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Fadl Shaker
فضل شاكر
Birth name Fadl Abdulrahman Shumnder
فاضل عبدالرحمن شمندر
Born April 1, 1969 (1969-04-01) (age 40)
Origin Lebanese
Genre(s) Egyptian Music, Arabic Music, Pop,Arabesque-pop
music,Pop folk
Years active 1996 - present
Label(s) Rotana
Fadl Shaker (Arabic:
فضل شاكر)
(Fadl Abdulrahman Shaker, born on April 1, 1969
فضل عبدالرحمن شمندر)is
a famous Lebanese singer.
Personal life
Fadl Shaker (Ibn EL Genoob), was born on April 1, 1969
in Saida (Sidon), a city in Southern Lebanon . He lives in Saida in Jadet
Nabih Berri. He is married to his wife Nadia a fellow Palestinian, and has
three children, Mohamed, Alhan & Eno.
Fadl musical talent started early in his age, at the
age of 15. Early in his singing career, he performed many original songs
by Arab legends like Umm Kulthum (singer), Abdel Halim Hafez, Farid Al
Attrach, Mohammed Abdel Wahab and many other famous singers of his
generation as well. He had to overcome many obstacles and hardships as a
young aspiring singer before achieving fame.
1997 Early Commercial
Success
In 1997, he was discovered by an agent from the
recording label Stallions Company, and was signed on to produce three
albums. This was Fadl's first significant career break.
Fadl released his first album Wallah Zaman in 1998,
which had eight original songs, including "Meta Habeby Meta", "Nazra Wah".
Some of these songs were composed and written by such known Arab stars
like Salah El Sharnoby and Ahmed Sheta.
The second album was Baya'a El Qolob released in 1999,
and the title song hit # 1 on all charts in the first week of the album's
debut. The song was also very popular on radio stations throughout the
Middle East. Due to the overwhelming success and huge sales of the album,
Fadl decided to produce two music video clips, the first was for the song
"Baya'a El Qolob" and the second was for "Eesheqtak". As a result of his
first album's astonishing success, Fadl was catapulted to become one of
the top superstars in the Middle East.
2000 - 2002
His third album was El Hob El Adem, released in 2000.
It included very famous songs like Ash Men Shafak. This album was also a
huge success, just like his previous album. It topped all charts as well.
His fourth album Hobak Khayal was released in 2001, and contained 10 songs
this time, and was produced by Al Khoyoul Company. It contained songs like
Hazzak Ya Qalby, Men Kotr Hoby Feek, and El Maraya.
In 2002, Fadl recorded and released his first duo with
the renowned Arab Persian gulf singer Nawal. This duet topped the charts
for five months straight, and broke all sales records in the Arab world.
It was voted by music critics as the best duo in the history of Persian
Gulf music. Its success was also complemented by the release of a hot
music video clip, directed by Ahmed El Doghajy.
In the first album, Fadl Shaker composed three of his
famous songs (Meta Habeby Meta, Maserak Habeby and Ya Tkon Habeby), and
one song in his 2nd album Malet Ana A'azar. He didn't compose any other
songs in the albums that followed.
2003 - Present
In 2003, Fadl released to the radio stations his new
smash-hit ballad Ya Ghayeb, which was voted the Best song for 2003 by the
radio stations. It became a big hit before the album or any music videos
were released. The song reached # 1 status on all Arabic stations in the
Middle East. Fadl bought all rights of the tune for his song from the
Greek composer and singer Sotis Volanis, and the lyrics were written by
Prince Turky Bin Abdel Rahman El Sudairy, who also wrote another song of
Fadl's coming album called Dehkat El Dony.
As of 2007, Fadl Shaker is working on a new album
composed by himself.
Fadl Shaker was always concerned about singing maqamat,
the hardest of Arabic melodies, and he always tried to preserve the true
Arabic musical style in all of his songs. His songs are known not to have
any western melody influence. Fadl is known for his unique singing style,
and as a result, has built a huge fan base throughout the Middle East.
During his musical career, Fadl has won many
prestigious music awards in the Middle East, and in just four years (1998
- 2002) he became one of the Middle East greatest music legends. He was
nicknamed by his fans as Malek El Romansia or King of Romance.
Fadl Shaker also performed in major Arabic Festivals in
many Arab countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, United Arab
Emirates, and other countries worldwide. He recently performed with other
well known Arabic singers, in a big festival in honor of the Intifada.
Fadl enjoys fishing on his boat at the shores of his
birth city ( Saida ),and also enjoys most water sports. He loves to play
the Piano, and listen to old and modern music with his wife and kids. He's
a big fan of sambosas.and enjoys working at his resturant in Saida .
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