The Most Famous
SINGERS from Guinea
This page contains a list of the greatest Guinean Singers. The pantheon dataset contains 4,381 Singers, 1 of which were born in Guinea. This makes Guinea the birth place of the 102nd most number of Singers behind Costa Rica, and French Guiana.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Guinean Singers of all time. This list of famous Guinean Singers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mory Kanté (1950 - 2020)
With an HPI of 57.57, Mory Kanté is the most famous Guinean Singer. His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.
Mory Kanté (29 March 1950 – 22 May 2020) was a Guinean vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was best known internationally for his 1987 hit song "Yé ké yé ké", which reached number-one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain. The album it came from, Akwaba Beach, was the best-selling African record of its time.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Guinean singers born between 1950 and 1950. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Guinean singers include Mory Kanté.
