Biography
Maher Zain was born in 1981 in Lebanon. His father Mustapha Maher was a singer in his hometown Tripoli (in Lebanon). His family moved to Sweden when Maher was only eight, where he continued his schooling. Maher got his first keyboard when he was ten. He later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. During his teenage years, he liked to spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way.
Career
After being involved for a while in the music scene as a music producer[2], Maher was introduced to RedOne, a Swedish music producer ofMoroccan origin in Sweden. Maher started working with RedOne and later moved to New York where he took part in producing Kat DeLuna, Abdel Rahman Aouni and others. Then he returned for a while to Sweden where he had his religious awakening. In January 2009, Maher Zain began working on an album and signed with Awakening Records.
Maher has toured the Middle East, the United States for a 5-city tour with Islamic Relief and has had a highly successful tour in Malaysia. Maher Zain first album titled Thank You Allah was ranked first in the Amazon World Music charts and ninth place in the chart R & B. His album went platinum in Malaysia.
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