Cheb Khaled
Cheb Khaled ( Arabic الشاب خالد asch-Shabb Chalid , DMG aš-Šābb Ḫālid ) or now simply Khaled (born February 29, 1960 in Oran , Algeria as Khaled Hadj Brahim , Arabicخالد حاج إبراهيم / Ḫālid Ḥāǧǧ Ibrāhīm ) is the internationally most famous representative of Algerian folk and popular music Raï . Cheb is not a first name, but means "young man".
Life
The Roi du Raï (King of Raï) made his first recordings at the age of 14 ( Trigh Lycée ) and by the age of 28 had already released over 100 cassettes . Khaled became known in the late 1970s and early 1980s as part of the "Pop Raï movement", with which the Raï found connection to the international pop and rock music world and whose most outstanding exponent he was alongside Cheb Mami and Chaba Fadela . El Marsem ( The Memory ), played as the first Rai piece on Algerian radio in 1983, was a Khaled piece.
Due to his exposed position and the strengthening of Islamist forces in the country, Khaled had to leave Algeria in 1986 and went to France . In 1989 he made his first big appearance in Germany at the West Berlin Horizontefestival ( Horizonte - Festival of World Cultures : No. 4, 1989). In 1992 he released his first album Khaled , which was produced entirely to Western standards in France and recorded in Los Angeles and Brussels, and at the same time dropped the Cheb in his name. The title Didi on this record is his best-selling single to this day, which even made it to a top spot in the charts in Israel . In 2007 Didi was covered by the German pop duo Milk & Honey .
In the Maghreb and in France a superstar, Khaled is also in the rest of the francophone and the Arab world for years regularly in the charts, but it is known and successful in the English-speaking music world. He also has a fan base in Germany, as evidenced by his sold-out concerts in the Altona factory in 2000 and 2004.
In 2001, Khaled had to defend himself against allegations of collaboration and a call for a boycott by Islamic conservative voices after he had made a guest appearance in Rome with the Israeli singer Noa and representatives of the Israeli government were also present at the concert. In September of the same year, his USA tour, which was planned together with Hakim among others, was canceled due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 in the USA.
His piece Aïcha was in the charts in Switzerland for 39 weeks and was an international success in 2003 as the cover version of the Danish group Outlandish .
In his function as ambassador for the UN organization FAO , Khaled kicked off the World Cup qualifier between France and Austria in October 2009 .
In 2013, Khaled left Monaco and settled in Morocco . On August 20, 2013, King Mohammed VI awarded him . the Moroccan citizenship. The reason he gave was that he was worried about his children because of the legalization of gay marriage in France.
Awards
- 1997: Kora All African Music Award in the category "Best Artist from North Africa"
- 2012: Kora All African Music Award in the category "Best Artist from North Africa"
Discography
The following discography only lists Khaled's international publications; the cassette releases in Algeria are not included here.
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FR
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 BE W
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 DE
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 CH
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| 1996 | Sahra |
FR3  (35 weeks)FR |
BE W7 (39 weeks) BE W |
DE25 (30 weeks) DE |
CH26th (25 weeks)CH |
|
| 1999 | Kenza |
FR49  (5 weeks)FR |
- | - |
CH57 (13 weeks) CH |
|
| 2004 | Ya-rayi |
FR52 (7 weeks) FR |
BE W41 (6 weeks) BE W |
- |
CH70 (2 weeks) CH |
|
| 2009 | Liberté |
FR51 (10 weeks) FR |
BE W95 (2 weeks) BE W |
- | - | |
| 2012 | C'est la vie |
FR18 (22 weeks) FR |
BE W27 (16 weeks) BE W |
- |
CH96 (1 week) CH |
|
More albums
- 1992: Khaled
- 1993: N'ssi, N'ssi
- 2011: Khouf Ngadji Bahri ( feat.Zahouania )
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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FR
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BE W
|
DE
|
CH
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| 1998 | Hafla |
FR29 (6 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | |
| 1, 2, 3 soleils |
FR4 (56 weeks) FR |
BE W14 (22 weeks) BE W |
- | - |
with Rachid Taha and Faudel
|
|
Western publications of Algerian material
- 1987: Kutché (with Safy Boutella )
- 1989: Les monstres sacrés du Raï (with Chaba Zahouania )
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FR
|
BE W
|
DE
|
CH
|
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| 1992 | Didi Khaled |
FR9 (20 weeks) FR |
- | - |
CH30 (3 weeks) CH |
|
| 1993 | Serbi serbi N'ssi N'ssi |
FR50 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | |
| Abdel Kader N'ssi N'ssi |
FR157 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - | - |
Chart entry in FR only in 2013
|
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| 1996 | Aïcha Sahra |
FR1  (23 weeks)FR |
BE W1 (26 weeks)BE W |
DE33 (35 weeks) DE |
CH11 (39 weeks) CH |
|
| 1997 | Ouelli el darek Sahra |
FR23 (10 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | |
| La poupée qui fait non (Live) Live à Bercy |
FR6 (8 weeks) FR |
BE W5 (18 weeks) BE W |
- | - |
with Mylène Farmer
|
|
| Le jour viendra Sahra |
FR24 (5 weeks) FR |
BE W12 (11 weeks) BE W |
- | - | ||
| 1998 | Abdel Kader (Live à Bercy) 1,2,3 Soleils |
FR6th (21 weeks)FR |
BE W36 (1 week) BE W |
- | - |
with Rachid Taha & Faudel
|
| 1999 | Comme d'habitude 1,2,3 soleils |
FR40 (9 weeks) FR |
BE W40 (1 week) BE W |
- | - |
with Rachid Taha & Faudel
|
| C'est la nuit Kenza |
FR29 (12 weeks) FR |
BE W35 (2 weeks) BE W |
- | - | ||
| 2000 | El harba wine Kenza |
FR20 (19 weeks) FR |
- | - | - |
feat. Amar
|
| Les ennemis (el Aâdyene) |
FR63 (5 weeks) FR |
- | - | - |
vs. Fonky Family
|
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| 2001 | Wana wana |
FR97 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | |
| 2009 | Même pas fatigué !!! |
FR1 (49 weeks) FR |
BE W10 (21 weeks) BE W |
- |
CH49 (12 weeks) CH |
with Magic System
|
| 2012 | C'est la vie C'est la vie |
FR4 (58 weeks) FR |
BE W5 (22 weeks) BE W |
- |
CH33 (9 weeks) CH |
|
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Guest Posts
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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FR
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BE W
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DE
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 AT
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CH
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| 2019 | Maghreb gang |
- | - |
DE4 (8 weeks) DE |
AT7 (7 weeks) AT |
CH6 (7 weeks) CH |
Farid Bang feat. French Montana & Khaled
|
| The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||||
| 2018 | Mirage Fruit du demon |
FR74 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
Soolking feat. Khaled
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Web links
- Literature by and about Cheb Khaled in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://khaled-lesite.artistes.universalmusic.fr/ (link not available)
- World Of Raï: Khaled and other Raï artists
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swiss single charts
- ↑ Article from France Football from October 14, 2009 ( Memento from October 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Le roi du raï algérien Cheb Khaled prend la nationalité marocaine , Jeune Afrique, 19 September 2013
- ^ List of the 1997 Kora event winners ( Memento of April 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 15, 2010
- ↑ a b c d Chart sources: DE AT CH BEW BEF FR
- ↑ a b Awards for music sales: CH BEW FR
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Khaled, Cheb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khaled, Hadj Brahim (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | international representative of Algerian folk and popular music Raï |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 29, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oran , Algeria |