Popular Arab artists on Spotify (by number of monthly listeners)
Monthly Listeners: 1,775,392
Most streamed song: C’est la vie
Song Streams: 72,292,957
Nationality: Algerian
Genre: Rai, pop, blues, jazz
Khaled Hadj Ibrahim, professionally known as Khaled, is an Algerian raï singer, musician and songwriter. He is one of the most important musicians in the history of raï music and one of the world’s best-known Arab singers.
Khaled’s hit song “Didi” became number one on the charts in various countries, including France, Belgium, Spain, India and Pakistan.
In 2003, Khaled was nominated a Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The multiple-award winner Khaled has distinguished himself as one of the most bestselling Arabic-language singers in history, selling more than 80.5 million albums worldwide.