Abbas Hasan
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Abbas Hasan is a London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

-based Canadian-born French-Asian pop music artist and actor.

Biography

Born in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada, Abbas grew up in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 and forayed into the world of arts and music at a young age. His childhood music experiences included advertisements and other public broadcasts. Over time, he continued his involvement in the world of drama, music and modelling across his moves from France to Canada and Great Britain. He is now signed with Rishi Rich Productions through Tiffin Beats Records famed for launching other acts including Jay Sean, Juggy D
Juggy D
Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal, better known by his stage name, Juggy D, is a British Indian singer from Southall, London, England.-Music:...

 and Mumzy Stranger
Mumzy Stranger
Muhammad Mumith Ahmed , better known by his stage name Mumzy Stranger, is a British MC, singer-songwriter and record producer. He made his mainstream recording debut in the summer of 2009 with his debut single "One More Dance," which topped the UK Asian Charts, as did the follow-up singles,...

.

Commonly referred to in music press as the next Jay Sean , Abbas performs in French, English, Urdu and Hindi.

He was named Bachelor of the Year for 2010 by Asian Woman Magazine, included in Asiana Magazine's Most Eligible Bachelors List for 2010, and has been included in a list of Top 10 Most Handsome South Asian Male Models in the UK, compiled by an event management company named KZ Entertainment.

Music career

Abbas launched his career with his debut single with Rishi Rich named "Sona" which was released on iTunes
ITunes
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, Amazon
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, E-music and Napster
Napster
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 and successfully topped the British Asian music charts shortly after its release. Abbas has been touring the UK with the BBC Asian Network's summer of Melas. The album is a blend blend of Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean rhythms, along with Latin
Latin
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 and traditional Indo-Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i flavours. It also goes further in exploring the fusion of electro-pop and Asian classical music. Following the shooting of his current film, Abbas is reportedly due back in the UK in preparing the release of his new album.

Film career

Abbas is playing the lead role in a Malayalam–language
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

 Indian film titled Mazhavillinattam Vare
Mazhavillinattam Vare
Mazhavillinattam Vare is an upcoming Malayalam–language sports and musical film co-written and directed by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri. The screenplay is written by T.A. Razaq based on the story by Kaithapram. It will be the directorial debut of Kaithapram, a noted poet, writer, lyricist,...

. He is playing the role of a Pakistani cricketer named Yassin Mubarak Azad. He was cast in the film after Pakistani cricketers Mohammed Asif and later Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm Slow bowler...

were replaced from the role. The film drew controversy when Mohommad Asif was dropped from the film due to match fixing allegations.

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