Ayman Alatar (; born 6 March 1982) is a Libyan singer of
Arabic pop music. He was the winner of ''
SuperStar
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'', Season 2, 2004, the Arabic version of ''American Idol''.
Early life and career
Alatar was born in
Tripoli. He was the winner of the Libyan song festival 2001, the first edition. He is also nominated for
Kora Awards
The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin born businessman, Ernest Adjovi, after a discussion in Namibia with the country's President H ...
2016, African music Awards, in the category of “Best Artist of North Africa” with the track “Hal El Awadem”. Ayman was also nominated for
Afrima Awards 2016, held in
Nigeria
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in the category of “Best Artist OF North Africa” with the track "Fi Galbi Kalam" from his third album.
Alatar released his first album, ''Bahibak'' and a music video of the song “Bahibak” in 2005. Alatar is the first Arabic singer, who is not a native speaker of the khaleeji dialect that released a full album in that dialect. His second album, "Hal EL Awadem" was produced and distributed by
Rotana in November 2014.
Alatar's third album "Fi Galbi Kalam" is a mini album of four
Khaliji (music) songs. This album and the music video of the hit song “Fi Galbi Kalam” were released by
Rotana in February 2016.
Alatar performed at the closing concert of Febrayer Kuwait festival 2015. He also took part in the tribute concert for the late
Warda Al-Jazairia in Algeria in June 2015. He was the star of the TFK London Launch Party under the patronage of Sheikh Majed Alsabah in London in 22/7/2016. Alatar and his team organized the concert at
Union Chapel, becoming the first Arabic singer to sing with the
London Community Gospel Choir
The London Community Gospel Choir is Britain's first renowned contemporary "performance touring, inspirational gospel choir band", fusing gospel with multi-genres of music, including pop, soul, jazz, R&B, and classical. It was founded in 198 ...
.
Alatar's collaboration with
Viber in 2018 resulted in releasing his own stickers to be used by viber users.
Singles
* "Ya Lailaty" 2011
* "Halba" 2013
* "Yalaziz" 2014
* "Shwayat Hanan" 2015
* "Ramadan" 2015
* "Ana Wella Ana" 2017
* "Allah Yester" 2017
* "Wesh Asameek" 2018
* "Aanest Ya Ramadn" 2018
* "Ya Delaly" 2018
* "La Arak" 2019
* "Makafak" 2019
* "Salam Libya" 2019
* "Rouh" 2019
* "Ouyoni" 2021
* "Mahagait" 2021
* "Kilna Kathab" 2021
* "Lao Yelaheth" 2021
* "Khithlanek" 2021
* "Rahbiti" 2022
* "Atetek Hob" 2022
* "Semaat Ennek" 2022
Music videos
#"Bahibak" 2005 directed by Leila Kanaan.
#"Halba" 2013 directed by Ahmed Almahdi.
#"Yalaziz" 2014 directed by Oz Thakkar.
#"Hal El Awadem" 2014 directed by Jak x.
#"Fi Galbi Kalam” 2016 directed by Carly Cussen.
#"Ebtesem" 2016 directed Rossco.
#"Allah Yester" 2017 directed by Gilbert Bouzied and sponsored by Pepsi Arabia.
#"La Arak" 2019 directed by Geoffrey Airebamen.
#"Salam Ya Libya" 2019.
#"Rahbiti" 2022 directed by Saeed Farhat.
#"Atetek Hob" 2022.
#"Semaat Ennek" 2022 directed by Igor Fain.
Discography
#Bahibak 2005
#Hal El Awadem 2014
#Fi Galbi Kalam 2016
References
External links
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1982 births
People from Tripoli, Libya
21st-century Libyan male singers
Living people
Rotana Records artists
Arabic-language singers of Libya