Tamer Hosny
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Tamer Hosny is an Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

ian singer, actor, composer, director, producer and songwriter. Hosny first came to attention when he appeared on mix tapes with other Egyptian artists. He launched his solo career with the 2004 album Hob, becoming a successful singer of romantic music and earning the nickname "King of Generation" from his fans.

Early life

Hosny's mother brought him up alongside his older brother Hossam in the absence of their father, Hosny Sherif Abbas. Tamer Hosny grew up with an interest in soccer and played the sport for 9 years. As a child, he was a fan of singer Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez , is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer...

.
He graduated from October 6 University
October 6 University
October 6 University is a university located in 6th October City, 6th of October Governorate, Egypt.- Overview :...

, with a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...

.

He was introduced by Salma El Shamaa to the opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

. Afterwords, he was recognized by Nasr Mahrous
Nasr Mahrous
Nasr Mahrous Abdel Masih Tanious is a music maker, best known for his Free Music Art Production Company.He is known for being the best star maker in the middle East, he doesn't just produce musical albums, he works on them from A to Z, he involves himself in the compositions, lyrics, arrangement...

, the manager and owner of Free Music production company. Later on he signed a contract with Free Music in 2002. Tamer didn't debut with Sherine's first mix tape. Instead, he was featured in previous mix tapes, and one of them featured other artists like Khaled Agag and Mohamed Mounir. He released five successful albums with Free Music.

Then in 2009, he signed with Mazzika group Alam El Phan
Alam El Phan
Alam el Phan is an Egyptian record label based in Cairo that supervises, manages, and produces Arabic music records and movies.-History:...

.

He is an endorser of Pepsi
Pepsi
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...

, a well-known soft drink around the world. He was also the "first Arab celebrity" to advertise the Police brand
Police (brand)
Police is an Italian manufacturer of fashion accessories. Launched in 1983, the company was initially specializing in designing sunglasses.In 1997 Police launched their first perfumes set and in 2003 – their first watch collection...

 of sunglasses.

Hob

In 2004, he released his first studio album with Ahamd Albanna as a solo artist. Titled Hob, the album featured the single "Arrab Habibi". The album was quite a success with his hit, "Arrab Habibi", which was subject to heavy rotation on satellite music channels.

Anaya Bathibak

'Anaya Bathibak (My Eyes Love You) is his second full-length studio album. Released at the end of 2005, the album was produced by Free Music
Free music
Free music is music that, like free software, can freely be copied, distributed and modified for any purpose. Thus free music is either in the public domain or licensed under a free license by the artist or copyright holder themselves, often as a method of promotion. It does not mean that there...

.
The album's main hits were "'Anaya Bathibak" and "Ba'ish". The album was a success in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

. After the release of
Anaya Bathibak.

Ya Bent El-Eih

Ya Bent El-Eih
Ya Bent El-Eih
Ya Bent El-Eih is Third full length studio album by Tamer Hosny, released in March 2007.The album featured thirteen songs, nine of them were stolen and leaked on the internet before it was released to the market almost a week before...

 is his third full length studio album. Released in March 2007 by Free Music
Free music
Free music is music that, like free software, can freely be copied, distributed and modified for any purpose. Thus free music is either in the public domain or licensed under a free license by the artist or copyright holder themselves, often as a method of promotion. It does not mean that there...

, the album featured thirteen songs. Nine of them were stolen and leaked on the internet almost a week before it was released to the market. The Egyptian media says about this album: "It's a nice album that considered being his first real step in his musical life".
The album has seven hits composed and written by him. Four of the songs were used in his film Omar & Salma; "A'reft Elly Feha", 'Ana Walla A'aref", "Sotek" and "A'reft Elly Feha".

Arrab Kaman

Hosny released his fourth studio album Arrab Kaman
Arrab Kaman
Arrab Kaman is the fourth studio album by Tamer Hosny, released on June 24, 2008.It was first considered that the album's title would be "Ohdonny Awi", but it was later changed to be Arrab Kaman.-Sales:...

 on June 24, 2008. This album has 9 hits composed and written by Tamer Hosny: "Matwasnesh", "Arab Kaman", "Askoty", "Aftkarly", "Ya taabany", "Albi el habak", "Esma wa nasseb", "Heya de", "Roh alby" and "Asaab ahsas". Four songs from Arrab Kaman were used in his movie Captin Hima.

ElGana Fi Byotna

ElGana Fi Byotna
ElGana Fi Byotna
El Gana Fi Byotna is a full length studio album of Islamic and Ramadan-themed songs, by Tamer Hosny, released in September 2007.-Track listing:#"Shahr Ramadan"* written by:Tamer Hosny* composed by : Tamer Hosny2-"Sahbny Ya Aboya"...

 is his fifth full length studio album of Islamic and Ramadan-themed songs, released in September 2007 in the same year of Arrab Kaman
Arrab Kaman
Arrab Kaman is the fourth studio album by Tamer Hosny, released on June 24, 2008.It was first considered that the album's title would be "Ohdonny Awi", but it was later changed to be Arrab Kaman.-Sales:...

. He filmed one music video from this album, "Ana Mash aref atghyar". The album includes 13 tracks; he wrote and composed all 13 songs.

Ha'eesh Hayaty

In 2009 Hosny released his sixth studio album,Ha'esh Hayaty
Ha'esh Hayaty
Ha'eesh Hayaty is a studio album by Tamer Hosny released in 2009. This is the first studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan. It was commercially successful.- Release :...

. This was his first studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan
Alam El Phan
Alam el Phan is an Egyptian record label based in Cairo that supervises, manages, and produces Arabic music records and movies.-History:...

 label. Ha'esh Hayaty included Hosny's first English-language song, "Come Back to Me". From this album he filmed one music video, Ta'aba Koll El Nas. Yasser Sami, the director of Omar & Salma also directed the music video. The second part includes two songs from the album, "Khontek Embareh and "Bagher aleeha".

Ikhtart Sah

Ikhtart Sah
Ikhtart Sah
E5tart Sa7 is a studio album by Tamer Hosny released in 2010. This is the second studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan. It was commercially successful.- Release :...

 is his seventh studio album released in 2010. This is the second studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan
Alam El Phan
Alam el Phan is an Egyptian record label based in Cairo that supervises, manages, and produces Arabic music records and movies.-History:...

. It was commercially successful and included "Sweet Melody", Hosny's second English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 song. Tamer Hosny filmed music videos for three of the album's songs, "Saheet ala sotha", "Taarafy" and "Law hakoun gher leek".

Elly Gai Ahla

Elly Gai Ahla
Elly Gai Ahla
Elly Gai Ahla is the 8th studio album by Tamer Hosny released in 2011. This is the Third studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan...

 (2011) is the 8th studio album by Tamer Hosny. This is the third studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan
Alam El Phan
Alam el Phan is an Egyptian record label based in Cairo that supervises, manages, and produces Arabic music records and movies.-History:...

.
From this album Hosny had four music videos: "Elly Gai Ahla" directed by Yasser Sami, "Dayman Ma'ak", "Matsaa'lnesh" featuring Moroccan
Moroccan people
The Moroccan people are a people that share a common Moroccan culture, ancestry and speak the Moroccan variant of the Arabic language or a Berber language as a mother tongue....

 singer Bassma Boussil and "Aklemha" directed by Hossam L. Hosseiny. Commercially, it was very successful, reaching number one on the Egyptian charts during its first week of release.

Directing career

Tamer Hosny started his first directorial experience in 2010 by directing his music video "Saheet ala sotha". Hosny had always wanted to be a director; he had dreamed of making his own music video.

Film career

Hosny starred in the 2003 Egyptian movie, Halet Hob (A State of Love). The movie featured music by Hosny himself. Halet Hob is a modern film addressing the issues of young people in today's Egypt, including family, immigration, work, and love, as well as how Arab immigrants are viewed and treated abroad. When Nour decides to immigrate to France, his wife refuses to go, so they decide to split the family. She stays in Egypt with their son Youssef, and Nour leaves the country with their other child Seif. As time passes, the split family drifts apart. Although many young people are trying to leave Egypt, after facing the reality of anti-Arab sentiment in France, Seif and his Tunisian/French girlfriend decide to return, seeking to find and help his brother with his budding singing career. His goal is not only to reunite with Youssef, but to use art and music as a forum for bringing youth from around the world together and giving a voice to Arabs abroad. There are many obstacles in the way and bringing the family together will not be easy.

The movie Sayed El Atefy
Sayed El Atefy
Sayed El Atefy is an Egyptian film about a simple woman called Um Sayed raises her son after his father died. She works a taxi driver and car pickups to face life's burdens. At the same time loving Al-Ahli Team so much and sponsor her son Sayed , who is facing several problems at the university...

 was released in 2005, and featured two songs, "Koll Marra" and "Nour Einy"; both were performed within the movie. The full versions of the songs accompanied the performance in addition to scenes from the movie were made into music videos. They were initially exclusive to Melody Hits channel. The film is about a simple woman called Um Sayed (Abla Kamel) who raises her son after his father dies. She works as a taxi driver and car pickups to face life's burdens. At the same time loving the Al-Ahli Team so much and sponsor her son Sayed (Tamer Hosny), who is facing several problems at the university with his uncle. Um Sayed and friends try to lifting the injustice done to her son in the comic style concert.

At the beginning of June 2007, Hosny released his third movie Omar & Salma with Mai Ezzedine. Omar (Tamer Hosny) is a young man who likes to flirt with all kinds of girls and has never been a serious relationship. That all changes when he meets Salma (Mai Ezz El Din) who totally changes the way he thinks, but their new relationship turns out to be a bumpy ride.

In 2008, he released Captin Hima
Captin Hima (2008 film)
Captin Himais an Arabic movie of the super star Tamer Hosny- Movie Story :A romantic musical comedy about a young man who always dreamt of coaching a soccer team. Hima and his ill sister were left orphans when their parents were killed in a suspicious car crash and he now works as a school bus...

, a social comedy about a young man who is crazy about soccer. Hima (Hosny) believes soccer is a panacea for all problems and "plays" hard to achieve his goals and dreams.

In May 2009, he released Omar & Salma 2, a sequel to the romance comedy. Starring Tamer Hosny and May Ezzeddin, Omar & Salma 2 features a new arrival, Merihan Hussein, a Star Academy 5 contender. May Ezzeddin (Salma) plays the nagging wife, and Tamer Hosny (Omar) a bored husband longing for good old days of bachelorhood. Salma demands that they move because the block where they live is packed with women. So they move to a block inhabited by a widow, a divorcee and a gay man. Omar ends up having an affair with Carma (Merihan Hussein), an employee at his father’s (Ezzat Abu Owf) business. Salma finds out about the affair and the couple almost file for divorce.

In May 2010, he released the movie Noor Einy (The Light of my Eyes). This is a romantic comedy and drama about Ahmad (who uses the stage name Noor), a young music composer Tamer Hosny and a blind girl named Sarah Menna Shalabi and the great love story between them. Sarah breaks up with Noor after a misunderstanding, and she decides to go to America for surgery in order to regain her eyesight. While Noor has to deal with the death of his brother, he has to deal with the fact that Sarah has left him. As she moves on with her life, she falls in love with her doctor Tarek Amro Yousef, who decides to marry her in back Egypt. What she does not know is that Tarek and Noor are childhood friends, and when Noor meets Tarek in the airport he finds out that his friend's fiancee is his love, Sarah. While Sarah thinks that she sees Tarek's friend Ahmad, she doesn't know the fact that it's Noor. Noor ends up facing the heartbreak silently until the events lead up to the discovery of this strange twist of fate.

Drama

During Ramadan 2011, Hosny starred in the television drama Adam. Directed by Mohammad Sami, the drama also featured Dina Fouad, Ahmad Zaher and Mai Izz.and this series achieved Big Success and high views on YouTube and win best series in 2011 in many votes His next film Omar and Salma 3 is scheduled to release in November during the Eid al-Adha holiday.

2011 Egyptian revolution

On January 25, 2011, demonstrations spread across Egypt and ultimately forced Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011....

 to cede power to the military. Tamer Hosny was already outside Egypt on a tour of the Netherlands
Netherlands
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 and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. He was scheduled to perform many shows. After performing at Heineken Music Hall
Heineken Music Hall
Heineken Music Hall is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands, near the Amsterdam ArenA .The big hall is used for concerts, has a capacity of 5500 and is 3000 m²...

 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

 on 29 January 2011 and hearing the news, he cancelled his tour of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and the United States, and flew back immediately.

On February 9, 2011, Hosny appeared on stage at Tahrir Square in Cairo, where the Egyptian protesters had gathered. Protesters grew angry at the sight of him and immediately told him to leave the square as he was not welcome. It was initially unclear what his intended message to the protesters in the square was going to be, but he was later quoted on Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...

 television as saying that he wanted to tell the protesters that he had made a mistake, and now supported the protests.

Tamer Hosny has organized charity activities supporting the families of those killed, launched a blood donation campaign in Egypt with his fans, and called upon them to donate to the victims of the latest events.

He launched two new songs to mark the events: Good Morning Egypt, and another in memory of those killed, Martyrs 25 Jan.

Supporting new talents

During two years Tamer Hosny had discovered more than 20 new talents in lyricts and composing, more than 5 new talented singer, more than 10 new talented actors and Mohamed Sami as a Drama and Cinema director "Director of his series Adam",

Bokra-Tomorrow Charity Single

Tamer sang Bokra "Tomorrow", a charity single that was released on 11/11/2011 at 11:11PM, along with Shakira, Rim Banna, Akon, Diana Karazon, Marwan Khoury, Latifa
Latifa
Latifa Bint Alayah Al Arfaoui , better known as Latifa , is an Arab pop music singer, Latifa standing for gentle in Arabic.-Early life:...

, Souad Massi, Hani Mitwassi, Saber El Roba3i, Kathem El Saher, Wa3ed, Sherine and other Arab Artists. The single will distribute the proceeds of its donations to various organisations, institutions and charities with arts and culture programs. The eight minute song was written by Majida Al-Roumi, and produced by Quincy Jones and RedOne. More information about the song can be found on official website of the song.

New Duet with Shaggy

Tamer Hosny has recorded a new duet song with the International Singer Shaggy
Shaggy
Shaggy may refer to:*Shaggy Rogers, a fictional character from the Scooby-Doo series*Shaggy , Jamaican American reggae rapper & singer*Shaggy , radio personality and producer of 2 Live Stews...

, named "SMILE".
The song is written and composed by Tamer Hosny, the song will be distributed all over the world by UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
The music video was shooted in NEW YORK and the song would be released in the beginning of 2012 .

Discography

YearAlbumLabel
2004 Hob FreeMusic
2006 Enayyah Bethebbak FreeMusic
2007 Ya Bint El Aih
Ya Bent El-Eih
Ya Bent El-Eih is Third full length studio album by Tamer Hosny, released in March 2007.The album featured thirteen songs, nine of them were stolen and leaked on the internet before it was released to the market almost a week before...

FreeMusic
2007 ElGana Fi Byotna
ElGana Fi Byotna
El Gana Fi Byotna is a full length studio album of Islamic and Ramadan-themed songs, by Tamer Hosny, released in September 2007.-Track listing:#"Shahr Ramadan"* written by:Tamer Hosny* composed by : Tamer Hosny2-"Sahbny Ya Aboya"...

FreeMusic
2008 Arrab Kaman
Arrab Kaman
Arrab Kaman is the fourth studio album by Tamer Hosny, released on June 24, 2008.It was first considered that the album's title would be "Ohdonny Awi", but it was later changed to be Arrab Kaman.-Sales:...

FreeMusic
2009 Haeesh Hyati
Ha'esh Hayaty
Ha'eesh Hayaty is a studio album by Tamer Hosny released in 2009. This is the first studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan. It was commercially successful.- Release :...

Alam El Phan
2010 Ikhtart Sah
Ikhtart Sah
E5tart Sa7 is a studio album by Tamer Hosny released in 2010. This is the second studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan. It was commercially successful.- Release :...

Alam El Phan
2011 Elly Gai Ahla
Elly Gai Ahla
Elly Gai Ahla is the 8th studio album by Tamer Hosny released in 2011. This is the Third studio album recorded under Mohsen Gaber's Alam El Phan...

Alam El Phan


In addition to:
  • Free Mix 2000 (2000)
  • Free Mix 3 (2002)
  • Free Mix 4 (2005)

Awards

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|-
!Year!!Award!!Awarded by
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2002||Best Selling Album||Nile Variety Channel
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2003||The Best Romantic Song (Olli Bahebabak)||Nogoom FM Radio Station
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2004||Best Song of the Century (Oyouno Dar)||Nogoom FM Radio Station
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2004||Best Actor (Halet Hob)||National Arts Organization
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2005||Best Singer ||Horreyati Magazine
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2005||Best Singer||Dear Guest
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2006||Best Singer in the Middle East||Dear Guest
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2006||Best Singer & Song||TV & Radio Festival
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||Best Singer in Middle East||Dear Guest
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||King of Dear Guest ||Dear Guest
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||Best Singer & Album||Mobinil Music Awards
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||Best Singer & Best Songs||Middle East Radio Station
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||The Most Successful Artist||Akhbar El Negoum Magazine2
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||The Most Loving Fans||The Mediterranean Festival
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||The Star Award||Charisma Magazine
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||Best Singer||Charisma Magazine
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||Most Loyal Fans||Charisma Magazine
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2007||The Most Beloved Arabian Artist||Shashaty Magazine
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2008||The Best Singer||Middle East Music Awards
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2008||The Best Album Of The Year (Arrab kaman)|| Middle East Music Awards
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2008||The Best Actor Of the Year||ART Festival
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2008||One Of The 10 Most Influential In The Arab Cinema||Variety Magazine
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2009||The Best Arab Singer|| Arab Sounds Awards
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2009||The Best Track Of The Year (Come Back To Me)||Arab Sounds Awards
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2009||The Best Video Clip Of The year (Taaba kol Al Nas)||Arab Sounds Awards
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2010||Best African artist of the year||African Music Award 2010
|- style="text-align:center;"
||2010||"The Legend Of The Century" award by Big Apple Music Awards.||USA
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2010||The Best Arab Singer|| Arab Sounds Awards
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2011||Best selling album (elli gai ahla) || the African international day
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2011||best African and Arabian music|| the African international day
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}

External links

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