Marwan Khoury

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مروان خوري Marwan Khoury
Marwan Khoury
Background information
Born	unknown
Origin	Lebanon
Genre(s)	World, Arabic
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1988 — present
Website	Official website

Marwan Khoury (Arabic: مروان خوري) is a Lebanese artist. He is a singer, writer, composer and arranger for Rotana Records.

[edit] Biography

In 1986, Marwan enrolled at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK) in Lebanon where he studied piano and harmony. During his university years, he won a prize in a music composition contest. The award was presented to the singer by former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel in the following year. In 1988, Marwan produced his very first album Asak Habibi depending solely on himself in writing the lyrics and composing the songs, and of course producing it. The album was a big hit unfortunately.

Marwan started a new phase in his life in 1989, but not as a singer. He performed in various variety shows, such as Aghani Aghani and Studio el fan, playing on the keyboard. He continued as a keyboard player until 1996 and played with many famous Lebanese bands; like Sabah's band. But during that period, Marwan wrote and sang the single, Fik Yamma Balak. It was released in 1994 and established him as a talented singer. He then went on to lead Wael Kfoury's band as well as other famous Lebanese singers. This gave Khoury the chance to see the world and go on tour as a conductor. In 1997 he wrote, composed and performed his second single Lasbor Ala Wela. It was not until 1999 however that Marwan finally became known in the music industry as a writer/composer. He came up with two hit songs for Nawal Al-Zoughbi; "Tia" and "Dalouna." Then the year 2001 came along and with it Marwan launched his first official album Khayal El-Omer. The very next year, Khoury shot his first video clip "Ya Shog" with director Bassem Christo. In 2003, the singer got his first recognition as a talented composer and was awarded Murex D'Or as the composer.

In 2005, Marwan reached his milestone. He landed a five-year contract with the major production company, Rotana Records. He also released hit first major album Kil Alasaed in May. The album and the title song were a big hit and their popularity spread fast. It was this album that actually made Marwan famous in the Arab world and in Egypt. To ensure the success he had achieved, Marwan released a clip for the title song of his album in the following month. The video was directed by Claude Khoury.