Najoua Belyzel

Najoua Belyzel

Najoua Belyzel (* 15. December 1981 in Nancy as Najoua Mazouri ) is a French singer with Moroccan roots. She mainly makes pop music with dance elements .

Life

After graduating from high school , she began studying law at the University of Nancy in 2001, but dropped out to get a job in the music industry. She took part in several auditions and was eventually accepted into the group Benoît , with which she brought out the successful single Tourne-toi Benoît , which is about chauvinism and transvestism . However, due to a lack of success with other singles, Benoît broke up . She was also engaged in many music projects.

She later met the songwriter Christophe Casanave, with whom she worked on Stella , one of the songs on her debut album. Christophe Casanave's work has been used by popular French artists Steeve Estatof and Marc Lavoine .

The first single Gabriel was released in autumn 2005 in the French-speaking countries (France, Switzerland, Belgium). This single landed in France at number three in the top 40 charts. The work on her first long player Entre deux mondes is finished, the album was released on May 23, 2006 as DigiPack .

Her second album "Au féminin" was released on November 23, 2009. The first single, "La bienvenue", was released on March 30th with the title "Au féminin" as the B-side.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	CH	FR
2006	Entre deux mondes	-	CH46 (7 weeks) CH	FR7th gold (37 weeks)FR	First published: May 2006
2009	Au féminin	-	-	FR66 (6 weeks) FR	First published: November 2009

more publishments

• 2016: De la lune au soleil

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	CH	FR
2002	Tourne-toi Benoît	-	-	FR16 (27 weeks) FR	First published: March 2002 with Benoît
	Comme Casanova	-	-	FR79 (8 weeks) FR	First published: October 2002 with Benoît
2005	Gabriel Entre deux mondes	DE62 (9 weeks) DE	CH20 (25 weeks) CH	FR3 platinum (40 weeks)FR	First published: November 2005
2006	Je ferme les yeux Entre deux mondes	-	CH90 (2 weeks) CH	FR13 (16 weeks) FR	First published: June 2006
	Comme toi Entre deux mondes	-	CH92 (3 weeks) CH	FR16 (18 weeks) FR	First published: September 2006
2007	Quand revient l'été au féminin	-	-	FR10 (14 weeks) FR	First published: September 2007
2009	La bienvenue Au féminin	-	-	FR9 (33 weeks) FR	First published: March 2009
	M (Hey hey hey) Au féminin	-	-	FR20 (21 weeks) FR	First published: November 2009
2014	Date	-	-	FR186 (1 week) FR	First published: September 2014

More singles

• 2010: Ma Sainte-Nitouche
• 2014: Que sont-ils devenus?
• 2015: Luna

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE CH FR1 FR2
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR FR2

Web links

Commons : Najoua Belyzel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the singer (French)