, Kidjo was awarded the Visionary Leadership Award by the International [[Festival of Arts and Ideas]] in New Haven, Connecticut.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artidea.org/5th-visionary-leadership-award |title=5th Annual Visionary Leadership Award |work=International Festival of Arts and Ideas |access-date=April 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409073904/http://artidea.org/5th-visionary-leadership-award |archive-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album]], on February 8, 2015; Kidjo won her second [[Grammy Award]] for "Eve", a tribute to the continent's women.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/ |title=GRAMMY.com – The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night |work=The GRAMMYs |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>
* On February 9, 2015, Kidjo won the International Mappie Award given by the M-Magasin in Stockholm, Sweden<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.m-magasin.se/mappienyheter/De-blev-Arets-Mappie |title=De blev Årets Mappie! |website=M-magasin.se |access-date=April 26, 2015 |author1=m-Magasin}}</ref>
* On May 6, 2015, Kidjo was awarded the David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award in New York by Synergos. Past recipients include Kofi Annan, Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Mo Ibrahim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mikeragogna.com/angelique-kidjo-honored-with-david-rockefeller-award/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518091732/http://www.mikeragogna.com/angelique-kidjo-honored-with-david-rockefeller-award/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-05-18 |title=Angélique Kidjo Honored With David Rockefeller Award – Trafficbeat}}</ref>
* On May 18, 2015, Kidjo was awarded the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Music]] by [[Yale University]] (USA)<ref name="news.yale.edu"/>
* On October 6, 2015, Kidjo was awarded the Impact Award by the [[Population Council]] organization along with Elisabeth J McCormack.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popcouncil.org/event/ideas-with-impact-awards-a-benefit-for-the-population-council1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004204531/http://www.popcouncil.org/event/ideas-with-impact-awards-a-benefit-for-the-population-council1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-10-04 |title=Ideas with Impact Awards: A Benefit for the Population Council |work=Population Council}}</ref>
* [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album]], on February 15, 2016; Kidjo won her third [[Grammy Award]] for her 2015 album, Sings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/ |title=GRAMMY.com – The Official Site of Music's Biggest Night |work=The GRAMMYs |access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref>
* Kidjo is the recipient of the 2016 [[AllAfrica]] Leadership Award<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201603090925.html |title=Afrique: 8 Mars 2016 – Le groupe Allafrica prime 4 valeureuses femmes africaines |website=AllAfrica.fr |access-date=February 9, 2018 |language=fr}}</ref>
* She has received the [[Ambassador of Conscience Award]] from [[Amnesty International]] in 2016<ref name="theguardian.com"/>
* On June 23, 2016, Kidjo was awarded the title of Officer of the [[Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg]] by Luxembourg Prime Minister [[Xavier Bettel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gouvernement.lu/6116354/23-remise-distinctions-honorifiques |title=Cérémonie officielle à la Philharmonie Luxembourg – Remise de distinctions honorifiques – gouvernement.lu // L'actualité du gouvernement du Luxembourg |website=Gouvernement.lu |language=fr |access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>
* On July 15, 2017, she has received the Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role from the [[Africa Movie Academy Awards]] for her role in [[Kunle Afolayan]]'s movie, The CEO.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.pulse.ng/movies/amaa-2017-full-winners-list-id6996986.html |title=Pulse Nigeria will bring you to live updates of the 2017 African Movie Academy Award winners as announced. |last=Izuzu |first=Chidumga |access-date=February 9, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* On November 16, 2017, Kidjo received the prestigious "Grand Prix Des Musiques Du Monde" from the [[Académie Charles Cros]] for her entire career, in conjunction with the release of the French version of her memoir "La Voix Est Le Miroir De l'Âme"<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://hexagone.me/2017/11/grand-prix-de-lacademie-charles-cros-70eme-palmares/ |title=Grand prix de l'Académie Charles Cros – 70ème palmarès – Hexagone |date=November 17, 2017 |website=Hexagone.me |access-date=February 9, 2018 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* On February 24, 2018, Kidjo received the Charles de Ferry de Fontnouvelle Award from the [[Lycee Francais De New York]]. The following month she was added to the 2018 [[100 Women (OkayAfrica)|OkayAfrica 100 Women list]]. The organisers cited her talent and activism in making the award.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kidjo.com/press/2018/6/3/okayafrica-angelique-added-to-okay-africa-100-women |title=okayafrica- Angelique added to Okay Africa 100 Women |website=Kidjo.com |date=March 2018 |language=en-US |access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>
* On June 14, 2018, she received the Prix De L'Artiste Citoyen 2018 from the {{Interlanguage link|Société civile pour l'administration des droits des artistes et musiciens interprètes|fr|lt=Adami}}, the French society of performers.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.adami.fr/angelique-kidjo-artiste-citoyenne/ |title=Angélique Kidjo, artiste citoyenne – Adami |date=June 14, 2018 |website=Adami.fr |access-date=November 13, 2018 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* On October 21, 2018, Kidjo received the first World Pioneer Award during the ''[[Songlines (magazine)|Songlines]]'' magazine Music Awards 2018 ceremony at [[Electric Brixton]] in London. She sang a duet with [[Fatoumata Diawara]] backed by [[Mokoomba]] during the finale of the evening.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.songlines.co.uk/awards/ange-lique-kidjo-world-pioneer-award |title=Angélique Kidjo: World Pioneer Award |website=[[Songlines (magazine)|Songlines]] |language=en |access-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026135058/http://www.songlines.co.uk/awards/ange-lique-kidjo-world-pioneer-award |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* On December 7, 2018, she received the German Sustainability Award along with [[Richard Gere]] and [[Rea Garvey]]. The award is endorsed by the German Federal Government, local and business associations as well as numerous NGOs, among them [[UNESCO]] and [[UNICEF]]. The German Sustainability Award was established in 2008 to encourage the acceptance of social and ecological responsibility and to identify role models in this area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nachhaltigkeitspreis.de/preisverleihung/ehrenpreistraeger/2018/angelique-kidjo/ |title=Angélique Kidjo |website=Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis |access-date=December 20, 2018}}</ref>
* Kidjo was awarded the 2019 Dutch [[Edison Award]] for her career in the Jazz and World category<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 |url=https://www.edisons.nl/jazz/edities/2019/ |access-date=2021-04-25 |website=Edison Jazz/World |language=en}}</ref>
* On June 13, 2019, she was awarded the Musicultura Unimarche Prize by the Universities of Macerata and Camerino in Italy which is awarded to Italian and international personalities who have distinguished themselves in their careers for high artistic merits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.paeseitaliapress.it/news_10061_Macerata-Musicultura-Festival-Francesco-Lettieri-vince-la-XXX-edizione.html |title=Macerata Musicultura Festival, Francesco Lettieri vince la XXX edizione |website=Paeseitaliapress.it |access-date=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
* Commandeur de l'[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] (France, 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Nous-connaitre/Organisation/Conseil-de-l-Ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-ete-2019 |title=Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres – été 2019 |website=Culture.gouv.fr |date=October 31, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
* 2020 Distinguished Artist Award from the International Society for the Performing Arts. Past recipients include [[Isaac Stern]], [[Arthur Rubinstein]], [[Audra McDonald]], [[Bill T. Jones]], [[Peter Brook]] and many more.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ispa.org/news/482160/-2020-ISPA-Award-Recipients-Announced.htm |title=2020 ISPA Award Recipients Announced – ISPA International Society for the Performing Arts |website=Ispa.org |access-date=February 20, 2020}}</ref>
* On January 27, 2020, Kidjo won the Grammy for [[Grammy Award for Best World Music Album|Best world music album]] at the [[62nd Annual Grammy Awards]]
* On February 4, 2020, The [[UCLouvain]] University gave an Honorary Doctorate to Kidjo along with [[Nuccio Ordine]] and François Taddei<ref name="auto"/>
* Kidjo's Grammy nominations include the [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Music Video]] of 1995 and [[Grammy Award for Best World Music Album|Best World Music Album]] for works completed in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2014 2015, 2019 and 2020.
* Kidjo is the 4th laureate of the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award (2007). Created in 2004 on the 25th anniversary of the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival|Festival International de Jazz de Montréal]], each year the award is given to an artist distinguished in the field of world music whose influence on the evolution of jazz and cultural crossover is widely recognized.{{cn|date=July 2025}}
* On November 24, 2020, Kidjo was included in the 2020 [[BBC 100 Women]] list. The list compiles "the most inspiring and influential women in the World in 2020"<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-02 |title=100 Women News |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-48623037 |access-date=2021-04-25}}</ref>
* On January 1, 2021, she was awarded the [[Legion of Honor]], the highest French award of merit along with [[Roberto Alagna]] and [[Yann Arthus Bertrand]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/file/VoNXj6fFpsQgxB4w29KnoO7mT0ji9z3kMMVYU8Jy7sc=/JOE |title=Journal Officiel : Lois et Decrets |website=Legifrance.gouv.fr |access-date=July 14, 2025}}</ref>
* On September 15, 2021, ''Time'' magazine included Kidjo in their [[Time 100|''Time'' 100]] list.<ref name="Time100"/>
* March 2022, Forbes Woman Africa Entertainer Award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet winners of the Forbes Woman Africa Awards, Dr Mlambo-Ngcuka wins Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/entrepreneurs/meet-winners-of-the-forbes-woman-africa-awards-dr-mlambo-ngcuka-wins-lifetime-achievement-award-1ea8fcb8-3484-4fab-819f-95d651a72ddc |first=Xolile |last=Mtembu |date=March 10, 2022 |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Iol.co.za |language=en}}</ref>
* On April 3, 2022, Kidjo's ''Mother Nature'' wins "Best Global Music Album" at the 64th Grammy awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mandynews.com/angelique-kidjo-win-grammy-best-world-music-album-2022/ |title=Angelique Kidjo Beats Wizkid to Win Grammy Best World Music Album 2022 |website=Mandynews.com |date=April 3, 2022}}</ref>
* On July 8, 2022, she was awarded the Premio Monini during the prestigious [[Festival dei Due Mondi|Spoleto Festival]]. Previous recipients include [[John Malkovich]] and [[Willem Dafoe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foodaffairs.it/2022/07/11/ad-angelique-kidjo-il-premio-monini-una-finestra-sui-due-mondi-2022/ |title=Ad Angélique Kidjo il Premio Monini "Una Finestra sui Due Mondi" 2022 |website=Foodaffairs.it |date=July 11, 2022}}</ref>
* On September 4, 2022, Kidjo was inducted in the [[The Headies 2022|Headies]] Hall Of Fame<ref>{{cite web |url=https://punchng.com/2022-headies-angelique-kidjo-receives-hall-of-fame-recognition/ |title=2022 Headies: Angelique Kidjo receives Hall of Fame recognition |website=Punchng.com |date=May 24, 2022}}</ref>
* On November 8, 2022, She received the Path Breaker Award from the [[Safe Water Network]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://safewaternetwork.org/news/a-year-in-pictures-2022/ |title=A Year in Pictures: 2022 |website=Safewaternetwork.org |date=December 19, 2022}}</ref>
* Kidjo received two nominations at the 65th Grammy Awards, for Best Global album for ''Queen of Sheba'' with [[Ibrahim Maalouf]] and for "Keep Rising" with Jessie Wilson from ''[[The Woman King]]'' soundtrack.<ref>[https://www.grammy.com/artists/angelique-kidjo/9915 Artist. Angélique Kidjo], ''Grammy.com''</ref>
* Kidjo is the recipient of the 2023 Vilcek Prize in Music given by the [[Vilcek Foundation]]. The Vilcek Foundation champions diversity for the advancement of the arts and sciences. We celebrate and invest in immigrant artists and scientists at every stage of their careers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vilcek.org/prizes/prize-recipients/angelique-kidjo/ |title=Angélique Kidjo |website=Vilcek.org}}</ref>
* Kidjo is a recipient of the 2023 [[Polar Music Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/africa/angelique-kidjo-polar-music-prize-spc-intl/index.html |title=Angélique Kidjo becomes the third artist from Africa to be awarded prestigious music prize |website=[[CNN]] |date=March 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bresnahan |first1=Samantha |title=Angélique Kidjo becomes the third artist from Africa to be awarded prestigious music prize |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/28/africa/angelique-kidjo-polar-music-prize-spc-intl/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=16 April 2023 |language=en |date=28 March 2023}}</ref>
* Kidjo was honored with the 2023 [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]] "Great Immigrants" Awards along with [[Alanis Morissette]], [[Ke Huy Quan]], and [[Pedro Pascal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-28 |title=Pedro Pascal and World Bank's Ajay Banga among those named to Carnegie's 2023 Great Immigrants list |url=https://apnews.com/article/pedro-pascal-ajay-banga-carnegie-great-immigrants-f28abf588332dd3bf2fe089100efb279 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
* On July 13, 2023, she received the "Prix Nuits D'Afrique Pour La Francophonie" in the City Hall of Montreal <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1995948/angelique-kidjo-prix-nuits-afrique-francophonie-benin-france-40-ans-carriere |title=Angélique Kidjo reçoit le prix Nuits d'Afrique pour la francophonie |date=July 13, 2023 |website=Radio-Canada}}</ref>
* On November 21, 2024, Kidjo received the "SDG Vanguard Award" from the [[United Nations Foundation]] in New York. The UN Foundation hosts its annual Global Leadership Awards to recognize extraordinary individuals and organizations whose work embodies the values and purposes of the UN – to create a safer, healthier, and fairer world for everyone, everywhere.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unfoundation.org/event/we-the-peoples-2024/ |title=We the Peoples 2024 |date=October 22, 2024}}</ref>
* On August 30, 2025, Angelique received the [[Cal Performances]] "Award of Distinction in the Performing Arts". This award is a UC Berkeley honor given to an individual or ensemble whose contributions demonstrate exceptional achievement in the performing arts. The award is the highest honor bestowed by Cal Performances <ref>{{cite web | title=Award of Distinction | url=https://calperformances.org/about/award-of-distinction/ }}</ref>

==Dance/club hits==
Kidjo's music has been remixed by producers including [[Norman Cook]] ("We We") and [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] ("Agolo"). Several of her singles have reached the ''Billboard'' Dance/Club Play chart. In 1996, [[Junior Vasquez]] remixes of her song "Wombo Lombo" brought the song to number 16. In 2002, [[King Britt]] remixes of her single "Tumba" helped the song reach number 26. "Agolo" was remixed by [[Mark Kinchen]], "Shango" was remixed by Junior Vasquez, and "Conga Habanera" was remixed by Jez Colin.
"Salala" from, [[Djin Djin]], was remixed in 2007 by Junior Vasquez and Radioactive Sandwich.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://us6.campaign-archive.com/pages?u=931a6ecdebad6e0d3a6dab6bf&id=030096c4e1f0 |title=Radioactive Sandwich – Planet Out Now |website=Us6.campaign-archive.com}}</ref> "Move On Up" was remixed by Radioclit, the team from [[The Very Best (band)|the Very Best]].

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [https://mastercardfdn.org/mapping-targeting-and-training-benins-future-leaders-program/ Case Study: Mapping, Targeting, and Training Benin's Future Leaders] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113061304/https://mastercardfdn.org/mapping-targeting-and-training-benins-future-leaders-program/ |date=November 13, 2021 }}

==External links==
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* [http://www.kidjo.com Official Angélique Kidjo Site]
* [http://www.batongafoundation.org The Batonga Foundation]
** {{cite web |title=Batonga Foundation – Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205927387 |website=ProPublica |date=May 9, 2013 |language=en}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/angeliquekidjo Angélique Kidjo] on YouTube
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/arts/music/angelique-kidjo-has-never-left-africa-behind.html "A Continent on Her Musical Map"] by [[Jon Pareles]], January 17, 2014, ''[[The New York Times]]''
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/11/av.kidjo/index.html CNN ''African Voices'' profile of Angélique Kidjo, May 2009.]
* [https://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/14/the_leaders_of_this_world_stand Singer Angelique Kidjo Speaks Out on Climate Change] – video report by ''[[Democracy Now!]]''.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4skDd3HYCc Angélique Kidjo video interview at underyourskin]

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