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TIME released its list of the 100 Most Influential People for 2024 on Wednesday. The annual list, which asks cultural and political icons to highlight the changemakers of the past year, features dozens of athletes, entertainers, artists and politicians. Beninese music legend Angélique Kidjo wrote about Nigerian artist Burna Boy, who in turn wrote about rapper 21 Savage. Shawn Fain, UAW PresidentPresident Joe Biden wrote about Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, for TIME. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty ImagesAt just 25 years of age, Motaz Azaiza is the youngest person on this year’s TIME list.
Persons: Alex Rodriguez, Patrick Mahomes, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Raquel Willis, Elliot Page, Angélique Kidjo, Burna Boy, Taraji P, Henson, Coleman Domingo, Shawn Fain, Joe Biden, Tom Williams, ” Fain, Biden, , , Fain, ” Biden, Motaz Azaiza, Yasmeen Serhan, Mohammed Abed, Azaiza, Instagram, ” Serhan, CNN —, ” Azaiza, ” Jenni Hermoso, Jenni Hermoso, Mana Shim, Fran Santiago, Luis Rubiales, Hermoso’s, Rubiales, Hermoso, “ Hermoso, ” Shim, Sakshi Malik, Nisha Pahuja, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Manish Rajput, Malik, Singh, ” Malik, Bhushan Sharan Singh’s, , Yulia Navalnaya, Russia’s, Alexei Navalny, Kamala Harris, Monika Skolimowska, Alexey Navalny, Putin, “ Putin, Navalnaya, “ Navalnaya, ” Harris Organizations: CNN, TIME, United Auto Workers, UAW, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Getty, , UEFA Women's Nations League, UEFA, Spanish Women’s National Team, FIFA, Wrestling Federation of India, India Today, Delhi Locations: Dua Lipa, Gaza, AFP, Palestinian, Spanish, American, Indian, Rio ., Europe, Berlin, Paris, Hague, , Russian, Russia
The session was the Ghanaian’s first visit to Bob Marley’s iconic Tuff Gong Studio. I feel like I’m surrounded by the spirits of those who built here.”“Once upon a time, Bob Marley was probably sitting in the same spot that I am sitting in,” he added. Bob Marley performs onstage during a concert in Stockholm, Sweden, in the late 1970s. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Global CitizenUniting the Black diaspora through musicFrom Afrobeats to reggae, Stonebwoy has worked with musicians including Rick Ross, Beanie Man, Shaggy, Keri Hilson, Russ, Davido, and Angelique Kidjo, shining brightest when mentoring emerging artists. Until then, he has his eyes set on making sure the sounds of the Black diaspora continue to dominate worldwide.
Persons: CNN —, Stonebwoy, Shaggy, Sean Paul, Wyclef Jean, Bob Marley, Yohan Marley, Bob Marley’s, , riffing, Livingstone Etse Satekla, Ghana's Stonebwoy, ” Stonebwoy, , Stonebwoy’s, Jemal Countess, Rick Ross, Beanie, Keri Hilson, Russ, Davido, Angelique Kidjo, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Odumodublvck Organizations: CNN, Island Music Conference, Gong, Tuff Gong, Tuff Gong Studios, Global Citizen Festival, Getty, Global Citizen, BHIM, Burniton Music Locations: Ghanaian, Jamaica, Kingston, , Ghana, Africa, Caribbean, West African, Stockholm, Sweden, Hulton, Accra
At the center of that growth are newer genres of Afrobeats — the renowned blend of distinct West African music styles — and amapiano, which fuses South African kwaito with African jazz, house music and soulful vocals. The 2022 track became the first led by an African artist to hit 1 billion Spotify streams and has the record for the most weeks — 64 — spent on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart. And some tracks meld the genres under the African music umbrella. That reach is particularly interesting considering that African music is produced for its people, embodying all aspects of their lives from their culture and experiences to their struggles, LeriQ says. The continent leads mobile device web traffic in the world, according to the U.S. International Trade Administration, translating to more market opportunities for artists.
Persons: , Burna Boy’s, Rema’s, Selena Gomez, , Joey Akan, , Burna, , Musa Keys, Boy, Istanbul's, Rema, Davido, Tina Davis, Olamide's, Angélique Kidjo, LeriQ, Nay, Mitego, Chika Anene, gatekeepers, Eric Wainaina, G’bemi Ereku, Nigeria —, Jhello, ” ___ Mureithi, Maria Sherman Organizations: FIFA, International Federation of, Phonographic Industry's, Spotify, Afrobeats Intelligence, UEFA Champions League, Pew Research, U.S . International Trade Administration, United, Afro Nation, AP Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Nigerian, Saharan Africa, African, South Africa, Africa, Tanzania, Abuja, Kenyan, Lagos, United States, Statista, Nairobi, Kenya, Johannesburg, Los Angeles
Taylor Swift holds the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with her latest remake, while Jung Kook of BTS opens at No. “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” a rerecording of Swift’s nine-year-old LP, stays at No. 1 for a second time after a huge debut, when the new edition topped the opening-week sales of the original. Jung Kook, the latest member of the K-pop kings BTS to release a solo album during the group’s hiatus, starts at No. 2 with “Golden,” which notched nearly 42 million streams and sold 128,500 copies as a complete album, mostly on CD.
Persons: Taylor Swift, Jung Kook, Jimmy Buffett, , Jung Kook —, Jungkook —, Latto, Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Angélique Kidjo, — Paul McCartney Organizations: BTS Locations: United States
When the center was being built, Mr. O’Farrill was part of an advisory committee of artists; he urged the center to pay close attention to acoustics. He’s a very thoughtful man, and he’s looking to expand the conversation on what performing arts is, what elitism does to the arts. Maybe you make it by bringing music that’s just so incredible that everybody wants to get on the subway and go down there. For a performing arts center to support that speaks straight to my heart. And we have the place called the Perelman Center right next to ground zero that is open to the whole world.
Persons: Arturo O’Farrill, O’Farrill, , ” Mr, “ That’s, He’s, ” Laurie Anderson, , , it’s, that’s, Ms, Kidjo, I’ve Organizations: , Refuge, Jazz Alliance, clarion, Perelman Center Locations: New York City, Americas, Europe, Paris, Benin, Brooklyn
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAngélique Kidjo on how her Batonga foundation helps women and girlsMusic superstar Angélique Kidjo talks about how her Batonga foundation evolved into an organization that now helps women entrepreneurs.
Persons: Angélique Kidjo
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe 'trauma' of having to flee my home country is still with me: Angélique KidjoMusic superstar Angélique Kidjo tells Tania Bryer how she fled Benin to escape the communist government.
Persons: Angélique Kidjo, Tania Bryer Locations: Benin
BBC a dezvăluit lista sa cu cele 100 de femei care şi-au pus amprenta asupra lumii în anul 2020, unul dintre cei mai complicaţi pe plan internaţional. Topul „BBC 100 de femei în 2020” conţine nume din diverse domenii, de la politiciene şi cercetătoare până la activiste, căntăreţe şi sportive. În top se mai află o scriitoare care a documentat viaţa din Wuhan în perioada izolării şi o autoare-compozitoare-interpretă care a luat atitudine pe tema violenţelor împotriva femeii. Sviatlana Ţihanouskaia, femeia care a îndrăznit să lupte împotriva lui Aleksandr Lukaşenko, cunoscut ca „ultimul dictator” al Europei”, se află la rândul ei în topul BBC. Sunt 100 de femei care conduc schimbarea şi fac diferenţa în aceste vremuri tulburi, notează BBC în prezentarea listei.
Persons: Jane Fonda, Sarah Gilbert, Oxford, Sviatlana, Aleksandr Lukaşenko Organizations: BBC Locations: activiste, Finlandei, Europei
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