Cheb Mami

Film & TV

Saïda, Algeria

Mohamed Khelifati (Arabic: محمد خليفاتي, Muḥammad Khalīfātī; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب مامي, shābb māmī), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in French or Eastern Arabic dialects. Internationally, he is known for contributing vocals to the 1999 Sting single "Desert Rose". Cheb Mami was…

Known for

• Raï Is Not Dead — Self (archive footage)2023
• Raï Story: From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet — Self (archive footage)2004
• Algeria, Memoirs of Raï — Self2001
• All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! — Self2001
• Star Academy — Self2001
• Vivement dimanche — Self1998
• 100% Arabica — Krimo1997
• Bled Music — Self1991
• Fort Boyard — Self1990
• Victoires de la musique — Self1985

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Algeria

Active from

1966-07-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

81,638

Total plays

748,267

Romanized spelling of شاب مامي (Cheb Mami). Cheb Mami, whose real name is Mohamed Khelifati, is an Algerian raï singer and actor, born 11 July 1966 in Saïda, Algeria. His collaboration with Sting for the track "Desert Rose" in 1999, was an international success that made his music known all over the world. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cheb+Mami">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Algeria

Place of birth

Saida

Occupation

singer

Languages spoken

Algerian Arabic

Field of work

singing

Genre

raï

Record label

Rotana Music Group

Image

Cheb Mami en 1986.jpg

Voice type

countertenor

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