Angelique Kidjo - Agolo • TopPop

Angélique Kidjo (born July 14, 1960) is a Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter, and activist from Benin, widely regarded as one of Africa’s most influential global artists, blending West African traditions with pop, funk, jazz, and Latin influences. One of her breakthrough songs, “We We,” became a club and radio hit worldwide, reaching the UK Top 50 and charting strongly on US dance charts, helping introduce African pop to a broader audience. Her 1994 breakthrough song “Agolo” addresses climate change and deforestation. “I wanted people to dance, but also to think,” Kidjo later said. “Agolo” became a worldwide hit, charting across Europe and the United States and earning heavy rotation on MTV. Kidjo has sold millions of records worldwide and earned multiple Grammy Awards. Beyond music, she is a prominent humanitarian and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. This recording is from Dutch program TROS TV Show and broadcasted on March 18, 1994. (d2026)Watch our great music videos ? https://goo.gl/feVLNNMore TopPop? Subscribe here ? https://goo.gl/X9FOAUMore info on Wikipedia ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopPopBroadcast date: March 18, 1994. This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives.AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988.AVROTROS BroadcastingPO Box 21200 JA HilversumThe NetherlandsTopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.