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Blonde dans la Casbah | |
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Studio album by | |
Released | 2006 |
Recorded | 17 October 2006 to July 2007 |
Genre | Pop, Raï, rock, jazz |
Length | 46:50 |
Label | Warner |
Producer | Joseph Racaille |
Singles from Blonde Platine dans la Casbah | |
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Blonde dans la Casbah is Biyouna's second album, released in January 2007. Its most prominent song is single Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah, a song dedicated to Biyouna's mother, which has since gone to number one in several countries. [1]
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With Blonde dans la Casbah, produced by composer Joseph Racaille, the actress-singer's second album is a cabaret, served by arrangements with delicate inlays piano, violin and brass, guitar and mandolin. The album features duets with singer Christophe ("La Man"), the Malawian jazz singer Malia ("Bismilah"), Didier Wampas ("Merci pour tout"), and covers of the classics made famous by El Hachemi Guerouabi ("El Barah"), and Kamel Messaoudi ("Echemaa"). For "Tomorrow you get married" again, a pop hit of Patricia Carli in the sixties that Biyouna wished to cover. Special mention also for the mixes "Bismillahi", "La Man" and "Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah," which gave its name to the album, a tribute to her mother and accomplice to the artist who died the year before the album at the age of 84. "Tsaabli ouetmili" is a tribute to Algerian singer Fadela Dzirya and "El Ghafel" a composition by Djamel Laroussi.
Born of a sudden idea by Olivier Gluzman - now Biyouna's agent having sought her out in Algiers - Blonde dans la Casbah was released October 17 by Naïve. With backing including Henri Agnel (guitars) and Mustapha Mataoui (piano), Biyouna gave the premiere in Paris on stage in a series of concerts at Le Divan du Monde . In 2007 Biyouna performed the tracks in concerts in Algeria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In 2008 the songs were performed in North America, where Une Blonde Platine dans la Casbah , Ta'ali and Tsaabli ouetmili were well received.
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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Algeria Albums Chart [2] | 1 |
Arabic Albums Chart | 7 |
Belgian Flandres Albums Chart | 2 |
Canada Albums Chart | 25 |
Europe Albums Chart | 13 |
France Albums Chart | 1 |
Germany Albums Chart | 28 |
Hungary Albums Chart | 16 |
Mexico Albums Chart | 27 |
Morocco Albums Chart | 1 |
Netherlands Albums Chart | 11 |
Switzerland Albums Chart | 2 |
Billboard Türkiye | 7 |
UK Albums Chart | 68 |
US Billboard 200 | 121 |
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