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Amr Diab
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Egyptian singer, composer and actor
Amr Diab is an Egyptian singer, composer, and actor who has been a major figure in Arabic popular music. He is widely recognized as one of the most successful and influential entertainers in the Arab world, known for blending traditional Arabic music with modern pop styles.
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Film & TV
Acting · 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
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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
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Pilon: An Integrated Tool for Comprehensive Microbial Variant Detection and Genome Assembly Improvement
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- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,493x
- Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2022 · cited 4,410x
- Gut microbiome modulates response to anti–PD-1 immunotherapy in melanoma patients
· 2018 · cited 4,285x
- Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 2,554x
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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
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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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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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