No matter where Angelique Kidjo performs (Royal Albert Hall, the Telluride Jazz Festival, the Syndey Opera House), what she performs (R&B, funk, Afrobeat, traditional West African music), or with whom she performs (Carlos Santana, Ibrahim Maalouff, Alicia Keys, Branford Marsalis, the Kronos Quartet, Yo-Yo Ma, Burna Boy, the Luxembourg Philharmonic), the multi-Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer-songwriter brings the house down every time.

 At 64, Angélique Kidjo is an international legend with 16 albums spanning a 40-year career that continues to burn white hot. Kidjo is renowned for her creative and experimental fusion of diverse music genres such as jazz, hip-hop, zouk, Zairean rumba, samba, salsa, funk, gospel, Cameroonian makossa, and various Beninese traditions. Following in the footsteps of singer and activist, “Mama Africa” Miriam Makeba, Kidjo is also celebrated for her humanitarian work. Learn more about this icon of world music at Kidjo’s website.

Click the video to watch Kidjo’s live performance of her first international hit, “Agolo,” at Royal Albert Hall in London.