1969), known as Cheb Nasro and after Nasro (Arabic:نصرو) is raï most prolific artist with more than 131 albums to his credit. Nasro has recorded hits...

career. His distinctive "Raï love" style soon inspired imitators, notably Cheb Nasro, who launched his career in 1988 with the hit "Pour te faire plaisir"...

recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (شاب خالد, Arabic for "Young" Khaled, with "Cheb" as a common title for male raï singers). Khaled...

Cheb Bilal (Arabic: الشاب بلال. born Bilal Mouffok, موفق بلال) is an Algerian raï singer, who was born on 23 July 1966 in Cherchell, Algeria. He produces...

Muḥammad Khalīfātī; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب مامي, shābb māmī), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter...

Khaled. With Khaled no longer in Algeria, musicians such as Cheb Tahar, Cheb Nasro, and Cheb Hasni began singing lover's raï, a sentimental, pop-ballad...

Sghir Bouteldja Belkacem Chaba Fadela Cheb Bilal Cheb Hasni Cheb Kader Cheb Mami Cheb Nasro Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Tarik Cheba Zahouania Cheikha Rabia Cheikha...

Cheb Tarik (real name Tarik Belgot) is an Algerian musician, now based in Paris, France, and signed to Universal Music Group. His first hit, "Reggae Raï"...

Algerian trumpeter. Boutaiba Sghir will inspire many singers like Cheb Khaled. Cheb Khaled would said about him: "I am not the king of rai, I'm the ambassador...

Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohamed Sahraoui, Tlemcen, Algeria, 1 April 1961) is an Algerian raï musician, the first to tour North America and the first to incorporate...

Boutaiba Sghir Bouteldja Belkacem Chaba Fadela Cheb Bilal Cheb Hasni Cheb Mami Cheb Nasro Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Tarik Cheba Zahouania Cheikha Rabia Cheikha...

Algériens des Kamikazes and Khobz Dar. His music is widely influenced by Cheb Khaled and Sahraoui styles, but also by Bob Marley and Santana. He has collaborated...

Kouider Morabet (Arabic: قويدر المرابط), better known as Cheb Kader (Arabic: الشاب قادر), is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, composer and pioneer of raï...

in Oran, Algeria. Faudel started to cover the popular tracks by Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami at 12, after which he soon fronted the popular band Les Etoiles...

Najim Amari, better known by the mononym Najim (Arabic: نجيم) also known as Cheb Najim (الشاب نجيم) (born 18 January 1985, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine) is an...

Sghir Bouteldja Belkacem Chaba Fadela Cheb Bilal Cheb Hasni Cheb Kader Cheb Mami Cheb Nasro Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Tarik Cheba Zahouania Cheikha Rabia Cheikha...

known for raï music. She has lived in France since her singing partner, Cheb Hasni, was murdered in 1994. Halima Mazzi was born in Oran, Algeria, in 1959...

such as Cheb Hasni, Cheb Mami, Khaled, Cheb Nasro, Cheb Bilal, and Cheb Rizki that would play at the billiard halls. Among chaabi influences, Cheb cites...

Fadela and Sahraoui were a renowned Algerian raï vocal duo, consisting of Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohammed Sahraoui, Tlemcen, Algeria, 1 April 1961) and Chaba...

music performer at festivals and weddings. Two of his brothers, Cheb Massaro and Cheb Larbi, are also raï singers. The family moved to Marseille, France...

by Cheb Yazid [fr]) Chaba (covered by Khaled) Delali ha delali (covered by khaled) Khalti Fatima Maderti Chohra Mnine Jate Nacera (covered by Cheb Yazid)...

Cheb Aziz born Bechiri Boudjema (1968 – 20 September 1996) was an Algerian musician and performer. Aziz was a very popular singer and performer across...

Sghir Bouteldja Belkacem Chaba Fadela Cheb Bilal Cheb Hasni Cheb Kader Cheb Mami Cheb Nasro Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Tarik Cheba Zahouania Cheikha Rabia Cheikha...

pop raï during the 1970s and 1980s,1 the performers of which are called cheb or chaba. Rachid Baba produced an album titled Rai Rebels, among many other...

clubs, and she quickly reached great success in Algeria. She met and married Cheb Sahraoui, and the pair began recording together as a duo, starting in 1983...

Sghir Bouteldja Belkacem Chaba Fadela Cheb Bilal Cheb Hasni Cheb Kader Cheb Mami Cheb Nasro Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Tarik Cheba Zahouania Cheikha Rabia Cheikha...

Sghir Bouteldja Belkacem Chaba Fadela Cheb Bilal Cheb Hasni Cheb Kader Cheb Mami Cheb Nasro Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Tarik Cheba Zahouania Cheikha Rabia Cheikha...

Sghir Bouteldja Belkacem Chaba Fadela Cheb Bilal Cheb Hasni Cheb Kader Cheb Mami Cheb Nasro Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Tarik Cheba Zahouania Cheikha Rabia Cheikha...

1980s the term pop-raï has been used to describe the new generation of chebs and chebats (from the Arabic for "young") introducing new instruments, and...

the collaborations of Kader Japonais with other artists were those with Cheb Nasro, Rim'K of 113 (on "On reste fiers"), Lartiste, DJ Hamida, DJ Kayz, DJ...