Viviane ndour biography

Senegalese pop singer

Musical artist

Viviane (born Viviane Chidid) is a Senegalese pop singer who is the former backing vocalist and former sister-in-law of Youssou N'Dour.

Viviane is known as the queen or reine of Senegalese music.^[1] Her music combines traditional Senegalese mbalax music with elements of U.S. rap, R&B and Country music. She released her first album in 1999 and formed a group called Le Jolof Band in 2001.

Most of her songs are in either Wolof or English though a few are in French, the official language of Senegal.

Viviane ndour biography

On March 31, 2012 the label Wonda Music of producer Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis signed her to his recording label. Since then, Viviane has been working with Jerry Wonda and her album was released in 2015.

Personal life

Chidid was born in Mbour, Senegal on 29 September 1973.

Her father is from Lebanon and her mother is from Mauritania. Her grandmother from her mother's side is from Mali. She was born Christian, but no