Souad Massi is nominated for the Dutch Edison Jazz World Award for Best Album of 2020
Algerian artist Souad Massi has etched her name in the ranks of the world for the second time in 2020 after officially snatching her nomination for the Dutch Edison Jazz World Awards as the best artist and best album in the world.
This nomination is considered an exceptional one of its kind, given that Souad Massi is the first Arab artist to be selected for this award, in addition to choosing her latest album "Umniah" to be the best album in the world in the Best World Music Album classification, thus taking the Algerian artist the first to dig her name in the Dutch Edison Awards , Which is as important as the US Grammy Awards.
The Edison Jazz World Awards jury expressed great admiration for Souad and her latest album, describing it in its official statement as a strong and protesting album, and the committee described it as follows: “Omnia is on the front of folk music, country, fado and rock with a mixture of traditional Arabic music, her warm voice touches the Amazigh language. Arabic and French to difficult and daring topics for the Arab world, with Arab and Western music, through an album that mixes two cultures.
Souad Massi is proving that she is an Arab artist who surpassed the world’s ranks after her nomination this year for two international awards for the same album, before grabbing this prestigious Dutch award, she was chosen for the best album award for 2020 in the British Songlines Awards and honored as the best artist in Africa.
Souad Massi, on her latest album "Omnia", presented an international song that included 10 songs, between Arabic and French, including "Salam", "Rani We Learn", "Ban Everything", and the French song "Pays Natal" or "The Motherland". Him to the art scene after an absence of four years since her previous album "Al-Mutakallemoun".
Souad Massi is a singer, composer and songwriter, who is considered one of the most important alternative music artists in the Arab world. She started her journey in the artistic milieu since the nineties, and has proven herself in the Middle East through a number of songs such as "Musk El-Layl", which bore the name of her third album, after her first private albums. "Rawy" 18 years ago, followed by her second album, "Dab", then the album "Oh Freedom", and she continued her album journey with her album "Speakers", along with her latest album "Omnia".
