Khodr Alama, sometimes written as Khodr Alameh or Khodr Alame (

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: خضر علامة; born December 3, 1963), is a Lebanese music executive and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Backstage Production. He is the brother and manager of Lebanese singer

Ragheb Alama Ragheb Alama ( born 7 June 1962) is a Lebanon, Lebanese music artist and television personality. Alama began his career in the 1980s when he appeared as a contestant on the talent show broadcast Studio El Fan, on which he received the Platinum Aw ...

Life and career

Alama is a graduated from the

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with a major in business. He then began a career in the

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as a

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and

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for his brother Ragheb Alama, who won the Platinum Medal on the Lebanese TV show Studio El Fan in 1980. Alama was the first to bring

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s to the Middle East with Ragheb Alama's song "Albi A'she'aha," After disputes with record labels at the time of releasing Ragheb's album "Al Hob El Kebeer," Alama established his own artist management and

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company, Backstage Production, to manage the works of his brother.

Backstage Production

Alama founded Backstage Production in 1999 and secured deals with

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, the

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n Ministry of Tourism, and the Lou Loua Project in Qatar. Ragheb achieved a

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from

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for the album "Ba'sha'ak." Ragheb also featured a song with Colombian singer

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, featured on the Backstage-produced album "Starz Vol. 1" sold at

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shops. Alama also signed international artists such as DJ Karma.

References

External links

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Backstage Production official website
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