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Amr Diab
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Egyptian singer, composer and actor
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Amr Diab, born Abd al-Aziz on October 11, 1961, in Port Said Governorate, Egypt, is an Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor. He performs in genres including Arabic pop, rhythm and blues, Latin pop, and Arabic music. His native language is Arabic, and he also speaks English. He is known by the nickname الهضبة.
Diab began his work period in 1983 and plays the voice, piano, and oud. He has received the World Music Award and is affiliated with record labels such as Rotana Music Group, EMI, and Sony Music. He is married to Shereen Reda, and they have four children. He follows Islam.
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Port Said, Egypt
Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time, according to Let's Go Egypt. He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist four times: 1998, 2002 , 2007 and 2009. He has also sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab was born October 11, 1961 in Port Said. His father was an accountant and his mother a French teacher. Both…
Known for
- Memories of Hani Shenouda2023
- Amr Diab - ElHelm2009
- Laughter, Joy, Work and Love — Adham1993
- Ice Cream in Glim — Saif1992
- Al Afaret — عمرو دياب1990
- آسف .. لا يوجد حل — محمود1987
- Alf liela w liela - Wardashan w Mando1986
- Al khatba1981
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 75,593
- Total plays
- 638,971
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Amr Diab is an Egyptian singer, born 11 October 1961 in Port Said. His father was the chairman of Marine Construction & Shipbuilding. He played a great role to igniting the early sparks of musical inspiration towards Diab’s early stages in his professional music career. Amr at the age of six sang at the July 23rd Festival in Port Said, he was surprisingly rewarded with a guitar from the governor for his excellence. Amr Diab had earned his bachelor degree in Arabic Music and graduated at the Cair
Key facts
- Born
- Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab, عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب , ( 1961-10-11 ) 11 October 1961 (age 64) , Port Said , Egypt
- Occupations
- Singer composer actor
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Title
- El Hadaba , ("The Plateau", "The Hill")
- Spouses
- Shereen Reda ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) Zeina Ashour ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ) Dina El Sherbiny ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2018 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2020 )
- Genres
- Arabic pop Egyptian music dance-pop
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar oud piano
- Labels
- Delta Sound (1984–1998) Alam El Phan (1996–2003) Rotana (2004–2015) Nay for Media (2016–2024) Sony Music (2024–present)
- Website
- amrdiab .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Amr Diab | Official Website
World's Best-Selling Middle Eastern Artist, Guinness World Records holder, 7-time World Music Awards winner, and 6-time African Music Awards winner.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abd al-Aziz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Egypt
- Place of birth
- Port Said Governorate
- Spouse
- Shereen Reda
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- World Music Awards
- Genre
- Khaliji
- Instrument
- oud
- Record label
- Sony Music
- Official website
- amrdiab.net
- Image
- Amr Diab With World Music Awards.jpg
- Height
- 1.80
- Number of children
- 4
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- date of birth
- 1961-10-11
- Commons category
- Amr Diab
- name in native language
- عمرو دياب
- birth name
- عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب
- nickname
- الهضبة
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- social media followers
- 7050000
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Amr Diab, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab (Arabic: عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʕɑmɾe ʕæbdelˈbɑːsetˤ ʕæbdelʕæˈziːz deˈjæːb], 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 the "50 Best Arabic Pop Songs of the 21st Century".
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