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Salif Keita

Pop, Others, Blues
95.2m all-time streams (6 Aug '26)
One of the African continent's best-loved artists, Malian afro-pop singer/songwriter Salif Keita found initial success in the 1970s as a member of both the Rail Band and Les Ambassadeurs before moving to Paris and launching a high-profile solo career in the mid-'80s.

Culturally rejected as a child for being an albino, Keita's talent and determination eventually led him to become known as the "Golden Voice of Africa." Albums like 1987's Soro, 1990's Amen, and 2002's Moffou were critical and commercial successes that combined Western sounds of jazz, funk, and pop with West African traditions and saw Keita working with collaborators as diverse as Joe Zawinul, Carlos Santana, Toumani Diabaté, and Cesária Évora.

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