Indila

The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is singer. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are raï, rhythm and blues, pop music and folk-pop. Distinctions recorded are Victory of the album revelation of the year and MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Act.

• Name — Indila • Birth Name — Adila Sedraïa • Alias — Indila • Born — 26 June 1984 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Genre — World • Years Active — 2005–present • Label — Polydor France

Adila Sedraïa was born on 26 June 1984, in Paris, France. Her mother was a caregiver, while her grandmother sang at weddings. Indila has two sisters, and she described herself as a "child of the world", as she’s of Algerian, Cambodian, Indian, and Egyptian descent. Prior to her singing career, she worked as a tour guide at the Marché international de Rungis. She explained that her stage name came from her immeasurable love for India. In addition to her native French, Indila has provided vocals in English, including "Dreamin with French and Congolese rapper Youssoupha and "Bye Bye Sonyé" with Moroccan-French musician DJ Abdel, and sung Hindi-language refrains in "Criminel" by French band TLF and "Thug mariage" by French rapper Rohff.

Before her breakthrough, Indila began her career around 2005 under her real name Adila Sedraïa and was featured in "Dans Les Yeux" by rapper Sell One where her vocals were uncredited, released around 2006-2007. Her meeting with record producer Skalpovich eventually allowed her to enter into the world of rap and eventually collaborate with several French rappers. Indila first provided vocals under her stage name around 2009 for "Invitaation" by Vitaa, "Trinité" by L'Algérino, "Thug mariage" by Rohff, "Hiro" by Soprano, and composing "J'ai besoin d'y croire," sung by Admiral T and among others. "Hiro" was Indila's first successful collaboration, reaching number 26 in the charts in France and 27 in Belgium. She continued to collaborate with several other French rappers and DJs over the next three years, including "Poussière d'empire" with Nessbeal, "Criminel" with TLF, "Press pause" with OGB, "Bye Bye Sonyé" with DJ Abdel, "Dreamin" with Youssoupha, which peaked in July 2012 at number 14 in France's SNEP charts, and "Ma Reine" with Axel Tony. Indila also composed the songs "Plus Haut" by Matt Pokora along with "Avec Toi" by Axel Tony featuring Tunisiano, in which she is credited by her real name, Adila Sedraïa. "Avec Toi", which was produced by Skalpovich, reached number 7 in the charts in France in November 2012.

In November 2013, Indila released her first single, "Dernière danse" (English: "Last Dance"), from her then-upcoming debut studio album. It reached the top 10 of the French charts on 4 January 2014 and reached number 2 on 18 January, where it remained through the week of 22 March. The song remained in the top 200 in France through April 2015, for a total of 77 weeks in the top 200. It was also a success outside France, by the end of February 2014; "Dernière danse" was the numbers one and two song on iTunes in Greece and Romania as well as Turkey, respectively. The music video for the song, released 4 December 2013, reached 100 million views on YouTube on 30 July 2014 and has over 1.4 billion views as of, which marked the first French-language song to exceed one billion views. • Illustration — Indila in 2014 In February 2014, Indila released her debut studio album, Mini World, mainly produced by Skalpovich. Two other singles from the album reached the top 20 in the charts in France; "Tourner dans le vide" (English: "Spinning in the Emptiness") reached number 13, and "S.O.S" reached number 8. Mini World was the best-selling album in France at the week of its debut, remaining among the ten best-selling albums through the week of 11 October 2014. A limited-edition CD/DVD version of Mini World was released in November 2014, with two new songs, orchestral versions of "Tourner dans le vide" and "Love Story", an acoustic version of "S.O.S", and video of live performances of several tracks from the album. A second limited-edition release of Mini World in February 2015 contained ten tracks from the original release, the two new songs from the first limited edition, and another new song. Mini World found success both in France, where it was the third-best-selling album of 2014, and outside the country, where it was the best-seller of 2014 in Poland and second-best-seller of 2014 in Belgium. In October, Indila won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best French Artist. In February 2015, she won Best New Album of the Year award for Mini World, at the 30th Victoires de la Musique. Same year, she was among the ten artists to receive the European Border Breakers Award.

Following a five-year hiatus, Indila teased her then-upcoming single "Parle à ta tête" (English: "Speak to Your Head"), sharing its cover art on 20 August 2019. Produced by Skalpovich, the song was released after three days. On 14 November, its music video was released on her YouTube channel. Following "Parle à ta tête", her second album was to be released in the first quarter of 2020. According to Purecharts, Indila had an album in preparation but disputes with her Record Label in releasing the second album, causing delays. According to information from Purecharts, the second album may have not have been released due to the poor and unexpected performance of "Parle à ta tête". Despite this setback, French-Israel singer Amir's single, "Carrousel", a duet with Indila, was released in October 2020; a music video for the song followed in April 2021. In January 2023, Algerian-Canadian singer Zaho unveiled the track "Roi 2 cœur" on her album Résilience, in duet with Indila. On 26 January 2024, Indila in collaboration with German DJ Bennett released "Dernière Danse (Techno Mix)" to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of "Dernière danse". The progress on her long-awaited second album finally started accelerating on 27 March 2025, when Indila was reportedly seen filming a music video on the Bir-Hakeim bridge in Paris, wearing a pink dress and accompanied by a white horse, followed by a camera car. Following that, in May, Entrevue reported that Indila is working on her second studio album. According to Le Parisien, she finished recording the album in December 2024, and is set to embark on a large-scale tour with a new artistic team and label. On 22 December the same year, the American rapper Lil Uzi Vert sampled "Love Story" for his single "What You Saying". Her comeback targeted in 2025 with a world tour at the end of that year and a music video filmed in spring was never released, following multiple delays. However, it was reported by Purecharts that the project has been done, and that she is taking her time with the release. Following the public dissolution of her label Island Def Jam France, it was revealed that she was moved to Polydor France, however as of mid 2026 nothing related to her return has been announced.

• Illustration — Indila cited Enrico Macias (pictured) as her first influence. Indila's musical style has been described as world music, incorporating pop elements. The singer's vocal range spans from E♭ 3 – F# 5 and has alto type. She has cited Enrico Macias as her first musical influence, with others influences being Michael Jackson, Ismaël Lo, Buika, Warda, Jacques Brel, Lata Mangeshkar, and Édith Piaf.

List of studio albums • Title — Album details — Peak chart positions — Certifications • FRA — BEL (FL) — BEL (WA) — GER — POL — SWI • Mini World — * Released: 24 February 2014 * Label: Capitol Music France — 1 — 16 — 1 — 32 — 1 — 11 — * SNEP: Diamond * BEA: Platinum * ZPAV: Diamond

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and originating album • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Certifications — Album • FRA — AUT — BEL (FL) — BEL (WA) — GER — POL — SWI — GRE — ISR — TUR • "Dernière danse" — 2013 — 2 — 46 — 5 — 2 — 46 — 3 — 15 — 1 — 1 — 1 — * SNEP: Platinum * BEA: Platinum * BVMI: Gold * RIAA: Gold — Mini World • "Tourner dans le vide" — 2014 — 13 — 2 — 18 — 11 — 28 — 78 — 89 — 10 — 96 — 23 • "S.O.S" — 8 — — — 3 — — — — — 6 — 10 — — — — — — • "Run Run" — 59 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Love Story" — 57 — — — 49 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • "Parle à ta tête" — 2019 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — * SNEP: Gold — Non-album single • "Dernière danse (Techno Mix)" — 2024 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single • "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and originating album • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • FRA • "Tu ne m'entends pas" — 2014 — 116 — Mini World • "Boîte en argent" — 121 • "Mini World" — 136 • "Ego" — 149 • "Comme un bateau" — 153 • "Feuille d'automne" — 80 — Mini World Limited Edition (Bonus Tracks) • "Ainsi bas la vida" — 103

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and originating album • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • FRA — BEL (WA) — SWI • "Criminel" (TLF featuring Indila) — 2010 — — — — — — — Renaissance • "Poussière d'empire" (Nessbeal featuring Indila) — — — — — — — NE2S • "Hiro" (Soprano featuring Indila) — 26 — 27 — — — La colombe • "Thug Mariage" (Rohff featuring Indila) — 2011 — — — — — — — La cuenta • "Bye Bye Sonyé" (DJ Abdel featuring Indila) — — — — — — — Evolution 2011 • "Dreamin (Youssoupha featuring Indila & Skalpovitch) — 2012 — 14 — 8* (Ultratop) — 65 — Noir désir • "Garde L'équilibre" (H Magnum featuring Indila) — 2015 — 96 — — — — — Gotham City • "Carrousel" (Amir Haddad featuring Indila) — 2020 — 191 — — — — — Ressources • "Roi 2 cœur" (Zaho featuring Indila) — 2023 — 104 — — — — — Résilience • "*" denotes a single did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

List of other vocals • Title — Artist — Year — Album • "Dans Les Yeux" — Sell One — 2006-2007 • "Invitaation" — Vitaa — 2009 — Celle que je vois • "Trinité" — L'Algérino — 2010 — Effet miroir • "À L'ancienne" — 113 — Universel • "Press pause" — OGB — 2011 — La mémoire • "Yema" — Kayna Samet — 2012 — A coeur ouvert • "Plus jamais" — Sultan — Des Jours Meilleurs

List of songwriting credits • Title — Year — Artist • "Poussière d'empire" — 2010 — Nessbeal • "J'ai besoin d'y croire" (featuring Awa Imani and Indila) — Admiral T • "Thug mariage" — Rohff • "Bye Bye Sonyé" — 2011 — DJ Abdel • "Avec toi" (featuring Tunisiano and Indila) — 2012 — Axel Tony • "Plus haut" — M. Pokora • "Plus jamais" — Sultan • "Dreamin (featuring Indila and Skalpovitch) — Youssoupha • "Ma reine" (featuring Admiral T and Indila) — 2013 — Axel Tony • "Baila" — 2016 — Ishtar • "Pour toi et moi" • "Carrousel" — 2020 — Amir