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Viviane Ndour (born Viviane Chidid) is a Senegalese pop singer. She is known by some as the "Queen of Mbalax. Ndour was born in Mbour, Senegal, one of the coastal cities near the Atlantic Ocean.
Her father is from Lebanon and her mother is from Mauritania. Her grandmother from her mother's side is from Mali. 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.
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