Natacha Atlas discography explained

Artist:Natacha Atlas
Studio:9
Live:1
Compilation:4
Video:1
Music Videos:10
Singles:18

The discography of Natacha Atlas, a Belgian world music singer, consists of nine studio albums, one live album, four compilation albums, 18 singles, and one video album. She debuted in the early 1990s, appearing on albums recorded by ¡Loca! and Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart.[1] In 1993, Atlas joined ethnic electronica group Transglobal Underground as the lead singer and belly dancer.[1]

Atlas released her solo debut studio album Diaspora in March 1995. The album is a hybrid of genres, combining trance, techno and traditional Arabic music. It reached number 123 on the United Kingdom albums chart and produced three singles. Halim, her second studio album, was released in May 1997. It featured collaborations with duo Sawt El Atlas and Egyptian composer Essam Rashad. In the UK, the album peaked at number 128. Atlas' third album, Gedida, followed in March 1999. It reached number 19 on the French albums chart and produced her first top-twenty single, "Mon Amie La Rose". Atlas released her fourth studio album Ayeshteni in May 2001. It peaked at number 36 in France and number 46 in her native Belgium.

After a two-year hiatus, Atlas released her sixth studio album Something Dangerous in May 2003. Featuring collaborations with British composer Jocelyn Pook and Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, the album reached number 13 on the United States Billboard World Music Albums chart.[2] The Best of Natacha Atlas, a compilation album, and its companion video album followed in 2005. Released in April 2006, Atlas' seventh studio album Mish Maoul reached number 12 on the US World Music Albums chart. Her eighth studio album Ana Hina was released in May 2008. It was recorded with the Mazeeka Ensemble and primarily features acoustic cover versions of songs originally performed by Arabic singers.[3] Atlas' ninth studio album Mounqaliba was released in September 2010; it was preceded by the single "River Man".

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"
DetailsPeak chart positions
BEL
(WA)

[4]
FRA
[5]
NLD
[6]
NOR
[7]
SWI
[8]
UK
[9]
US
World

[10]
Diaspora 66 123
Halim
  • Released: 5 May 1997 [12]
  • Label: Nation
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP
128
Gedida
  • Released: 9 March 1999 [13]
    • Label: Mantra Formats: CD, CS, DD
19 37
Ayeshteni
  • Released: 8 May 2001 [14]
  • Label: Mantra
  • Formats: CD, DD, LP
46 36 97 141
Foretold in the Language of Dreams
  • Released: 19 August 2002 [15]
  • Label: Mantra
  • Formats: CD, DD
Something Dangerous
  • Released: 19 May 2003 [16]
  • Label: Mantra
  • Formats: CD, DD
98 13
Mish Maoul
  • Released: 24 April 2006 [17]
  • Label: Mantra
  • Formats: CD, DD
12
Ana Hina
  • Released: 26 May 2008 [18]
  • Label: World Village
  • Formats: CD, DD
162
Mounqaliba
  • Released: 23 September 2010 [19]
  • Label: World Village
  • Formats: CD, DD
Myriad Road
  • Released: 23 October 2015
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: CD, DD
110
Strange Days
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title! scope="col" style="width:17em;"
Details
Expressions: Live in Toulouse
  • Released: 5 May 2013 [20]
  • Label: Mazeeka Music
  • Formats: CD, DD

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" style="width:17em;"
Details
The Remix Collection
  • Released: 19 September 2000 [21]
  • Label: Mantra
  • Formats: CD, LP
The Best of Natacha Atlas
  • Released: 23 May 2005 [22]
  • Label: Mantra
  • Formats: CD, DD
Habibi: Classics and Collaborations
  • Released: 8 July 2013 [24]
    • Labels: Nascente, Demon Formats: CD, DD

Video albums

Title! scope="col" style="width:17em;"
Details
Natacha Atlas / Transglobal Underground
  • Released: 24 May 2005 [25]
  • Label: Mantra
  • Format: DVD

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
BEL
(WA)

FRA
UK
"Dub Yalil"[26] 1994Diaspora
"Leysh Nat' Arak"[27] 1995
"Yalla Chant"[28]
"Amulet"[29] 1997Halim
"L'Égyptienne"
[30]
1998
"Mon Amie La Rose"199913 16 Gedida
"Mistaneek"
[31]
"Bastet"[32]
"One Brief Moment"125
"Duden"[33] 2000The Remix Collection
"I Put a Spell on You"2001146 Ayeshteni
"Ne me quitte pas"[34]
"Mish Fadilak"[35]
"Le Goût Du Pain"[36]
"Quand Je Ferme les Yeux"
[37]
2003Something Dangerous
"Man's World"[38]
"River Man"[39] 2010Mounqaliba
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
FRA
NLD
UK
[40]
"C'est La Vie"
200095 60 40Métamorphoses

Music videos

Title! scope="col"
YearDirector(s)[41] [42]
"Leysh Nat' Arak"1995Angela Conway
"Yalla Chant"
"Amulet"1997
"Mistaneek" 1999
"One Brief Moment"
"Mon Amie La Rose"
"Mish Fadilak"2001Joanna Bailey
"Mish Fadilak"
"When I Close My Eyes" 2003Siraj Jhaveri
"Quand Je Ferme les Yeux"
"Whatever Lola Wants" 2008Nabil Ayouch

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Natacha Atlas Biography. Harris. Craig. 10 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  2. Web site: Something Dangerous by Natacha Atlas. Layne. Joslyn. 10 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  3. News: Music: Natacha Atlas, Ana Hina. Denselow. Robin. 23 May 2008. 10 March 2013. The Guardian.
  4. Web site: Discographie Natacha Atlas. Belgian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen. French. 10 March 2013.
  5. Web site: Discographie Natacha Atlas. French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen. French. 10 March 2013.
  6. Web site: Discografie Natacha Atlas. Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen. Dutch. 10 March 2013.
  7. Web site: Discography Natacha Atlas. Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen. 10 March 2013.
  8. Web site: Discographie Natacha Atlas. Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Hung. Steffen. German. 10 March 2013.
  9. Web site: Chart Log UK: 1994–2010 (A – Azzido Da Bass). Zywietz. Tobias. 10 March 2013. Zobbel.de.
  10. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=natacha atlas|chart=World Albums}} Natacha Atlas – Chart History (World Albums)]. 10 March 2013. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  11. Web site: Diaspora by Natacha Atlas. Swihart. Stanton. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  12. Web site: Halim by Natacha Atlas. Raggett. Ned. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  13. Web site: Gedida by Natacha Atlas. McKinney. Raymond. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  14. Web site: Ayeshteni by Natacha Atlas. Anderson. Rick. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  15. Web site: Foretold in the Language of Dreams by Natacha Atlas. 10 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  16. Web site: Something Dangerous by Natacha Atlas . 10 March 2013 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150425082707/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/something-dangerous/id3026982 . 25 April 2015 .
  17. Web site: Mish Maoul by Natacha Atlas. 10 March 2013. iTunes. Apple.
  18. Web site: Ana Hina by Natacha Atlas & The Mazeeka Ensemble . 10 March 2013 . .
  19. Web site: Mounqaliba by Natacha Atlas. 10 March 2013. iTunes. Apple.
  20. Web site: Expressions (Live in Toulouse) by Natacha Atlas. 9 June 2013. iTunes. Apple. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925162645/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/expressions-live-in-toulouse/id633074235. 25 September 2015.
  21. Web site: The Remix Collection by Natacha Atlas. Anderson. Rick. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  22. Web site: The Best of Natacha Atlas by Natacha Atlas . 10 March 2013 . .
  23. Web site: Mounqaliba – Rising: The Remixes by Natacha Atlas. Nickson. Chris. 10 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  24. Web site: Habibi: Classics and Collaborations by Natacha Atlas. 27 June 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  25. Web site: Transglobal Underground by Natacha Atlas. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  26. Web site: Natacha Atlas: Lost in Translation . Shapiro . Peter . June 1995 . 136 . 9 March 2013 . . The Wire Magazine Ltd . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130424032005/http://thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/natacha-atlas_lost-in-translation . 24 April 2013 .
  27. Natacha Atlas. Leysh Nat' Arak (NAT40). liner notes. Nation Records. 5 June 1995.
  28. Web site: Yalla Chant by Natacha Atlas. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  29. Web site: Amulet by Natacha Atlas. 10 March 2013. iTunes. Apple.
  30. Natacha Atlas featuring Les Négresses Vertes. L'Égyptienne (724389504521). liner notes. Labels. 1998.
  31. Natacha Atlas. Mistaneek (MNT41). liner notes. Mantra Recordings. 1999.
  32. Web site: Baset by Natacha Atlas. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  33. Natacha Atlas. Duden (Atlas1). liner notes. Mantra Recordings. 2000.
  34. Web site: Ne me quitte pas by Natacha Atlas. 9 March 2013. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
  35. Natacha Atlas. Mish Fadilak (MNT63). liner notes. Mantra Recordings. 2001.
  36. Natacha Atlas. Le Goût Du Pain (VISA6671). liner notes. Labels. 2001.
  37. Natacha Atlas featuring Myra Boyle. Quand Je Ferme les Yeux (ATLAS16). liner notes. Mantra Recordings. 2003.
  38. Natacha Atlas. Man's World (ATLAS14). liner notes. Mantra Recordings. 2003.
  39. Web site: River Man Remixes by Natacha Atlas . 10 March 2013 . .
  40. Web site: Chart Log UK: 1994–2010 (Jessie J – JX). Zywietz. Tobias. 10 March 2013. Zobbel.de.
  41. Natacha Atlas. Natacha Atlas / Transglobal Underground (MNT10379). liner notes. Mantra Recordings. 24 May 2005.
  42. Web site: Musique. 10 March 2013. French. whateverlolawants-lefilm.com. Note: User must visit "Musique" section to view the music video. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130311205835/http://www.whateverlolawants-lefilm.com/. 11 March 2013.