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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Sofia Essaïdi
Person · female · Morocco · Casablanca · born 1984 · recording since 2004
French-Moroccan singer
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Also known as 蘇菲亞·艾瑟迪
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1✦ Award 1
1980s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Roxanne
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography164 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1325502086
Biography
Sofia Essaïdi (Arabic: صوفيا السعيدي; born 6 August 1984) is a French-Moroccan singer and actress. She was born in Casablanca, to a Moroccan father, Lhabib Essaïdi, and a French mother, Martine Adeline Gardelle.
Career
From 30 August to 13 December 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She eventually finished second to Elodie Frégé.
From 12 March to 7 August 2004, she participated in the Star Academy tour, going to Morocco, and Papeete, Tahiti, where she celebrated her 20th birthday. She released her first album called Mon cabaretMon cabaretSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Mon cabaret3:042Dans mon Lit3:313Après l'amour4:074Abuse de moi4:255Shoop Shoop3:346Vivre me tue3:577Les Ailes du désir3:418Amour amant3:349Joue (sur l'ivoire du piano)4:0410Blow It All Away4:3611Roxanne3:2312Amnésie / Lettre à ma mère8:55. Later, she starred in the musical Cléopâtre, la dernière reine d'Égypte choreographed by Kamel Ouali which opened in "le Palais des Sports" in Paris on 29 January 2009.
Guest Vocals
2004 "Et si tu n'existais pas" (with Toto Cutugno)
2007 "Il n'y a plus d'après" (with Tomuya)
2010 "If" (As one of the artists of Collect If Aides 25 Ans)
2010 "La voix de l'enfant" (with Natasha St Pier & Bruno Solo)
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 | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 10 | 26.4th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:51
1Mon cabaret3:042Dans mon Lit3:313Après l'amour4:074Abuse de moi4:255Shoop Shoop3:346Vivre me tue3:577Les Ailes du désir3:418Amour amant3:349Joue (sur l'ivoire du piano)4:0410Blow It All Away4:3611Roxanne3:2312Amnésie / Lettre à ma mère8:55
Single · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | RoxanneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:441Roxanne3:22 2Roxanne (instrumental)3:22 | 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Mon cabaretSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:101Mon cabaret3:10 | 2005 | ||
| 2008 | Femme d'aujourd'huiSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:361Femme d'aujourd'hui (radio edit)3:18 2Femme d'aujourd'hui (instrumental)3:18 | 21 April 2008 | ||
| 2014 | Las Cartas (Shape of My Heart)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:211Las Cartas (Shape of my heart)4:21 | 31 August 2014 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Sofia Essaïdi head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 10 | 26.4th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | NRJ Music Award for French-speaking female artist of the year | won | |
| — | Q86669106 | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Academy 3(band) | 2003 | 2004 |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sofia_Essa%C3%AFdi_NRJ_Music_Awards_2012_-_3.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ddd130f4-46da-4470-8a28-179e2efc1931discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ddd130f4-46da-4470-8a28-179e2efc1931core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454911genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q454911seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Essa%C3%AFdibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Essa%C3%AFdi
Why this artist is in the database
- List of French singers
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 28 language versions)
Image: Georges Biard · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q454911 · MusicBrainz: ddd130f4-46da-4470-8a28-179e2efc1931
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