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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the bestselling female artists in Lebanon and very popular all over The Middle East !, 24 May 2008
.............WHY is she famous?
Nawal Al Zoghbi, is a successful Lebanese singer. She was born June 29, 1972 in Lebanon to a maronite catholic family, and has Canadian citizenship. Nawal began singing at an early age, despite familial opposition to the lifestyle of a musician. Members of her family changed their minds when they realized she was serious in her ambitions. She was influenced by the work of pioneering Arabic pop singers such as Egypt's Umm Kulthum and Mega Stars Samira Said and Asala Nasri.
Performing in Arabic she has a solid fan base throughout the Arabic-speaking world and extending into North America and Europe. She has had a musical career spanning over 15 years. Zoghbi believes her success is due to the true emotional she delivers through her voice. She is quoted as saying 'whether a voice is big or small, if it lacks emotion it will never succeed'. She is also one of the highest selling Arabic artists of all time.
Her success in 2008
In early January 2008, billboards appeared in cities across the Arabian world with the phrase 'Sawa Min Jadeed' (English: Back Together) and the letters NZ. This was a pre-release promo to advertise the reuniting of Rotana and Nawal and the release of her new album. On 10th January 2008, Rotana began airing tv adverts showing samples from the new album, entitled "Khalas Sameht". The first single from the album "Albi Is'alou" (English: Ask My Heart) began airing on arabic radio stations on the 15th of January 2008.
Nawal appeared on the show, Taratata, alongside famous Arab star Kathem El Sahr on the 20th of January.
Khalas Sameht was released on the evening of the 22nd of January 2008 in Nawal's native Lebanon and internationally on the 23rd of January, 2008. It reached # 1 on the charts the first day, and sold extremely well the first week.
The first video clip from the new album, titled Albi Esalou, was first shown on TV channels on the 5th of February 2008. The album was then officially launched at a press conference in Cairo, Egypt on the 12th of February 2008.
Her success in 2007
On the 23rd of March 2007, it was announced that Nawal al Zoghbi would be producing her next album with the production company Rotana. Nawal officially joined Rotana at a press conference at the Movenpick in Beirut on the 28th of March, 2007.
At a press conference held by LG global at the hotel Dosit in Dubai on the 25th of April 2007, it was announced that Nawal Al Zoghbi will be the face to advertise LG cellular phones which the company will put out in 2007-2008 in the Middle East. The conference was attended by a large crowd from various media, which exceeded a variety of over 100 means of information between written, visual and audible.
On Sunday, May 20th, 2007, Nawal Al Zoughbi was a guest on the hit show Taratata (Dubai TV Channel) along with four other singers. Nawal sang duets with the other four singers who will be making appearances on the show. Ibrahim Al-Hakami of Superstar 4) and the Lebanese-Canadian singer Massari were among the four guests that appeared and sang with Nawal on Sunday.
On Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 Nawal released the music video of her song, "Aghla El Habayib" from her album "Yama Alou" which was a continuation to the song "Shou Akhbarak" from the same album
On August 8th, 2007 Nawal Al Zoughbi returned to the Carthage Festival after an 8 year absence.
Her success in 2004 - 2006
After a two year break, Nawal's next album Eineik Kaddabeen was released in the summer of 2004 at a lavish album launch party in Cairo Inn. This album was accompanied by two singles: 'Eineik Kaddabeen' and 'Bi'einek'.
Immediately after promoting that album, Nawal then began work on her album titled Yama Alou. She released the first single 'Rouhi Ya Rouhi' in August 2005. Her first live performance of 'Rohi Ya Rohi' was at a concert she held at the Hammersmith Apollo, in London. The next single released from Yama Alou was 'Shou Akhbarak' in February 2006.
As part of the promotion for her 11th album Yama Alou, her production company, Alam el Phan, began previewing short clips from some of the upcoming albums songs on a telephone line that listeners could call. Shortly after, an advertisement campaign was launched. It began with a television advert showing the camera moving from a woman's boots upwards, but stopping before her face was revealed, the screen went dark and the word 'soon' appeared on the screen.
A week or so later, the next advertisement followed a similar format to the previous one, however, in this new advert, the face of the woman was revealed and the figure was Nawal herself. After this, the next advert showed clips of Nawal from the albums promotional photo shoot while playing small clips of the songs 'Yama Alou', 'Aghla el Habbayib', 'El Assi', 'Habaytak' and 'Shou Akhbarak'.
The television campaign was accompanied by large billboards and posters of Nawal in Egypt and Lebanon. The music video for Yama Alou, began to air at the beginning of July 2006, roughly a week before the album release date. The music video was aired on the Mazzika and Zoom music channels across the Middle East and the song was played exclusively on the Sawt el Ghad radio station in Lebanon as well as on Nagoum FM in Egypt.
Yama Alou was intended to be released throughout the Middle East on the 17th of July 2006, however, due to the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, its release was postponed. It was then released on 26 July 2006 in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In the following weeks, the album was made available in other countries around the Middle East and was finally released in Lebanon on the 14 September 2006, once the war was over.
Her contract with PEPSI
Nawal al Zoghbi has worked with Pepsi since 2001. She signed a 5 year contract with the company to make a number of advertisements that were accompanied by songs from her albums. She also used Pepsi products in some of her music videos, namely Eineik Kaddabin and Rohi Ya Rohi.
Her contract with LG (South Korean manufacturer of electronic goods)
LG Electronics confirmed the appointment of Nawal Zoghbi as the face of LG Shine, the next model in LG's ultra stylish Black Label Series mobile phones in April 2007. In a press conference on the 25th of April 2007 at the Dosit hotel in Dubai it was announced that Nawal will be the brand ambassador for LG mobile phones for the next 13 months. Her phone was featured in her clip Aghla El Habayib.
Lots of awards:
# Best Arabic Singer (T-A-C)
# Song of the Year "Aghla El Habayeb" (T-A-C)
# Clip of the Year "Aghla El Habayeb" (T-A-C)
# Best Dancing Song of the Year "Adi" (T-A-C)
# Best Song "Aghla El Habayeb " (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Video "Aghla El Habayeb" (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Dance Song "Adi" (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Lebanese Song "Aghla El Habayeb (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Khaliji Song for 'Adi' (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Entertainer Of The Year (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Fans for a singer (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Fan Group (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Website (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Fashion Idol (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Concert "Cartage" (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Artist In A TV Show appearance for Kanat Khamas Noujoum
# Voting Star Winner (Lebanon Entertainment--LE)
# Best Arabian Artist (Arabian Awards)
# Artist of the Year (JE Awards)
# Gold Dulex Album (JE Awards)
# Favorite Female Artist (JE Awards)
# Best Dressed Artist (JE Awards)
# Most Famous in America (JE Awards)
# Most Likely to Have the Best 2008 (JE Awards)
# Best Album of The Year "Yama Alou" (JE Awards)
# Best Khaliji Song for "Adi" (JE Awards)
# Video of the Year "Aghla El Habayeb) (JE Awards)
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