Shater (album)

Shater
Studio album by Diana Haddad
Released 1999
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop
Label Stallions Records
Producer Stallions Records
Diana Haddad chronology
Yammaia
(1998)
Shater
(1999)
Jarh AL Habib
(2000)

Shater is the fifth album by pop artist Diana Haddad. Shater's music was mostly of modern pop, and showcased a joyful Diana enjoying the most simple things in life such as nature and the sun. Shater continued along the lines of Ammanih; several collaborations and joyful music. A celebration of life, Shater also had one sad song named "Weenhom", which Diana dedicated to her mother.

Charts success

In this album Diana continued "Yammaia" line to sing different music colours, "Shater" was the first single to be released from this album. It immediately became a smash hit in the Arab world, topping the charts for more than five weeks in 17 radios' charts in different countries. The songs "Al Fosol Al Arbaa" and "Wainohom" were very successful in the Persian Gulf countries and "Wainohom" was dedicated to Diana's dead mother. "Fosol Al Arbaa" was filmed in new ways by her husband Suhail al Abdool. To date the album sold millions of copies becoming one of Haddad's best-selling albums in the Arab world.

Track listing

  1. Shater - Bedouin Arabic
  2. Abl Al Gharam - Egyptian Arabic
  3. Al Fosol Al Arbaa - Khaleeji Arabic
  4. Wainohom - Khaleeji Arabic
  5. Baggeiah - Lebanese/Syrian Arabic
  6. Shater (instrumental)
  7. Saaltak - Lebanese Arabic
  8. Enta El Jameel Lebanese Arabic