93,758 profiles ranked live

Cheb Mami

✓ Source-basedfalling

Algerian raï musician and singer-songwriter

MusiciansBorn 1966 · age 60
CompareClaim
Fame54.9
MomentumNot measured
Languages25
In century#9,415

Mohamed Khelifati, better known by his stage name Cheb Mami, is an Algerian raï musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in Eastern Arabic dialects or in French. Internationally, he is known for contributing vocals to the 1999 Sting single "Desert Rose".

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

In their own words 10

Cheb Mami
said
Own words

Honestly, the fact I've got where I am today is the result of a lot of hard graft.

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cheb Mami
said
Own words

It's like a dream come true, a little Algerian singer coming to the United States.

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cheb Mami
said
Own words

It's my dream to make it so rai music becomes a style of music like jazz, like rock.

Wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0

Listen

Spotify
Loads from Spotify when you press play
Open artist page on Spotify

Connected to Cheb 2

Musicians born in the 1960s 4

About this person

Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1966 · age 60
Wikipedia
25 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.