Raihan
| Raihan | |
|---|---|
| Genres | nasyid |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Warner Music (M) ended 2004 New label : Raihan Records |
| Associated acts | Nowseeheart Ustaz Amal S.M Salim Yusof Islam Mecca2madeena Gigi Muhammad Al Husayan |
| Members | Che Amran Idris Abu Bakar Md Yatim Amran Ibrahim |
| Past members | Nazrey Johani Nordin Jaafar ZulFadhli Mustaza |
| Notable instruments | |
| Percussion | |
Raihan (meaning "Fragrance of Heaven" in Arabic) is a Malaysian nasheed group originally composed of five members that took Malaysia by storm with the release of their debut album Puji-Pujian in October 1996. The group's original line-up comprised Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim, Amran Ibrahim, and Azhari Ahmad as the leader. Produced by Farihin Abdul Fattah, Puji-Pujian grossed sales of more than 750,000 units in Malaysia alone, with 200,000 units sold within the first two months after its launch, and 3,500,000 units have been sold worldwide, which makes them the most successful Malaysian artist in terms of album sales.
However, on 29 August 2001, one of the founding members, Azhari Ahmad, died of a myocardial infarction (heart attack) shortly after attending the Era Awards ceremony in Genting Highlands, Pahang.
The remaining four members, Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim and Amran Ibrahim, have continued releasing album after album. So far, Raihan has released a total of 11 albums and has won many awards in Malaysia. To date, Raihan has won AIM Anugerah Kembara three times for their extensive international tours.
Nazrey Johani resigned from Raihan and was replaced by Nordin Jaafar. However, in early January 2007, Nordin Jaafar himself resigned. Zulfadhli also is no more with Raihan since November2015.
Raihan's motto is 'Pray Hard, Work Smart'. They had performed in 6 continents including 1. Asia: Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Hong Kong, UAE, Syria, Kuwait. 2. Australia 3. Africa: Egypt, Algeria, South Africa 4. . Europe: England, Scotland, Wales, France, Russia 5. North America: Canada 6. South America: Trinidad & Tobago Met with Her Majesty Queen Elizabert at Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur Met with Prince Charles in Commonwealth Summit in Edinburgh Awarded as The 500 Most Influential Muslim in the world since 2009 till present.
In 1997, they were invited by Queen Elizabeth II to perform at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Edinburgh where they also received an honorary letter from Prince Charles for their performance in Commonwealth in Concert. Following that year, they were given the chance to meet the Queen themselves during her visit to Malaysia in 1998 for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. The group had recorded 2 songs ( Seal of The Prophet and God Is The Light) with Yusuf Islam in their second album Syukur.
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