7 Africans who’ve won a Grammy Award – #1 won four (With Pictures)

5. Youssou N’Dour (1 Grammy)

Youssou N’Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist, songwriter, composer, occasional actor, businessman and a politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, “perhaps the most famous singer alive” in Senegal and much of Africa.

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He toured internationally for thirty years, winning his first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album, in 2005.