Musical careerĪt the age of 14, he founded the Cinq Étoiles (Five Stars) band and started performing in nightclubs and at weddings. When a traditional Oranese poet wants to describe love, Khaled says he prefers to take a different approach. Khaled was a playboy and a partier, rejecting the polite traditions of Algeria's poetry. Khaled Hadj Ibrahim was born in 1960 in Oran's Eckmühl neighborhood, Algeria. Among his most famous songs are " Didi", "El Arbi", " Abdel Kader", " La Poupée qui fait non", "Wahran Wahran", "Bakhta", " Aïcha", " C'est la vie", and "Alech Taadi". To date, Khaled has sold over 80.5 million albums (10 diamond, platinum, and gold) worldwide, making him one of the bestselling Arabic-language singers in history. Khaled is one of the most important musicians in the history of Raï music in his native Algeria and is one the world's best-known Arab singers. He began recording in his early teens under the name Cheb Khaled ( الشاب خالد, Arabic for "Young" Khaled, with "Cheb" as a common title for male Raï singers). Khaled Hadj Ibrahim ( Arabic: خالد حاج إبراهيم, born 29 February 1960), better known by his mononym Khaled (Arabic: خالد), is an Algerian raï singer, musician and songwriter born in Oran.