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Professional Bio
French born with Moroccan decent, and active from 2005 - Present
Official Site: http://www.najouabelyzel.com/
She met some success after a casting call when she joined the group Benoît, who had a successful single called "Tourne-toi Benoît", which touched on the subject of homosexuality. The later singles from the group and eventually the group parted ways.
The song "Née de l'amour et de la haine" was Belyzel's first demo in 2002.
In 2005, Najoua released her first single titled "Gabriel", an electric-pop dance track. The song became a huge hit in France, and peaked at number three on the Top 40 charts in France. It dealt with both homosexuality or even bisexuality and the impossible and pure love for an angel. The video was shot in an abbey. On 29 May 2006, she released her debut album titled Entre deux mondes, which debuted at #7 on the French charts and at #1 on the iTunes France music store. In late 2006 and early 2007, she embarked on a tour with other artists across France and Francophone Europe to promote her album. Two other singles were released, "Je Ferme les Yeux" in June 2006, which was also an electro-pop title but it met with less success than Gabriel. The theme was a prayer to God to make this world better.The third single was "Comme Toi" a song about duality and schizophrenia. The video clip featured two Najoua, a warrior-like Blond and a trapped Brunette. The album is mainly electro-pop with some ballads. It deals with many different themes such as love, friendship (Stella), war, ***** (Docteur Gel)her distress and disappointment when Najoua came to Paris (Bons Baisers de Paris)
Najoua Belyzel released a new single, "Quand revient l'été", on 10 September 2007.
During the Summer 2008 she released on the internet a cover song of Marie Laforêt Viens, Viens but it was not meant to be a single. Najoua returned with the new single La Bienvenue. Some excerpts of the video clip were shown to the fans in December and the final clip was show on TV in February. The single became available on legal donwloading platforms on Frebruary the 13th. The song is about a girl who feels rejected in this world and who doesn't see the good in her. The video features a mannequin becoming alive (played by Najoua) but who is then disappointed by the cruelty of the world and finally decides to return to her previous state.
Najoua's new album "Au Feminin" is to be released on November 23rd 2009, three years after the first one. It includes a duet with Marc Lavoine called Viola as well as songs called Hey Hey Hey, Ma Sainte-Nitouche, La Trève... Her song Née de l'amour et de la haine is also included.
