#chaba fadela

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Chaba Fadela: You Are Mine

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Chaba Fadela · Cheb Sahraoui - N'sel fik

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Chaba Fadela (born in Oran, Algeria, 5 Feb 1962) is a raï singer and actress.

Raised in a poor neighborhood, she starred in the Algerian film “Djalti” at age 14. She launched her musical career as a singer in Boutiba S'ghir's band and began recording with producer Rachid Baba Ahmed in the late 1970s. She was the first woman to defy the ban on women singing in clubs, and quickly reached great success in Algeria.

She married Cheb Sahraoui, and the pair began recording together in 1983 with "N'sel Fik (You Are Mine)", which became one of the first international raï hits. An album was released in 1989. Fadela and Sahraoui toured internationally and recorded successfully in the 1980s. While in New York in 1993 they recorded the album Walli with producer and multi-instrumentalist Bill Laswell. They relocated from Algeria to France in 1994.

In the late 1990s, their professional and personal relationship ended. Since then, Fadela has continued to work as a solo singer.

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