Khaled (musician)
Khaled Hadj Ibrahim (Arabic: خالد حاج إبراهيم, born 29 February 1960), better known by his mononym Khaled (Arabic: خالد, pronounced [ˈxaːled]), is an Algerian musician, singer and songwriter born in Oran, Algeria. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled (الشاب خالد, Arabic for "Young" Khaled, as opposed to the traditionalist Sheikh elders). He was crowned "King of Raï" in the first Raï festival in Oran and has since become the world’s best-known Arab singer.[2] His most famous songs are "Didi", "El Arbi", "Aïcha" and "C'est la vie" as well as "Alech Taadi", which was prominently featured in the 1997 film The Fifth Element.[3]
Khaled خالد حاج إبراهيم | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Khaled performing in Oran in July 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Khaled Hadj Ibrahim |
| Also known as | King of Raï Cheb Khaled |
| Born | 29 February 1960 Oran, Algeria |
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| Occupation(s) |
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| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | Universal Music |
Biography
Personal life
Khaled Hadj Brahim was born in 1960 in Oran's Eckmühl neighborhood, Algeria.[4][5]
On 12 January 1995, Khaled married Samira Diabi, 27, with whom he has four daughters and one son.
In 1997, his wife filed a complaint against him for domestic violence, before retracting.[6][7]
In 1998, the documentary Khaled: Derrière le sourire was produced, recounting his life.
Khaled has an illegitimate son with whom he has no contact. Before a court in 2001, he denied being the father of the child, continuing to claim that he had been "deceived".[8][9] On May 7, 2001, Khaled was sentenced by the Nanterre criminal court to a two-month suspended prison sentence for "family desertion".[10] His move to Luxembourg in 2008, where he's been residing ever since, has reportedly been motivated by these charges.[11]
He was awarded Moroccan citizenship in August 2013,[12] which he didn't ask for but accepted because he felt he could not refuse.[13]
On April 3, 2015, Khaled was convicted for plagiarism of Didi, from Angui ou Selmi, a musical composition recorded by Cheb Rabah (born Rabah Zerradine) in 1988.[14][15][16] But on May 13, 2016, Court of Cassation removed the charges against Khaled, when a 1982 audio tape with the song was shown. This tape was recorded by Khaled and given to a producer located in Oran, 6 years before Cheb Rabah's record. In the end, Rabah had to compensate Khaled for the fees during this case.[17]
Musical career
At the age of 14, he founded the Cinq Étoiles (Five Stars) band and started performing in nightclubs and at weddings. In the 1980s, Khaled started producing and singing songs in the Raï genre.
His rise to national fame was mainly due to the efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel Hosni Snoussi, director of the state-supported arts and culture Office Riadh el Feth, who took Khaled under his wing and invited him along with other rai stars to perform at the state-sponsored Festival de la Jeunesse pour la Fête Nationale in Algiers in July 1985.[11][2] In the same year, he was crowned king of rai in the first official festival of rai which was staged in Oran.[18]
Hosni Snoussi and Martin Meissonnier, who met at the Festival, convinced France’s Minister of Culture Jack Lang that the export of rai from Algeria to France was in the French government’s interest and together they organized the first rai festival in France at Bobigny in 1986. Cheb Khaled, who had been avoiding his mandatory military service, was able to perform at Bobigny only after Colonel Snoussi intervened with the Algerian military authorities to secure him a passport.[11][2] Shortly thereafter, Snoussi arranged for Cheb Khaled to record in France, with funding from the Office Riadh el Feth. The album, Kutché, released in 1988, a collaboration between Khaled and the Algerian jazz musician Safy Boutella, expanded his reputation in France, where he soon settled.[11]
In 1992, having dropped the "Cheb" from his performance name, he recorded Khaled, which was produced by Don Was. The album's first single Didi, which was a major hit in Europe, the Arab World, and in South and East Asia, made him an international superstar.[11]
International audience
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Khaled's signature song, the 1993 hit "Didi", became extremely popular in the Arabic-speaking countries and also in several other continents, including Europe, where it entered top charts in France, Belgium and Spain, and in Asia, including India and Pakistan. The song was also used in a Bollywood films Shreeman Aashiq and Airlift and a Mollywood film titled Highway. Khaled and producer Don Was appeared on The Tonight Show on 4 February 1993.[19] The latter track, which saw heavy rotation on MTV Europe, climbed to fourth on the charts in Germany. Known as the "King of Rai", Khaled is a winner of numerous awards, and has sold over 80.5 million albums worldwide including 10 diamond, platinum, and gold albums. In 2010 he performed Didi at the opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, making him one of the best selling Arabic language artists in history. Khaled's music also experienced great popularity in Brazil, on the late 1990s and early 2000s, greatly due to the usage of some of his songs in TV shows. In 2012 Khaled's album C’est la vie sold more than one million copies in the European market alone after only two months and sold 2.2 million copies in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as 200,000 in the United States, for an estimated 4.6 million worldwide sales. With a record million downloads of the hit single "C'est la vie" on European and Canadian iTunes, the album reached number 5 on the Billboard top France Songs. The album contains a message of tolerance, love and peace. Khaled tried to convey what Algerian immigrants suffer in Europe through the album and believes this is the reason behind the album's huge commercial success. C’est la vie was Khaled's first album after a five-year break from recording during 2011 presidential elections in France and the Arab Spring.
Discography
This discography does not include a number of albums released on cassette in Algeria early in his career, and several bootleg/unofficial albums.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Charts | Certification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) |
BEL (Wa) |
FRA [20] |
NED | SWI | ||||||
| 1974 | Trig lycee | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1978 | Nenssa Souad | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1983 | Der Ghalta | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | Khoude K'rak | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1988 | Kutché (with Safy Boutella) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | Khaled | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1993 | N'ssi N'ssi | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1996 | Sahra | 24 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 26 | ||||
| 1999 | Kenza | — | — | 49 | — | 57 | ||||
| 2004 | Ya-Rayi | — | 41 | 52 | — | 70 | ||||
| 2009 | Liberté | — | 95 | 51 | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | C'est la vie | — | 27 | 18 | — | 96 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released | ||||||||||
Live albums
- Solo
| Year | Album | Charts | Certification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) |
BEL (Wa) |
FRA [20] | |||
| 1998 | Hafla | 28 | — | 29 | |
- Collaboration
| Year | Album | Charts | Certification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) |
BEL (Wa) |
FRA [20] | |||
| 1999 | 1, 2, 3 Soleils (credited to Taha / Khaled / Faudel) |
— | 14 | 4 | |
Compilation albums
- 1988: Ya Taleb
- 1991: Le Meilleur de Cheb Khaled
- 1993: S'hab El Baroud
- 1994: Le Meilleur de Cheb Khaled 2
- 1994: Kaisse Wa Laila
- 2005: Forever King
- 2005: Spirit of Rai
- 2005: Les Années Rai
- 2006: Salou Ala Nabi
- 2006: Maghreb Soul - Cheb Khaled Story 1986–1990
- 2006: Anajit Anajit
- 2007: Best of Khaled
- 2009: Rebel of Raï - The Early Years
- 2010: Cheb Khaled - Double Best
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT | BEL (Fl) |
BEL (Wa) |
FRA [20] |
GER | NED | SWE [21] |
SWI | |||
| 1988 | "Chebba" / "Baroud" (Cheb Khaled & Safy Boutella) |
— | 23 | 25 | 1 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 11 | Kutché |
| "Le Camel" (Cheb Khaled & Safy Boutella) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992 | "Didi" | — | — | — | 9 | — | 29 | — | 30 | Khaled |
| "Ne m'en voulez pas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mauvais sang" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Serbi Serbi" | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | N'ssi N'ssi |
| "Chebba" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "N'ssi N'ssi" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1995 | "Bakhta" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1996 | "Aïcha" | — | 25 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 14 | — | 11 | Sahra |
| 1997 | "Ouelli El Darek" | — | 33 | 45 | 23 | — | 12 | 10 | 66 | |
| "La poupée qui fait non (live)" (Mylène Farmer & Khaled) |
— | — | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | Mylène Farmer's album Live à Bercy | |
| "Le jour viendra" | — | — | 12 | 24 | — | 14 | 36 | — | Sahra | |
| "Lillah" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Abdel Kader (Live à Bercy)" (Taha / Khaled / Faudel) |
— | — | 36 | 6 | — | — | — | — | Joint album 1, 2, 3 Soleils by Taha / Khaled / Faudel Original by Khaled alone in his album N'ssi N'ssi |
| 1999 | "Comme d'habitude" (Taha / Khaled / Faudel) |
— | — | 40 | 40 | — | — | — | — | Joint album 1, 2, 3 Soleils by Taha / Khaled / Faudel |
| "C'est la nuit" | — | — | 35 | 29 | — | — | — | — | Kenza | |
| 2000 | "El harba wine" (feat. Amar) |
— | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Les ennemis (el Aâdyene)" (Khaled vs. Fonky Family) |
— | — | — | 63 | — | — | — | — | Single only | |
| 2001 | "Wana wana" | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | "Ya-Rayi" | — | — | 12 | 11 | — | 36 | 25 | 80 | Ya-Rayi |
| "Zine Zina" | — | 12 | 22 | 18 | — | 58 | 12 | 23 | ||
| 2007 | "La terre a tremblé" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Best of Khaled |
| 2009 | "Même pas fatigué !!!" (Magic System & Khaled) |
— | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 49 | Non-album release |
| "Papa" (cover of Blaoui Houari) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Liberté | |
| 2012 | "C'est la vie" | — | 5 | 5 | 4 | — | 92 | 34 | 33 | C'est la vie |
| "Hya hya" (feat. Pitbull) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Dima Labess" (featuring Mazagan) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Wahda Be Wahda" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA |
| 2018 | "Mirage"
(feat Soolking) |
— | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | Fruit du démon |
| 2019 | "Maghreb Gang"
(feat French Montana,Farid Bang) |
7 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 6 | Non-album release |
| 2020 | "Delali"
(feat Gashi (rapper)" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release |
- Featured (charting hits only)
| Year | Single | Charts | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Fl) |
BEL (Wa) |
FRA | NED | SWI | |||
| 2006 | "Henna"[22] (Cameron Cartio feat. Khaled) |
— | — | — | 86 | 9 | Cameron Cartio's album Borderless |
Appearances and featured in
| Year | Song | Main artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Be Not Afraid" | The Blow Monkeys | Springtime for the World |
| 1992 | "Amdyaz" | Hector Zazou | Sahara Blue |
| 1995 | "Revolution, Revolutions" "ElDorado" (UNESCO official anthem) | Jean Michel Jarre | Concert Pour La Tolerance |
| "Didi" (with Johnny Clegg) | Various Artists | Duos Taratata | |
| "Kebou" "N'ssi N'ssi" "Chebba" | Various Artists | Going Global Series Voila | |
| "Numb (Gimme Some More Dignity mix)" | U2 | Melon: Remixes for Propaganda | |
| 1997 | "La poupée qui fait non" | Mylène Farmer | Live à Bercy |
| "Chanson du herisson" | Various Artists | Emilie Jolie | |
| "Koubou Koubou" | Various Artists | The Rough Guide to the Music of North Africa | |
| "Mâardi" | Various Artists | Sol En Si (Solidarité Enfants Sida) | |
| 1998 | "Ensemble (Understand)" "Crimes" | Alan Stivell | 1 Douar |
| "Oasis de los Dioses" | Ketama | Konfusion | |
| 1999 | "Bladi" | Freeman (feat. K-Rhyme Le Roi & Khaled) | L'palais de justice |
| "¡Oh Madre!" | Tekameli | Ida y Vuelta | |
| "Albey" | Amr Diab | Amarain | |
| 2000 | "L'aziza" | Various Artists | Balavoine Hommages ... |
| "Time for a Change" | Various Artists (The Rapsody feat. MC Lyte & DaNaCeE & Khaled) | The Rapsody | |
| "Emmenez-moi" | Les Enfoirés | XXème siècle | |
| "Le rêve de mon père" | Kertra | Labyrinthe | |
| 2001 | "Aich Rebel Sun" | Various Artists | Big Men, Raï Meets Reggae |
| 2002 | Ojos de la Alhambra (Eyes of the Alhamra) | Vincente Amigo | Ciudad de los Ideas (City of Ideas) |
| "Saludo A Chango" | Compay Segundo | Duets | |
| 2004 | "Agir Réagir" | Various Artists | Agir Réagir |
| "Retour aux sources" | Kore & Skalp | Raï'N'B Fever | |
| "L'enfant du pays" | Rim'K | L'enfant du pays | |
| "Love to the people" | Carlos Santana | Non-album single[23] | |
| "Dance with me" | Enzo Avitabile & Bottari | Save the World | |
| 2005 | "Henna" | Cameron Cartio | Borderless |
| 2006 | "Mas and Louly" | Diana Haddad | Diana 2006 |
| "Face à la mer" (recorded in 1992) | Les Négresses Vertes | À l'affiche (Best of), | |
| "El Marsem" | Enrique Morente | Morente sueña la Alhambra (DVD) | |
| 2007 | "Benthi" | Mélissa | Taxi 4 |
| "Bilovengo" "Erjaii ya alf leila" | Bratsch | Plein du monde | |
| "Salamo Alaykom" | Andy, Hakim | Airport | |
| 2010 | "Citizens of the World" | Flying Machines, King Sunny Adé, Kailash Kher, Cheng Lin | Citizens of the World |
| 2012 | "Mazal Wakfin" | Warda Al-Jazairia,Baaziz | single |
| "L'Oriental" | Enrico Macias | Venez tous mes amis![24] | |
| 2013 | "El Baraka" | Rim'K,Cheba Zahouania | Non-album single |
| "Larosa" | Medina | Sista Minuten[25] | |
| 2014 | "Shage3 7elmak-World cup 2014 | Nancy Ajram | Non-album single[26] |
| 2018 | "We Enta Maaya" | Tamer Hosny | Eish Besho'ak[27] |
| "Mirage" | Soolking | Fruit du démon | |
| 2019 | "Salama So Good" | Andy | Non-album single[28] |
| 2019 | "Maghreb Gang" | Farid Bang, French Montana | Non-album single |
Soundtracks
| Year | Soundtrack song | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Ragda" "Mauvais Sang" "Kebou" "Les ailes" "Alech Taadi" "Bakhta" | 1, 2, 3, Sun (French: Un, deux, trois, soleil) |
| "Didi" | Caro diario | |
| 1995 | "Didi" | L' Âge des possibles |
| "Didi" | Highway (1995) | |
| "Les Ailes" | Party Girl | |
| 1997 | "Wahrane Wahrane" "Cameleons" (with Cheb Mami) | 100% Arabica |
| "Alech taadi" | The Fifth Element (featured in film, but not released on soundtrack album) | |
| 1999 | "El Arbi" | Vila Madalena soap opera |
| 2000 | "Wana wana aamel eih" "Dour biha ya chibani" | Origine contrôlée |
| 2002 | "Ragda" | The Truth About Charlie |
| "Minuit" | The Good Thief | |
| 2004 | De l'autre côté | |
| 2006 | "Ya Dzayer" "Mort de Messaoud" "Nostalgie" "Sur la tombe" "El Babour" | Indigènes (Days of Glory) |
| 2007 | "Benthi" (feat. Mélissa M) | Taxi 4 |
| 2012 | "Wahran Wahran" | The Dictator |
Filmography
- 1997 100% Arabica
- 2003 Art'n Acte Production
Awards
Below is a chronological list of awards won by Khaled
- 1985 The first prize of rai music (KING) Oran
- 1989 best song (chebba) in France
- 1989 top 100 best album in 20th century (kutché)
- 1992 top 50 Mtv AMERICA (didi)
- 1992 World Music Awards (didi)
- 1992 Mtv India Awards (didi)
- 1993 Venice Film Festival 50th - (Un, deux, trois, soleil)
- 1994 César Award - best movie soundtrack
- 1995 Victoires de la Musique (Artist of the Year)
- 1997 World Music Awards (Song of the year) (Sahra album)
- 1997 Victoires de la Musique (Song of the year) ("Aicha")
- 1997 African Grammys best North African singerKora Awards ("Aïcha")
- 1998 le Prix européen MTV Europe Music Awards
- 1999 World Music Awards (1,2,3 Soleils) shared with Rachid Taha and Faudel
- 2004 Grammy jam Awards (Khaled and Carlos Santana) ("Love to the people")
- 2005 R3 Awards BBC Awards for World Music - (Mid East & North Africa Winner)
- 2005 Montreal International Jazz Festival (The Antonio Carlos-Jobim Award)
- 2005 ImagineNations and DC Internationals (Empowering Award, for spreading the message of peace)
- 2006 The Mediterranean Prize for Creativity
- 2008 Award Dutch Virsti - German Academy of Music
- 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards creativity
- 2009 NME Awards 2009 (meilleur duo) avec Magic System
- 2009 MGM Awards (highest-selling Arab album in history) (The legendary) (Las Vegas)
- 2010 Big Apple Music Awards (best Arab artist selling in United States)
- 2009 European Hot 100 Singles 2009 (Billboard Awards) (with Magic System)
- 2012 France Digital Songs (Billboard Awards) ("C'est La Vie")
- 2012 African Grammys best North African singer ("C'est La Vie") Kora Awards
- 2013 Victoires de la Musique ("C'est La Vie")
- 2013 World Music Awards ("C'est La Vie")
- 2013 Murex D'Or 2013 - Best International Song & Best International Singer - Cheb Khaled - ("C'est La Vie")
- 2013 Rabab d’or prix d'honneur - Maroc Festival International Al Ansra de M’diq ("C'est La Vie")
- 2013 Festival international de la musique kabyle à Tanger festival Touiza MAROC 2013 ("C'est La Vie")
- XLII Universal Music Award- vienna 2016 ("C'est La Vie") best song
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External links
- Official website (in French)
- Article on Khaled by Paul Tingen
- FAO Goodwill Ambassador website
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