Coumba Gawlo | |
Birth Date: | 1972 1, df=y |
Origin: | Dakar, Senegal |
Genre: | Mbalax, folk, pop, acoustic |
Occupation: | Singer, songwriter, composer, dancer |
Years Active: | 1986–present |
Label: | Sabar |
Website: | www.coumbagawlo.com |
Coumba Gawlo Seck is a Senegalese singer-songwriter and composer who was born in February 1972 in Tivaouane. She is the second best selling Senegalese singer in Senegal after Youssou N'Dour. Her greatest success was a version of "Pata Pata", a platinum single which was number one for two weeks in Belgium and sold 50,000 copies one day in France in 1998.