Nawal Al Zoghbi
| Nawal Al Zoghbi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | نوال الزغبي |
| Birth name | Nawal George Al Zoghbi |
| Born |
June 29, 1972 Jal el Dib, Lebanon |
| Genres | Arabic music, pop music, pop folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Relax In (1992—1993) – (1997—1999) Music Box International (1994—1996) Rotana (1999—2002) (2007—2009) Alam elPhan(2002—2007) Melody Music (2009—2012) Mazzika (2012—) |
Nawal Al Zoghbi (born June 29, 1972 in Jal El-Dib, Lebanon) is a Lebanese pop vocalist. Performing in Arabic, she has a fan base throughout the Arab world has a following amongst Arab expatriates in North America and Europe. Her musical career has spanned over 25 years.
She achieved popularity first by singing traditional Arabic music with a pop sensibility, and later singing in the Gulf dialect, and also embracing newer trends in Arabian music. She capitalised on the popularity of music videos in Arab pop music in the '90s, which propelled her to local stardom in the Arab world.
Nawal George Al Zoghbi is a Lebanese singer. Born to a Maronite Christian family in the coastal small town of Jal el Dib, she holds Canadian citizenship. Al Zoghbi is the oldest born among three brothers and one sister. Al Zoghbi began singing at an early age, despite familial opposition to the lifestyle of a musician. Members of her family changed their minds when they realized she was serious in her ambitions. In 1988 she participated in the Lebanese talent show Studio El Fan. In 1990 she married Lebanese music manager Elie Deeb and went on to have three children with him. The couple legally separated in 2008 and Al Zoghbi waited three years for the Maronite Church to recognize their divorce. In late 2009, Al Zoghbi was granted custody of her three children and in March 2011, her divorce was officially legalized.
In 1988, Nawal participated in the talent show Studio El Fan in which she demonstrated a great voice singing "Tarab" songs especially songs of her muse and diva Warda and was noticed by then director of the show "Simon El Asmar". However, Nawal decided to withdraw from the talent show.
Nawal became the number one female star of the nineties, with revolutionary video clips, looks and style.
Starting with the year 1994 and until 2002, Nawal released an album almost every year reigning as the number one female pop star of the Arab world for 8 consecutive years. Each year between 1994 and 2002 had at least one huge hit by Nawal. After her breakthrough hits "Ayza El Radd" in 1994 and "Balaee Fi Zamany" in 1995, Nawal sang in 1996 a very famous duet with Lebanese singer Wael Kfoury called "Min Habibi Ana", this duo became the song of the year and the duo of the decade.
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