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Benin singer Angelique Kidjo won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, one of Europeโ€™s top music prizes on Tuesday along with Britainโ€™s Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, and Estonian composer Arvo Part.

The five-times Grammy winner, described by the organisers of Swedenโ€™s Polar Music Prize as โ€œone of the greatest singer-songwriters in international musicโ€, sings in native Fon and Yoruba languages as well as in French and English.

Dubbed โ€œAfricaโ€™s premier divaโ€ by Time magazine, she is best known for her hits โ€œAgoloโ€ and โ€œWe Weโ€.

Blackwell founded the Island Records label in Jamaica that went on to sign such legendary stars as Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Roxy Music and U2.

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