# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angelique-kidjo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:10:40.594Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angelique-kidjo"
name: "Angelique Kidjo"
slug: "angelique-kidjo"
description: "Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Beninese musician, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and a Polar Music Prize. She has collaborated with artists including Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, John Legend, Philip Glass, Bono, Yo-Yo Ma, and Burna Boy. She is the first Black African artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She performed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2021. In 2021, Time magazine included her in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Kidjo is fluent in five languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, Gen (Mina) and English. She sings in all of them, and she also has her own personal language, which includes words that serve as song titles such as \"Batonga\". Kidjo often uses Benin's traditional Zilin vocal technique and vocalese."
tagline: "Beninese musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ang%C3%A9lique_Kidjo_2023.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-07-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.556704
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 273000
platforms:
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    handle:    "angeliquekidjo"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@angelique_kidjo"
    handle:    "angelique_kidjo"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kidjo.com"
  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "angeliquekidjo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0452300"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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    handle:    "@angeliquekidjo"
    followers: 273000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Անժելիք Քիժօ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump