Younès Mégri (; born November 15, 1951, in Oujda, Morocco) is a Moroccan singer and actor.
Career Younes Megri started singing and playing guitar at a very young age and came from a family of artists. His father played the lute and practiced painting, his mother sang in a religious music band, his brothers played the guitar, and his sister was a singer. In 1960, the family moved to Rabat. He studied music at the Moroccan National Conservatory of Music in Rabat, as well as at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.
As part of Les Frères Mégri He became part of Les Frères Mégri (the Megri Brothers) singing group, made up of the three brothers, Hassan, Mahmoud and Younès Mégri, and their sister Jalila Mégri. Younès was their youngest member. In 1974, Les Frères Mégri released the album Younes et Mahmoud (Arabic: ) that was a collaboration between the brothers Younès and Mahmoud. The second album, released the same year, was entitled Younes, Hassan, Mahmoud (Arabic: ) was a collaboration between all three brothers.
Solo career As a solo artist, he had an even bigger career performing throughout the Maghreb countries and in many European capitals, achieving international success particularly in France. His biggest success was the song "Lili Twili," which was sampled by the German band Boney M. in their song "Children of Paradise." He received a Golden Record for this song, and performed at the Olympia in 1985 during his solo career.
Film career During the 1990s, he also began to compose film music for Moroccan and international films, most notably Gabriel Axel's "Leïla" and "8MM" for which he worked with Michael Dana as a consultant.
After a brief role in 1980, he had a prosperous film career starting in the 1990s, especially after the Moroccan casting director Ahmed Boulane offered him roles for Moroccan and international films, with Boulane's first feature film in 2000, shooting Younès Mégri to stardom as a leading actor in Moroccan films. Mégri also played in many Moroccan television serials.
Discography
Albums As Les Frères Mégri 1974: Younes et Mahmoud 1974: Younes, Hassan, Mahmoud
Solo Singles "Lili Twili"
Filmography
Actor 1995: as a disciple of Jesus 1997: David as a foot soldier (TV movie) 1999: The Seventh Scroll as Omar (TV mini-series) 2001: 2003: Face to Face as Redouane 2003: Ancient Egyptians as an Egyptian (TV series - episode four "The Twins Tale") 2005: The Government Inspector as General Amin (TV movie) 2006: The Moroccan Symphony as Hamid 2006: Heaven's Doors in a cameo appearance 2006: The Miracles of Jesus as an apostle (TV mini-series) 2007: The Satanic Angels as Momo's Father 2008: Amours voilées as Hamza
Music composer 1997: (short) 1998: Les amis d'hier 2001: 2001: Drole de journée dans le desert (short) 2001: Leïla 2002: The Wind Horse 2003: (TV movie) 2004: 2007: Deux Femmes Sur La Route 2010: Pour la vie
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References
External links Official website