Khaled (album)

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Khaled
PolyGram Records (U.S.)
221 101
ProducerDon Was
Michael Brook
Khaled chronology
Kutché
(1988) 		Khaled
(1992) 		N'ssi N'ssi
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
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Khaled, released in 1992, is Khaled's self-titled debut solo studio album for a major music label. The album was produced by Michael Brook and Don Was.

The album was primarily sung in Khaled's native Algerian

Arabic dialect with the exception of "Ne m'en voulez pas", which was sung in French. According to some estimates, the album sold over 7 million copies and became the biggest selling Arabic album.[2]

Production

Khaled signed with French record label

Macintosh computer and a keyboard.[3] The result of these sessions in the studio that combined Khaled's rai with Was' R&B, was, according to Was, "pretty wild music."[3]

Reception

The response from the Arab public was mixed. Many of the more conservative Arabs stopped buying his records and going to his concerts, feeling offended by exposure to what they perceived as the liberal West, and by what they saw as "(selling) out to Western commercialism".[4] Others saw this as new, cool, and revolutionary, and he attracted a new audience.[4]

The music from the album, especially "

Public Enemy Arabe" and is regarded as the first raï artist to successfully cross over into the French pop market.[4]

Track listing

  1. "
    Didi
    " – 5:02
  2. "El Arbi" – 3:35
  3. "Wahrane" – 4:27
  4. "Ragda" – 3:51
  5. "El Ghatli" – 4:07
  6. "Liah Liah" – 4:21
  7. "Mauvais Sang" – 6:13
  8. "Braya" – 4:46
  9. "Ne m'en voulez pas" – 4:57
  10. "Sbabi" – 4:05
  11. "Harai" – 3:57

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[5] Platinum 250,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. AllMusic
    . Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  2. ^ Dimery, Robert (2011). 1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die. Octopus. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "KHALED: Algerian Rai Music". Soundonsound.com. 1960-02-29. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  4. ^ a b c Gross, Joan, David McMurray, and Ted Swedenburg. "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Rai, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities." Diaspora 3:1 (1994): 21. [Reprinted in The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader, ed. by Jonathan Xavier and Renato Rosaldo, 1
  5. ^ "Brazilian album certifications – Khaled – Khaled" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil.
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