Janelle Monáe
American singer and actress · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1985 · age 40
Janelle Monáe Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and is the recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy Award.
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Pharrell Williams Produced Hidden Figures and Dirty Computer
Jay-Z Duets: Woodstock 50
Robert Zemeckis Directed Welcome to Marwen (2019)
Robert Plant Duets: Woodstock 50
Sean Combs Produced The ArchAndroid (2010)
Mahershala Ali Also in Moonlight and Hidden Figures
Halsey Duets: Woodstock 50
Solange Knowles Duets: Electric Lady (2014)
Rian Johnson Produced Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
John Fogerty Duets: Woodstock 50
Chance the Rapper Duets: Woodstock 50
Barry Jenkins Directed Moonlight (2017)
Country Joe McDonald Duets: Woodstock 50
Big Boi Duets: Tightrope (2010)
Gary Clark Jr. Duets: Woodstock 50
Kiersey Clemons Also in Lady and the Tramp and Antebellum
Vince Staples Duets: Woodstock 50
John Sebastian Duets: Woodstock 50
Maggie Rogers Duets: Woodstock 50
Ninet Tayeb Duets: Woodstock 50
Sturgill Simpson Duets: Woodstock 50
Soccer Mommy Duets: Woodstock 50- Donna Gigliotti Produced Hidden Figures (2017)
Princess Nokia Duets: Woodstock 50
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Monáe performing at the Austin Music Hall in 2009
Monáe performing at Way Out West in Gothenburg, Sweden, on August 8, 2014
Monáe at the premiere of Moonlight in 2016
Janelle Monáe performing at the Dirty Computer Tour
Janelle Monae performing during 'The Age of Pleasure' tour in 2023
Monáe is known for her eccentric style.In their own words 5
, That's the great thing about being an artist. Your job is to comfort, your job is to be the voice, your job is to bring awareness, your job is to be a rebel, .
I've always wanted people to ask questions about the music. Some songs you get. Some songs you may not.
Grandpapa and even Artis’s friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn’t true. Hope was.
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Monáe has also been honored with the ASCAP Vanguard Award; as well as the Rising Star Award (2015) and the Trailblazer of the Year Award (2018) from Billboard Women in Music.
