Biyouna
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Baya Bouzar (; 13 September 1952 – 25 November 2025), known by the stage name Biyouna (), was an Algerian singer, dancer and actress.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Algeria
- Active from
- 1952-09-13
- Active to
- 2025-11-25
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Biyouna is an Algerian singer, dancer and actress, born in 1954, in Algiers. Since young she was used to sing at wedding parties. At 17 she was introduced at ont of the main cabarets of Algiers and at 19 she became a dancer at Copacabana. In the same year, the procuder Mustapha Bedie gave her the role of Fatma in La Grande Maison (The Big House) (1973), an adaption on the novel by Mohamed Dib. Her performance then gave her celebrity. She played in two Algerian movies: Leila et les autres (Lail
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Biyouna
- Musical artist.native_name_lang
- ar
- Musical artist.image
- Biyouna Cannes 2011.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Biyouna in 2011
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Belcourt, Algiers, French Algeria
- Musical artist.death_place
- Algiers, Algeria
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1973–2025
- Musical artist.label
- Warner
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Baya Bouzar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Algeria
- Place of birth
- Belouizdad
- Place of death
- Béni Messous
- Occupation
- comedian
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Arabic
- Genre
- raï
- Instrument
- darbuka
- Image
- Biyouna Cannes 2011.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1952-09-13
- pseudonym
- بيونة
- Commons category
- Biyouna
- birth name
- باية بوزار
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- P10632
- Biyouna
- date of death
- 2025-11-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Acting career
- Musical career
- Personal life and death
- Discography
- Singles
- Filmography
- Films
- Television
- Theater
- References
- External links
Baya Bouzar (; 13 September 1952 – 25 November 2025), known by the stage name Biyouna (), was an Algerian singer, dancer and actress.
==Early life== Biyouna was born on 13 September 1952 in the Belcourt neighbourhood of Algiers. Having a very early passion for singing, she was a member of several groups: first in Fadhéla Dziria's group where she played tambourine, another that she directed with her partner Flifla, and finally her own where she was the main vocalist and became sought after for wedding receptions.
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