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Cheb Mami

1966 - Today

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Mohamed Khelifati (Arabic: محمد خليفاتي, romanized: Muḥammad Khalīfātī; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (شاب مامي, shābb māmī), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in Eastern Arabic dialects or in French. Internationally, he is known for contributing vocals to the 1999 Sting single "Desert Rose". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Cheb Mami is the 1,027th most popular singer (down from 933rd in 2024), the 107th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Algerian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Cheb Mami ranks 1,027 out of 4,381. Before him are Snow, Dulce Pontes, Dragana Mirković, Hande Yener, Janet Baker, and Blixa Bargeld. After him are Lydia Lipkowska, Francesca Lebrun, David Gray, Måns Zelmerlöw, Marion Rung, and Achinoam Nini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Cheb Mami ranks 147. Before him are Anousheh Ansari, Alexander Khalifman, Kaoru Kakinami, Glenn Youngkin, Kiko, Princess Akishino, and Abel Balbo. After him are Bill Goldberg, Timo Tolkki, Stefan Reuter, Deborah Kara Unger, Jason Flemyng, and Hossam Hassan.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Cheb Mami ranks 107 out of 213. Before him are Rachid Mekhloufi (1936), Abdelaziz Djerad (1954), Boughera El Ouafi (1898), Rabah Saâdane (1946), Abdelaziz Belkhadem (1945), and Djamel Zidane (1955). After him are Ali Benflis (1944), Belaid Abdessalam (1928), Jean-Pierre Bacri (1951), Salima Ghezali (1958), Youcef Yousfi (1941), and Emmanuel Roblès (1914).

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Among SINGERS In Algeria

Among singers born in Algeria, Cheb Mami ranks 2. Before him are Idir (1949). After him are Lounès Matoub (1956), Biyouna (1952), Cheb Hasni (1968), Souad Massi (1972), Zaho (1980), and Kenza Farah (1986).

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