2023 Polar Music Prize (2)
Reason for Award
"A unique and unstoppable artist and songwriter. Angélique Kidjo speaks and sings in five languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, Goun and English"
Laureates
Angélique Kidjo
Benin
Other works in the same year
- "As a record producer and genuine music lover, Chris Blackwell has been one of the key figures in the development of popular music for half a century"
- "Composer Arvo Pärt has likened his music to white light. It is in the encounter with the prism of the listener's soul that all colors become visible. Anyone who has heard his laconic, reduced compositions will understand this perfectly."