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Marie-Claire Mboyo Moseka (born 10 January 1959), known professionally as M'bilia Bel, is a Congolese singer and songwriter. [1] [2] Dubbed the "Queen of African Rumba" [3] [4] and "Queen Cleopatra", [5] [6] she is regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Congolese and African popular music.
Local music scholars argue that Koffi and Cindy's partnership follows that of Tabu Ley Rochereau and M'bilia Bel, an earlier popular music duo in Kinshasa. [ 2 ] In 2009, she received two awards for Best Female Artist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and later that year, she received the Best of Generation Award at Zénith Paris . [ 4 ]
M'bilia Bel became the first female soukous singer to gain acclaim throughout Africa. Tabu Ley and M'bilia Bel later married and had a daughter named Melody Tabu together. In 1988 Tabu Ley introduced another female vocalist known as Faya Tess, and M'bilia Bel left and continued to be successful on her own.
Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba [1] (born 18 January 1983) [2] is an Irish R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, fashion model and TV presenter. In 2000, at the age of 17, she shot to fame with the release of her debut single "Gotta Tell You", which reached the top five in Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States.
A trailblazer for African women in music, Masikini was the first Congolese female artist to lead her own band and perform in major international venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Arena, and the Apollo Theater. [3] [12] [14] She died of uterine cancer on 28 September 1994, in Villejuif, Paris. [17] [18] [12]
Anita "Margarita" Mahfood (died 2 January 1965) was a dancer, actress, and singer in Jamaica.She was called "the famous Rhumba queen" [2] and headlined performances. She also performed reggae music, writing and singing her own music, one of the first women in Jamaica to do so.
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Franco Luambo (c. 1938–1989) — singer, guitarist, composer, and bandleader.He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Congolese rumba and his contributions to the music industry have earned him a revered status both within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and internationally [8]