Amr Diab

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Amr Diab, an Egyptian singer, was born on October 11, 1961 in the city of Sinhot – Sharkia Governorate – Egypt.

Biography and life story of celebrity in English.

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Name in English: Amr Diab
Name in Arabic: عمرو دياب
Full real name: Amr Abdel Baset Abdel Aziz Diab
Nickname: Nightingale of Youth (1987), Star of the Century (1996), Legend of Generations (2000), King of Music Awards (2002), Najm Al Arab (2009), Al Hadaba
Nationality: Egypt
Language: Arabic, Egyptian dialect
Religion: Islam
Date of birth: October 11, 1961
Place of birth: Sinhot City, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt
Age: 60 years old (in 2022)
Astrological Sign: Libra
Profession: Singer, Actor, Composer
Genre: Egyptian, Pop, R&B
Musical instruments: guitar, piano
Years of activity: 1983 – present
Social status: Married
Wife: Sherine Reda (formerly), Zina Muhammad Ashour (currently)
Sons: Nour (from his ex-wife), Abdullah, Kenzi, Jana (from his current wife)
Father: Abdel Baset Diab

Biography, Life story

Amr Diab was born on October 11, 1961 in the city of Sinhot – Sharkia Governorate – Egypt, and he moved with his family to Port Said Governorate and received his education there. and shipbuilding, and his mother is from the Egyptian city of Port Said. In 1982 he moved to Cairo and joined the Higher Institute of Arabic Music and obtained a bachelor’s degree in Arabic music in 1983.

Amr Diab began his singing life in 1983 by recording his first song, “Time”, and in the same year he released his first album, “Ya Tareeq”, produced by Rotana Company. And from 1996 to 2003 it was produced by Alam El Fann Company, owned by Mohsen Jaber, and from 2004 to now his albums have been produced by Rotana. He also collaborated with a group of poets, composers, and distributors, and composed scores of songs for himself.

Excellence Amr Diab entered new machines in his music. He won many awards during his artistic career, including World Music Award 4 times for the highest sales in the Middle East in 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2014. Many of his songs were translated and transcribed by singers of different nationalities into a number of languages, the most important of which are English, Russian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Albanian and Indian, and some of his songs were employed in some international films, and many books in various languages, especially English, mentioned Amr Diab, and he dealt with A group of international musicians over the course of his artistic career, and a group of the international company distributed and produced his albums to the world. Despite the relatively small number of his concerts compared to other singers, they enjoy distinguished and wide media coverage.

Amr Diab worked in cinema, where he made his first cinematic appearance in 1986 with Elham Shaheen and Youssef Shaaban in the movie The Two Prisoners.
In 1999, he sang with the Algerian singer Cheb Khaled, in the song “My Heart”, and also with the Greek singer Angela.
In 2009, he won the African Music Award as the best singer in the continent for the album “Weah”.
He was chosen in 1991 to sing at the opening ceremony of the African session with the song “With Love We Gather”.
In 2012, Amr Diab launched a talent scouting academy on YouTube.

Amr Diab married the Egyptian actress, Sherine Reda, and had a daughter, Nour. Then they separated and he married a Saudi woman, Zina Muhammad Ashour, and he had twins, Abdullah and Kenzi, and his last daughter, Jana, with whom he was born in the second half of 2002.

List of works

Albums

Oh Way (1983), Sing from Your Heart (1984), Hala Hala (1986), Sincerely (1987), Mayal (1988), Our Longing (1989), Don’t Be Afraid (1990), My Love (1991), Ice Cream in Glim, Our Days (1992), Ya Amrna, Memories, and Blame Me (1994), Returning (1995), Noor Al Ain (1996), Return to Me (1998), Two Moons (1999), Dictate with You (2000), Aktar One (2001), Flag of My Heart (2003) ), Lili Nahari (2004), Complete Your Words (2005), Lailadi (2007), Weah (2009), Its Origin is Separate (2010), With Your Most High (2011), Tonight (2013), Shaft Al Ayam (2014).

Songs

An-Najah (1983), Knights of Asia, Deaf High School (1984), Jerusalem is Our Land (2001), I Love You – I Love You, I Say It to You (2002), The Spirit of My Heart, I Give You Peace (2003), The One Between You and Me, The Kindness of the World, If You Can (2009) You Are the Only One, Yama (2010), Egypt Said (2011), I Need You, and I Was Satisfied, Ayesh Ma’ak (2012), Always the Way, Oh Love, Do Us, Don’t Go Away (2015).

Films

1992: He starred in the movie (Ice Cream in Gleem) with Simon (singer) and Jehan Fadel.
1993: starring in the movie (Laughter, Play, Find and Love) with Yousra (actress) and Omar Sharif.
1990: starring in the movie (The Goblins) with Madiha Kamel.
1988: Guest of honor in the movie (The Two Prisoners) with Elham Shaheen and Samah Anwar.

Songs in international films

A song, Wala Ala Baloo, in the French film Divine Intervention, released in 2002
The song Odouni in the Spanish movie, The Dancer Upstairs, released in 2002
The world is God, and the light of the eye in the Brazilian TV series, or as a color, issued in 2001
The same place in the American international film Double and Mom, issued in 2001
Tamla Ma’ak Wa Nour El Ain in a French comedy film released in 2009
Nour Al-Ain in the American international TV series Malcolm in the Middle, in the fourth season, and the fourth episode, and the name of the episode: Girl. Idiot or Stupid Girl. Minute 1:08. The series was released in the year 2000

Awards and achievements

He won many Arab and international awards
The first Arab singer to sing Arabic songs in the Slw way, which is the song (I confess) 2000
The first Arab singer to combine eastern and western melodies in his songs in the same song, which is the song (Not in Mind) 2001
The first Arab singer to sing Arabic songs in the American pop style, which is the song (Law Ashqani) 2003
The first singer to receive the red carpet in some countries, as he receives the President of the Republic
The first Arab singer to choose his songs as the best songs in the world, such as Mayal’s song
The first Arab singer whose songs were sung in many foreign films
The most famous singer in the world whose songs are translated into many different languages
The most successful Arab singer who has maintained success for nearly thirty years, without diminishing this success, as happened with his generation
The most imitated Arab singer by young people, and the most obvious of them was the pullover clip “Tamli Ma’ak”.
The first singer to get the music award three times
The first Egyptian singer to sing for Palestine and the Intifada, the song of the land, this is our land
Most singer composed his own songs
The strongest singer in Egypt presents house music and is exported abroad in many European countries
The first Egyptian singer to do commercials with international singers and soccer players, such as the Pepsi advertisement
The first singer to present international models with his clips, such as Natalie Martins in the clip We Say What and Rachel Barnes in the clip Tonight.

Official social media

Facebook: facebook.com/AmrDiab
Twitter: twitter.com/amrdiab
Instagram: instagram.com/amrdiab
Youtube: youtube.com/@AmrDiab
Website: amrdiab.net