Editing Raï (section)

=== International success ===

[[Khaled (musician)|Cheb Khaled]] was the first musician with international success, including his 1988 duet album with jazz musician Safy Boutella album ''[[Kutché]]'', though his popularity did not extend to places such as the United States and Latin America. Other prominent performers of the 1980s included [[Houari Benchenet]], [[Raïna Raï]], [[Cheb Sahraoui|Mohamed Sahraoui]], [[Cheb Mami]], [[Cheba Zohra]] and [[Cheb Hamid]].

International success grew in the 1990s, with Cheb Khaled's 1992 album ''[[Khaled (album)|Khaled]]''. With Khaled no longer in Algeria, musicians such as [[Cheb Tahar]], [[Cheb Nasro]], and [[Cheb Hasni]] began singing [[lover's raï]], a sentimental, pop-ballad form of raï music. Later in the decade, [[funk]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], and other influences were added to raï, especially by performers like [[Faudel]] and [[Rachid Taha]], the latter of whom took raï music and fused it with rock. Taha did not call his creation raï music, but rather described it as a combination of folk raï and punk.<ref name=twsD21>{{cite news |author=Jody Rosen |title=Shock the Casbah, Rock the French (And Vice Versa) |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 13, 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/13/arts/music/shock-the-casbah-rock-the-french-and-vice-versa.html |access-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref><ref name="SFC">Curiel, Jonathan. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/27/DDG7TDE9EU1.DTL "Arab rocker Rachid Taha's music fueled by politics, punk attitude and – what else? – romance"]. ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. June 27, 2005. Retrieved March 14, 2013.</ref><ref name="POR">{{cite web |title=Punk on Raï |url=http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.articles_detail/project_id/199/article_id/3910.cfm |publisher=rockpaperscissors |access-date=March 14, 2013}}</ref> Another mix of cultures in Arabic music of the late 1990s came through Franco-Arabic music released by musicians such as [[Aldo (musician)|Aldo]].

The late 1980s and early 1990s saw a rise in female raï performers. According to authors Gross, McMurray, and Swedenburg in their article "Arab Noise and Ramadan Nights: Raï, Rap, and Franco-Maghrebi Identity," raï musician [[Chaba Zahouania]] was forbidden by her family to perform or even appear in public. According to Gross et al., the raï record companies have pushed female artists to become more noticed.<ref name="a4"/>

In 2000, raï music had international success thanks to [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]'s duet with raï singer [[Cheb Mami]] on the song "[[Desert Rose (Sting song)|Desert Rose]]", released January 17, 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sting.com/discography/index/album/albumId/267/tagName/studio_albums |title=Sting.com - Official Site and Official Fan Club for Sting discography - studio_albums - STING: Desert Rose, CD |website=sting.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808051157/http://sting.com/discography/index/album/albumId/267/tagName/studio_albums |archive-date=8 August 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sting was widely credited for introducing raï music to Western music audiences, and as such, the song was a success on many charts, reaching No. 2 in Canada, No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 4 in Italy, No. 15 in the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]], and No. 17 in the [[Billboard Hot 100|US]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sting/chart-history/asi/ | title=Sting | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref> It also reached number 1 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Adult Alternative]] and [[Hot Dance Single Sales]] charts respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sting/chart-history/aaa/ | title=Sting | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sting/chart-history/dsa/ | title=Sting | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>