Artist · chart history
Mory Kante
Solo artist Kissidougou
Mory Kante is an artist from Kissidougou. Mory Kante has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1988. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Ye Ke Ye Ke”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Mory Kante most often is Live 105 (San Francisco, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1988.
Mory Kanté, born in Kissidougou, Guinea, in 1950, played the kora, the West African harp, and sang with a voice that could cut through a dance floor. He played in the Super Rail Band, and on his own he had a knack for turning the kora loose inside modern, pulsing pop.
"Yé ké yé ké" is the one the world knows: a hypnotic, stomping groove with the kora chiming against the beat, the kind of record that made dancers everywhere forget they didn't understand a word. It went to number one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands and Spain and even landed on rock countdowns, and his album Akwaba Beach became the best-selling African record of its time. Kanté died in 2020.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Mory Kante on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye Ke Ye Ke | 2 | #5 | – | 1988 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 5 | Ye Ke Ye Ke | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 |
| 1988 | 14 | Ye Ke Ye Ke | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1988 |
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