Name	Amel Bent
Height
Naionality	Franch
Date of Birth	21-June-1985
Place of Birth	Paris, France
Famous for	Singing

Amel Bent is a French singer of Algerian and Moroccan descent. Amel Bent grew up in the French commune of La Courneuve with her Algerian father and a Moroccan mother. She has a brother and a sister. Her career jump started after making it to the semi-finals of the reality TV show Nouvelle Star 2, France's version of Pop Idol.

Although her performance did not make it to the finals, she was still noticed by some of the show's producers, and would end up making her début album later that year, titled: Un Jour d'été, released in late 2004. The album would sell more than 550,000 copies in France alone, but the success of the album would ultimately be derived from the single, "Ma Philosophie", which would sell at more than 500,000 copies, staying at the No.1 slot, in France, for more than 6 weeks during and after sales. Amel Bent has the ability to sing in the whistle register.