Amr Diab

عمرو دياب · عمرو عبدالباسط عبدالعزيز دياب · الهضبة

Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time, according to Let's Go Egypt. He was awarded the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist four times: 1998, 2002 , 2007 and 2009. He has also sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Amr Abdel Basset Abdel Azeez Diab was born October 11, 1961 in Port Said. His father was an accountant and his mother a French teacher. Both his parents encouraged their children to sing from a young age. Amr sang for the first time in public radio on a national holiday (Galaa’ Day) where he sang the national anthem in 1968. The mayor of Por...