Amr Diab was born on October 11, 1961. Amr Diab was born in Port Said Egypt to a highly educated upper middle class family. His father encouraged Diab to sing for his very first time on Al-gala national day (evacuation of British forces from the Suez Canal area & Egypt). Diab was only six years old at the time. His first performance the National Anthem: Belady, Belady, was broadcasted to the Egyptian radio audience from the local broadcasting station. That day Amr was awarded by his Excellency Hassan Rushdie the Governor of Port Said. He also awarded him a guitar as a present after that concert.
Even at 48 with the help of cosmetic surgery and makeup Diab is still very successful and is currently an Egyptian singer as well as the composer of jeel music. Over 18 international companies have exclusive music for Amr Diab. Diab has been given the title of the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time. He was also awarded “The World Music Award” 3 times; 1998, 2002 and 2007, as being the best selling Middle Eastern singer.
Amr Diab is known as the “Father of Mediterranean Music. He has created his own unique style known by Arabic music lovers as “Mediterranean Music”, a blend of Western and Arabic rhythms. According to the BBC, Diab "has ruled the Arab music world, especially Egypt and the Middle East, since the mid '80s, continually breaking sales records". He also appeared in a commercial along side Jennifer Lopez, singing The Troggs hit "Wild Thing".
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