![]() Cheb Khaled performed ‘ Didi’ at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. His other hit songs include ‘ Aïcha ’ (he sung this song for his daughter), ‘C'est la Vie’ and ‘Alech Taadi’ (this song was used in the movie ‘The Fifth Element’), ‘ Abdel Kader (Live à Bercy)’ and ‘Chebba’.ġ3. To date, it is Cheb Khaled’s most popular song. ‘ Didi’ was released in 1993 and became an instant international hit. Cheb Khaled married Samira Diabi in 1995.ġ1.Cheb Khaled and his wife are parents to four daughters and a son.ġ2. Cheb Khaled also received death threats.ġ0. Cheb Khaled moved to France in 1986 after violence in Algeria claimed the lives of many including some Raï performers and his producer Rachid Baba Ahmed. Cheb Khaled met producer Rachid Baba Ahmed in 1980 who, at the time, was reinventing Raï by combining it with new studio techniques, synthesizers and western electrical instruments. As a musician, Cheb Khaled played in weddings, parties and clubs.Ĩ. At the age of 14, Cheb Khaled had already formed a band, ‘Cinq Étoiles’ (Five Stars) and released his first disc ‘ Trigh Lycee’.ħ. Cheb Khaled is a self-taught master of the guitar, bass, harmonica and accordion.Ħ. Cheb Khaled’s international fame has also earned him the unofficial title of King of Raï (king of the modern version of Algeria’s desert blues called Raï).ĥ. Cheb Khaled was born on 29 February 1960 (58 years old) in Sidi-El-Houari, Oran which is in Algeria.Ĥ. Cheb Khaled’s full name is Khaled Hadj Ibrahim.ģ. ![]() His soulful voice has earned him a reputation as Algeria’s most famous international singer, and he has won many awards for his catchy lyrics and music.ġ. His most famous songs are "Didi", "Aïcha" and "C'est la vie".Cheb Khaled, better known as the voice of international song hits like ‘Didi’, ‘ Aïcha’ and ‘C'est la vie’, has been in the music business since the 1970s. ![]() His popularity has earned him the unofficial title "King of Raï". ![]() He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (الشاب خالد, Arabic for "Young Man" Khaled, as opposed to the traditionalist Sheikh elders) and has become the most internationally famous Algerian singer in the Arab world and across many continents. Khaled Hadj Ibrahim ( خالد حاج إبراهيم, born 29 February 1960), better known as Khaled, is an Algerian raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi El Houari in Oran Province of Algeria. Guitar, drums, banjo, violin, harmonica, accordion, synthesizer ![]()
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