# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheb-sahraoui
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:26:29.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheb-sahraoui"
name: "Cheb Sahraoui"
slug: "cheb-sahraoui"
description: "Cheb Sahraoui is an Algerian raï musician, the first raï singer to tour North America and the first to incorporate electronic synthesizers into his arrangements."
tagline: "Algerian rai musician (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cheb_Sahraoui_(1986).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.46
  momentum:             12.45283018867924
  historical:           8.352917333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/720775"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "الشاب صحراوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "الشاب صحراوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb_Sahraoui"
    title: "Cheb Sahraoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb_Sahraoui"
    title: "Cheb Sahraoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb_Sahraoui"
    title: "Cheb Sahraoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb_Sahraoui"
    title: "Cheb Sahraoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheb_Sahraoui"
    title: "Cheb Sahraoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "الشاب صحراوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb06832f-e10a-46b3-80fa-7616397f787e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068717"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump