Chaba Fadela

Chaba Fadela (actually Fadela Zelmat; born February 5, 1962 in Oran ) is an Algerian actress and singer. In 1978 appeared her Ana Ma H'Lali Ennoum to German " I can not sleep ," the first piece of Raï, were used in the synthesizer. It was a huge hit in the Maghreb and the beginning of the Pop - Raï phenomenon of the 1980s.

In the late 1970s, she met her future husband, Cheb Sahraoui, with whom she lived the next 20 years and worked. At first, the duo occurred only at weddings and similar celebrations, since their joint produced by the legendary Rachid Baba Ahmed worldwide hit N'sel Fik 1983 they earned in the West as its reputation increases, which, inter alia, in 1993 in a collaboration with Bill Laswell reflected for the album Walli and successful international tours. N'Sel Fik was included in the list Wire The Wire 's " 100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening ) ".

In the late 1990s broke their marriage and artistic partnership with Sahraoui. Since then she has returned alone.

• Rock singer
• Musician (Algeria)
• Person ( Oran )
• Raï musicians
• Algerian
• Born in 1962
• Woman