The Most Famous

MUSICIANS from Senegal

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This page contains a list of the greatest Senegalese Musicians. The pantheon dataset contains 3,175 Musicians, 1 of which were born in Senegal. This makes Senegal the birth place of the 91st most number of Musicians behind Kuwait, and Peru.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Senegalese Musicians of all time. This list of famous Senegalese Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Baaba Maal (b. 1953)

With an HPI of 45.93, Baaba Maal is the most famous Senegalese Musician.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.

Baaba Maal (Fula: 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤦𞤢 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤, born 13 June 1953) is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.Maal sings primarily in Pulaar and promotes the traditions of the Pulaar-speaking people, who live on either side of the Senegal River in the ancient Senegalese kingdom of Futa Tooro.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Senegalese musicians born between 1953 and 1953. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Senegalese musicians include Baaba Maal.

Living Senegalese Musicians

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