Paul Simon-"Graceland" (1986)

By the early 1980s Paul Simon had released two mediocre and partly disappointing albums that had relegated them to popularity levels far below their status as a pop star.
Towards the middle of the decade Paul Simon overhears a cassette of South African groups from the suburbs of Soweto.
From this point on, Simon became interested in that music and considered recording an album where he mixed those African songs and his personal creativity.
The result was an incredible interracial work that mixed the roots of American music, pop, a cappella music, rock and traditional sounds such as isicathamiya and mbaqanga, in addition to receiving strong influences from South African musicians such as Johnny Clegg.
The vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and other great African and North American musicians participate actively in the album: Youssou N´Dour, Randy Brecker, Steve Gadd or Adrian Belew among many others.
"Graceland" won four platinum albums for its sales and the Grammy award for best album of 1986, in addition to putting Paul Simon on the path of success after a few years disappeared from the charts.