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Tamer Hosny (Arabic: تامر حسني; born in Cairo, on August 16, 1977) is an Egyptian singer, actor, lyricist, and composer. He was initially featured on Free Mix mixtapes from Free Music, an Egyptian music production company. His breakthrough single "Habibi Wenta B'eed" (Sweetheart, When you're far away) gave him success.
Early life
Hosny's father is Egyptian and his mother is Syrian, but she has spent her life in Egypt.[1] She brought up Hosny and his elder brother Hossam in the absence of their father, Hosny Sherif. Tamer Hosny grew up with a passion for soccer and played it professionally for nine years. He was recognized by Nasr Mahrous, manager and owner of Free Music. He later on signed a contract with Free Music in 2002. Hosny didn't debut with Sherine's first mixtape. Instead he was featured in previous mixtapes with artists like Khaled Agag and Mohamed Mounir. He graduated from October Six University with a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies.
Hosny starred in the 2003 Egyptian movie Halet Hobb (A State of Love) with Hany Salama. The movie also featured music by Hosny.
Career
In 2004, he released his first studio album as a solo artist. Titled Hobb, the album featured the single "Arrab Habibi". His hit, "Arrab Habibi", was played on satellite music channels and became popular.
The movie Sayyed El Atfy 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.
In 2005, Hosni was involved in a trial case in which he was charged with forging a passport and avoiding conscription.[2] It was a heavily publicized case in the media, since he and fellow Egyptian artist Haytham Shaker were both convicted with the same charges. It has been reported that they both went to professional forgers to create a document that they completed military service in Egypt. This came in the middle of Hosny's preparations for a new album and a movie (Omar and Salma). It was also reported that the news leaked after the forger himself confessed to a close friend of his.
They were both sentenced to three years in jail, and were fined 50,000 L.E each. That sentence would be reduced to 1.5 years. He was released from jail on 16 September 2006.
At the end of March 2007, Hosny released his latest album, Ya Bent El-Eih. The album featured 13 songs, nine of which were stolen and leaked on the internet a week before the official release.
At the beginning of June 2007, Tamer released his latest movie Omar & Salma with Mai Ezzedine.
In 2007 Tamer Hosny released an album of Islamic and Ramadan-themed songs, called Il Ganna Fe Biotna (Heaven is in our Homes). It was released on 10 September 2007.
2008
The year 2008 was a controversial year for the singer; he starred in the movie Captain Hima that also featured the Egyptian actress Zeina. The movie was a success but didn't top the box office in Egypt.
One of the songs in this movie was heavily criticized by the media[who?] as he is singing this song with actress Zeena and in this song he is saying the best thing that I like in you is this thing (pointing to her breast) and then he said your heart, then he continues saying and also I have a lot of admiration to this one (pointing to her bottom) and then he said the goodness of your heart.
Musically, Tamer Hosny gained much success with his album Arrab Kaman (Come closer). The album came in third place in the billboards of Middle east with only Nancy Ajram and Elissa selling more.
In the holy month of Ramadan Tamer Hosny could be seen in a song called "shahri Ramadan" [the month of Ramadan] that was really appreciated by the people in the Muslim world,[citation needed] especially when the song encourages fasting and praying.
2009–present
On 29 June Tamer Hosny released his new and much anticipated album Ha3esh Hayati (I will live my life). The album was a new project that had a lot of new ideas and never before tried singing. In the song "Come back to me" that features the rapper Hoss and the Egyptian singer Karim Mohsen, Tamer Hosny sings in English. He also had a remix of Micheal Jackson's song "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough". The album was wonderful and its words were beautiful. Tamer is a very strong fellow has a wonderful heart. Some people think other ways for some reason. Anyways,the album was a great success.
Tamer Hosny and his new production label "MAzZika decided to make some competition by releasing the album at the same weekend as Amr Diab's new and anticipated album.
After the huge success of Omar we Salma, Tamer Hosny came out with Omar we Salma 2 in the summer of 2009 and it has topped the box office charts, bringing in more than 22 million Egyptian pounds.
Discography
- Free Mix 2000 (2000)
- Free Mix 3 (2002)
- Hob (2004)
- Free mix 4 (2005)
- 3enaya Bet7ebak (2006)
- Ya Bent El-Eih (2007)
- ElGana Fi Byotna, the first Islamic-based album for him (2007)
- Arrab Kaman (2008)
- Ha'esh Hayaty (2009)
Filmography
- Halet Hob (2004)
- Sayed El Atefy (2005)
- Omar We Salma (2007)
- Captin Hima (2008)
- Omar We Salma 2 (2009)
References
- ^ http://www.tamerhosny.ws/bio.html
- ^ "Tamer Hosny Scolded for Arriving Late". Arab News. November 12, 2006. Retrieved 5 August 2009.