Since Moussolou, her first album released in 1989, the life of Malian singer Oumou Sangar\u00e9 has known no respite. From this rich and hectic journey we can recall some of the most decisive recordings in contemporary African music, all produced by the World Circuit label: Ko Sira in 1993, Worotan in 1996 and Seya, nominated for Best World Music Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Numerous international tours and acclaim on prestigious stages such as the Sydney Opera House, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan complete this list of honors. Timbuktu, the first production on her Oumsang label, is the latest act in this unparalleled musical epic, with which World Circuit is once again associated. It consecrates this artist from the slums of Bamako who has become a global superstar, as well as a universally admired feminist icon. With a powerful aura comparable to that of Grace Jones, the transgressive black icon par excellence, Oumou has long since crossed the barriers separating musical genres and continents. Yesterday invited by Alicia Keys for a televised duet, she is now cited as an example by artists as considerable as Aya Nakamura, who dedicated the song Oumou Sangar\u00e9 to her in 2017, or Beyonc\u00e9, who sampled one of her most famous creations, Diaraby N\u00e9n\u00e9, for the track Mood 4 Eva from the soundtrack of the film The Lion King: The Gift in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Depuis Moussolou, son premier album sorti en 1989, la vie de la chanteuse malienne Oumou Sangar\u00e9 n\u2019a connu aucun r\u00e9pit. De ce riche et tr\u00e9pidant voyage on retient notamment des enregistrements parmi les plus d\u00e9cisifs de la musique africaine contemporaine, tous produits par le label World Circuit : Ko Sira en 1993, Worotan en 1996 et Seya nomin\u00e9 dans la cat\u00e9gorie Meilleur Album de World Music des Grammy Award en 2009. De nombreuses tourn\u00e9es internationales et la cons\u00e9cration obtenue sur les sc\u00e8nes prestigieuses que sont l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Sydney, le Queen Elizabeth Hall de Londres ou le Nippon Budokan de Tokyo, compl\u00e8tent ce tableau d\u2019honneur. Timbuktu, premi\u00e8re production de son label Oumsang constitue le nouvel acte de cette \u00e9pop\u00e9e musicale sans \u00e9quivalent \u00e0 laquelle World Circuit est \u00e0 nouveau associ\u00e9e. Il consacre cette artiste issue des quartiers pauvres de Bamako devenue une superstar mondiale, ainsi qu\u2019une ic\u00f4ne f\u00e9ministe unanimement admir\u00e9e. D\u2019une aura puissante comparable celle d\u2019une Grace Jones, icone noire transgressive par excellence, Oumou a depuis longtemps franchi les barri\u00e8res s\u00e9parant genres musicaux et continents. Hier invit\u00e9e par Alicia Keys pour un duo t\u00e9l\u00e9vis\u00e9, elle est d\u00e9sormais cit\u00e9e en exemple par des artistes aussi consid\u00e9rables qu\u2019Aya Nakamura, qui lui a d\u00e9di\u00e9 la chanson Oumou Sangar\u00e9 en 2017, ou Beyonc\u00e9, qui a sampl\u00e9 l\u2019une de ses plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres cr\u00e9ations, Diaraby N\u00e9n\u00e9, pour le titre Mood 4 Eva tir\u00e9 de la bande originale du film The Lion King : The Gift en 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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