Angelique Kidjo Wins a Grammy, at Image Awards

Monday February 11, 2008

Last night at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards Angelique Kidjo won her first Grammy, for best contemporary world music album, after five nominations. She dedicated her award to her parents in Benin, to the African continent, to “the women of Darfur, the women who are fighting every day to give their kids an education,” and to late Billboard editor Timothy White, whom she said encouraged her from the earliest days of her stateside career. With the Grammy win, “I really believe I can do anything,” said Kidjo, who starts a U.S. and European tour at the end of February. from Billboard

Angelique Kidjo will be performing a song from her Grammy Award winning album, Djin Djin, at the 39th annual NAACP Image Awards. The Image Awards will be broadcast live Thursday Feb 14th at 8pm EST on FOX.

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Amame Como Soy	3:26	Omara Portuondo
Television	7:07	Baaba Maal
Tounka (Tchamantche)	3:09	Rokia Traoré
Ingots	3:53	Kaki King
My Heart	4:00	Lizz Wright
Dala	3:51	Dobet Gnahoré
I Like It That Way	3:10	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Siboney (Notes From The Village)	8:22	Anat Cohen
Fats (live)	3:36	Dave Douglas
Radio Song (clip)	1:01	Esperanza Spalding
Good Times	4:34	Richard Bona
Red Winged Black Bird	2:56	Kathy Mattea
Move On Up feat. John Legend	3:46	Angélique Kidjo
Newspaper Angels	3:16	Jenny Scheinman
The Jolly Seven-Rascal on the Haystack	3:52	Cherish The Ladies
After You've Gone (Clarinetwork)	8:17	Anat Cohen
Vijay Iyer, Solo - Patterns	8:31	Vijay Iyer
Passport	5:27	Joe Lovano
Crazy Stuff	5:01	Tineke Postma
Next Generation	4:03	Raul Midón
Trio Blues	4:16	John Scofield
Ixegezi	2:12	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Women Gather	2:31	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Sagal Ko	3:35	Youssou N'Dour
Stepping Out	4:48	Kurt Elling
Jabula	5:08	Vusi Mahlasela
Song For Mia	4:53	Lizz Wright
Ca Jé	3:49	Caetano Veloso
Say It Loud LIVE	1:02	Still Black, Still Proud
Thalaza	4:00	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
St. James Infirmary (Clarinetwork)	10:16	Anat Cohen
Funky Good Time LIVE	0:50	Still Black, Still Proud
Silencio	4:11	Ojos De Brujo
Black Gold	5:17	Esperanza Spalding
Are We A Nation	3:58	Sweet Honey In The Rock
Remember Fela	4:24	Gangbé Brass Band
Thula Mama	3:42	Vusi Mahlasela
Playing with Pink Noise	3:02	Kaki King
Regalo De Dios	5:29	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Jho Avido	3:58	Dobet Gnahoré
Before the Snow	4:17	Tineke Postma
Zen Remix	3:34	Rokia Traoré
Don't Take It That Way	3:12	Raul Midón
Jump Up	5:48	Jason Moran
Woza	4:24	Vusi Mahlasela
Noubioto	3:43	Gangbé Brass Band
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Victory! (Big Noise)	3:33	Street Drum Corps
Footprints	7:55	Wayne Shorter
Todo Tiende	4:26	Ojos De Brujo
Mood Indigo		Avishai Cohen
One Man's Idea		Avishai Cohen
Wari	4:16	Habib Koite
Allure & Destruct (Big Noise)	4:04	Street Drum Corps
MSMW - Little Walter Rides Again	3:55	John Scofield
"The Littlest Prisoner" w/Bruce Cockburn	4:09	Jenny Scheinman
Super America	2:27	The Bad Plus
Chalomot Shel Acherim	3:40	Idan Raichel
I Was Young When I Left Home	5:31	Jenny Scheinman
RFK in the Land of Apartheid	4:10	Jason Moran
Cucurrucu Paloma	4:01	Caetano Veloso
Solipsist	2:31	Kaki King
Just My Imagination	4:53	Dianne Reeves
The Mooch	7:16	3 Cohens
ODJus Fitxadu	3:25	Idan Raichel
Din Don Dan LIVE	1:14	Still Black, Still Proud
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (live)	7:32	Dave Douglas
Vijay Iyer Trio - Historicity	7:50	Vijay Iyer
Veil of Tears	14:24	Overtone Quartet
Náo Me Diga Adeus (All One)	2:47	Oscar Castro-Neves
Revolt (Big Noise)	3:53	Street Drum Corps
I-10 (James Farm)	4:32	Joshua Redman
Adios Felicidad	3:16	Omara Portuondo
J Blues (Notes From The Village)	7:08	Anat Cohen
Sweet Thames Flow Softly	5:21	Irish Homecoming
Stand By Me	6:04	Playing For Change
Morning Bell	5:42	Chris Potter
Old Brooklyn (Crossing the Field)	3:42	Jenny Scheinman
Prime Directive	7:46	Dave Holland
Zulu Laduma	3:02	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
When I Fall	3:55	Lizz Wright
Bonnie's Song	3:15	Raul Midón
Zelie	2:04	Angélique Kidjo
Birdyard	1:48	Joe Lovano
Anna Eco (Crossing the Field)	4:01	Jenny Scheinman
Ae Ae	3:31	Angélique Kidjo
Today Will Be A Good Day	5:09	Dianne Reeves
Joy Ryder	11:20	Wayne Shorter
Manalyuca	6:30	McCoy Tyner
You Make Me (Live)	5:15	Becca Stevens
Tiger Rag	4:07	3 Cohens
Redemption Song	4:10	Playing For Change
The Man I Love (Tchamantche)	4:44	Rokia Traoré
Higher Ground	4:46	Playing For Change
Peace on Earth	5:05	Saxophone Summit
Touba - Daru Salaam	5:49	Youssou N'Dour
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out	5:22	Becca Stevens
Barbados	6:20	Joe Lovano
Fire Waltz	4:36	Jason Moran
1981 (James Farm)	8:52	Joshua Redman
The Jolly Seven / Rascal on the Haystack	3:52	Irish Homecoming
Batoumambe	4:13	Habib Koite
Polliwog (James Farm)	8:22	Joshua Redman
African Cowboy	5:07	Richard Bona
The Razor's Edge	6:18	Dave Holland
Coal Tattoo	3:18	Kathy Mattea
The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore	4:13	Kathy Mattea
Nakamokhura	4:07	Vusi Mahlasela
I'll Notice (Live)	6:03	Becca Stevens
Things Behind the Sun	4:37	Brad Mehldau
Mr. PC ft. John Scofield (Guitars)	6:23	McCoy Tyner
Leave Me A Place Underground	5:32	Tineke Postma
Chilla que Tiemble		Depedro
Como Baila Mi Mulata	5:42	Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Refavela	5:56	Gilberto Gil
Dakar Moon	3:15	Baaba Maal
The Wheel	7:01	Chris Potter
Sport	3:02	Altan
Sweet Thames Flow Softly	5:21	Cherish The Ladies
You Are	7:10	The Bad Plus
Baby, I Love You feat. Dianne Reeves	3:10	Angélique Kidjo
Knives Out	8:29	Brad Mehldau
Greensleeves ft. Derek Trucks (Guitars)	6:14	McCoy Tyner
I'm a Soldier	1:33	John Scofield
Step To It	19:52	Overtone Quartet
Cacadores de Emocoes		Terri Lyne Carrington
She'eriot Shel Ha'Chaim	3:06	Idan Raichel
Mosaic Triad		Terri Lyne Carrington

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