''Ahl Al Esheg'' is the second

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by Lebanese pop singer-songwriter

Diana Haddad Diana Haddad ( ar, ديانا حداد; born 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and television personality who also holds Emirati citizenship and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Haddad is one of the most popular Arabic pop mus ...

, released by Stallions Records on February 10, 1997. In terms of sales, ''Ahl Al Esheg'' is Haddad's third best-selling studio album behind ''Ammanih'' and '' Saken'' which were

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by Stallions Records. The album was released in several editions and was supported by several appearances at festivals across the Arab world. Emirates FM awarded her best female artist and best album. In late 1997, she received a nomination for the best Arabic female artist in the magazine Al Ryada Wal Shabab.

Background and recording

Although Haddad is married to Khaliji director Suhail Al-Abdul, there is no Khaliji song on the album; Haddad wanted to introduce herself as a Lebanese Popstar. Haddad recorded more than six tracks for the album. Haddad and Al-Abdul began to write the songs for the album during '' Sakens era. The track "Anida", written and produced by Emad Shams Al Din, was released as the album's first (promo only) single. "Anida" was originally intended to be on ''Saken''. The single "Ammanih", which was on ''Ahl Al Esheg'', was later released as the lead single of her third album, ''Ammanih''.

Promotion

The album played on Arabic TV channels such as the

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, and the

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; it was also on the Top 20 charts.

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had billboards of Haddad, paid for by her record label, to promote the album. The album was certified Multiplatinum in the Arab World, including

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and

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.Diana's awards list

Track listing

#"Bizal Minak" (Samir Nakhla, Emad Shams Al Din, Ali Safa, Diana Haddad) – 5:10 ''Lebanese Arabic'' #"Wilfi Gafani" (Adel Raffol, Salim Salama, Ellie Al Alia) – 5:54 #"Tafh El Keil" (Emad Shams Al Din, Ehsan Al Monther, Diana Haddad) – 5:23 #"Ya Samieen El Sout" (Ellie Bitar, George Mardosian) – 5:16 #" Anida" (Emad Shams Al Din, Robir Aram) – 5:15 #"Ahl El Ishq" (Safoh Shegala, George Mardosian, Rojih Khori) – 6:39 ''Bedouin Arabic''

Credits and personnel

Production

* Diana Haddad:

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Salim Salama:

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

* Emad Shams Al Din: conductor * Ehsan Al Monther:

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

* George Mardosian: percussion * Safoh Shegala:

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

* Rojih Khori: violin * Ellie Bitar: violin * Salim Salama:

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* Salim Salama: piano * Ali Safa: violin * Walid Baghdai: keyboard * Joe Barojian: keyboard * George Mardosian: guitar, keyboard, piano * George Mardosian: guitar * Suhail Al Abdoul: production

Formats

These are the formats of major album releases of ''Ahl Al Esheg''.

References

{{Authority control Diana Haddad albums 1997 albums