Wily Mignon
Wilfried (29 April 1986 – 4 February 2025), better known by the stage name Wily Mignon, was a Beninese singer, composer, and arranger.
Also recorded as Mignon E. Wilfried
Wily Mignon
- Name
- Wily Mignon
- Birth Name
- Mignon E.
- Born
- 29 April 1986
- Birthplace
- Parakou, Benin
- Died
- 4 February 2025
- Place of death
- Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
- Occupation
- Singer, composer
- Nationality
- Benin
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Wilfried (29 April 1986 – 4 February 2025), better known by the stage name Wily Mignon, was a Beninese singer, composer, and arranger.
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Wily Mignon (1986–2025) was a composer, music arranger and singer, a national of Benin. The composer was born in Parakou and died in Ouagadougou.
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• Name — Wily Mignon • Birth Name — Mignon E. Wilfried • Born — 29 April 1986 • Birthplace — Parakou, Benin • Died — 4 February 2025 • Place of death — Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso • Occupation — Singer, composer
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Parakou on 29 April 1986, Mignon began his musical work with his sisters in Ouidah, where he was a school orchestra conductor. While living in Porto-Novo, he was a bassist and launched an album in June 2007. He then entered into a relationship with the singer Dossi, but the couple separated in 2021.
Death
Death
Wily Mignon died in Ouagadougou on 4 February 2025, at the age of 38.
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Parakou.
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Ouagadougou.
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Discography
• Mindédji • Lintchin • Mimanonwlao
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- 1.Adanle, Angèle M. Bénin: décès de l'artiste chanteur Willy Mignon à Ouagadougou. Bénin Web TV. 4 February 2025.
- 2.Wily Mignon. Music in Africa. 4 April 2020.
- 3.Singer – Wily Mignon. Africa Musika.
- 4.Adanle, Angèle M. Bénin: comment Willy Mignon appelle Patrice Talon à la réconciliation (photo). ivoirwebtv. 5 August 2020.
- 5.Ribouis, Olivier. Dossi La princesse : " je ne regrette rien de ma séparation avec Willy Mignon". Banouto. 23 February 2022.
- 6.Houssou, Rachida. Era-defining Benin musician dies aged 39. BBC News. 5 February 2025.
- 7.MUSIQUES / Willy Mignon. My Addictive.
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