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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
Name = Khaled |
| name = Khaled
Type = [[Album]] |
| type = [[Album]]
Artist = [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]] |
| artist = [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]]
Cover = khaled_album.jpg |
| cover = khaled_album.jpg
Released = 1992 |
| alt =
| released = 1992
Recorded = MicroPLANT, [[Los Angeles]], [[United States|USA]]<br />ICP Studios, [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] |
| recorded = MicroPLANT, [[Los Angeles]], [[United States|USA]]<br />ICP Studios, [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
Genre = [[Raï]] |
Length = 49:25 |
| venue =
| studio =
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Label = [[Barclay Records|Barclay]]/[[PolyGram Records]] ([[Europe]])<br><small>511 815</small><br><br>Cohiba/[[PolyGram Records]] ([[United States|U.S.]])<br><small>221 101</small>|
Producer = [[Don Was]]<br>[[Michael Brook]] |
| genre = [[Raï]]
| length = 49:25
Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] {{Rating|4|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r55419|pure_url=yes}} link]|
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| label = [[Barclay Records|Barclay]]/[[PolyGram Records]] ([[Europe]])<br><small>511 815</small><br><br>Cohiba/[[PolyGram Records]] ([[United States|U.S.]])<br><small>221 101</small>
Last album = ''[[Kutché]]''<br />(1988) |
| producer = [[Don Was]]<br>[[Michael Brook]]
This album = ''Khaled'' <br /> (1992) |
| prev_title = [[Kutché]]
Next album = ''[[N'ssi N'ssi]]''<br />(1993) |
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = [[N'ssi N'ssi]]
| next_year = 1993
}}{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r55419|first=|last=|accessdate=2011-06-21}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Khaled''''', released in 1992, is [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]]'s self titled album, which established his reputation as a star in [[France]]. The album was produced by [[Michael Brook]] and [[Don Was]].
'''''Khaled''''', released in 1992, is [[Khaled (musician)|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 language|Arabic]] dialect with the exception of "Ne m'en voulez pas", which was sung in [[French language|French]].
The album was primarily sung in Khaled's native Algerian [[Arabic language|Arabic]] dialect with the exception of "Ne m'en voulez pas", which was sung in [[French language|French]]. According to some estimates, the album sold over 7 million copies and became the biggest selling Arabic album.<ref name="Sales">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UH_EOUR4tmkC&dq=Algeria&pg=PT1903|title=1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die|date=2011|publisher=[[Lagardère Publishing|Octopus]]|access-date=August 13, 2023|page=|first=Robert|last=Dimery}}</ref>


==Production==
With its fast tempo and catchy tune, the song "[[Didi (single)|Didi]]" was not only a huge hit but also a breakthrough. "Didi" rocketed to the top of the French Top 50 making it the first song recorded in Arabic to chart in France.


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Khaled signed with French record label [[Barclay Records]], then brought in American [[record producer]] [[Don Was]] to "incorporate American R&B—to Americanize the music", which Don Was achieved by combining Khaled's live musicians with loops and beats from his [[Macintosh]] computer and a [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]].<ref name="SoS">{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/oct97/khaled.html?print=yes |title=KHALED: Algerian Rai Music |publisher=Soundonsound.com |date=1960-02-29 |accessdate=2011-06-21}}</ref> The result of these sessions in the studio that combined Khaled's rai with Was' R&B, was, according to Was, "pretty wild music."<ref name="SoS"/>
The song "El Arbi" was successful in [[Brazil]] at the end of 1990 and beginning of 2000.


==Reception==
* In the USA, the album was released by [[Cohiba Records]], a short-lived label of [[PolyGram Records]]. The Cohiba release booklet (1992) includes the full sung texts in Arabic, but no English translations.
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".<ref name="RamadanNights">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</ref> Others saw this as new, cool, and revolutionary, and he attracted a new audience.<ref name="RamadanNights"/>


The music from the album, especially "[[Didi (song)|Didi]]," was played in French [[nightclubs]] and on Hip Hip Hourah, and the album began to sell well throughout [[France]]. The French emcee [[Freeman_(rapper)|Abdelmalek Sultan]] of hip-hop band [[IAM_(band)|IAM]] called Khaled the "[[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] Arabe" and is regarded as the first ''raï'' artist to successfully cross over into the French pop market.<ref name="RamadanNights"/>
* In 2005, the album was licensed to [[Wrasse Records]] by Universal Music for the UK and the USA.

==Mixed Opinions on ''Khaled's'' Westernness==

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To make the album ''Khaled'', the artist signed with the French record label [[Barclay Records]] and sought out American [[record producer]] [[Don Was]]. Upon meeting with Was, Khaled "asked (him) to incorporate American R&B—to Americanize the music," a request that Was obliged by combining Khaled's live musicians with loops and beats from his computer (a [[Macintosh]]) and a [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]].<ref>Paul Tingen. "Khaled Algerian Rai Music." Originally Published in SOS Magazine, October 1997. [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/oct97/khaled.html?print=yes]</ref> The result of these sessions in the studio that combined Khaled's rai with Was' R&B, was, according to Was, "pretty wild music."<ref>Paul Tingen. "Khaled Algerian Rai Music." Originally Published in SOS Magazine, October 1997. [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997_articles/oct97/khaled.html?print=yes]</ref>

The response from his Arab fans was mixed. Many of the more conservative Arabs stopped buying his records and going to his concerts after Khaled offended them with his liberal Western-influenced words and actions in interviews and on television, not to mention with his deliberate "(selling) out to Western commercialism" through the changes in his music.<ref>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</ref> However, Khaled's decision to mix his traditional style of Algerian [[raï]] with the slick production and Western beat patterns of American [[R&B]] stood out to some of his other fans as new, cool, and revolutionary and also made him plenty of new fans. The music from the album, especially "[[Didi (song)|Didi]]," began to garner play in important places like French [[nightclubs]] and on Hip Hip Hourah, and the album began to sell well throughout [[France]]. The French emcee Malek Sultan of [[IAM (band)|IAM]] even goes so far as to call Khaled the "[[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] Arabe," which demonstrates the respect that the French hip-hop scene has for the first raï artist to successfully cross over into the French pop market.<ref>Gross, Joan, David McMurray, and Ted Swedenburg. "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Rai, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identities." Diaspora 3:1 (1994): 22. [Reprinted in The Anthropology of Globalization: A Reader, ed. by Jonathan Xavier and Renato Rosaldo, 1</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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# "Harai" – 3:57

== Certifications ==
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==References==
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[[Category:Albums produced by Don Was]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Don Was]]
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 6 May 2024

Khaled
Studio album by
Khaled
Released1992
RecordedMicroPLANT, Los Angeles, USA
ICP Studios, Brussels, Belgium
GenreRaï
Length49:25
LabelBarclay/PolyGram Records (Europe)
511 815

Cohiba/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 [1]

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

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Khaled signed with French record label Barclay Records, then brought in American record producer Don Was to "incorporate American R&B—to Americanize the music", which Don Was achieved by combining Khaled's live musicians with loops and beats from his 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

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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 "Didi," was played in French nightclubs and on Hip Hip Hourah, and the album began to sell well throughout France. The French emcee Abdelmalek Sultan of hip-hop band IAM called Khaled the "Public Enemy Arabe" and is regarded as the first raï artist to successfully cross over into the French pop market.[4]

Track listing

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  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

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

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Khaled at 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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