About Him-Maher Zain

Maher Zain born March 16, 1981 in Tripoli Lebanon is a Muslim Swedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer of Lebanese origin. His debut album Thank You Allah  was released in 2009.

Maher Zain and his family moved to Sweden when he was eight years old. He completed his schooling there gaining a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. After university he entered the music industry in Sweden and linked up with Red One, the Moroccan born Swedish producer.

When Red One moved to New York in 2006 Maher Zain followed soon after to continue his music industry career in the USA producing for artists such as Kat DeLuna.On a visit home to Sweden he became engaged once more with his Islamic faith and decided to move away from a career as a music producer to become a singer/songwriter of contemporary R&B music with a strong religious influence.

In January 2009, Maher Zain began working on an album with Awakening Records. His debut album was Thank You Allah, with 13 songs and two bonus tracks was released on 1 November 2009 with percussion versions and French versions of some tracks released shortly afterwards.

Maher Zain and Awakening Records successfully used new media such as Facebook, You Tube and iTunes to promote tracks from the album. In early 2010 his music very quickly gathered a huge online following in Arabic speaking and Islamic countries as well as among young Muslims in western countries.By the end of 2010 he was the most Googled celebrity in Malaysia for that year. Malaysia is also the country where he has had the most commercial success. The album  Thank You Allah received 8 Platinum awards from Warner Music Malaysia as the highest selling album of 2010. In 2011, Thank You Allah earned a double platinum award from Sony Music Indonesia.

Maher Zain sings mainly in English but has released some of his most popular songs in other languages. The song "Insha Allah,”, for example, is now available in English, French, Arabic, Turkish, Malay and Indonesian versions. Another song, “Allahi Allah Kiya Karo” (“Continuously Saying Allah”), is sung in Urdu and features the Pakistan born Canadian singer Irfan Makki.

In March 2011, Maher Zain released "Freedom", a song inspired by the events and the actions of the people taking part in the Arab Spring. In July 2011 he featured on the cover of the UK Muslim lifestyle magazine Emel.