Amr Diab

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Amr Diab
Amr Diab in 2009
Amr Diab in 2009
Background information
Birth nameAmr Abdel Baset Abdel Aziz Diab
عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب
Also known as"El Hadaba " (The Hill: of Pyramids)
"El Ostoura" (The Legend)
Born (1961-10-11) 11 October 1961 (age 59)
Port Said, Egypt
Genres
  • Egyptian pop
  • Egyptian music
  • pop music[1]
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, actor
Instruments
  • Vocal
  • Guitar
  • Oud
  • Piano
Years active1983- present
Labels
Websitewww.amrdiab.net

Amr Abdel Baset Abdel Aziz Diab (Arabic: عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب‎, [ˈʕɑmɾe ʕæbdelˈbɑːsetˤ ʕæbdelʕæˈziːz deˈjæːb]; born on 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer, composer, and actor.[2] He has established himself as an acclaimed recording artist and author in most Mediterranean countries.[3] According to a research by Michael Frishkopf, he has created his style termed as "Mediterranean music", a blend of Western and Egyptian rhythms.[4] By 1992, he became the first Egyptian and Middle Eastern artist to start making high-tech music videos.[4] His 2014 album Shoft El Ayam peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard World Albums Charts, making him the first Egyptian and Middle Eastern performer to accomplish such a feat.[5]

Amr Diab with his 7 World Music Awards

Early life[]

Amr Diab was born on 11 October 1961 in Port Said[6] to a middle-class Muslim family originally from the Egyptian country side of Menia Elamh, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. His father, Abd Elbaset Diab, worked for the Suez Canal Corporation and was the chairman of Marine Construction & Shipbuilding in Suez Canal. Diab's father played a huge role in igniting the early sparks of musical inspiration in the early stages of Diab's professional music career. At the age of six, Diab had his first shot at fame when he sang the Egyptian National Anthem Bilady, Bilady, Bilady at the annual 23 July Festival in Port Said in the presence of the late Gamal Abdel Nasser. As a result, he was rewarded with a guitar from the governor of Port Said, and began to become recognized nationally.[citation needed] Diab graduated with a bachelor's degree in Arabic Music from the Cairo Academy of Arts in 1986.

Music career[]

Diab has released his first album entitled Ya Tareeq in 1983. Diab's second album, Ghanny Men Albak (1984), which was the first of a series of records he released with Delta Sound; including Hala Hala (1986), Khalseen (1987), and Mayyal (1988), with the title track becoming one of the top 10 songs in the world at the time. His later releases include Shawa'na (1989), Matkhafesh (1990), Habibi (1991), Ayyamna (1992), Ya Omrena (1993), Weylomony (1994), and Rag'een (1995). In 1996, Diab released his first album with Alam El Phan entitled Nour El Ain,and he won the world music award for the first time which proved an international success and gained Diab recognition beyond the Arabic-speaking world. Diab recorded four more albums with Alam El Phan, including Amarain (1999). Diab also collaborated with Khaled (on the song "Alby") and with Angela Dimitriou (on the song "Bahebak Aktar").

In the summer of 2004, Diab, having left Alam El Phan, released his first album with Rotana Records, Leily Nehary, which he followed up with the hugely successful Kammel Kalamak (2005), and El Lilady (2007).

Wayah (With [Her]) was released for sale on the internet on 27 June 2009; however, the album was leaked online and was downloaded illegally amid complaints of slow download speed on the official site. Diab's fans initiated a massive boycott of the sites with the illegal copies.[7]

On 18 October 2009, Amr Diab won four 2009 African Music Awards in the following categories: best artist, best album, best vocalist and best song for "Wayah"; Amr Diab had been nominated by the Big Apple Music Awards.[8]

In February 2011, Amr Diab released his hit single Masr Allet ("Egypt spoke"), followed by the release of his album Banadeek Taala in September, produced by Rotana. In 2012, Diab hosted the first Google Hangout in the Middle East during his performance in Dubai. In October 2014, Amr Diab released his album Shoft El Ayam, which topped his last album El Leila and again became the best-selling album in Egypt on iTunes. In July 2015, Amr Diab released a music video for his song "Gamalo" from his album Shoft El Ayam. In March 2016, he released Ahla w Ahla, his first album since he left Rotana Music. The album was produced by a record label known as "Nay For Media". His new album Maadi el Nas was released in July 2017 with "Nay Records".[9]

In October 2018, he released a new album called Kol Hayaty. In 2019, he released a mini-album, Ana Gheir, and in February 2020 he released his 35th album, Sahran, which included 16 songs.

Musical style[]

Diab is known as the "father of Mediterranean music".[10] David Cooper and Kevin Dawe refer to his music as "the new breed of Mediterranean music".[11] According to author Michael Frishkopf, Diab has produced a new concept of Mediterranean music, especially with his international hit, "Nour El Ain".[4] Moreover, Diab is known as a composer, having composed more than 97 of his own songs.

Music videos[]

Diab is one of the first singers to popularize music videos in the whole MENA region and is the first Egyptian singer to appear in music videos.[4][dead link]

Film career[]

Diab's fame in the music industry has led him to experiment with other forms of media, such as film. Amr played himself in his first film, El Afareet, which was released in 1989. It also starred . His second film Ice Cream in Gleam (Ays Krim fi Glym), in which Diab starred in 1992, was chosen as one of the best five Egyptian musical films by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. The film was featured in the UCLA Film and Television Archive's new program "Music on the Nile: Fifty Years of Egyptian Musical Films" at James Bridges Theater at UCLA on 6, 8 and 10 April 1999. David Chute of the Los Angeles Weekly termed it "observant" and "a big leap".[12] His third movie was released in 1993, and was named Deahk We La'ab (Laughter and Fun). The film premiered in the Egyptian Film Festival in 1993. Amr played alongside international Egyptian movie star Omar Sharif (Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago) and Yousra. Overall, Diab did not experience the same level of success in film that he had with his music career. Since 1993, Diab has focused on his singing career.

Amr Diab in movies[]

Amr Diab's songs have been used in several films, including:

Egyptian Revolution[]

During the 2011 uprising, some protesters criticized Diab for staying silent, and for fleeing Egypt for London.[17] A few days after former President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Amr Diab composed and sang a memorial song, "Masr A'let" (Egypt Said),[18] and released it in conjunction with a music video showing pictures of the martyrs who died in the uprising. He initiated a charity campaign "Masry Begad" ("Truly Egyptian"), a social national program aimed at serving and rebuilding Egyptian society.[citation needed] His online radio station Diab FM often presents talks and discussions about what the Diab FM team can offer to the community as well as applying it practically by being present in different sites across Egypt with a new humanitarian project each week.[19]

Personal life[]

Diab has an elder daughter called Nour from his first marriage to Egyptian actress Shereen Reda. In 1994, he was married to Saudi businesswoman Zeina Ashour. They have three children: one son, Abdallah, and two daughters, Kinzy and Jana. In 2018, he went on to marry another Egyptian actress, Dina El Sherbiny, after his relationship with Ashour ended.[20] It is unknown whether they were separated or divorced.[21] However, Diab and El Sherbiny separated in late 2020.[22]

Discography[]

Main Studio Albums[]

Year Original Title Translation Label
1983 Ya Tareeq Oh Road Sawt Al Madina
1984 Ghanni Min Albak Sing From Your Heart Delta Sound
1986 Hala Hala Welcome Welcome Delta Sound
1987 Khalseen We're Done Delta Sound
1989 Shawa'na We Missed Each Other Delta Sound
1988 Mayal Leaning Delta Sound
1990 Matkhafesh Don't Be Afraid Delta Sound
1991 Habibi Baby Delta Sound
1992 Ayamna Our Days Delta Sound
1996 Nour El Ain Light of the Eye Alam El Phan
1998 Awedouny Make Me Get Used to It Delta Sound
1999 Amarain Two Moons Alam El Phan
2000 Tamally Maak Always With You Alam El Phan
2001 Aktar Wahed The One Who Loves You Most Alam El Phan
2003 Allem Alby Teach My Heart Alam El Phan
2004 Lealy Nahary Night and Day Rotana
2005 Kammel Kalamak Keep Talking Rotana
2007 El Lilady Tonight Rotana
2009 Wayah With Her Rotana
2011 Banadeek Taala Come I'm Calling You Rotana
2013 Al Leila This Night Rotana
2014 Shoft El Ayam Did You See the Days Rotana
2016 Min Asmaa Allah Al Hasna In the Names of God Nay For Media
2016 Ahla W Ahla Prettier and Prettier Nay For Media
2017 Meaddy El Nas Contageous to People Nay For Media
2018 Kol Hayaty All My Life Nay For Media
2019 Ana Gheir I've Changed Nay For Media
2020 Sahran Up All Night Nay For Media
2021 Ya Ana Ya La Either Me or No One Nay For Media

Singles[]

  • "success" (1983)
  • "Knights of Asia" (1984)
  • " Ya thanawyt Al Som" (1984)
  • "Jerusalem is our land" (2001)
  • "soul of my heart" (2001)
  • "I love you:I would like to tell you" (2002)
  • "Salemtelak" (2003)
  • "Ya Nasieh Waadak" (2004)
  • "Ana Delwaatih" (2005)
  • "Lesa Habayeb" (2006) concert
  • "Allah Aliaha" (2007)
  • "Wahyat Einakih" (2008)
  • "Ellih Baynih Wa Baynek" (2009)
  • "Henyet Al Doniah" (2009)
  • "Law Qader" (2009)
  • "When I met you" (2009)
  • "Al helm da Helmna" (2010)
  • "Enta Alwahid" (2010)
  • "Yama" (2010)
  • "Aslah Betfroa" (2010)
  • "Bethbih" (2010)
  • "Ma kentesh Nawih" (2010)
  • "Laa Yestahl" (2010)
  • "Egypt Said" (2010)
  • "Fi hajah Fik" (2010)
  • "Lessah Khayaleeh" (2010)
  • "Wa Rdeet" (2012)
  • "Ayesh Maak" (2012)
  • "Dawam Al hal" (2013)
  • "Aal Fakrinak" (2013)
  • "Mesh kel Wahed" (2015)
  • "Awdet Albi" (2015)
  • "Ya Hob Dawbnah" (2015)
  • "Balash Tebaad" (2015)
  • "Allah Alliaha" (2015)
  • "Al Qahera" (2016)

Songs that have been translated[]

  • "Ashouf Aniki" was sung by Amr Diab in 1984 . Tamer Hosny copied part of it and added to his song Arrab Habibi in his album (Love), which was released in 2004 .
  • "Mayal" was sung by Amr Diab in 1989 and was translated to English, French and Spanish.
  • "They blame me" was sung by Amr Diab in 1994 and translated to Hindi and English.
  • "Nour Al-Ain" was sung by Amr Diab in 1996, translated to English and Spanish, and sung by the Jeff King band
  • "Nour Al-Ain" was sung by Amr Diab in 1996, translated to Hindi, and sung by Abijit and Sardisi in 2001.
  • "Aodoni" was sung by Amr Diab in 1998 and translated to Hindi.
  • "Qamarin" was sung by Amr Diab in 1999 and was translated to Turkish and English.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Bulgarian, and sung by Ivana in 2002.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Hindi, and sung by Amir Jamil in 2004.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Russian, and sung by Avram Rousseau in 2002.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Turkish, and sung by Arkan Hakan in 2006.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Spanish, and sung by Antonio Carmona in 2007.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Albanian, and sung by Ghazi in 2003.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Greek, and sung by Liveritz Pantazis in 2008.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak"was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Armenian, and sung by in 2004.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Spanish, and sung by Andrea Bella in 2004.
  • "Tamil Ma'ak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to English, and sung by Outlandish band in 2005
  • "Albi khtarak" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000 and it was translated to Hindi and sung by Sunidhi in 2001.
  • "El Aalem Allah" was sung Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Bulgarian, and sung by Malina in 2002.
  • "El Aalem Allah" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Russian, and sung by Avram Rousseau in 2001.
  • "El Aalem Allah" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Hindi, and sung by Sonu Nigam in 2002.
  • "El Aalem Allah" was sung it by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to a foreign language in 2008.
  • "El Aalem Allah" was sung it by Amr Diab in 2000 and translated to Turkish in 2007.
  • "Baaterf" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Hindi, and sung by Udit Narayan in his movie "Rishti" in 2002.
  • "We hia Amlah ayeh" was sung by Amr Diab in 2000, translated to Iranian, and sung by Tanhi in 2006.
  • "Wahshtini" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Turkish in 2006.
  • "QTensah Wa7da" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Turkish in 2005.
  • "Qasad Aini" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Russian in 2006.
  • "Qasad Aini" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Croatian in 2006.
  • "Qasad Aini" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Romanian in 2006.
  • "Qassad Aini" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Spanish.
  • "Reyhat Al Habayeb" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Turkish in 2006.
  • "Khad Albi Maah" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Albanian in 2006.
  • "Leilih Nahari" was sung by Amr Diab in 2004 and translated to Spanish in 2006.
  • "Betkhabi Lih" was sung by Amr Diab in 2005 and translated to Turkish in 2006.
  • "Maak Bi jad" was sung Amr Diab in 2005 and translated to Hindi in 2007.
  • "Allah La Yehrmnih Menk" was sung by Amr Diab in 2005 and translated to Spanish.
  • "Noal Eih" was sung by Amr Diab in 2007 and translated to Hindi and Hebrew.
  • "kello Ell Habibi" was sung by Amr Diab and translated to Russianin 2010.
  • "khalik Mayah" was sung by Amr Diab and translated to English in 2010.
  • "Wayah" was sung by Amr Diab and translated to French in 2011.
  • "Ah min Forak" was sung by Amr Diab and translated to Turkish 2010.
  • "Aghla min Amri" was sung by Amr Diab in 2011 and translated to Hindi and Bulgarian in 2013.
  • "El leila "was sung by Amr Diab in 2013 and translated to English in the same year.

Awards[]

He has been awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist four times: 1996 for album Nour El Ain, 2001 for album Akter Wahed, 2007 for album El Lillady and 2013 for El Leila album. He has also won (Best Egyptian Artist, Best Male Arab Artist and World's Best Arab Male Artist Voted Online) at the World Music Awards 2014.[23] Amr Diab is the only Middle Eastern artist to have received 7 World Music Awards.[24] Five of his albums reached the top 10 of Billboard's World Albums chart, with Shoft El Ayam reaching No. 1 in 2014, the first for an Arabic performer.[25] Alongside that accomplishment, two of his albums (2014's Shoft El Ayam and 2016's Ahla W Ahla) both peaked at 29 and 14 respectively on Billboard's Heatseekers charts.[26]

He also won The African Music Awards 2009 as Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, Video of the Year And Best Male Act, and won The 2010 African Music Awards as best male act and best artist of North Africa. He is the only African artist to have received 6 African Music Awards in his career. Diab won Big Apple Music Awards 2009 as Lifetime Achievements Awards and Best Singer of The Year and also won The Global Icon Award, Most Popular Artist and Best Arabic Male Artist in 2014.

On 28 September 2016, Diab announced that he achieved a Guinness World Records title for "Most World Music Awards for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist".[27]

Amr Diab with Guinness Record .jpg

List of awards received by Amr Diab[]

  • 7 World Music Award (1997/2001/2007/2014/2020)
  • 6 African Music Awards (2009/2010)
  • Guinness World Record (2016)

Program "Al-helm"[]

A program produced by Amr Afifi, consisting of 12 parts, dealing with the biography of Amr Diab, his artistic career, and the most important awards he won over 25 years. It was shown on Rotana Music, Rotana Cinema and Egyptian Channel 1 station. The program was scheduled to be launched simultaneously with the release of Amr Diab's new album, but the album's release was postponed to a later date. The program also includes the testimony of many great musicians such as: Ammar Al-Sharei, Helmy Bakr, Al-Alamy, Wajdi Al-Hakim, and Tariq Al-Shennawi.

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