Algerian music is virtually synonymous with Raï among foreigners; the musical genre has achieved great popularity in France, Spain and other parts of Europe. For several centuries, Algerian music was dominated by styles inherited from Al-Andalus, eventually forming a unique North African twist on these poetic forms. Algerian music came to include suites called nuubaat. Later derivatives include rabaab and hawzii.
El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka, also known as Hadj Muhammed Al Anka, El-Hadj M'Hamed El Anka, was considered a Grand Master of Andalusian classical music and Algerian chaâbi music.
Chaabi is a traditional music of Algiers (Algeria), formalized by El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka.
Hacène Zermani, known by the stage name Takfarinas, is an Algerian Kabyle Yal musician. Takfarinas took his surname from the ancient warrior of North Africa Tacfarinas who fought against the presence of the Romans in Algeria. Since 1979 Takfarinas has lived in France. However, his songs promote and celebrate the Kabyle culture into which he was born. Takfarinas is perhaps best known for his voice which covers a wide range and the 'takfa' which is based on a traditional lute like instrument which he has modified by adding a second neck. Each neck provides a distinct sound, one neck is feminine and the other masculine. Nowadays the takfa has been replaced by an electric half-drum mandole. Like the takfa this has two fingerboards. The advantage of this new instrument is that it is able to create the large concert sound which he now needs.
El-Hadj El Hachmi Guerouabi was an Algerian singer and composer of Chaâbi and one of the Grand Masters of the Algiers-based Chaâbi musical style.
Sultana Daoud was an Algerian Jewish singer, who helped preserve Arab-Andalus music, as well as introducing the genre to European audiences.
Reda Tamni, known by his stage name Reda Taliani, is an Algerian raï singer and musician. He is a longtime resident from Aubagne, Provence, France. His music blends chaabi, raï and traditional musical styles of the Maghreb, and many of his songs depict the realities and aspirations of the Algerian youth.
Boudjemaâ El Ankis, also known as Mohammed Boudjemaâ, was an Algerian performer of chaâbi music, who also played the mondol.
The Algerian mandole is a steel-string fretted instrument resembling an elongated mandolin, widely used in Algerian music such as Chaabi, Kabyle music and Nuubaat.
Hadj M'rizek was an Algerian songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter.
Hadj Bouchiba was an Algerian songwriter, lyricist, composer, poet and painter.
Mustapha Skandrani, was an Algerian pianist, performer of chaâbi music.
Fatima Zohra Badji (1942–2014) better known by her stage name of Noura was an Algerian singer. She was the first North African and Algerian to attain a gold record and was the first Algerian to appear on the front page of Paris Match. She received citations and awards from Tunisia, Libya and the Ministry of Culture of Algeria in recognition of her cultural contributions.
Fadhéla Dziria, officially Fadhéla Madani Bent el-Mahdi was an Algerian singer in the Hawzi style of Andalusian classical music. Her first name is also seen as Fadila, Fadhila, or Fadela, and her chosen last name as Dziriya. Dziria means Algerian—so she was, professionally, "Fadhéla the Algerian".
Amar Ezzahi was an Algerian singer and mandole player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers.
Ouled EL Bahdja, is a campaign among fans of USM Alger to restore the matchday atmosphere within Virage specifically, and Omar Hamadi Stadium more generally. It was established by a group of Algiers fans from Casbah in the nineties. Their songs are chanted by all the demonstrators in the four corners of the country and even elsewhere in the world. They refuse any public appearance and any media interview. They wish to remain anonymous, as they only sing for their club USM Alger. With the advent of Groupe SERPORT, the group suffered from legal prosecutions from people from the company's surroundings because of their criticism of the management method, and it increased because of the stadium issue, where Ouled EL Bahdja insisted on returning to its stronghold, the Omar Hamadi Stadium.
Mohamed Rouane is an Algerian musician and recording artist, well known in his own country for his performances of flamenco and "Casbah-style jazz" and especially for his use of the mondol.
Mohamed Abdennour is an Algerian composer, arranger and instrumentalist, active in France and playing a fusion of different musical forms mixed with chaabi.
Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif, or Zawiyet Sidi Daoud, is a zawiya school located in Boumerdès Province in Algeria.
