Najoua belyzel biography

Musical artist

Najoua Belyzel (born Najoua Mazouri; 15 December 1981, in Nancy, France) is a French pop rock/electronic singer of Moroccan descent.

Biography

Najoua was born in Nancy, France and grew up in a large family with three sisters and two brothers. Her parents are both from Morocco. Since childhood she showed an interest in music; by age 14, she had begun writing her own songs.

Najoua Belyzel.

Starting in 2001, Najoua studied law at the University of Nancy, but left for Paris to pursue a career in music. She initially met success 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 Benoit, however, only met with moderate success and eventually the group disbanded.

Najoua kept on working with the group's songwriter Christophe Casanave whose work had already been performed by popular French acts Steeve Estatof and Marc Lavoine.

The two worked together on