Indila
Indila , civic Adila Sedraïa (* 26 June 1984 in Paris , France ) is a French R & B - singer .
biography
Indila's family is of Algerian descent, but also Cambodian , Egyptian and Indian . She does not like to reveal her real age, when asked by journalists, she replies "I have the age I am given". Her stage name Indila comes from her love for India. Indila has been married to producer and songwriter Pascal Koeu since 2007.
Since 2010 she can be heard in several collaborations with French rappers. In 2013 she had her big break in the French charts with her single Dernière danse ( French for 'last dance'), which was released on November 13, 2013. The official music video for Dernière Danse had over 650 million views in August 2020. In March 2014 the song also reached the German download and single charts. Her debut album Mini World was released on February 24, 2014. In the same year she was awarded the European Border Breakers Award .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FR
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 BE F
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 BE W
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 DE
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 CH
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| 2014 | Mini World |
FR1  (127 weeks)FR |
BE F16 (66 weeks) BE F |
BE W1  (66 weeks)BE W |
DE32 (13 weeks) DE |
CH11 (55 weeks) CH |
First published: February 24, 2014
Sales: +630,000 |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FR
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BE F
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BE W
|
DE
|
 AT
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CH
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| 2013 | Dernière danse Mini World |
FR2 (77 weeks)FR |
BE F5 (26 weeks) BE F |
BE W2 (36 weeks)BE W |
DE47 (8 weeks) DE |
AT72 (1 week) AT |
CH15 (25 weeks) CH |
First published: November 13, 2013
Sales: + 180,000 |
| 2014 | Tourner in the vide Mini World |
FR13 (44 weeks) FR |
- |
BE W11 (25 weeks) BE W |
- | - | - |
First published: February 22, 2014
|
| SOS Mini World |
FR8 (39 weeks) FR |
- |
BE W5 (22 weeks) BE W |
- | - |
CH60 (6 weeks) CH |
First published: May 19, 2014
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| Run Run Mini World |
FR59 (19 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
First published: August 23, 2014
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| Love Story Mini World |
FR57 (23 weeks) FR |
- |
BE W48 (2 weeks) BE W |
- | - | - |
First published: November 24, 2014
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| 2019 | Parle à ta tête | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: August 23, 2019
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| 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: | ||||||||
| 2014 | Do ne m'entends pas Mini World |
FR116 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
Chart entry: March 8, 2014
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| Boîte en argent Mini World |
FR121 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
Chart entry: March 8, 2014
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| Mini World Mini World |
FR136 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
Chart entry: March 8, 2014
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| Ego Mini World |
FR149 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
Chart entry: March 8, 2014
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| Comme un bateau Mini World |
FR153 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
Chart entry: March 8, 2014
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| Feuille d'automne Mini World (Deluxe) |
FR80 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
Chart entry: November 29, 2014
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| Ainsi bas la vida Mini World (Deluxe) |
FR103 (1 week) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
Chart entry: November 29, 2014
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Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FR
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BE F
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BE W
|
DE
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AT
|
CH
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| 2012 | Dreamin ' Noir désir |
FR14 (36 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - |
CH65 (2 weeks) CH |
First published: January 20, 2012
Youssoupha feat. Indila & Skalpovitch |
| 2015 | Garde l'équilibre Gotham City |
FR96 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - | - | - | - |
First release: September 4th, 2015
H-Magnum feat. Indila |
Further guest contributions
- 2010: Criminel ( TLF feat. Indila)
- 2010: Poussière d'empire ( Nessbeal feat. Indila)
- 2010: Hiro ( Soprano feat. Indila)
- 2011: Thug mariage ( Rohff feat. Indila)
- 2011: Bye Bye Sonyé (DJ Abdel feat. Indila)
Awards for music sales
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |
 gold |
platinum |
diamond
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Sales | swell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Belgium (BEA)
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- |
2 × platinum2
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- | 60,000 | ultratop.be |
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France (SNEP)
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- |
platinum1
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diamond1
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650,000 | snepmusique.com |
 Poland (ZPAV)
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- | - |
diamond1
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100,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
| All in all | - |
3 × platinum3
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2 × diamond2
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the Paris birth register ( Memento of the original dated May 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Indila - La biography de Indila avec Gala.fr ( fr ) In: Gala . Accessed December 31, 2017.
- ^ Éric Bureau: VIDEO. Indila: le tube surprise de l'hiver (Video. Indila: The musical surprise of winter) ( French ) In: Le Parisien . January 27, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
- ↑ Indila: qui est la nouvelle star de la world music à la française? (Indila: Who is the new star of world music from France?) ( French ) In: Terra Femina . January 27, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
- ↑ Indila. R&B singer. Famous Birthdays
- ^ Indila - Dernière Danse (Clip Officiel) . In: YouTube . December 4, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ Indila - 'Dernière danse' German iTunes Chart Performance . Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH FR BEF BEW
Web links
Commons : Indila - collection of images
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Indila |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sedraïa, Adila (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French R&B singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: June 26, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |