Ahmed Chawki
Ahmed Chawki أحمد شوقي | |
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Born | Tétouan, Morocco | 31 May 1982
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Years active | 2008–present |
Ahmed Chawki (
Early life
Ahmed Chawki was born on 31 May 1982 in the town of Jbeldersa, Tétouan in Morocco. He has been composing and singing poems since childhood. He studied at the National School of Theatre and Singing in Tétouan, and took part in a number of events and won several awards. He then enrolled at the Institute of Fine Arts in Tétouan, specializing in classical and Western singing, while studying musical theory.
Music career
Early career
In 2000, Chawki took the first prize at the Arab Music Festival, organized by "Maison du Littoral" in Tetouan.
2009 and 2010 saw release of further hits by Chawki including "Inta Lya", "Ya Nassini", "Ghaly" and "La Paloma" with moderate success, despite lack of support by record labels.
2013: Breakthrough
Chawki caught the attention of RedOne during the production of the collective pan-Arab
The main version of "Habibi I Love You" by Ahmed Chawki featuring Pitbull became a big hit during the summer of 2013, with a live performance during the closing ceremonies of Festival Mawazine 2013 in Rabat[7] and topping the charts in Lebanon, Egypt and the Persian Gulf area during summer 2013.
The song was notably a hit in France charting in
The song has been subject to great number of remixes and appears in a number of compilations. It also remains greatly popular with zumba fitness exercise adherents.
Chawki released his second single "Ana Bahwak" (I Adore You) also produced by RedOne[9]
2014: Further success
On occasion of the
He simultaneously released his solo single "Time of Our Lives" again produced by RedOne and released on RedOne Records. A French-language version as "Time of Our Lives (Notre Moment)" and an Arabic version "Farhat al 'Aalam" were also released.
Awards and nominations
Africa Music Video Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref |
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2016 | Tsunami | African Video of the Year | Nominated | [10] |
Best North African Video | Nominated | [11] | ||
Best African Dance Video | Nominated | [12]
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Discography
Singles
Year | Singles | Peak positions | Notes | |||
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BEL (Wa) [15] |
NED Dutch Top 40 [16] |
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2013 | "Habibi I Love You" (featuring Pitbull) (France) (featuring Pitbull & Do) (Netherlands) |
153 | – | 2[a] (Tip) |
5 |
Versions of "Habibi I Love You":
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2014 | "Time of Our Lives" | 15 | 13[b] (Ultratip) |
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Versions of "Time of Our Lives":
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2014 | "It's My Life (Don't Worry)" (featuring Dr. Alban) |
187 | – | – | – |
- Non charting single releases
- 2009: "Inta liya"
- 2010: "Ya Nasini Ya Habibi" (in Arabicيا ناسيني يا حبيبي)
- 2010: "Ghaly" (in Arabicغالي)
- 2014: "Ana Bahwak" (in Arabicأنا بهواك)
- 2014: "Come Alive" (featuring RedOne)
- 2015: "Kayna Wla Makaynach" (in Arabicكاينة ولا ماكيناش)
- 2016: "Tsunami" (in Arabicتسونامي)
- 2017: "Qahwa" (in Arabicقهوة)
- 2017: "Sin Tee" featuring Seeya (in Arabicسين تي)
- 2017: "Insaha" featuring Arabicإنساها)
- 2018: "Amirah" (in Arabicأميرة)
- 2019: "Sofia" (in Arabicصوفيا)
- 2020: “Together We Rise”
- 2020: “Jawbni Lillah” Arabicجاوبني لله)
Featured in
Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification | Album | |||||
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BEL (Vl) [18] |
BEL (Wa) [15] |
GER |
SWI [19] | ||||||
2006 | "Head Bussas" (Pitbull feat. Ahmed Chawki) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | Unleashed, Vol. 4 Pitbull | |
2014 | " Magic in the Air" feat. Chawki)
(Magic System |
10 | 1 | 3 | 64 | - | 23 | Magic System album Africainement vôtre | |
2018 | "Amsterdam Marrakech" (Ali B feat. Ahmed Chawki, Soufiane Eddyani & Brahim Darri) |
- | - | - | - | 153 | - | Magic System album Africainement vôtre |
References
- ^ Medi1 TV: ضيف البرنامج أحمد شوقي (in Arabic)
- ^ Al Ahdath al Maghribiyya: أحمد شوقي يصور «كليبه» مع النجم الأمريكي بيتبول Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
- ^ a b HitRadio Maroc: Avec l'artiste marocain Ahmed Chawki Archived 2014-11-11 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ a b Al Khabar Maroc: المنتج العالمي المغربي ريدوان أنتج أغنية جديدة للفنان أحمد شوقي Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
- ^ a b Al Ahdath al Maghribiyya المنتج العالمي ريدوان يتعاقد مع أول فنان مغربي أحمد شوقي Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
- ^ a b Charts in France: Kenza Farah collabore avec Pitbull pour le single "Habibi I Love You" d'Ahmed Chawki (in French)
- ^ أحمد شوقي مدلل "ريدوان " يحظى بما لا يحظى به الآخرون في موازين Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
- ^ Hitzound.nl: Chawki featuring Pitbull & Do – "Habibi I Love You" (in Dutch)
- ^ Al Shamal al Aan: ريدوان ينتج أنا بهواك أغنية جديدة للمغني الشاب أحمد شوقي Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
- ^ "Yemi Alade, Wizkid, Cassper, Diamond, Rihanna, Shatta Wale Nominated for 2016 WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards - Nigerian news by Nigerians to the world-Wazobia forum". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
- ^ "#WAMVA2016: Full Nominees List of 2016 WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards | Monte Oz Live". Archived from the original on 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
- ^ "Yemi Alade, Wizkid, Diamond Platnumz, Cassper Nyovest & others Nominated for Watsup TV Africa Music Video Awards set to hold this December". 19 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Ahmed Chawki discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Chawki discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Chawki discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ Dutch Top 40 and Tipparade charts
- ^ a b "Chawki discography". www.dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Chawki discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Chawki discography". hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 June 2014.