Showing posts with label Music recording sales certification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music recording sales certification. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Angham

Angham (born January 19, 1966) is an Egyptian singer, record producer and actress. Her debut was in 1987 under the guidance of her father, Mohammad Suleiman. She is the most successful vocal female artist in Egypt starting from the 1980s till nowadays. Following her divorce from Magdy Aref in 2000, Angham took much more control over her image and musical style after that “Leih Sebtaha” (Why Did You Leave Her) record established her into a strong position amid the constant emerge of new voices in the Middle East music scene. After a highly publicized feud between Alam elPhan Music Records’ president Mohsen Gaber and the artist , Angham moved to another record company, Rotana. In 2005, she released "Bahibbik Wahashteeny" (I Love You, I Miss You) record . The record was critically acclaimed, but commercially was not as expected. After a three years, Angham return to the forefront of Arabic pop music in 2007 with her hit record “Kolma N’arrab” (Whenever We Come Closer) which sold more than half a million CD across the Middle East in less than three months and was awarded a platinum certification.
Angham was named the best selling female pop artist in Middle East for the years 2000, 2001 , 2003, and 2007 . She is well-known for her vocal range, simplicity, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register. However, some critics have said Angham's efforts to showcase her vocal talents have been at the expense of communicating true emotion through song rather than showing her full vocal capacities. WIKIPEDIA

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Thursday, May 7, 2009

Yasser Habib

Yasser Habeeb is an innovative, enterprising producer and Arabic/Gulf –Oriental crossover singer from the UAE. He started his career in 1992 and was heavily involved in studio production work for a number of local artists but it was in the summer of 2000 when Yasser approached EMI Music Arabia with his Indian influenced mystical song “Elama” that his artistic career really took off.His first album was released by EMI in January 2001 and was an immediate success helped by massive radio airplay, such that on 3rd February 2001, he was presented by EMI Music Arabia with a prestigious Gold Disc for sales of the album just one week after release. The album was self titled and produced with most of the songs composed by the artist himself and with lyrics by popular poets including Abdullah Al Shamisi, Ahmed Hijazi, Tarad and others.The songs – unusually for a Gulf Artist – vary in style, speed and influences, and range from Persian to Indian to Turkish.From then on Yasser was approached by media from throughout the Middle East including Qatar, Bahrain, and Muscat where he toured.After his huge success in the GGC countries, Yasser was invited to Lebanon and Jordan for more exposure and coverage, where he appeared on the TV’s, and was featured in all major publications.Yasser has been approached by EMI’s India office to do a duet with leading singers of India, to break into the markets of the largest Asian subcontinent and also benefit from MTV Asia coverage.The song “Elama” has been included in a number of top selling compilations including the most successful Arabic compilation of all time – NOW Arabia – which has been released worldwide and achieved Platinum status in territories as far flung as Chile.Yasser’s follow up album “Mitghayer” – again self produced – released in April 2002, includes the salsa influenced dance track “ Carnaval Mitghayer” which is the first video clip taken from the album, and the Indian influenced “Khanak Zamanak”.Last.Fm

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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Sheryfa Luna

“Il avait les mots” coverImage via Wikipedia
Sheryfa Luna (born Chérifa Babouche on January 25, 1989) is a French R&B singer born to an Algerian father of Kabyle origin and a French mother.
She won the fourth series of the French edition of popular Popstars in October 2007. [1] Her self titled debut album peaked at #3 in France and was certified Gold there.
She has released three singles "Quelque part" (Somewhere Else) and "Il avait les mots" (He Had Words), both went to #1 in France. "D'ici et D'Ailleurs" (Here and Elsewhere) was released in March 2008.Luna gave birth to a son named Vénus Junior on February 14, 2008.Wikipedia

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