Alaa Wardi

Alaa Wardi
Born Alaa Wardi
(1987-01-13) January 13, 1987
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality Saudi
Occupation Musician/YouTuber
Years active 2011–present
Website www.alaawardi.com

Alaa Wardi (Arabic: علاء وردي) [ʕaˈlaʔ warˈdiː] (born 1987) is an Iranian-Saudi a cappella artist, mostly popular in the Middle East region, but also in India and Turkey.

He was born to Iranian parents and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,[1] studied music and sound engineering in Amman, Jordan. He lives in Riyadh. He is a musician, composer, singer, songwriter and audio engineer.[2]

His music features a cappella singing, usually with human rhythmic accompaniment, including beatboxing. He became internationally known for his Hindi cover versions of Bollywood hits Pehla Nasha and Jiya Re.[3] His music and videos are marketed via the internet on a voluntary contribution basis.

In 2011 he formed a band called Hayajan with four other Jordanian musicians (Odai Shawagfeh, Mohammed Idrei, Amjad Shahrouh and Hakam Abu Soud). Their Arabic language debut album, Ya bay was released in May 2013.

He produced the English language musical video "No Woman, No Drive" in October, 2013 with comedians Hisham Fageeh and Fahad Albutairi as a satirical comment on the Saudi Arabian ban on women drivers. It is sung a capella by Fageeh backed by Wardi and Albutairi to the tune of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" and has been popular on YouTube.

In June 2015, Wardi released his album Fi Ba7ri.[4] The lyrics for the album's songs were written by Aziz Maraka, a Tunisian musician.[5]

Discography

Source:[2]

References

  1. "Saudi Arabia's King of YouTube - The Atlantic". web.archive.org. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Alaa Wardi". loudr.fm. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  3. "Trending on Web". Daily Bhaskar. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  4. "Fi Ba7ri by Alaa Wardi on iTunes". iTunes.
  5. "Aziz Maraka’s Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at Last.fm". www.last.fm. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

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