Amr Abdel Baset Abdel Aziz Diab (عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب|link=no, ; born on 11 October 1961) is an Egyptian singer, composer, and actor.
1 on the Billboard World Albums Charts, making him the first Egyptian and Middle Eastern performer to accomplish such a feat. ==Early life== Amr Diab was born on 11 October 1961 in Port Said to a middle-class Muslim family originally from the Egyptian country side of Menia Elamh, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt.
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 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.
Amr played himself in his first film, El Afareet, which was released in 1989.
By 1992, he became the first Egyptian and Middle Eastern artist to start making high-tech music videos.
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.
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.
In 1994, he was married to Saudi businesswoman Zeina Ashour.
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.
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.
Diab's fans initiated a massive boycott of the sites with the illegal copies. 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. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
Diab's fans initiated a massive boycott of the sites with the illegal copies. 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. 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.
His 2014 album Shoft El Ayam peaked at No.
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.
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.
1 in 2014, the first for an Arabic performer.
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.
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. 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.
His new album Maadi el Nas was released in July 2017 with "Nay Records". In October 2018, he released a new album called Kol Hayaty.
His new album Maadi el Nas was released in July 2017 with "Nay Records". In October 2018, he released a new album called Kol Hayaty.
In 2018, he went on to marry another Egyptian actress, Dina El Sherbiny, after his relationship with Ashour ended.
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".
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".
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