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, Kemmler and

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Biography

Khaled was born in

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and studied at the Conservatoire de Saint-Étienne.. In 2011, he participated in the TV program ''Je veux signer chez AZ'' under the pseudonym Nazim Hitch. Though he did not win the title, he was noticed by the record label Mercury who offered him a contract. He is the opening act for Ben l'Oncle Soul, Goran Bregović and Cali. Khaled wrote ten songs on the album '' Au cœur de moi'' by the singer

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,. of which he co-wrote and composed "

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", which was also chosen to represent

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at the

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. He opened for the singer during his tour in 2016 and 2017.

represented France at the

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with the song "

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", which was written and composed by Nazim Khaled. Khaled has written for several other artists, such as

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and

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, says Ninon Quillot who writes for Charts in France website on charting songs. It was produced by Skalpovich and was the first single from Nazim's upcoming debut album, scheduled for late 2017 by

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. He also wrote "La beauté du doute" for Florent Pagny. A single "Sommet", that he co-wrote with

and Kemmler was selected to be an official theme of the

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on French TV..

Discography

Singles

*2012: "Les cités" *2013: "Douce France" *2017: "Pourquoi veux-tu que je danse" *2018: "Je suis une femme seule" *2018: "On refera le monde"

Main compositions

*2014:

in " Andalouse" *2015: Kendji Girac in " Les yeux de la mama" *2015: Kendji Girac in " Conmigo" *2016:

in "

" *2016: Amir Haddad in " On dirait" *2016:

in " Ça va ça va" *2017: Amir Haddad in " Les rues de ma peine" *2017: Amir Haddad in " Au cœur de moi" *2017: Claudio Capéo in " Riche" *2017:

in "

" *2017:

in " La vie sait" *2017: Amir Haddad in " États d'Amour" *2018: Amir Haddad in "

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" *2019: Claudio Capéo in "Beaux à voir" *2019: Amir Haddad in " 5 minutes avec toi"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khaled, Nazim French male singer-songwriters French singer-songwriters 1986 births Living people