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Assia
Person · female · Algeria · Algiers · born 1973 · recording since 1999
Algerian singer
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Also known as Assia Maouene
Timeline
4 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Mauvais garçon
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
Biography
English biography215 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368828899
Biography
Assia (born November 1, 1973) is an Algerian-born French singer with Kabyle origins. She had great success with her hit singles "Elle est à toi
Elle est à toiSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Elle est à toi4:362L'Homme de mes rêves4:04" and "Là-bas".
Biography
At a young age, she spent twelve years at the classical conservatory in Créteil (near Paris), then a few years later obtained a law degree.
From 1998 to 1999, Assia participated in "Une Affaire de famille" with Stomy Bugsy, Passi and Doc Gynéco of the Sector A and the soundtracks of the movies Taxi and Kiss of the Dragon with the song "Ghir Dini
Ghir DiniSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Ghir Dini3:592Ghir Dini (Le Baiser du dragon)4:033Nos destinées4:43".
In 2000, she released her first album entitled Chercheuse d'or
Chercheuse d'orSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Ghir Dini3:592Elle est à toi4:373La nuit sera longue4:054Là-bas4:075Fini4:286Nos destinées4:437Chercheuse d'or4:508L'Homme de mes rêves4:069Quand les anges pleurent4:2810Laissez-nous rêver4:3511Wine4:0912Va4:0613Le Nomade des cœurs3:35 (recorded in Paris, Toulouse and Los Angeles). Assia wrote the texts and his brother Khalil signed the music. Her first top single "Elle est à toiElle est à toiSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Elle est à toi4:362L'Homme de mes rêves4:04" (over 700,000 copies) was written in collaboration with Calbo of Arsenik. The second single is "Là-bas" (music video directed by J.G. Biggs).
In 2002, Assia played in the musical Cindy with Lââm in the lead role.
In 2003, she released a single with Beenie Man, "Street Life".
In 2005, Assia released her second album, Encore et Encore
Encore et encoreSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Je chante4:092Célébrer la vie3:393Le blues ce soir4:544Politiquement correct4:395Le Prix pour t'aimer (Habibi Maareft Achn'n Oullek)4:516On s'est tout fait3:577Encore et encore4:468Si loin de moi4:179Illégal Love4:0210Je te veux4:1111Entre les deux rives4:3312L'Étoile filante3:4513P'tit bout3:33, recorded in Spain, whose second single "Politiquement Correct" was co-written with Diam's.
Singles
1 Duet with Doc Gyneco
2 Duet with Julien Clerc
3 Duet with Rohff
4 Duet with Beenie Man
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (10 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:48
1Ghir Dini3:592Elle est à toi4:373La nuit sera longue4:054Là-bas4:075Fini4:286Nos destinées4:437Chercheuse d'or4:508L'Homme de mes rêves4:069Quand les anges pleurent4:2810Laissez-nous rêver4:3511Wine4:0912Va4:0613Le Nomade des cœurs3:352005 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:16
1Je chante4:092Célébrer la vie3:393Le blues ce soir4:544Politiquement correct4:395Le Prix pour t'aimer (Habibi Maareft Achn'n Oullek)4:516On s'est tout fait3:577Encore et encore4:468Si loin de moi4:179Illégal Love4:0210Je te veux4:1111Entre les deux rives4:3312L'Étoile filante3:4513P'tit bout3:33
Single · 8
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mauvais garçonSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:571Mauvais garçon4:01 2Jalousie3:56 | 1999 | ||
| 2000 | Ghir DiniSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 12:451Ghir Dini3:59 2Ghir Dini (Le Baiser du dragon)4:03 3Nos destinées4:43 | 2000 | ||
| 2000 | Elle est à toiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 8:401Elle est à toi4:36 2L'Homme de mes rêves4:04 | 2000 | ||
| 2000 | Là basSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 7:411Là bas4:06 2La Nomade des coeurs3:35 | 2000 | ||
| 2001 | FiniSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:451Fini3:45 | 2001 | ||
| 2003 | Célébrer La VieSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:381Célébrer La Vie3:38 | 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Le Prix Pour T'AimerSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 13:561Le Prix Pour T'aimer (Version Album)4:53 2Le Prix Pour T'aimer (Version Edit)4:10 3Le Prix Pour T'aimer (Version Instrumentale)4:53 | 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Politiquement correcteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:391Politiquement correcte (version radio)3:39 | 2005 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Assia head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 10 | 82.3th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6b9e1d4-7074-47c0-9e67-6865d38bc275discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6b9e1d4-7074-47c0-9e67-6865d38bc275core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2867157genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2867157seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assia_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assia_%28singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q2867157 · MusicBrainz: b6b9e1d4-7074-47c0-9e67-6865d38bc275
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