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Also known as Adila Sedraïa

Adila Sedraïa (; born 26 June 1984), known professionally as Indila (), is a French singer-songwriter and record producer. She collaborated with many musicians on vocals and lyrics prior to releasing her first single, "Dernière danse" (English: "Last dance"), in December 2013, which reached SNEP second in France and became in December 2023, 10 years after its release, the first French-language song to exceed one billion views on YouTube. She released her debut album, Mini World, in February 2014, which met commercial success.

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Indila, born Adila Sedraïa in Paris, is a French singer, singer-songwriter, composer, and manufacturer. She began her professional work in 2005 and performs as a mezzo-soprano. Her musical style encompasses raï, rhythm and blues, pop music, folk-pop, French pop, indie pop, and orchestral pop. She speaks French and has five recorded works.

Indila is married to Skalpovich. She stands 1.59 meters tall and maintains a social media following of 7,390,000. On Last.fm, she has 866,756 listeners and 15,298,295 plays, with common tags including French, pop, and female vocalist.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
France
Active from
1984
folk popfrench popindie poporchestral popsinger-songwriter

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
866,756
Total plays
15,298,295

Tags

frenchpopfemale vocalistfemale vocalistsindie

Adila Sedraia (born June 26, 1984 in Paris), known professionally as Indila, is a French singer-songwriter. She is known for her 2013 debut single "Dernière danse", which peaked at #2 in France and is the most-viewed French song on YouTube, with 1.2 billion views, along with it being the first French song to reach one billion views. She has one studio album, titled Mini World, which peaked at #1 in France, Belgium and Poland. Prior to her solo debut, she collaborated with many French rappers an

via Last.fm · Indila

Key facts

Musical artist.name
Indila
Musical artist.image
Indila - EBBA 2015.jpg
Musical artist.alt
Indila in 2015
Musical artist.caption
Indila performing at the 2015 EBBA Awards
Musical artist.birth_name
Adila Sedraïa
Musical artist.alias
Indila
Musical artist.birth_place
Paris, France
Musical artist.genre
World
Musical artist.years_active
2009–present

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • 2009–2012: Featuring vocals
  • 2013–2014: ''Mini World'' and its commercial success
  • 2019–present: Hiatus and "Parle à ta tête"
  • Artistry
  • Discography
  • Studio albums
  • Singles
  • Other charted songs
  • As featured artist
  • Other vocals
  • Songwriting credits
  • Notes
  • References

Adila Sedraïa (; born 26 June 1984), known professionally as Indila (), is a French singer-songwriter and record producer. She collaborated with many musicians on vocals and lyrics prior to releasing her first single, "Dernière danse" (English: "Last dance"), in December 2013, which reached SNEP second in France and became in December 2023, 10 years after its release, the first French-language song to exceed one billion views on YouTube. She released her debut album, Mini World, in February 2014, which met commercial success.

== Early life== Adila Sedraïa was born on 26 June 1984, in Paris, France. Her mother was a caregiver, while her grandmother sang at weddings. Indila has two sisters, and she described herself as a "child of the world" of Algerian, Cambodian, Indian, and Egyptian descent. Prior to her singing career, she worked as a tour guide at the Marché international de Rungis. She explained that her stage name came from her immeasurable love for India.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Indila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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