CULTURETECHLENSAngélique Kidjo
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Combined Graph record U-01208 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0189. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Angelique Kidjo is a Beninese artist born in 1960 who grew up in Cotonou, Benin; she has won five Grammy Awards; in 2018 she released her own take on Talking Heads' album Remain in Light, and her 2019 album Celia was a tribute to Celia Cruz (per Polar Music Prize laureate biography, 2023).
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Angelique Kidjo is a Beninese artist born in 1960 who grew up in Cotonou, Benin; she has won five Grammy Awards; in 2018 she released her own take on Talking Heads' album Remain in Light, and her 2019 album Celia was a tribute to Celia Cruz (per Polar Music Prize laureate biography, 2023).
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- https://www.polarmusicprize.org/laureates/angelique-kidjo/ (verification source · master store)
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Angelique Kidjo is a Beninese artist born in 1960 who grew up in Cotonou, Benin; she has won five Grammy Awards; in 2018 she released her own take on Talking Heads' album Remain in Light, and her 2019 album Celia was a tribute to Celia Cruz (per Polar Music Prize laureate biography, 2023).
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