Chaba Fadela
Chaba Fadela (born Fadela Zalmat, 5 February 1962) is an Algerian raï musician and actress.
Chaba Fadela
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- Name
- Chaba Fadela
- Birth Name
- Fadela Zalmat
- Born
- 25 February 1962
- Birthplace
- Oran, Algeria
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Spouse
- Cheb Sahraoui
- Nationality
- Algeria
- Fields
- rock music · raï
- Languages
- Arabic
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• Name — Chaba Fadela • Birth Name — Fadela Zalmat • Born — 25 February 1962 • Birthplace — Oran, Algeria • Occupation — * Singer • actress • Spouse — Cheb Sahraoui • Years Active — 1978—present
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Chaba Fadela (born 5 February 1962) is recorded as an actress, singer and musician. Chaba Fadela was born on 5 February 1962; the birthplace is Oran, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Oran (Algérie).
Early life
Early life
Fadela was raised in a poor neighborhood in Oran, Algeria, and starred in the Algerian film Djalti at the age of 14. She launched her musical career as a singer in Boutiba S'ghir's band and began recording with producer Rachid Baba Ahmed in the late 1970s. She was the first woman to defy the ban on women singing in clubs, and she quickly reached great success in Algeria.
Personal life
Personal life
She met and married Cheb Sahraoui, and the pair began recording together as a duo, starting in 1983 with "N'sel Fik (You Are Mine)", which became one of the first international raï hit records. An album, You Are Mine, was released by Mango/Island Records in 1988. Fadela and Sahraoui toured internationally and recorded widely in the 1980s, with further success. While in New York in 1993, they recorded the album Walli with producer and multi-instrumentalist Bill Laswell. They relocated from Algeria to France in 1994. In the late 1990s, the professional and personal relationship between Fadela and Sahraoui broke down, and since then Fadela has continued to work as a solo singer.
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