This is a partial list of musicians and groups of musicians who have worked in the predominantly Algerian

raï Raï (, ; , , ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called () or (), i.e. 'young', as opposed to (, 'shaykh'), i.e. 'old', the name given to Chaabi singers. The tradi ...

genre of music.

Artists

* Abdel Ali Slimani * Ahmed Fakroun *

Boussouar El Maghnaoui Boussouar El Maghnaoui (born 1955 in Maghnia, Algeria) is an Algerian rai singer-songwriter, considered a pioneer in the genre. Biography Born in 1955 in Maghnia (Tlemcen Province), Algeria. His first appearance in rai music dates back to 19 ...

* Boutaiba Sghir * Bouteldja Belkacem *

Chaba Fadela Chaba Fadela (born Fadela Zalmat, 5 February 1962) is an Algerian raï musician and actress. 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 mus ...

Cheb Bilal Bilal Mouffok (; born 23 July 1966), known professionally as Cheb Bilal (), is an Algerian raï singer, He produces traditional music that includes instruments like congas and violins. Career Bilal spent much of his youth in Oran, where he stu ...

Cheb Hasni Cheb Hasni (Arabic: الشاب حسني), born Hasni Chakroun (Arabic: حسني شقرون), (1 February 1968 – 29 September 1994), was an Algerian raï singer. Regarded as "The King of Sentimental Music","le rossignol du raï", his contributi ...

Cheb Mami Mohamed Khelifati (; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (), is an Algerians, Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in Mashriqi Arabic, Eastern Arabic dialects or ...

Cheb Nasro Nasereddine Souïdi (, born 30 November 1969), known as Cheb Nasro and after Nasro (Arabic:نصرو) is raï's most prolific artist with more than 131 albums to his credit. Biography Nasro was born Nasereddine Souidi in Aïn Témouchent and ...

Cheb Sahraoui Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohamed Sahraoui, Oran, Algeria, 1 April 1961) is an Algerian raï musician, the first raï singer to tour North America and the first to incorporate electronic synthesizers into his arrangements. Early life As a pianist, he ...

* Cheb Tarik *

Cheba Zahouania Cheba Zahouania () (also spelled Chaba), born Halima Mazzi () (born May 15, 1959) is an Algerian singer known for raï music. She has lived in France since her singing partner, Cheb Hasni, was murdered in 1994. Biography Halima Mazzi was born in ...

Cheikha Rabia Cheikha Rabia is an Algerian singer. Early life She was born in Relizane (near Oran) in Algeria in 1944, a city near Oran. Rabia is the daughter of a barber (a veteran of World War I) and a seamstress from Kabylie. She began singing at 11 ...

Cheikha Rimitti Cheikha Rimitti (; 8 May 1923 – 15 May 2006), born Saadia El Ghizania (), was an Algerian raï female singer. Early life Cheikha Rimitti was born in Tessala, a small village in western Algeria in 1923. She is from the major Berber tribe ...

Fadela & Sahrawi Fadela and Sahraoui were a renowned Algerian raï vocal duo, consisting of Cheb Sahraoui (born Mohammed Sahraoui, Tlemcen, Algeria, 1 April 1961) and Chaba Fadela (born Fadela Zalmat, Oran, Algeria, 5 February 1962). The couple married in 1983. T ...

Faudel Faudel Belloua (; born June 6, 1978) is a French raï singer and actor of Algerian descent. He released studio albums, notably '' Baïda'', '' Samra'', ''Un Autre Soleil'' and ''Mundial Corrida'' and the live album '' 1,2,3 Soleils'' jointly w ...

Gana El Maghnaoui Mourad Gana (; born 2 February 1958), known professionally as Gana El Maghnaoui (), is an Algerian raï songwriter, lyricist and composer. Biography From Maghnia (Tlemcen Province), Mourad Gana, better known under the name Gana El Maghnaoui, ...

Houari Manar Houari Manar (; born Houari Madani, ; 18 December 1981 – 7 January 2019) was an Algerian raï singer who was popular in his home country as well as the neighbouring Maghreb and Mediterranean countries, and in France. Early life Houari Manar wa ...

* Khaled *

Messaoud Bellemou Messaoud Bellemou () is an Algerian musician and one of the most influential performers of modern raï music. He is considered by some people to be one of the fathers of Modern Raï Music. Messaoud began his career playing the trumpet but soon be ...

* Najim *

Rachid Baba Ahmed Rachid Baba Ahmed (; 20 August 1946–15 February 1995) was an Algerian record producer, composer, and singer involved in the regional genre known as raï. He was credited with the international popularization of the genre in 1976, through the n ...

Rachid Taha Rachid Taha (, Latn, ar, Rashīd Ṭāhā, ; 18 September 1958 – 12 September 2018) was an Algerian people, Algerian singer and activist based in France described as "sonically adventurous". His music was influenced by many different styles in ...

Raïna Raï Raïna Raï, () is an Algerian raï band from Sidi Bel Abbès. It formed in 1980 in Paris and continues to this day. The founding members are Tarik Naïmi Chikhi, Kaddour Bouchentouf, Lotfi Attar and Hachemi Djellouli. History The group was ...

* Reda Taliani

References

Bibliography

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:List of rai musicians *

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