Amr Diab ranks on World Music Awards top 100 artists
The Awards' official Facebook page posted a statement saying, 'Amr Diab's long-awaited new album, Ebtadena, has topped the charts in several countries on iTunes and Apple Music, capitalizing on the star's overwhelming regional popularity.'
According to the Awards' official website, Diab ranked 79th globally on the iTunes Global Albums Chart and 155th on iTunes in the US.
The songs from the album 'Ebtadena' topped the streaming charts in 10 Arab countries, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and the Sultanate of Oman, across the Anghami, Apple Music, and Spotify platforms.
'Ebtadena'
The album includes 15 songs, ranging from romantic to dramatic to rhythmic, in collaboration with a group of prominent music makers in Egypt and the Arab world, most notably: Tamer Hussein, Amr Mostafa, Aziz el-Shafei, Bahaa Eddin Mohamed, Ayman Bahgat Qamar, Amir Taaima, Mohamed Yehia, Adel Haqi, Ahmed Ibrahim, Osama el-Hindi, Toma, and Wissam Abdel-Moneim.
The album 'Ebtadena' represents a new musical experience in Diab's career, combining the spirit of the songs he was famous for in the 1990s and 2000s with modern production values that keep in pace with global tastes, reinforcing his position as one of the Middle East's most prominent stars.
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