Aya Nakamura gave a grand performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony when she performed two of her hit songs, “Pookie” and“Djadja” as well as Charles Aznavour's “For Me Formidable." On ...

Aya Nakamura was born in the former French colony of Mali, raised in France and is widely considered the most streamed female Francophone artist in the world. The 28-year-old, as well as being Malian, ...

She may be the most listened-to French female singer in the world, but is Aya Nakamura the right fit for the Paris Olympics? President Emmanuel Macron's reported idea that the 28-year-old ...

Earlier this year, the news of a possible Aya Nakamura performance at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games triggered a massive controversy in France. The speculations also led to Nakamura ...

The singer Aya Nakamura during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on the Passerelle des Arts, July 26, 2024. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP On March 8, 2024, as rumors swirled that Aya Nakamura ...

Choosing Aya Nakamura to perform Edith Piaf songs for the 2024 Olympics amounts to “humiliating the French”, according to the far right National Rally leader, Marine Le Pen. Aya Nakamura has not yet ...

With her mix of urban and Afropop sounds, street slang from the banlieues, or suburbs of northern Paris, the 25-year-old singer has had hit after hit over the last three years. Her latest song "Jolie ...