Best-of 2020 in video

This end-of-year list includes performances at the Grammy’s, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert, as well as duets with Yoyo Ma, Yemi Alade, Sting, Ibrahim Malouf, Peter Gabriel, Ezra Koenig, and Josh Groban.
 
 
 
 
 
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JANUARY

Grammy Performance of Afirika

Angelique Kidjo sing Afirika at the 62nd Grammy Ceremony on January 26th 2020.
 
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FEBRUARY

Angelique and Yoyo Ma for the #SongsOfConfort series

With this version of Bella Bellow’s “Blewu” with my 🎻 friend @Yo-Yo Ma, I want to thank all the people out there who are making our life in confinement possible! Sending lots of Love and blessings to everyone 😘 Cette chanson pour tous ceux qui nous permettent de vivre en confinement #SongsOfComfort #StayHome #WithMe
 
 
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MARCH

Angelique’s duet with Yemi Alade

Effyzzie Music Group presents the official video for "SHEKERE" by African superstar Yemi Alade featuring African legend and Grammy award winner Angelique Kidjo.
 
 
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APRIL

No Pata Pata Unicef video seen 24 millions time on Facebook

The official music video of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo’s Pata Pata, a fresh take on Miriam Makeba’s 1967 hit song. Once called the “world’s most defiantly joyful song”, Pata Pata has been re-recorded by Kidjo to spread information about COVID-19, with a focus on hundreds of millions of people in remote communities around the world. Download the song here: https://angeliquekidjo.lnk.to/PataPata
 
 
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MAY

Angelique and Sting for the David Lynch Foundation

This free benefit celebration and concert, "Meditate America,” honors "Peace On Earth Award” recipient, Dr. Tony Nader, and features performances by Sting, Angelique Kidjo, Graham Nash, Elvis Costello, Kesha, Jim James, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Co-hosts include Hugh Jackman, Deborra-lee Furness, Katy Perry, as well as ABC’s Good Morning America George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, and Dr. Jennifer Ashton.
 
 
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JUNE

Gimme Shelter for Rolling Stone Magazine

The latest episode of In My Room stars one of the greatest artists in international music today: Angelique Kidjo, who calls herself a “daughter of independence” because her native Benin and 16 other West African nations got their independence from France about two weeks after her birthday, which is July 14th.
 
 
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JULY

Beds Are Burning for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Four-time GRAMMY Award winner and international sensation Angelique Kidjo hits the #PlayAtHome stage with an amazing and timely cover of "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil. Check out all of her music on http://www.kidjo.com/ #StephenAtHome #PlayAtHome #AngéliqueKidjo
 
 
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AUGUST

The Marseillaise for Angelique’s birthday under the Eiffel tower

Angelique Kidjo - La Marseillaise - July 14 2020 - Concert de Paris
 
 
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SEPTEMBER

Angelique and Ibrahim Maalouf at the Basilique de St Denis

Angelique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf - Omidje - Basilique Saint Denis - Festival de Saint Denis 2020
 
 
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OCTOBER

Angelique's duet with Peter Gabriel for Playing For Change

Let's re-imagine a ‘united’ world connected by music. Join Playing For Change and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice, presented by Corning® Gorilla® Glass in partnership with Gibson and produced by Playing For Change and Blackbird Presents.
 
 
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NOVEMBER

Duet with Ezra Koenig for the Batonga Foundation.

Duet with Ezra Koenig for the Batonga Foundation.
 
 
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DECEMBER

Duet with Josh Groban

Josh Groban - Angelique Kidjo - February Song for the Batonga Foundation
 
 
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