Nazim Khaled (born September 3, 1986) is a French singer-songwriter. He has written several successes for different artists like

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, Claudio Capéo and

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Biography

Khaled was born in

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and studied at the Conservatoire de Saint-Étienne.. In 2011, he participated in the TV program ''Je veux signer chez AZ'' under the pseudonym Nazim Hitch. Though he did not win the title, he was noticed by the record label

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who offered him a contract. He is the opening act for Ben l'Oncle Soul, Goran Bregović and Cali. Khaled wrote ten songs on the album ''

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'' by the singer

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,. of which he co-wrote and composed " J'ai cherché", which was also chosen to represent

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at the

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. He opened for the singer during his tour in 2016 and 2017.

represented France at the

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with the song "

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", which was written and composed by Nazim Khaled. Khaled has written for several other artists, such as

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, Claudio Capéo,

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and

, notably " Andalouse" and "

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".. After having authored several songs for other artists, he decided to begin writing for himself as well. His first single, "Pourquoi veux-tu que je danse?" was released on June 9, 2017, This song with an "Oriental chorus" is considered by some journalists as a committed song, which recalls the musical universe of

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, says Ninon Quillot who writes for Charts in France website on charting songs. It was produced by

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. and was the first single from Nazim's upcoming debut album, scheduled for late 2017 by

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. He also wrote "La beauté du doute" for Florent Pagny.

Discography

Singles

*2012: "Les cités" *2013: "Douce France" *2017: "Pourquoi veux-tu que je danse" *2018: "Je suis une femme seule" *2018: "On refera le monde"

Main compositions

*2014:

in " Andalouse" *2015: Kendji Girac in "

" *2015: Kendji Girac in " Conmigo" *2016:

in " J'ai cherché" *2016: Amir Haddad in "

On dirait "On dirait" ( en, Looks like) is a song performed by French-Israeli singer Amir Haddad. The song was released as a digital download on 29 August 2016 as the third single from his second studio album '' Au cœur de moi'' (2016). The song was written ...

" *2016: Claudio Capéo in " Ça va ça va" *2017: Amir Haddad in " Les rues de ma peine" *2017: Amir Haddad in "

" *2017: Claudio Capéo in " Riche" *2017:

in "

" *2017:

in "

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" *2017: Amir Haddad in " États d'Amour" *2018: Amir Haddad in " Longtemps" *2019: Claudio Capéo in "Beaux à voir" *2019: Amir Haddad in " 5 minutes avec toi"

References

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