List of raï musicians

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

## Artists

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* Abdel Ali Slimani[1]
* Ahmed Fakroun[2]
* Boussouar El Maghnaoui[3]
* Boutaiba Sghir[4]
* Bouteldja Belkacem[5]
* Chaba Fadela[4][6][7]
* Cheb Bilal[8]
* Cheb Hasni[6][9]
* Cheb Mami[6][10][11][12]
* Cheb Nasro[13][14]
* Cheb Sahraoui[4][6][11][15]
* Cheb Tarik[16]
* Cheba Zahouania[10][13]
* Cheikha Rabia[5]
* Cheikha Rimitti[5][6][13][17]
* Fadela & Sahrawi[11]
* Faudel[18]
* Gana El Maghnaoui[19]
* Houari Manar[20]
* Khaled[4][6][10][11][13][21]
* Messaoud Bellemou[5]
* Najim[22]
* Rachid Baba Ahmed[6][13]
* Rachid Taha[6]
* Raïna Raï[10]
* Reda Taliani[23]

## References

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1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Abdel Ali Slimani – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
2. ^ Storm Roberts, John. "Ahmed Fakroun – Mots D'amour". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
3. ^ Saadi, Meryem (1 August – 4 September 2009). "Oujda, capitale du raï". TelQuel (in French). No. 386\. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
4. ^ a b c d "Khaled a le blues" (in French). Radio France Internationale. 10 June 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
5. ^ a b c d Koskoff 2008, p. 805.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h Al-Taee 2003.
7. ^ Harris, Craig. "Chaba Fadela – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
8. ^ Hache, Victor (7 June 2002). "Cheb Bilal, la nouvelle étoile du raï". L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2014.
9. ^ Harris, Craig. "Cheb Hasni – Maghreb Soul: The Story 1986-1990". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
10. ^ a b c d Koskoff 2008, p. 806.
11. ^ a b c d Ouazani, Cherif (March 1998). "Rencontre – Le monde selon Mami". Afrique magazine (in French). No. 151\. pp. 28–31.
12. ^ Azpiri, Jon. "Cheb Mami – Dellali". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
13. ^ a b c d e Langlois, Tony. "Raï". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 17 October 2014. (subscription required)
14. ^ Harris, Craig. "Cheb Nasro – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
15. ^ Harris, Craig. "Cheb Sahraoui – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
16. ^ "La place Jean-Jaurès valsera demain soir aux rythmes rap, raï et R'n'B". La Voix du Nord (in French). 30 July 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
17. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Cheikha Remitti – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
18. ^ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Faudel – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
19. ^ Ouahib, Aït Ouakli (9 August 2009). "Les Belabésiens réadaptent le raï authentique". L'Expression (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
20. ^ "سبب وفاة هواري منار وآخر ظهور له". Erem News (in Arabic). 10 April 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
21. ^ Nickson, Chris. "Cheb Khaled – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
22. ^ "La récolte de Najim" (in French). Radio France Internationale. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
23. ^ "A ECOUTER – Rim'k dévoile le nouveau clip de Maghreb United". Premiere (in French). 8 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

### Bibliography

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* Al-Taee, Nasser (Spring 2003). "Running with the Rebels: Politics, Identity, and Sexual Narrative in Algerian Rai" (PDF). Echo. 5 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2018.
* Koskoff, Ellen, ed. (2008). "Raï". The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Vol. 2\. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-97293-2.

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Raï musicians

* Abdel Ali Slimani
* Ahmed Fakroun
* Ahmed Zergui
* Boussouar El Maghnaoui
* Boutaiba Sghir
* Bouteldja Belkacem
* Chaba Fadela
* Cheb Bilal
* Cheb Hasni
* Cheb Kader
* Cheb Mami
* Cheb Nasro
* Cheb Sahraoui
* Cheb Tarik
* Cheba Zahouania
* Cheikha Rabia
* Cheikha Rimitti
* Fadela & Sahrawi
* Faudel
* Gana El Maghnaoui
* Houari Manar
* Kader Japonais
* Khaled
* Messaoud Bellemou
* Mimoun El Oujdi
* Najim
* Rachid Baba Ahmed
* Rachid Taha
* Raïna Raï
* Reda Taliani

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