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Lounès Matoub

1956 - 1998

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Lounès Matoub (Arabic: معطوب الوناس; 24 January 1956 – 25 June 1998) was an Algerian Kabylian singer, poet, and thinker who sparked an intellectual revolution, and mandole player who was an advocate of the Berber cause, human rights, and secularism in Algeria throughout his life. Matoub was shunned and criticized by many Algerian Arabs for his secular, atheist politics, his militant advocacy of Berber rights and blasphemous rock songs, making him unpopular among both warring parties during the Algerian Civil War. His assassination, claimed by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), in unclear circumstances, provoked violent riots in Kabylia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lounès Matoub is the 1,243rd most popular singer (down from 1,174th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 114th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Algerian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Lounès Matoub ranks 1,243 out of 4,381. Before him are David Sylvian, Jenny Berggren, Halima Nosirova, Mustafa Sandal, Claudia Muzio, and Tom Verlaine. After him are Peter Maffay, Lynn Anderson, Alim Qasimov, Angela Gossow, Katri Helena, and Luz Casal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lounès Matoub ranks 290. Before him are Majida El Roumi, Ahmed Hachani, José Ramón Alexanko, Sergei Sukhoruchenkov, Eduardo Rodríguez, and Laura Zapata. After him are Stella Kyriakides, Scholastique Mukasonga, Jan Lammers, Richard Kind, Alan Ruck, and Abdullah Çatlı. Among people deceased in 1998, Lounès Matoub ranks 212. Before him are Jean Shiley, Gunnar Jansson, Lilí Álvarez, Clara Calamai, Jack Lord, and Pino Dordoni. After him are Consalvo Sanesi, Ferenc Sidó, Norah Borges, Bobo Brazil, Władysław Komar, and Erich Mende.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Lounès Matoub ranks 116 out of 213. Before him are Jean-Pierre Bacri (1951), Salima Ghezali (1958), Youcef Yousfi (1941), Emmanuel Roblès (1914), Djamel Menad (1960), and Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani (1927). After him are Sofia Boutella (1982), Kad Merad (1964), Redha Malek (1931), Abdelhamid Brahimi (1936), Tahar Djaout (1954), and Ernest Libérati (1906).

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Among SINGERS In Algeria

Among singers born in Algeria, Lounès Matoub ranks 3. Before him are Idir (1949), and Cheb Mami (1966). After him are Biyouna (1952), Cheb Hasni (1968), Souad Massi (1972), Zaho (1980), and Kenza Farah (1986).

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