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Abderrahmane Abdelli Abderrahmane Abdelli (born April 2, 1958) is a Berber author, composer, and singer songwriter known for mixing the traditional North African music of his homeland with modern sounds. Biography Abdelli was born in Mechta Behalil, a hamlet in the ...
, musician *
Ahmad Baba Rachid Rachid Baba Ahmed ( ar, رشيد بابا أحمد; 20 August 1946 – 15 February 1995) was an Algerian record producer, composer, and singer involved in the regional genre known as raï. He was credited with the international popularization of ...
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Amar Ezzahi Amar Ezzahi (1 January 1941 – 30 November 2016) was an Algerian singer and mandole player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers. Early life Amar Ezzahi was born as Amar Ait-Zaï in Ain El Hammam, a village of Kabyli ...
, singer of Chaabi music


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* Bellemou Messaoud * Boualem Boukacem, singer, poet, musician


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Cheb Mami Mohamed Khelifati ( ar, محمد خليفاتي, ), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami ( ar, شاب مامي, link=no, , born 11 July 1966), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometim ...
, prince of
Raï Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...
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Cheikha Rimitti Cheikha Rimitti ( ar, شيخة ريميتي) (born سعدية الغيزانية Saadia El Ghizania, 8 May 1923 – 15 May 2006) was an Algerian raï female singer. Early life Cheikha Rimitti was born in Tessala, a small village in western ...
, mother of
Raï Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...
from Sidi Bel-Abbes


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Dahmane El Harrachi Dahmane El Harrachi (real name Abderrahmane Amrani), (July 7, 1926 – August 31, 1980), was an Algerian Chaâbi singer of Chaoui origin. His song Ya Rayah made him the best exported and most translated Chaabi artist. He moved to France in 1 ...
, a singer composer and songwriter of Chaabi music *
DJ Snake William Sami Étienne Grigahcine (born 13 June 1986), known by his stage name DJ Snake, is an Algerian French music producer and DJ, first achieving international recognition in 2013 by releasing an instrumentation-oriented single called " Turn D ...


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El Hachemi Guerouabi El-Hadj El Hachmi Guerouabi (Arabic: الهاشمي القروابي; January 6, 1938 in Boudouaou, Algeria – July 17, 2006 in Zeralda, Algeria) was an Algerian singer and composer of Chaâbi and one of the Grand Masters of the Algiers-based C ...
, musician and reformer of the Chaabi classical style *
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka ( ar, الحاج محمد العنقة}), (May 20, 1907 in Algiers – November 23, 1978 in Algiers) also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (and various other combinations), was considered a Grand Ma ...
, Master of Chaabi classical music


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* Fadhéla Dziria, singer of Hawzi classical style music


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Houari Manar Houari Manar (Arabic: هواري منار; born Houari Madani; 18 December 1981 – 7 January 2019) was an Algerian raï singer who was popular in his home country as well as the neighbouring Maghreb and Mediterranean countries, and in France. Ea ...
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Raï Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...
singer * Hamdi Baroudi *
Hamdi Benani Hamdi Benani ( ar, حمدي بناني; 1 January 1943 – 21 September 2020) was an Algerian singer and musician. Biography Benani was born in Annaba in 1943. His uncle, , encouraged him to start singing because of the quality of his voice an ...


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Idir Idir may refer to: People * Ali Idir (born 1966), Algerian judoka * Idir (singer) (1949–2020), Algerian singer-songwriter and musician * Idir Khourta (born 1986), French-born Algerian table tennis player * Idir Ouali (born 1988), French-Alger ...


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Kamel Messaoudi Kamel Messaoudi ( ar, كمال مسعودي), (30 January 1961; Bouzaréah, Algeria – 10 December 1998; Algiers) was an Algerian Chaabi music performer, highly regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Algeria history. Biography He was ...
, singer of Chaabi music * Khaled, king of
Raï Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...
. Singer, songwriter now living in France


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Lounès Matoub Lounès Matoub (; ) (January 24, 1956 – June 25, 1998) was an Algerian Kabyle people, Kabylian singer, poet, thinker who sparked an intellectual revolution, and mandole player who was an advocate of the Berber people, Berber cause, human ri ...
, Berber Kabyle singer, poet, thinker and mandole player who was a prominent advocate of the Berber cause


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Mohamed Boumerdassi Mohamed Boumerdassi ( ar, ), (March 18, 1936, in Ouled Boumerdès – December 7, 2010, in Thénia) was considered a Grand Master of Bedouin music, Malhun and Algerian music. Life He was born on March 18, 1936, under the name ''Mohamed ben Mu ...
, musician and master of the Bedouin style * Mohamed Tahar Fergani, musician and master of the Malouf classical style


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Rachid Taha Rachid Taha ( ar, رشيد طه, Latn, ar, Rashīd Ṭāhā, ; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles i ...
, based in France. His music mixes rock, punk and techno with traditional Arabic instruments *
Raïna Raï Raïna Raï, ( ar, راينا راي) is an Algerian raï band from Sidi Bel Abbès. It formed in 1980 in Paris and continues to this day. The founding members are Tarik Naïmi Chikhi, Kaddour Bouchentouf, Lotfi Attar and Hachemi Djellouli. ...
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Raï Raï (, ; ar, راي, Latn, ar, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian traditional music, folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called ''cheb'' (Arabic: شاب) (or ''shabab,'' i.e. young) as opposed ...
band from Sidi Bel-Abbes


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Speed Caravan Speed Caravan is a World music band from France and Algeria. Their music combines Ma'luf, Folktronica and Rock amongst others. History The band was founded in 2005 by half-Algerian half-French Oud-player Mehdi Haddab and bass player Pascal ...
, Franco-Algerian Folktronica band *
Souad Massi Souad Massi (سعاد ماسي; born August 23, 1972), is an Algerian Berber singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death thre ...
singer, songwriter and guitarist now living in France


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Warda Al-Jazairia Warda Al-Jazairia ( ar, وردة الجزائرية; born Warda Mohammed Ftouki (); 22 July 1939 – 17 May 2012) was an Algerian singer. She was well known for her Egyptian Arabic songs and music. Her name was sometimes shortened to just Warda ( ...
, singer of classical Arab oriental music


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Zaho Zahera Darabid ( ar, زهيرة درابيد ; born May 10, 1980), known by her stage name Zaho (), is an Algerian-Canadian R&B singer. Biography Zahera Darabid was born on May 10, 1980, in Bab Ezzouar, a suburb of the Algerian capital Algi ...
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n R&B singer based in Canada


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Algerian music Algerian music is virtually synonymous with Raï among foreigners; the musical genre has achieved great popularity in France, Spain and other parts of Europe. For several centuries, Algerian music was dominated by styles inherited from Al-Andal ...
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Musicians A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
Algerian musicians