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Faudel
Faudel Belloua ( ar, فُضيل بيلوى; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' 1,2,3 Soleils'' jointly with Khaled and Rachid Taha. Biography Early years Born in Mantes-la-Jolie, a suburb of Paris, and raised by Algerian-born immigrant parents in the ''Val Fourré'' neighborhood, the young Faudel was introduced to Algerian raï by his grandmother who performed regularly in Oran with the , groups of female musicians who play traditional folk raï at weddings and other family occasions. It was Amaria, Faudel's grandmother, who was largely responsible for teaching him traditional raï rhythms during the summer holidays in Algeria. His first public singing experience was during a family wedding celebration in Oran, Algeria. Faudel started to cover the popular tracks by Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami at 12, after which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1,2,3 Soleils
1, 2, 3 Soleils (1, 2, 3 Suns) is a live album performed by Algerian artists Rachid Taha, Khaled (musician), Khaled and Faudel, widely hailed as the three masters of raï music. The concert, a unique event, took place in 1998 in Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, and the songs consisted of the most famous from all three artists plus a few Algerian classics. All 23 were divided into two discs, produced and arranged by Steve Hillage, released by Barclay Records, Barclay in 1999. The album has attained 2× gold Music recording sales certification, certification and the DVD video has attained gold Music recording sales certification, certification from Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique. A shortened US one compact disc release of the album was released by Ark 21. Track listing Professional rating Allmusic rated it 4 out of 5. Personnel Khaled, Faudel and Rachid Taha were supported by: * Zachary Alford - drums * Aziz Ben Salam - ney flute * Elsa Benabdallah - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samra (album)
Samra ''(''Arabic : سمرة) is the second studio album by the French raï singer Faudel. released on February 6, 2001. Description The album contains 13 tracks produced by Nabil Khalidi and Goh Hotoda and most of the songs are composed by Faudel, he will also be joined by his friend, the composer of "''Tellement je t'aime''" Samir Bouchakara, which composes two titles: ''Je me souviens'' and ''Mantes-la-Jolie''. The album is distinguished by a strong desire for musical mixing and builds a bridge between North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ... and the world because it contains many musical styles Like techno-funk in ''Rohi'', hip-hop in ''Mantes la jolie'', and arabic folklore in ''Paris - Le Caire''. Track list #"Lila" (3:56) #"Aveugle par l'amour" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Pays (Faudel Song)
"Mon Pays" is a 2006 song recorded by French-born artist Faudel Faudel Belloua ( ar, فُضيل بيلوى; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' .... It was the first single from his album ''Mundial Corrida'', produced by Fred Chateau and Volodia. Released on 13 November 2006, the song was a huge hit in France and Belgium (Wallonia). Song information In this song, Faudel affirms his double French and Algerian identity and celebrates his two cultures. This song received extensive airplay on radio and TV (number 29 on the 2006 Airplay Chart and number 19 on the TV Chart). In France, the single debuted directly at number one on 11 November 2006, then dropped and remained for ten weeks in the top ten and 38 weeks on the chart."Mon Pays", French Singles CharLescharts.com(Retrieved 11 November 2008) As of August 2014, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaled (musician)
Khaled Hadj Ibrahim ( ar, خالد حاج إبراهيم, ; born 29 February 1960), better known by his mononym Khaled ( ar, link=no, خالد), is an Algerian raï singer, musician and songwriter born in Oran. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (, Arabic for "Young" Khaled, with "Cheb" as a common title for male Raï singers). Khaled is one of the most important musicians in the history of Raï music in his native Algeria and is one the world's best-known Arab singers. To date, Khaled has sold over 80.5 million albums (10 diamond, platinum, and gold) worldwide, making him one of the bestselling Arabic-language singers in history. Among his most famous songs are " Aïcha", " Didi", "El Arbi", " Abdel Kader", " La Poupée qui fait non", "Wahran Wahran", "Bakhta", " C'est la vie", and "Alech Taadi". He holds the Guinness World Record for Best-selling artist of raï music. Early life Khaled Hadj Ibrahim was born on 29 February 1960 in Oran's Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happenstance (film)
''Happenstance'' is a 2000 French film directed by Laurent Firode and starring Audrey Tautou and Faudel. The film is also known as ''The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings'', a literal translation of its original French title, ''Le battement d'ailes du papillon''. The title references the butterfly effect from chaos theory which is quoted at greater length by one of the characters in the film. Synopsis Audrey Tautou plays shop assistant Irène, who on the way to work takes a seat on the Paris metro opposite an older woman who tries to interview her for a marketing survey. On hearing that Irène's birthdate is 11 March 1977, the woman reads her horoscope: today she'll meet her true love, but she must be patient. After she leaves the metro, a young man sitting alongside (Faudel) tells the older woman he was born on the same day and asks her to read the rest of the horoscope. The film then traces a range of characters of diverse ages, ethnicities and social status whose daily liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Assaf
Mohammad Jaber Abdul Rahman Assaf ( ar, محمد جبر عبدالرحمن عساف; born 1 September 1989)Interview with Mohammed Assaf's mother on Sayyidati magazine is a pop singer well known for being the winner of the second season of '' |
Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko ( uk, Ольга Костянтинівна Куриленко; born 14 November 1979) is a Ukrainian and French actress and model. She started her acting career in 2005, and first found success as an actress for her role as Nika Boronina in the film adaptation of the video game ''Hitman'' (2007). She is known as Bond girl Camille Montes in the 22nd James Bond film, ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), and as Taskmaster in '' Black Widow'' (2021). She starred in Terrence Malick's '' To the Wonder'' (2012), Martin McDonagh's dark comedy ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), the Tom Cruise science fiction film '' Oblivion'' (2013), Armando Iannucci's political satire ''The Death of Stalin'' (2017), and Terry Gilliam's '' The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' (2018). Early life Kurylenko was born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Her father, Konstantin, is Ukrainian, and her mother, Marina Alyabusheva, who teaches art and is an exhibited artist, was born in Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raï
Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed to ''sheikh'' (Arabic: شيخ) ('' shaykh'', i.e. old), the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradition arose in the city of Oran, primarily among the poor. Traditionally sung by men, by the end of the 20th century, female singers had become common. The lyrics of Raï have concerned social issues such as disease and the policing of European colonies that affected native populations.Gross, Joan, David McMurray, and Ted Swedenburg. "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Raï, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities." Diaspora 3:1 (1994): 3- 39. Reprinted in The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader, ed. by Jonathan Xavier and Renato Rosaldo, History Origins Raï is a type of Algerian popular music that arose in the 1920s in the port city of Oran, and that self-con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baïda (Faudel Album)
Baida may refer to: Places * Al Bayda' (other) (Arabic "white"), place name disambiguation *Ramlet al-Baida public beach in Beirut along the southern end of the Corniche Beirut promenade People * Dmitri Baida (Байда) Russian professional football player * Peter Baida (1950-1999) American short story writer *Baida (folklore), Dmytro Vyshnevetsky Dmytro Ivanovych Vyshnevetsky ( uk, Дмитро Іванович Вишневе́цький; russian: Дмитрий Иванович Вишневе́цкий; pl, Dymitr Wiśniowiecki) was a magnate of Ruthenian (Ukrainian) origin and an organi ... Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks, also known as Baida in Ukrainian folk songs Music * ''Baïda'' (album), 1997, by Faudel * ''Baida'' (Ralph Alessi album), 2012 See also * Beida (other) * Bayda (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoires De La Musique
Victoires de la Musique (; en, Victories of Music) is an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The classical and jazz versions are the Victoires de la musique classique and ''Victoires du Jazz''. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony. The awards are the French equivalent to the Grammy Awards and the Brit Awards for music, and it is one of the major awards in France, along with Nuits des Molières for stage performances, and the César Award for motion pictures. The first Victoires de la Musique ceremony was held in 1985, and it was set up to honor musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1985. Background The title trophies and nominees for each are established annually by the ''Board of Directors of the As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantes-la-Jolie
Mantes-la-Jolie (, often informally called Mantes) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of north-central France. It is located to the west of Paris, from the centre of the capital. Mantes-la-Jolie is a subprefecture; in 2016, it had a population of 44,231. History Mantes was halfway between the centres of power of the dukes of Normandy at Rouen and the Kings of France at Paris. Along with most of northern France, it changed hands frequently in the Hundred Years' War. Philip Augustus died at Mantes, 14 July 1223. Louis XIV instituted the manufacture of musical instruments in Mantes, and it was chosen as the centre of brass and woodwind instrument manufacture. In the 19th century, painters were attracted to the town, particularly Corot, whose paintings of the bridge and the cathedral are celebrated. Prokofiev spent the summer of 1920 there orchestrating the ballet ''Chout''. Originally officially called Mantes-sur-Seine (meaning "Mantes upon Sei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raï
Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed to ''sheikh'' (Arabic: شيخ) ('' shaykh'', i.e. old), the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradition arose in the city of Oran, primarily among the poor. Traditionally sung by men, by the end of the 20th century, female singers had become common. The lyrics of Raï have concerned social issues such as disease and the policing of European colonies that affected native populations.Gross, Joan, David McMurray, and Ted Swedenburg. "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Raï, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities." Diaspora 3:1 (1994): 3- 39. Reprinted in The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader, ed. by Jonathan Xavier and Renato Rosaldo, History Origins Raï is a type of Algerian popular music that arose in the 1920s in the port city of Oran, and that self-con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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