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Souad Massi is a female singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor born in Algiers, Algeria, in 1972. She holds citizenship in both Algeria and France. Her musical career began in 1989, and she performs genres including pop music, African traditions, Algerian music, Arabic music, and gnawa. She is signed to Island Records and sings in French and Arabic.
Massi has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Her notable works include the album *13 Chansons Live Acoustic*. She identifies with the Islamic worldview. In addition to her musical output, she has worked in the acting department. Her name in her native language is سعاد ماسي.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- 13 Chansons Live Acoustic
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Film & TV
Algiers, Algeria
Souad Massi (born August 23, 1972), is an Algerian Berber singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death threats. In 1999, Massi performed at the Femmes d'Algérie concert in Paris, which led to a recording contract with Island Records. Massi's music, which prominently features the…
Known for
- Souad Massi, ALA.NI, and Gildaa @ Les Concerts Volants2026
- Souad Massi @ Les Concerts Volants2026
- Marc Lavoine - Basique, le concert — Self2023
- Eyes of a Thief — Lila2014
- Vivement dimanche — Self1998
- Victoires de la musique — Self1985
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1972
Discography
- Raoui2001
- Deb2003
- Mesk elil2005
- Live acoustique 2007 / Acoustic: The Best of Souad Massi2007
- Ô Houria2010
- Tiny Desk Concert2012
- The Definitive Collection2013
- Best Of2015
- El mutakallimûn2015
- Oumniya2019
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 138,656
- Total plays
- 1,633,650
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Souad Massi (Kabyle: Suɛad Masi, Arabic: سعاد ماسي) (born 23rd August 1972), is an Algerian of Kabyle descent, singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Algerian political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death threats. In 1999, Massi performed at the Femmes d'Algerie concert in Paris, which led to a recording contract with Island Records. Massi's music, which prominently features the acoustic guitar <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1972-08-23 ) August 23, 1972 (age 53) , Algiers , Algeria
- Genres
- Rock, Country , Fado , Algerian folk music , World music
- Occupations
- Musician, songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals, Guitar
- Years active
- 1999 – present
- Labels
- Island , Naïve Records
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Algiers
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Island Records
- Official website
- souad-massi.com
- Image
- Souad-Massi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Souad Massi
- date of birth
- 1972-08-23
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- name in native language
- سعاد ماسي
- P10632
- Souad Massi
- social media followers
- 86000
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Encyclopedic overview
Souad Massi (Arabic: سعاد ماسي; born August 23, 1972) is an Algerian Berber singer, songwriter and guitarist. She began her career performing in the Kabyle political rock band Atakor, before leaving the country following a series of death threats. In 1999, Massi performed at the Femmes d'Algérie concert in Paris, which led to a recording contract with Island Records.
Massi's music, which prominently features the acoustic guitar, displays Western musical style influences such as rock, country or the Portuguese fado but sometimes incorporates oriental musical influences and oriental instruments like the oud as well as African musical stylings. Massi sings in Classical Arabic, Algerian Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, French, occasionally in English, and in the Kabyle Berber language, often employing more than one language in the same song.
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