Maher Zain’s album mixes the sounds of R&B with traditional spiritual, soul and contemporary pop music, not just updating spiritual music and inshad but fearlessly reviving it with contemporary flair. Maher has already performed at sold out concerts in Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Holland, Sweden, and the US amongst others and is fast becoming the ‘next superstar of Islamic music’. Runners up included big names like Hussein Aljismi, Mohammed Mounir and Sami Yusuf.
In January 2010, in a music competition organized by Nujoom FM (Egypt’s biggest music radio station) Maher’s track ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alayka’ was voted as the Best Song for 2009. Maher’s debut album Thank You Allah reached the number 1 spot on Amazon’s World Music charts and number 9 on the R&B charts. In January 2009, Maher Zain decided to work on an album that reflects his identity – Arab, Western and Muslim - and signed with Awakening Records. Maher had what many would describe as a dream job for someone so young in such a glamorous business, but for Maher it felt like this was far from what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something wasn’t right”. For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of the NY music industry, working with chart topping artists such as Kat Deluna on her debut album including smash hits ‘Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’. Maher started working with RedOne and later moved to New York. It didn’t take him long to realize that music became an integral part of who he is.Īfter being involved for a while in the music scene as a music producer, Maher was introduced to RedOne, a gifted music producer who was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden. He would spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way. With things changing around him, one thing remained the same - his strong passion for music. His family moved to Sweden when Maher was only 8, where he continued his schooling, and later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Fascinated by the music and instruments, Maher got his first keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music officially became an integral part of Maher’s world. Maher’s first musical inspiration came from his father, who was a singer himself, performing locally in the beautiful Mediterranean city of Tripoli - Lebanon.
Worked with in the past: RedOne: Akon, Lady Gaga, etcįacebook Page with close to 500,000 fans: Ģ A- Insha Allah Music Video English version:Ģ B- Insha Allah Music Video French version:Ģ C- Insha Allah Music Video Turkish version:Ģ D- Insha Allah Music Video Arabic version: Nationality: Swedish (of Lebanese origin)Įducation: BA in Aeronautical Engineering Maher Zain singing Insha Allah live on TV 9 (Malaysia)
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