Faegheh Atashin (; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. Regarded as a

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, she is one of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, and her career has spanned over six decades. Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad. She is mainly known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but she also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s. She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. In the 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) and her short haircut (known as the "Googooshi"). Following the

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in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 and did not perform again during that period due to the ban on female singers. Younger generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings. After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total of 27 concerts in European and North American countries in that year. Recent projects include a new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album ''Ejaz'', as well as serving as head judge and head of academy for the popular reality show '' Googoosh Music Academy'' broadcast on

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-based satellite channel Manoto 1. Since her return to the stage in the summer of 2000, she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world, including

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in New York, the

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in Toronto, the

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in Stockholm,

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in Anaheim,

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in London and the

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in Los Angeles She has recorded songs in many languages including

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and French. She has a significant following outside of Iran and has even received the attention of European and African media and press.

Early life

Googoosh was born as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950, in

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, to Azerbaijani parents who emigrated from the

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of the

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. She was quickly called "Googoosh", an

name normally exclusively used for boys but which became her stage name. In an interview she noted that she was called Googoosh from a very early age; in her birth certificate however her birth name Faegheh is recorded.

Career

Before the Revolution (1953–1979)

Googoosh began her career at a very young age as a singer and dancer working in the stage shows of her father, Saber, a cabaret artist and acrobat. As a child actress, she appeared in several films in the 1960s such as Fear and Hope. During the 1970s, Googoosh began her recording career and a meteoric rise to fame and success. Known for her flamboyant outfits and fashion sense, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian women to copy her hairdos. Her music ranged from upbeat 1960s and 1970s pop, given a traditional-tinged edge, to declamatory, emotional ballads dealing with love and loss, comparable to the

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style of music by artists like

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. Her music was popular among non-Persian-speaking audiences as well. She starred in over 25 movies, one of which was to be the most commercially successful Iranian motion picture of all time. Googoosh performed many times for the royal family and was a favorite of Shah

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's wife and children. She performed at the party given for the 17th birthday of Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran.

Revolution and hiatus (1979–2000)

At the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Googoosh was in

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. However, feeling homesick, she decided to return to Iran. In response to why she remained in Iran after the revolution, she said that it was "out of love for her homeland". Despite being a symbol of many things that the revolution tried to overturn, especially related to perceptions of excessive Westernization, Googoosh remained in Iran for years afterward. After the revolution, Googoosh, like other artists, was forbidden from performing and her material was banned. She did not perform again until

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's presidency, during which she was allowed to tour outside of the country.

Departure from Iran and comeback (2000–present)

Googoosh left Iran and went to Canada in 2000, after being in Iran for 21 years following the Iranian Revolution. BMusic's Taghinia, says "Googoosh is the siren of that era re-revolutionand important in that she's really a direct link to Iran's past." ''

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'' considers the return of Googoosh to be "more than just a pop milestone" but instead "a cultural marker, a measure of the way change occurs in a society that for more than two decades has tried to resist the tide of globalization by living in self-imposed isolation." She released her first album after her comeback called ''Zartosht'' (

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) in 2000 with lyrics by Masoud Kimiaei (under the pseudonym Nosrat Farzaneh) and composed and arranged by Babak Amini and Babak Bayat. In 2000, Googoosh sang in public, away from her homeland, for the first time after 21 years of silence to the acclaim of many long-time fans. The ''Googoosh Comeback Tour'' was a series of concerts starting in July 2000. She began with a sold-out concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on 29 July 2000 (with an audience of more than 12,000), and eventually brought the tour to a conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 on the occasion of the Iranian New Year,

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. Her concert in

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was considered a homecoming for her, and out of the more than 20,000 members of the audience, seventy percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the

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to hear her. The two Dubai concerts held special importance: it was the tour finale, and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to return to Iran. In 2000, a feature-length documentary called ''Googoosh: Iran's Daughter'' was released which chronicled the singer's life and her icon-status while detailing the socio-political turmoil that led to the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Made by Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani, the documentary began production in 1998 and was made at a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews. Googoosh started collaborating with Mehrdad Asemani with ''QQ Bang Bang'' (2003). They continued their collaborating in the albums ''Akharin Khabar'' (2004), ''Manifest'' (2005) and ''Shabe Sepid'' (2008). Most of the lyrics of these albums were by Shahyar Ghanbari. Beginning in 2011, she served as head-of-academy and head-judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely popular talent show/singing competition '' Googoosh Music Academy'', which was broadcast on the London-based Iranian satellite channel Manoto 1 and was their most watched program. Googoosh Music Academy lasted three seasons. In December 2010, Googoosh held a very notable concert in the Kurdish region of Iraq, to which tens of thousands of Iranians came from Tehran and beyond. In 2010, Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition show called '' Googoosh Music Academy.'' The series ran in Europe and Middle East on Monoto TV channes. Googoosh released the album ''Hajme Sabz'' (Green X) in 2010. She said: "I have tried to have works from different composers and songwriters in this new album". Googoosh chose the name "Aasheghaaneh" for this album, but because of her interest in the book "Hajme Sabz" (The Green Space) by

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, she changed the name of the album. She released her old song ''Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh'' with a new arrangement by Babak Amini in this album. In March 2011, Googoosh released a snippet of a new song she was working on, titled ''Bedrood'', via

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. In April 2011, she debuted her latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection sold online, titled ''Googoosh Cosmetics''. In April 2011, she held a concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as a record breaking performance at the same venue on 27 October 2012, as a part of her worldwide ''Ejaz'' Tour. Also on 26 March 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time. In 2012, Googoosh released her 6th studio album since her comeback, titled ''Ejaz''. The album consisted of 10 tracks, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (''Hayahoo'') and three songs wherein she collaborated with her fellow '' Googoosh Music Academy'' judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (''Nagoo Bedrood'' and ''Noghteye Payan'' and ''Hese Mobham''). She also collaborated with Alireza Afkari and Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (''E'jaz'' and ''Baraye Man'' and ''Behesht''). Another single ''Bi Manoto'' was a musical rendition of a poem by the Persian poet

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. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing at the time of the

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. She stated that she felt inspired by the lyrics and therefore created her own melody and was finally presented with the opportunity to record it as she had long hoped to do. In February 2014, she released a music video of the song ''Behesht'', in support of the gay and lesbian community in Iran, which faces significant challenges in its struggle for equal rights, including the ongoing threat of the death penalty for convictions related to sexual orientation. This made her the first prominent Iranian with a huge following to speak out against

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in Iran. In the same year, Googoosh released a joint single with Ebi called ''Nostalgia.'' She started a joint world tour with Ebi with the same name, in which each of them sang some solo songs and some songs together. On 21 March 2015, Googoosh released her 7th album titled ''Aks-e Khosoosi'' (''Private Portrait'') including 11 tracks from different songwriters and composers such as Babak Sahraee, Nickan Ebrahimi, Babak Amini (Googoosh band leader). The first song of this album is ''Che Ziba Bood'', which is also the last song that was composed by Varujan. Googoosh sang the old tasnif '' Morghe-e Sahar'' in this album. In 2017, Googoosh started a world tour called "The Memory Makers" with Hassan Shamaizadeh and Ardalan Sarfraz. In the Los Angeles concert of this tour, Ardalan Sarfraz could not attend and Martik was present in this concert. In 2018, Googoosh released a single song in collaboration with Martik called ''Refaghat'', and after positive feedback, she collaborated with Martik in two other songs called ''Eshghe Kamyab'' and ''Asheghet Hastam''. Googoosh released her last album named ''Twenty One'' in 2021 with the composition of Siavash Ghomayshi and the lyrics of Raha Etamadi. During production, the trio tested positive for

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. On 14 September 2023, Googoosh published a video on her official pages in the social media, in which she announced that her new tour (Final Chapter) is her last world tour and a farewell tour. In 2024, a documentary about Googoosh, featuring her own presence, titled ''Googoosh – Made of Fire'', was released in cinemas in Germany. Despite the political and personal hardships she has endured, Googoosh has continued to be a beloved figure over the last half century.

Politics

Googoosh and other speakers participated in a 22 July 2009 protest at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran. They stood in front of a banner with names of Iranian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of other protestors, written in red, who had been killed. During this protest, Googoosh made a speech stating that she entered politics because of the outcome of the

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. She said, "I have come here to be the voice for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones in peaceful demonstrations. I have come here to be the just voice of the grass-roots and spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity." In 2018, Googoosh and Siavash Ghomayshi released the political song ''40 Saal'' in criticism of the

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. Googoosh dedicated her Frankfurt 2022 concert to Mahsa Amini. She released song ''Dobareh'' in support of Iranian protests. She said at the gathering of Iranians in Washington: "Today I feel proud and angry, but I am still more hopeful than ever about the future of Iran, and I focus my anger on that obsessively hateful and resentful

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and the child-killing government."

Personal life

Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother and sister on her mother's side. One of her brothers died in his youth. In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly one month after the

. In 2018, in reply to a question by interviewer about how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and lots of fruit!".

Marriages

Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a cabaret owner and music promoter who helped Googoosh make a name for herself in the 1960s. Googoosh and Ghorbani married in February 1967. They had a son, Kambiz. After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972. In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi; they divorced fourteen months later in 1976. During their brief marriage they were considered to be the country's biggest celebrity power couple. During the late 1970s, Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and married him in 1979. Six years later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. She then married director

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in 1991. They divorced in 2003.

Religious beliefs

Googoosh said: "I used to

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every day until 2004." In her interview with Homa Sarshar in 2022, she stated that she used to have beliefs, but her beliefs were "broken". In 2023, she posted a video on her official YouTube page and Instagram from one of her concerts, in which she explains that she uses "God" instead of "

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" in the performance of the song ''Marham'' due to distance from religion. Googoosh had previously explained in Manoto's "Behtarinhaye Behtarinha" that she requested this lyrics from Ardalan Sarfraz after her

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Discography

Studio albums * 1970: ''Do Panjereh'' (Two Windows) * 1970: ''Fasle Tazeh'' (New Season) * 1971: ''Mordab'' (The Swamp) * 1971: ''Nimeye Gomshodeye Man'' (My Lost Half) * 1972: ''Kooh'' (The Mountain) *1973: Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh (Me and the house Sparrows) * 1974: ''Do Mâhi'' (Two Fish) * 1974: ''Hamsafar'' (Co-Traveler) * 1975: ''Pol'' (The Bridge) * 1975: ''Mosabbeb'' (With Dariush) * 1977: ''Dar emtedâde shab'' (Along the Night) * 1978: ''Ageh bemouni'' (If You Stay) Studio albums (since her return to music in 2000) * 2000: Zartosht * 2003: QQ Bang Bang * 2004: ''Akharin Khabar'' (Latest News) * 2005: ''Manifest'' * 2008: ''Shabe Sepid'' (White Night) * 2010: ''Hajme Sabz'' (Green X) * 2012: ''Ejaz'' (Miracle) * 2015: ''Akse Khosoosi'' (Private Portrait) * 2021: Twenty One Singles (since her return to music) * 2011: ''Yeh Harfaei'' (Live TV Performance On Manoto1) * 2014: ''Nostalgia'' (ft. Ebi) * 2014: ''Do Panjereh'' (ft. Ebi) * 2014: ''Ki Ashkato Pak Mikoneh'' (ft. Ebi) * 2014: ''Hamzad (Twin) (New Arrangement)'' * 2016: ''Hastamo Nistam (I am and I am not)'' * 2017: ''Do Panjereh (Two Windows) (New Version)'' * 2017: ''Sogand'' (Oath) * 2018: ''Mosalas-e Khatereha'' (The Memory Triangle) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh) * 2018: ''Ajab Jaei'' (What a Place) *2018: Roya (Dream) "Unofficial Version Of The Witness" *2018: Shahed (Witness) * 2018: ''40 Saal'' (40 years) (ft. Siavash Ghomayshi) * 2018: ''Talagh "Remix 2018"'' (Divorce) * 2018: ''Mordab "Live Version"'' (The Swamp) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh) * 2018: ''Refaghat'' (Friendship) (ft. Martik) * 2019: ''Eshghe Kamyab'' (Rare Love) (ft. Martik) * 2019: ''Darde Man'' (My Pain) *2020: Fardamon (Our Tomorrow) * 2020: ''Harigh'' (Fire) *2021: Gohare Kamyab (Rare Gem) * 2021: Tooye Tehran (In Tehran) ''(Demo Recording In 2017)'' * 2022: Rooze Khoob (Good Day) (Recorded 43 years ago) * 2022: Naaz Edkeh (Southern Song) * 2022: Safar Mikonam (l Travel) * 2022: Ghesseye Do Maahi "Live Version" (The Story Of Two Fish) (ft. Shahyar Ghanbari) * 2022: Geryeh Dar Ragbaar (Crying in a barrage) (Recorded 44 years ago) * 2022: Dobareh (Again) (ft. Leila Forouhar, Shahrzad Sepanlou, Darya Dadvar, Sogand &

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) * 2023: Gol Bi Goldoon "Live Version" * 2023: Hamvatan (Compatriot) * 2025: Hamseda “Live Version” * 2025: Mano Gonjeshka “Live Version” * 2025: Makhloogh “Live Version” * 2025: Azizam (My Dear) (ft.

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)

Filmography

Googoosh also acted in two other movies: ''Mard-e keraye-i'' (مرد کرایه‌ای) and ''Hajji Firuz'' (حاجی فیروز), but the production of each of these films was suspended during the final stages for unknown reasons. Googoosh has also acted in many television shows and commercials in Iran.

Books

* ''Googoosh: A Sinful Voice'' (2025)

Tours and concerts since 2000

Comeback World Tour(2000–2001)

2003 - 2005 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2006 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2007 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2008 Concerts

Googoosh: Memory Lane World Tour (2009-2010)

2011 Concerts

2012 Concerts

Ejaz World Tour (2012-2014)

Googoosh & Ebi: Nostalgia World Tour (2014)

Googoosh: Akse Khosoosi World Tour (2015-2016)

2017 Concerts

The Memory Makers World Tour (With Hassan Shamaeizadeh & Ardalan Sarfaraz) (2017-2018)

Googoosh & Martik: The Friendship World Tour (2018-2019)

Googoosh: 21, The World Tour (2021-2022)

2023 Concerts

Final Chapter, The World Tour (2023- )

Awards and achievements

* 1971: first prize and

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for the best singer in the world at the Midem

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for her 7" record (as "Gougoush") performing two songs in French produced by Barclay Records: "''Retour de la Ville''" (A-side) and "''J'entends Crier Je T'aime''" (B-side). *1972: Performed at Cantagiro Music Festival. * 1972: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival * 1972: First medal of arts of Tunisia * 1973: The best actress for ''Bita'' in Iranian ''Sepas'' film festival. * 1973: Recorded soundtrack (produced by RCA Records) of San Remo Music Festival. *2001: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival. * 2014: Best Iranian Singer (World Music Awards) * 2017: Best Music Video For ''Do Panjereh'' (Directed by Yasmin Asha)(Festigious Film Awards March 2017) * Two awards from Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles for record breaking performances * 2022: Performed at the Expo Festival. * 2024: Performed at the Saadiat Nights Festival. * 2024: Arab Glamour 2024 (Enigma magazine)

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