Iranian-Swedish singer (born 1977)
Not to be confused with
Arash
.
Musical artist
Arash Labbaf
(
Persian
:
??? ????
,
pronounced
[?ː??æ?
?
læ?bb?ːf]
; born 23 April 1977) is an
Iranian-Swedish
singer, entertainer, and producer.
[1]
He
represented Azerbaijan
along with
Aysel
in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
, finishing third with the song "
Always
". He is also one of the judges of
Persia's Got Talent
, a Persian franchise of the British talent show
Got Talent
.
[2]
Early life
Arash Labbaf was born in
Tehran
,
Iran
. He and his parents lived near
Mellat Park
. At age ten, he and his family moved to
Sweden
, where he still resides. In an interview with
BBC Persian Television
, he has mentioned that his mother and father are from the Iranian cities of
Shiraz
and
Isfahan
, respectively.
[3]
[4]
Arash Labbaf has stated in his interviews that he is interested in association football. Accordingly, he released songs about association football.
[4]
Also, in an interview with
Deutsche Welle
, Arash stated that he had been interested in singing since childhood and he even formed an informal band with his friends.
[5]
Career
Arash in
Las Vegas
(2008)
Arash labbaf has said that the reason he chooses to sing in his
native language
is because of his "deep attachment to
Iran
and
Persian culture
."
[6]
His debut album,
Arash
, was released by
Warner Music Sweden
in June 2005, after he had finished college. His singles, "
Boro Boro
" ("Go Away") and "
Temptation
" (featuring
Rebecca
) made it to the hit lists around
Europe
. Their respective videos garnered significant airplay on more than 20 MTV outlets worldwide. In addition to successes in his home countries' music charts, namely Sweden and Iran, the platinum-selling singer and producer Arash has had hits notably in Eastern European and South-East European charts like Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Turkey and in Asian music charts like in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and throughout the Arab Middle Eastern countries. His singles have been charted many times on the Swiss and Finnish charts and he is especially famous in Poland.
Arash's records were certified gold in 5 countries: his album
Arash
in Germany, Russia, Slovenia, and Greece and the single "Boro Boro" in
Sweden
.
[7]
This song was also featured in the Hindi
Bollywood
film
Bluffmaster!
and he was the featured Artist of the Month on
MTV India
.
Helena
did not take part in the music video of
Pure Love
, although her voice was used in it. The video starred Arash, together with the
Venezuelan
beauty queen,
Marianne Puglia
.
[8]
Arash has produced along with
Thomas G:son
,
Robert Uhlmann
, and Johan Bejerholm the Swedish entry to the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
"Allt jag vill ha" that was performed by
Josefine Ridell
.
[9]
[10]
[
better source needed
]
[11]
Eurovision Song Contest
Aysel
and Arash in the
Green Room
during the
2009 Eurovision Song Contest
in
Moscow
.
Rebecca Zadig
and Arash in a concert in
Las Vegas
, December 2008
In early 2009, it was revealed that the
Azerbaijan
I entry for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
would be the song "
Always
" which was written and composed by Arash. The song was performed by
Aysel Teymurzadeh
and Arash in a duet in Semifinal 2 of the
Eurovision
competition.
[12]
[13]
The song qualified for the
Eurovision Song Contest
final which took place on 16 May 2009, and was placed third. In one of his interviews, Arash explained his decision to represent Azerbaijan in this contest: "Why did I participate? I'm originally [ethnically] Azeri, and I would like to have a part in this country's confident ascent in the history of Eurovision."
[14]
Personal life
Labaf married his longtime fiancee, Behnaz Ansari, in
Dubai
in May 2011.
[15]
[16]
Discography
Studio albums
Filmography
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Arash
.
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- "
Aven Romale
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- "
Cipela
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- "Copycat"
- "Dance with Me"
- "Et Cetera"
- "Eyes That Never Lie"
- "Firefly"
- "The Highest Heights"
- "I Don't Wanna Leave"
- "Illusion"
- "Just Get Out of My Life"
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Le? tmou
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- "Love Symphony"
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Ne?to ?to kje ostane
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Probka
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La teva decisio
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