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Swedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer of Lebanese origin. His debut
album Thank You Allah, an internationally successful album with strong Muslim
religious influences, was released in 2009. He released his follow-up album Forgive Me
on April 2, 2012.
While many artists feel the Internet to be a threat to their livelihoods, Maher Zain, a
Swedish singer of Lebanese origin, regards it as a blessing. He said that, as an Islamic
singer, online word of mouth had been instrumental in helping him penetrate the
mainstream music industry.
Zain’s popularity skyrocketed after he made a Facebook page and put his music videos
on YouTube. Within a year and a half of going online, Zain had become the first
Muslim musician to reach two million fans on Facebook and his videos had garnered
more than eight million views on YouTube.
The Internet also helped make him very popular in Southeast Asian countries such as
Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia, despite the fact that he had no promotional campaigns
in the region. His Indonesian fan-club page on Facebook has more than 10,000
followers.
As a Muslim who grew up in an Arabic family living in a secular Western society, Zain
said the gap between the two worlds often made things difficult for him growing up.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
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