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It took the melodies of Andalusian music and modernized them. Haouzi music is most often played at weddings and ceremonies. Khaled known as Cheb Khaled, is considered as the King of Rai music, has achieved international fame, as Rai music is very popular in Algeria, Morocco France, Tunisia, Turkey, Libya, and Egypt. Staifi is a genre of music ...
Originating in western Algeria in the early 1900s as a combination of popular music and traditional Bedouin desert music, [13] it emerged as a major world-music genre in the 1980s. [14] It is a pop-flavored, opinionated take on folk music, performed by internationally-known talent such as Khaled and Cheb Mami.
Bled Music was an Algerian TV show that aired on ENTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was produced by Aziz Smati and presented by Kamel Dynamite , Farid Le Rockeur and Samia Benkherroubi . It was the first show to air Raï music on Algerian television. [ 1 ]
YouTube Music is a music streaming service developed by the American video platform YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet's Google. The service is designed with an interface that allows users to simultaneously explore music audios and music videos from YouTube-based genres, playlists and recommendations.
Sting was widely credited for introducing raï music to Western music audiences, and as such, the song was a success on many charts, reaching No. 2 in Canada, No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 4 in Italy, No. 15 in the UK, and No. 17 in the US. [27] It also reached number 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative and Hot Dance Single Sales charts respectively.
Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. It has been described as a variant of synth-pop with outstanding heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. [3] The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a revival of popularity and influence in the late 2000s.
The group promotes Algerian folk tradition from various localities mixing them with Andalousian, Arab, Mediterranean, Western, Oriental and African styles. In 2015, the group was nominated as one of the six finalists for "Best Traditional Group of Africa" during the Kora Awards (The KORA All Africa Music Awards 2016).
Algerian hip hop music (Arabic: الراب الجزائري, romanized: Alrāb al-Jazāʼirī) as a genre includes the Hip Hop music of both native Algerians and Algerians abroad. Algerians living abroad have contributed much to this genre, [ 1 ] especially in France , where they are also considered part of the French hip hop scene.