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Meshell Ndegeocello

1968 - Today

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Meshell Ndegeocello ( mish-EL ən-DAY-gay-oh-CHEL-oh; born Michelle Lynn Johnson on August 29, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae and rock. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, being nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, and winning three. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Meshell Ndegeocello is the 1,644th most popular musician (up from 2,835th in 2024), the 5,030th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,391st in 2019) and the 86th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 1,644 out of 3,175. Before her are Daniel Viglietti, K. S. Chithra, Bill Frisell, Richard Rodney Bennett, Hubert Sumlin, and Benno Moiseiwitsch. After her are John Levén, Graham Gouldman, Hyde, Theodore Thomas, Laura Fygi, and Buddy DeFranco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 255. Before her are Vano Merabishvili, Stephen Mangan, Cătălin Predoiu, Howard Donald, Bülent Korkmaz, and Kyle Eastwood. After her are Kiyohiko Azuma, Ken Akamatsu, Yasmine Pahlavi, Jamie Hewlett, Sergei Lukyanenko, and Ishtar.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 5,033 out of 7,253. Before her are Hans Rademacher (1892), Friedrich Engel (1861), Chris Roberts (1944), Waldemar Tietgens (1879), Peter Gilmore (1931), and Carl Koldewey (1837). After her are Stanislaw Tillich (1959), Konrad Weise (1951), Kurt Thomas (1904), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), Brother Alois (1954), and Peter Härtling (1933).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Meshell Ndegeocello ranks 86. Before her are Sabine Meyer (1959), Horst Stein (1928), Francis Buchholz (1954), Roland Grapow (1959), Reinhold Mack (1901), and C418 (1989). After her are Theodore Thomas (1835), Robert Hausmann (1852), Manuel Göttsching (1952), Nick Menza (1964), Matthias Reim (1957), and Shantel (1968).

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