List of female Lebanese singers

This list of women singers from Lebanon included women singers who have at least one parent from Lebanon.

List

Present

Name Birth Portrait Note(s)
Present women's singers
Shakira 1977[1] Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Lebanon.[2][3][4][5]
The name Shakira is Arabic (شَاكِرَة, šākirah), meaning "grateful". It is the feminine form of the name Shakir (شَاكِر, šākir).[6][7]
Layal Abboud 1982 Lebanese pop-folk singer, composer, concert dancer, Muslim humanitarian and businesswoman
Aline Lahoud 1981
Amal Hijazi 1977
Oumeima El Khalil 1966
Eliane Mahfouz
Elissa 1971
Allien Orvelian
Aline Khalaf 1974
Pascale Sakr 1964
Pascale Machaalani 1967
Bassima 1973
Brigitte Yaghi 1987
Tania Saleh 1969
Jacqueline Monroe 1936
Joana Mallah 1976
Georgette Sayegh
Julia Boutros 1968
Darine 1974
Darine Hadchiti 1981
Dalida 1985
Dalida Khalil 1988
Dana Halabi 1985
Dania Khatib 1973
Dalal Shemali
Dolly Shahine 1980
Dominique Hourani 1980
Diana Haddad 1976
Dina Hayek 1982
Razan Moughrabi 1973
Rola Saad 1978
Rima Khcheich 1974
Re-Mi Bendali 1979
Sabine 1988
Sara Al Hani 1986
Salma Mousfi
Samira Tewfik 1935
Cyrine Abdelnour 1977
Cynthya Karam 1980
Taroob 1937
Abeer Nehme 1980
Alia Al-Mundhir
Inaya Jaber
Ghada Shbeir 1972
Grace Deeb 1975
Fadwa Obeid
Fairuz 1935 Most renowned and influential Arab singer of all-time, along with Umm Kulthum
Viviane Mrad 1980
Kamar 1986
Katia Harb 1976
Carole Samaha 1972
Karol Sakr 1969
Clauda Chemaly 1974
Laura Khalil 1976
Layla Iskandar 1984
Majida El Roumi 1956
Madeline Matar 1972
Marie Suleiman
Maria Nalbandian 1983
Maya Diab 1978
Maya Nasri 1976
Maya Nehme 1987
Marwa 1974
Mashael 1984
Manel Mallat 1987
Mona Maraachli 1958
May Hariri 1968
May Nasr 1965
Myriam Fares 1983
Myriam Klink 1970
Mayssam Nahas 1976
Dalida Rahmeh 1960
Melissa 1982
Nadine Saab 1979
Nadina Zarifeh 1979
Nancy Afiouny 1984
Nancy Ajram 1983
Naya 1988
Najah Salam 1931
Najwa Karam 1966
Nawal Al Zoghbi 1972
Noura Rahal 1973
Nourhanne 1977
Nicole Saba 1974
Nelly Maatouk 1988
Nelly Makdessy 1979
Hiba Kawas 1972
Hiba Tawaji 1987 Semi-finalist of The Voice: la plus belle voix, main female role in the new edition of Notre-Dame de Paris
Huda Haddad 1944
Hiyam Younes 1932
Haifa Wehbe 1972
Yara 1983
Yasmine Hamdan 1976

Past

Name (Birth–Death) Portrait Note(s)
former singers
Udit Kaado 1927–1997
Souad Mohamed 1926–2011
Salwa Al Katrib 1953–2009
Seham Refki 1922–2007
Suzanne Tamim 1977–2008
Sabah 1927–2014
Ferial Karim 1938–1988
Laure Daccache 1917–2005
Nazik 1928–1999
Nahawnd 1926–2014
Nour el Houdda 1924–1998

References

  1. "Shakira Biography". The Biography Channel. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. Diego, Ximena (2002). Shakira: Woman Full of Grace. The Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 19–20. ISBN 0743216687.
  3. Williams, Zella (2010). Shakira: Star Singer/Estrella de La Cancin. Simon & Schuster. p. 6. ISBN 9781448810666.
  4. Day, Holly (2007). Shakira. Lucent Books. p. 15. ISBN 9781590189740.
  5. Krohn, Katherine (2007). Biography Shakira. Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. p. 11. ISBN 9780822571599. "Yo soy una fusion. I am a fusion," says Shakira. "That's my persona. I'm a fusion between black and white, between pop and rock, between cultures—between my Lebanese father and my mother's Spanish blood, the Colombian folklore and Arab dance I love and American music."
  6. "Shakira's Catalan Blood". YouTube. 2 September 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
  7. "Shakira: dELIAs Interview". Numberonestars.com. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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