Ihab Amir

Ihab Amir (Arabic: اهاب امير) is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist. Born 14 May 1994 in Safi, Morocco, he rose to popularity as a contestant in the 11th season of Star Academy Arab World. He made his commercial singing debut with two songs, "Nta li Bditi" (Arabic: نتا لي بديتي) and "Taali Lia" (Arabic: تعالي ليا), in July 2015.

Ihab Amir
Birth nameIhab Amir
Born (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994
Safi, Morocco
GenresMoroccan music, Moroccan pop, Arab pop, Arab Tarab, Arabic music
Occupation(s)singer, songwriter, composer, guitarist
InstrumentsGuitar,piano
Years active2015–present

Star Academy 11

Amir competed in the 11th season of Star Academy Arab World. He was the second Moroccan male ever to be accepted on to the show. Ihab won people's hearts from the get go, mainly due to his pride in showcasing the Moroccan dialect with the other candidates. Amir was never named by any of the show's judges for nomination up until the week of his exit when he was finally named a nominee. Amir was nominated only once on the show. During this nomination he was shown to have lost the public vote, which raised allegations that the show tampered with the results. Fans of Amir expressed their outrage through social media 1 January 2016.[1][2]

Performances in Star Academy 11

Return to Morocco

After Ihab Amir's exclusion from the show, his fans were ready to welcome him in the airport of Casablanca. though it was a shock for all the Moroccans and the Arabs to see this huge number of fans in the airport for a candidate that was excluded from the show on his first nomination.[3][4] On his arrival to Morocco the fans made him a huge welcoming not only in the airport but also in his city Safi that lasted for a whole day and all the fans from other countries watched it from his Periscope, it was the talk of the press in the whole Arab world.[5] Due to this fame that was acquired in a very short time many Radio and TV channels invited Ihab for interviews such as Hit Radio, Chada FM, 2M and Medi 1 TV the latter made a report about his debut.

His career after the academy

During his interviews Amir talked about his new song that carry the title of "Célibataire" which means "single" in French language and he explained how he is working on his first video clip, not to mention that the song was already out since he made it while he was in the academy and the fans already put it in a YouTube channel and it gain more than one million views in a very short period. Ihab also add that he will attend the musical academy in Casablanca since he think he still need to learn more about music to fulfill his dream.

Discography

1. TAALI LIYA 2015
2. NTA LI BDITI 2015
3. MADARNA WALO 2016
4. CÉLIBATAIRE 2016
5. 2KELMAT 2017
6. HBIBI HJARNI WRAH 2017
7. WEHDA WEHDA ALIA 2017
8. LIMA3NDOUCH (feat. DJ SOUL A) 2018
9. BGHIT NTIR YAMMA (feat. ROUNEE) 2018

Profiles

References

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