Amel Bent
Pop Singer
French vocalist who was a semi-finalist in the television talent competition Nouvelle Star.
She released her debut album, Un Jour d'ete, with the help of producers of Nouvelle Star 2 who admired her budding talent.
Her chart-topping single, "Ma Philosophie," sold over 500,000 copies soon after its release.
She and her two siblings were born in France to a Moroccan mother and an Algerian father.
Singer Christophe Willem also appeared on (and won) a season of Nouvelle Star.