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List of prominent Soukous musicians and musical groups: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Across Africa, soukous dominated East African nightclubs' dance floors and played a pivotal role in shaping virtually all the styles of contemporary African popular music, including benga music, muziki wa dansi, Kidandali, Igbo highlife, palm-wine music, taarab, and inspiring the establishment of approximately 350 youth orchestras in Kinshasa ...
Ndombolo quickly established itself as a popular African dance style across Africa and into the continent's diaspora in Belgium, France, the UK, Germany, Canada, and the United States. [ 36 ] [ 21 ] [ 30 ] [ 37 ] In January 1997, JB Mpiana's ndombolo-infused debut album, Feux de l'amour , became the first ndombolo album to attain a gold record ...
Call it soukous, rumba, Zairois, Congo music, or kwassa-kwassa, the pop sound emanating from Congo's capital, Kinshasa has shaped modern African culture more profoundly than any other. Africa produces music genres that are direct derivatives of Congolese Soukous. Some of the African bands sing in Lingala, the main language in the DRC.
Diblo Dibala - Congolese soukous musician, known as "Machine Gun" for his speed and skill on the guitar; Mamadou Diop (also known as Modou Diop) - Senegalese rhythm guitarist, now based in the United States; Sona Jobarteh - Griot kora player, singer and guitarist from Gambia; Nico Kasanda (a.k.a. "Dr. Nico") - a pioneer of soukous music
As a precautionary measure for security reasons, the ninth edition was hosted in Bukavu at the Athénée d'Ibanda from 10–12 February 2023, while some ancillary events remained in Goma. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ] It attracted a crowd of over 25,000 festival-goers, alongside various UN Agencies, associations, NGOs, and entrepreneurs. [ 57 ]
In February 2023, Nigerian singer Ayra Starr released "Sability", a techno-soukous-inspired single that sampled Longomba's "Coupé Bibamba". [ 18 ] [ 129 ] This release garnered praise from Tanzanian singer Harmonize , who commended the song's homage to Longomba, expressing admiration for his musical impact and stating, "I want to be like Awilo ...
Denise Kusala Yondo (born 23 April 1958), known professionally as Yondo Sister is a Congolese musician mainly associated with the soukous genre of music and the kwassa kwassa dance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She is often referred to as "the queen of soukous" or "the queen of rumba ".