# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rachid-baba-ahmed
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:51:33.651Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rachid-baba-ahmed"
name: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
slug: "rachid-baba-ahmed"
description: "Rachid Baba Ahmed was an Algerian record producer, composer, and singer involved in the regional genre known as raï. He was credited with the international popularization of the genre in 1976, through the new pop raï, with a delicate and sophisticated blend of electronic instrumentation. He was also credited with the development of pop raï during the 1970s and 1980s,1 the performers of which are called cheb or chaba."
tagline: "Algerian musical producer and singer ; raï musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rachid_Baba_Ahmed.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-08-20"
deathDate: "1995-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.8
  momentum:             1.404639175257732
  historical:           10.56519333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14564980/"
    handle:    "nm14564980"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF"
    title: "رشيد بابا أحمد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Baba_Ali_Ahmed"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ali Ahmed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Baba_Ahmed"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Baba_Ahmed"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Baba_Ahmed"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%91%D7%90_%D7%90%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%93"
    title: "רשיד באבא אחמד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Baba_Ahmed"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF"
    title: "رشید بابا احمد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Baba_Ahmed"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Baba_Ahmed"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/584e0733-c660-4d2f-bd69-b2e98fb41a86"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324556"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3557201"
    title: "Rachid Baba Ahmed"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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