Maher Zain’s Biography

Album: Thank You Allah
Release: October 30, 2009
Label: Awakening Worldwide Ltd.
Total Length: 1:13:14
Copyright: 2009

Fascinated by the music and instruments, Maher got his first keyboard when he was only ten and ever since music officially became part of Maher’s world.

The family moved to Sweden when Maher was only 8, where he continued his schooling, and later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. With things changing around him, one thing remained the same – his strong passion for music. He would spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way. It didn’t take him long to realize that music became an integral part of who he is.

After being involved for a while in the music scene as a music producer, Maher was introduced to RedOne, a gifted music producer who was fast rising in the music scene in Sweden. Maher started working with RedOne and later moved to New York. For a few years he was in the middle of the hot rush of the NY music industry, working with chart topping artists such as Kat Deluna on her debut album including smash hits ‘Whine up’ and ‘Run the Show’. Maher had what many would describe as a dream job for someone so young in such a glamorous business, but for Maher it felt like this was far from what he would call ‘the dream’, “I loved the music but I hated everything that surrounded it, it always felt like something wasn’t right”.

"Sumber inspirasi pertama Maher dalam muzik datangnya dari bapanya sendiri iaitu penyanyi tempatan di bandar Mediterranean, Tripoli – Lubnan. Keluarganya berpindah ke Sweeden ketika dia berumur 8 tahun dan meneruskan persekolahannya dan kemudian masuk universiti sehingga dia mendapat sarjana dalam bidang Kejuruteraan Aeronautik. Disebabkan banyak perkara yang berubah di sekitarnya, satu perkara yang tetap sama ialah hasratnya yang kuat untuk muzik. Dia menghabiskan masa akhir di sekolah dengan teman-temannya di mana mereka akan bernyanyi, rap, menulis dan bereksperimentasi dalam segala hal berkaitan dengan muzik. Ketika itu dia mula menyedari yang muzik menjadi sebahagian dari dia.
Setelah terlibat sekian lama dalam bidang muzik di Sweden sebagai penerbit muzik, Maher diperkenalkan oleh RedOne seorang penerbit muzik yang berbakat dan meningkat naik dalam bidang muzik di Sweden. Maher mula bekerja dengan RedOne sebagai artis dari Sweden dan kemudian pindah dengan dia ke New York. Selama beberapa tahun ia berada di tengah-tengah kesibukan kota NY, mereka bekerjasama dengan artis seperti Kat Deluna di album debutnya yang termasuk lagu yang mendapat hits seperti ‘Whine Up’ dan ‘Run the Show’.
Walaupun Maher mengecapi kemasyhuran dan banyak orang menggambarkan sebagai pekerjaan mimpi bagi seseorang yang begitu muda dalam bidang ini, tetapi untuk Maher rasanya seperti ini jauh dari apa yang dia sebut ‘mimpi’, “saya mencintai muzik, tapi saya benci segala sesuatu yang dikelilingi itu, selalu merasa seperti ada sesuatu yang tidak benar “.

In January 2009, Maher Zain decided to work on an album that reflects his identity – Arab, Western and Muslim – and signed with Awakening Records. Maher’s debut album Thank Youa Allah reached the number 1 spot on Amazon’s World Music charts and number 9 on the R&B charts.

In January 2010, in a music competition organized by Nujoom FM (Egypt’s biggest music radion station) Maher’s track ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alayka’ was voted as the best song for 2009. Runners up included big names like Hussein Aljismi, Mohammed Mounir and Sami Yusuf. Maher has already performed at sold out concerts in Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Holland, Sweden, and the US amongst others and is fast becoming the ‘next superstar of Islamic music’.

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