Amr Diab

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Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab (, , born 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer, composer and actor. He has established himself as a globally acclaimed recording artist and author.

He is a Guinness World Record holder, the best selling Middle Eastern artist, a seven-times winner of World Music Awards and five-times winner of Platinum Records. Named the "King of Arabic Pop", Rolling Stone ranked his song ‘Tamally Maak’ first on their list of "50 Best Arabic Pop Songs of the 21st Century".

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Early life Diab was born as Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab on 11 October 1961 in Port Said to a middle-class Egyptian Muslim family from the Nile Delta of Menia Elamh in Sharqia Governorate. Diab graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from the Cairo Academy of Arts in 1986.

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Music career Diab released his first album entitled in 1983. Diab's second album, (1984), was the first of a series of records he released with Delta Sound; including (1986), (1987), and (1988). His later releases include (1989), (1990), (1991), (1992), (1993), (1994), and (1995).

By 1992, he became the first Egyptian and Middle Eastern artist to start making high-tech music videos.

In 1996, Diab released his first album with Alam El Phan entitled , 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 (1999). Diab also collaborated with Khaled (on the song "") and with Angela Dimitriou (on the song "Bahebak Aktar").

According to research by Michael Frishkopf, he has created a style in the song "", termed as "Mediterranean music", a blend of Western and Middle Eastern/Egyptian rhythms.

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

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.
     

On 18 October 2009, Diab won four 2009 African Music Awards in the categories of best artist, album, vocalist and song for ""; Diab had been nominated by the Big Apple Music Awards.

In February 2011, Diab released his hit single "" ("Egypt spoke"), followed by the release of his album in September, produced by Rotana. In 2012, Diab hosted the first Google Hangouts in the Middle East during his performance in Dubai. In October 2014, Diab released his album , which topped his last album (2013) and again became the best-selling album in Egypt on iTunes and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, making him the first Egyptian and Middle Eastern performer to accomplish such a feat. In July 2015, Diab released a music video for his song "" from his album . In March 2016, he released , his first album since he left Rotana Music. The album was produced by the record label Nay For Media. His new album was released in July 2017 with Nay Records.

In October 2018, he released a new album called . In 2019, he released a mini-album, , and in February 2020, he released his 30th album, , which included 16 songs. In the same year, Amr Diab released another album, Ya Ana Ya La, at the end of the year, December 31, 2020.

From April 2021 to July 2023, Amr Diab released a huge amount of singles, many of which topped the charts on digital listening platforms until his album release in 2023.

In February 2022, Anghami announced an exclusive partnership that will see the Diab's entire Nay Label audio and video catalogue and future releases available only on Anghami.

In December 2023, Amr Diab released an album called Makanak with 12 songs.

Then he released two singles called "El Kelma El Helwa", an advertisment for Vodafone Music (Egypt), and "Hekyatna Helwa" for Hyde Park, both on March 11, 2024.

In April 2024, Rolling Stone picked Tamally Maak to top the Best Arabic Pop Songs of the 21st Century. In July of that year, his exclusive contract with Anghami expired.

A program produced by Amr Afifi, consisting of 12 parts aired on Rotana Music, Rotana Cinema and Egyptian Channel 1 station. The program detailed the biography of Diab and 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.

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Musical style Diab is known as the "father of Mediterranean music". David Cooper and Kevin Dawe refer to his music as "the new breed of Mediterranean music".

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According to author Michael Frishkopf, Diab has produced a new concept of Mediterranean music, especially with his international hit, "Nour El Ain". Diab is known as a composer, having composed more than 97 of his own songs.

Diab is one of the first singers to popularize music videos in the whole MENA region and is the first Egyptian Music to appear in music videos.

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Film career

Diab's fame in the music industry has led him to experiment with other forms of media, such as film. Diab played himself in his first film, , which was released in 1989. It also starred Madiha Kamel. His second film was Hussein al-Imam production Ice Cream in Gleam (), in which Diab starred in 1992, was chosen as one of the best five Egyptian musical films by the University of California, Los Angeles (ULCA) 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 LA Weekly termed it "observant" and "a big leap". His third movie was released in 1993, and was named ( Laughter and Fun). The film premiered in the Egyptian Film Festival in 1993. Diab 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.

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Amr Diab in movies

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

• "" in Divine Intervention (2002)
• "" in The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
• "" and "" in O Clone (2001)
• "" in Double Whammy (2001)
• "" and "" in Coco (2009)
• "" in The Dictator (2012)

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Personal life

Diab has an elder daughter from his first marriage to Egyptian actress Shereen Reda. In 1994, he was married to Saudi businesswoman Zeina Ashour. They have three children. In 2018, he went on to marry Egyptian actress, Dina El Sherbiny, after his relationship with Ashour ended. It is unknown whether they were separated or divorced. However, Diab and El Sherbiny separated in late 2020.

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Egyptian Revolution

During the 2011 uprising, some protesters criticized Diab for staying silent, and for fleeing Egypt for London. A few days after former President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Diab composed and sang a memorial song, "" (Egypt Said), and released it in conjunction with a music video showing pictures of the martyrs who died in the uprising. He initiated a charity campaign "" ("Truly Egyptian"). 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.

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Discography

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Studio albums

Sawt Al Madina
Delta Sound
	Welcome Welcome
	We're Done
	Leaning
	Make Us Miss You
	Don't Be Afraid
	Baby
	Our Days
	O Our Life
	Let Them Blame Me
	1995	Ragein	We're Coming Back
Mazzika
Delta Sound
Mazzika
	Always With You
	The One That Loves You The Most
	Teach My Heart
Rotana Records
	Keep Talking
	Tonight
	With Her
	Come I'm Calling You
	This Night
	I saw the days
Sony Music
	Greater than People
	All My Life
	Up All Night
	Either Me or No One
	2023	Makanak	Your Place
	2025	Ebtadena	We Started

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Singles

1999	Eleos - with Angela Dimitriou	Mercy	EMI
	Ana Mahma Kibirt	Whatever I Get Old, I Still Young	Mazzika
2000	El Quds De Aredna	Quds is Our "Arabs" Land	Rotana
	El Helm Da Helmena	This Dream is Ours
2002	Bahebak Nefsi Aaolhalak	I Hope to Say I Love You	Mazzika
2003	Rouh Alby	Soul of My Heart
2005	Elly Beiny We Beinak	That Between You and Me	Rotana
2007	Allah Aliha	God Bless Her
2008	Oldies Singles
2009	Leh Youm Ma Abeltak	Why That Happened When I Met You?
	Makontsh Nawy	I didn't intend to
2010	Nokia 5800 Releases
	Aslaha Betefre’a	It's different
2011	Masr Alet	Egypt Said	Sony Music
	La' Yestaheil	She deserves	Rotana
2012	Fe Haga Feek	There's Something With You
	We Redet	I'm Satisfied
	Ayesh Maak	I Spend Days With You
2013	Dawam El Haal	What Goes around Comes around
2014	Mesh Kol Wahed	Not Everybody
	Ya Hob Dawebna	Oh love, Melt us in you
2015	Balash Teb'ed	Don't Go Far	Nay for Media
2016	Al Qahera - ft. Mohamed Mounir	Cairo
2017	El Farha El Leila	The Joy is tonight
2018	Bahebak Ana	Me, Love You
2019	Maa'darsh Al Nesyan	I cannot afford to forget
	Gamaa Habybak	Gather Your Loved Ones
	Africa (2019 Edition)
	Aha Gheir	I'm Different
2020	Ya Baladna Ya Helwa	Our Country is Beautiful
	Amaken El Sahar	Nightlife places
2021	Inta El Haz	You're the Luck
2022	El Ser	The Secret
2023	Shokran Min Hena Le Bokra	Thank you from here on out

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Famous songs

1984	Ghanni Min Albak	Sing From Your Heart	Hani Zaki, Azmi Al Kilany	Mohamed Helal	Ghanni Min Albak
	Ashof Ainaik	I See Your Eyes	Traditional, adaptation Issam Abdallah
1986		Welcome Welcome	Magdi El Naggar, Amr Diab
1987		We're Done	Reda Ameen, Khalil Mostafa	Fathy Salama
1988	Mayal	Leaning	Magdi El Naggar, Haggag Abdel Rahman		Mayal
1989		Make Us Miss You		Hamid El Shaeri
1990		Don't Be Afraid	Magdi El Naggar, Amr Diab
1991	Aeh Pas Ille Ramak	What made you love?	Medhat El Adl, Amr Diab	Hossam Hosny	Habibi
1992	Ice Cream Fi Glym	Ice Cream in Glym			Ice Cream in Glym
	Raseef Nemra Khamsa	Sidewalk Number Five
	Wehna Maak	We'll Sing With You
	El Mady	The Past	Magdi El Naggar, Abdel Azeez Al Nasir	Hamid El Shaeri	Ayamna
1993		Our Days Together	Magdi El Naggar, Amr Diab	Tarek Madkour
1994	Africa	Africa		Modi El Emam	Zekrayat
1995	Ragein	We're Coming Back	Medhat El Adl, Reyad El Hamshari	Tarek Madkour	Ragein
1996		Light of the Eye	Ahmed Sheta, Nasser Al Mezdawy	Hamid El Shaeri
1998	Awedouny	Made Me Used to You	Abdel Monem Taha, Amr Tantawy		Awedouny
1999	(featuring Khaled)	My Heart	Magdi El Naggar, Amr Mahmoud	Farid Awamer
		Two Moons	Mohamed Refahey, Sherif Tag	Tarek Madkour
	Bahebbak Aktar (featuring Angela Dimitriou)	I Love You More	Mohamed Refahy, Sherif Tag, Panos Falaras
2000	El Alem Allah	God Knows	Amir Teima, Amr Mostafa, Amr Diab		Tamally Maak
	Tamally Maak	Always With You	Ahemd Ali Mousa, Sherif Tag
	We Heya Amleh Eih	And How is She Doing	Bahaa El Din Mohamed, Essam Karika
2001	Wala Ala Balo	Not On Her Mind	Mohamed Refahey, Mohamed Rahim		Aktar Wahed
	Aktar Wahed	The One Who Loves You Most	Ahmed Ali Mousa, Amr Mostafa
	Kan Tayeb	He Was Good	Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Amr Diab
	Baed El Layaly	I Count The Nights	Mohamed Refahey, Khaled Ezz
2003	Allem Alby	Teach My Heart	Waleed Galal, Amr Diab, Khaled Ezz	Fahd	Allem Alby
	Ana Ayesh	I'm Alive	Rabea El Seuofey, Amr Diab, Amr Mostafa	Hani Yacoub
2004	Lealy Nahary	Night and Day	Khaled Tag Eldeen, Amr Mostafa	Nader Hamdy	Lealy Nahary
	Qusad Einy	In front of My Eyes
2005		Why Not?		Tarek Madkour
	Kammel Kalamak	Keep Talking	Amir Teima, Nasser El Mezdawi
2007		Tonight	Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Amr Mostafa	Hassan El Shafei
	Khalik Ma'aya	Stay With Me	Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Mohamed Yehia
2009		With Her	Tamer Hussein, Amr Mostafa
	Yehemak Fe Eih	What does it matter to you?	Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Mohamed Yehia
2010	Aslaha Betifrek	It's Different	Magdy El Naggar, Amr Diab	Adel Hakki	Single Release
2011		Come I'm Calling You	Tamer Hussein, Amr Diab
	Ma'drrsh Ana	I Can't Handle	Tamer Hussein, Amr Tantawi
2013	El Leila	This Night		Osama Elhendy	El Leila
	Sebt Faragh Kebeer	You've left a trail	Magdi El Naggar, Khalil Mostafa	Adel Hakki
2014		Did You See the Days	Tamer Hussein, Shady Hassan
		Her Beauty		Osama Elhendy
2016	Ragea	You're Back!	Tamer Hussein, Islam Zaki		Ahla W Ahla
	Amentak	I have Placed a Trust in You	Tamer Hussein, Mohamed El Nady
2017	Ya Agmal Eyoun	Most Beautiful Eyes	Turki Al-Sheikh, Amr Mostafa		Meaddy El Nas
2018	Yetalemo	They Learn from You	Tamer Hussein, Amr Mostafa		Kol Hayaty
	Da Law Etsab	If It Got Left	Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Mohamed Yehia
2019	Youm Talat	On Tuesday	Tamer Hussein, Aziz El Shafei		Sahran
	Odam Merayetha	In Front of her Mirror		Tarek Madkour
2020	Zay Manty	You are as You are	Aziz El Shafei	Nader Hamdy
	Ya Ana Ya La	Either Me or No One	Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Mohamed Yehia	Adel Hakki	Ya Ana Ya La
	Amaken El Sahar	Nightlife places	Tamer Hussein, Aziz El Shafei	Osama Elhendy	Single Release
2021	Inta El Haz	You're the Luck		Wesam Adel Munem
	Ray'a	When You're in the Mood	Ayman Bahgat Kamar, Mohamed Yehia	Tarek Madkour
2022	Hatedalaa	You'll be spoiled	Mohamed El Kayaty, Mohamed Yehia	Ahmed Ibrahim
	Elly Beina Hayah	What Between Us, is a Life	Aziz El Shafei	Wesam Abdel Munem
2023	El Hafla	The Party	Ahmed Marzouk, Mohamed Kammah	Mohamed Kammah
	Makanak	Your Place	Tamer Hussein, Amr Diab	Ahmed Ibrahim	Makanak
	Ya Amar	Oh Moon	Mostafa Hadouta, Amr Diab	Wesam Abdel Munem

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Awards

He has been awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist four times: 1996 for album , 2001 for album Akter Wahed, 2007 for album El Lillady and 2013 for 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. Amr Diab is the only Middle Eastern artist to have received 7 World Music Awards. Five of his albums reached the top 10 of Billboard's World Albums chart, with reaching No. 1 in 2014, the first for an Arabic performer. Alongside that accomplishment, two of his albums (2014's and 2016's ) both peaked at 29 and 14 respectively on Billboard's Heatseekers charts.

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".

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List of awards received by Amr Diab

• Seven World Music Awards (1997/2001/2007/2014)
• Six African Music Awards (2009/2010)
• Two All Africa Music Awards (2016/2017)
• Guinness World Record (2016)
• Joy Awards (KSA) (2019)
• 1 Billion streams on Anghami (2022)
• Rolling Stone: Tamally Ma'ak - Song of the century (2024)
• Top Male Artist - Billboard Arabia Music Awards (2024)
• Top Male Artist – Egyptian Dialect - BBAMAs (2024)

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External links

• target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Amr Diab World (archive)

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