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Natacha Atlas
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Tunisian-Belgian actor, musician and singer who combines Arabic and African elements in modern electronic music (born 1964)
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Natacha Atlas is a Belgian, Tunisian, and Egyptian singer, recording artist, and musician born in Schaerbeek in 1964. She works in the field of performing arts, with a career that began in 1991. Her musical output spans genres including world music, jazz, Arabic pop, and ethnic electronica. She performs using her voice and is a member of the group Transglobal Underground.
Atlas is fluent in French, English, and Arabic, and also speaks Spanish. She identifies with the Islamic worldview. Her native language is listed as French, English, and Arabic. She is recognized as a female vocalist within the Arabic and world music scenes.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1964
Discography
- Diaspora1995
- Laysh Nat'Arak1995
- Yalla Chant1996
- Amulet1997
- Halim1997
- L'Égyptienne1997
- Gedida1999
- Mon amie la rose1999
- One Brief Moment1999
- The Remix Collection2000
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 171,167
- Total plays
- 2,149,678
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نتاشا أطلس (Romanization: Natacha Atlas; born 20 March 1964) is a Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western electronic music. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" (modern popular music). Her music has been influenced by many styles including Arabic, French, Indian, jazz, drum 'n' bass, and reggae. Atlas began her career as part of the world fusion group Transglobal Underground. In 1995, she began to focus on her solo career with the release of Diaspora. <a href="https://
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1964-03-20 ) 20 March 1964 (age 62) , Schaerbeek , Brussels-Capital , Belgium
- Genres
- World Arabic pop ethnic electronica
- Occupations
- Singer, songwriter
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Labels
- Nation Mantra Harmonia Mundi Six Degrees
- Website
- natachaatlasofficial .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Natacha
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Schaerbeek
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.natachaatlasofficial.com
- Image
- Natacha Atlas 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Natacha Atlas
- date of birth
- 1964-03-20
- Commons gallery
- Natacha Atlas
- name in native language
- نتاشا أطلس
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- social media followers
- 14800
- member of
- Transglobal Underground
- P12749
- Stochov
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Encyclopedic overview
Natacha Atlas (Arabic: نتاشا أطلس, natāšā ʔaṭlas, [nataːʃaː ʔatˤlas]; born 20 March 1964) is an Egyptian-Belgian singer known for her fusion of Arabic and Western music, particularly hip-hop. She once termed her music "cha'abi moderne" (modern folk music). Her music has been influenced by many styles including Maghrebain, hip hop, drum and bass and reggae.
Atlas began her career as part of the world fusion group Transglobal Underground. In 1995, she began to focus on her solo career with the release of Diaspora. She has since released seven solo albums and been a part of numerous collaborations. Her version of "Mon amie la rose" became a surprise success in France, reaching 16 on the French Singles Charts in 1999. Her most recent album, Strange Days, was released in 2019.
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