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Rock the Vote: 20 Musicians Turned Politicians
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The latest musician to attempt this is Youssou N'Dour. The Grammy-winning Senegalese singer -- best known to pop music fans as Neneh Cherry's duet partner on '7 Seconds' -- recently declared his plans to run for president in his country's upcoming election due to overwhelming demand from his supporters.
"For a long time, men and women have demonstrated their optimism, dreaming of a new Senegal. They have, in various ways, called for my candidacy... I listened, I heard," N'Dour said, promising to provide food, electricity, health and education for all.
In honour of N'Dour's candidacy, we've compiled a list of 20 other musicians who left the stage to run for office.
- Wyclef Jean
- Jon Hunstman Jr.
- Krist Novoselic
- Martha Reeves
- Andrew Cash
- Peter Garrett
- John Hall
- Sonny Bono
- Ruben Blades
- Michel Martelly
- Luther Campbell
- Jon Gnarr
- Jello Biafra
- Fela Kuti
- Gilberto Gil
- Einar Orn
- Dave Rowntree
- Helen Reddy
- Andry Rajoelina
- Ruslana
- TV Stars Who Moonlight as Musicians
- Joey Lawrence
- John Barrowman
- Brent Spiner
- Paris Hilton
- Hugh Laurie
- Katey Sagal
- David Hasselhoff
- William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols
- Janet Jackson
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- Amy Winehouse
- Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel
- Gerry Rafferty
- Broadcast's Trish Keenan
- Charlie Louvin
- The White Stripes
- Nate Dogg
- Ferlin Husky
- LCD Soundsystem
- TV on the Radio's Gerard Smith
- Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Martin Rushent
- Jack White and Karen Elson
- The Coasters' Carl Gardner
- Clarence Clemons
- Motorhead's Michael 'Wurzel' Burston
- Rilo Kiley
- Warrant's Jani Lane
- Jerry Leiber
- R.E.M.
- DJ Mehdi
- Steve Jobs
- Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore
- Cory 'Flattus Maximus' Smoot
- Heavy D
- The Streets
- Hubert Sumlin
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