Soumia
Encyclopedia
Soumia is a French Zouk
singer.
parents, She has a Master's degree in linguistics. Her first involvement in music was by doing background vocals in a rapband. In 1998 she teams up with singer Talina to record the Zouk
song Temps pou Temps. This earned her some popularity in the Paris music scene. A second recording, Life, was released in 2001. Soumia releases her first album, Still in Love, in 2002 with the Section Zouk label. The album is quite popular in the Afro-Caribbean music scene, and gave her the chance to many more collaborations with Zouk
artists. Her second album is called In Love Again, and was released in 2005. She combines the Zouk musical style with influences from R'n'B
, soul music
, and African styles, wrote her own lyrics, and coproduced the album. Her third album is called Confidences, and released in 2009.
Zouk
Zouk is a style of rhythmic music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe & Martinique. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to, a popular dance, based on the Polish dance, the...
singer.
Biography
Soumia Bahri was born near Paris (France) to MoroccanMorocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
parents, She has a Master's degree in linguistics. Her first involvement in music was by doing background vocals in a rapband. In 1998 she teams up with singer Talina to record the Zouk
Zouk
Zouk is a style of rhythmic music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe & Martinique. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to, a popular dance, based on the Polish dance, the...
song Temps pou Temps. This earned her some popularity in the Paris music scene. A second recording, Life, was released in 2001. Soumia releases her first album, Still in Love, in 2002 with the Section Zouk label. The album is quite popular in the Afro-Caribbean music scene, and gave her the chance to many more collaborations with Zouk
Zouk
Zouk is a style of rhythmic music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe & Martinique. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to, a popular dance, based on the Polish dance, the...
artists. Her second album is called In Love Again, and was released in 2005. She combines the Zouk musical style with influences from R'n'B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
, soul music
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, and African styles, wrote her own lyrics, and coproduced the album. Her third album is called Confidences, and released in 2009.
Albums
- 2002 Still in Love (Section Zouk)
- 2005 In Love Again (Section Zouk, Sushiraw)
- 2009 Confidences (Sushiraw)
Collaborations
- 1998 Temps pou Temps, with Talina
- 2001 Life, with KayshaKayshaKaysha, born Edward Mokolo Jr. on January 22, 1974 in Kinshasa, is a singer/rapper and producer that works on places like the West indies, South America and Africa. He was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but immigrated to France with his parents at the age of seven...
- Je sais qui elle est, with Kaysha
- I'll be there for you, (album Dis l'heure du Zouk) with Passi
- Les belles choses, with Danny Dan