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label.

Career

Big Ali released his debut album ''Louder'' in May 2009. The album featured many French and international producers and artists. "Hit the Floor", released in October 2008, was the album's first single. It was followed by "Neon Music" in March 2009. A third single, "Universal Party", came out in November 2009. In collaborations, the joint 2006 single " Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" by

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and Cutee-B featuring Dollarman, Ali & Makedah stayed at #1 for four weeks on the Ultratop 40 Belgian charts. In 2007, it became a number one hit in ''

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. Big Ali wrote his first lyrics at the age of 8. He created a crew of DJs called "World Famous Vynil Squad". He also had radio and TV collaborations, such as the radio show "Full Throttle", which featured

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. Big Ali also created the show ''Jumpoff'', hosted by Ed Lover and Doctor Dré. He hosted his own show, "The Magic Hour", at

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in New York. Big Ali has also worked in club venues in the United States, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. He participated as an MC at the

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, Kore & Scalp,

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with

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on the hit "Dirty Hous",

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, and Maude Harcheb on her song "Donne-Moi Le La".

Discography

Albums

Solo singles

Charting

Featuring

Charting

Others

* 2006: Midas Touch (with

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) on the album Phoenix 2006 * 2006: 200 degrés (Zahouania, Cheb Bilal, Nessbeal) * 2006: A moi la vie (Douzi, Justine, Six Coups MC) * 2007: "Dirty House"

with Big Ali) in the album ''La Résurrection'' (Banlieue South remix) * 2008: "Stronger" / "Plus fort" (with

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) from her album ''

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'' * 2008: "Habibi" (with

and Amar) * 2008: "Bienvenue chez les Bylkas" (with

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) * 2009: "No Stress" (with Laurent Wolf et DJ Snake) * 2009: "New New New" (with Bob Sinclar) (Big Ali appears only in the music video for the song) * 2009: "Groove On" (remix) (with

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and

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) * 2010: "Curse" (Jamie Drastik feat. David Rush and Big Ali) * 2010: "Des larmes de sang" (with

Florent Pagny Florent Pagny (; born 6 November 1961) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He records his work in French, as well as in Italian, Spanish and English. His greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer" and "Ma Liberté de p ...

) * 2010: "Calypso" (DJ Snake feat. Big Ali) * 2010: "Playground" (with DJ Assad and

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) * 2010: "Make Some Noise" (with Claude N'Joya and Richard Bahericz) * 2010: "Ciao Amore" (with Dara Bubamara) * 2012: "Le Dernier Jour" (the last day) (with PZK) * 2013: "Džoni Džoni" (with Dara Bubamara) * 2017: "Segui Me" (with Master Sina and Cheb Khalass)

References

External links

Big Ali MyspaceBig Ali Twitter page
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