Zizi Adel

ZeeZee Adel
زيزي عادل
Born October 26, 1987 (1987-10-26) (age 24)
Origin Cairo, Egypt
Genres World, Arabic
Occupations Singer
Years active 2005 — present

ZeeZe Adel (also transliterated as Zizi and Zeze, Arabic: زيزي عادل‎, born 1987, Kuwait[1]) is an Egyptian singer.[2]

Adel first came to attention when she entered the second series of Star Academy in 2005,[3] coming third to Hisham Abdulrahman and Amani Swissi after reaching the semi-final.[4]

Contents

After Star Academy

After Star Academy, Zizi Adel signed a contract with Rotana in 2007.[1][5] Her debut album Wahda Tayiba (One Good)[6] was the number one Rotana album, with 8 songs including Hob Mosh Mahsoub Alayah (Unaccounted Love) and Wahda Tanya (Another Chick).

Zizi Adel won ART's Best New Artist and Zahrat Al Kaleej's Best Album of 2007. She studied at the Institute of Arabic Music.[7]

Adel's second album, released in 2009, is Waed Alia]] (Promised High), featuring 10 songs.[2][8]

Discography

Albums

References

  1. ^ a b Abdallah, Fadi (11 July 2007). "زيزي أطربت الأسماع عبر أثير مارينا إف إم ستصور عارف أنا جايه ليه الأسبوع المقبل" (in Arabic). Al Jarida. http://www.aljarida.com/aljarida/Article.aspx?id=14177. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "Zizi Adel - Album and clip of the (promised high)" (in Arabic). Al Rai Media. 8 November 2009. http://www.alrai.com/pages.php?news_id=256256. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
  3. ^ ""الرياض " تخترق عزلة طلاب "ستار أكاديمي 2"" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh (Al Yamama Press). 24 January 2005. http://www.alriyadh.com/2005/01/24/article10940.html. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
  4. ^ Hariri, Said (11 April 2005). "العدّ العكسي نحو لقب نجم ستاراك" (in Arabic). Elaph (Beirut). http://www.elaph.com/Music/2005/4/54423.htm. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
  5. ^ "زيزي: التهم التي تساق ضد ستار أكاديمي ظالمة". Alwatan Voice. 17 January 2007. http://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/content-71223.html. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
  6. ^ "زيزي عادل واحدة طيبة" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh (Al Yamama Press). 28 January 2007. http://www.alriyadh.com/2007/01/28/article220293.print. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
  7. ^ Ahmed, Nadir (31 August 2007). "بعد نجاح "واحدة طيبة": ألبوم "زيزي" الثاني مع رحيم ورفاعي" (in Arabic). Gom.com.eg. http://www.gom.com.eg/algomhuria/2007/08/31/arts/detail02.shtml. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
  8. ^ "زيزى: ستار أكاديمى أعطانى شهرة وليس نجومية" (in Arabic). Youm7. 19 March 2009. http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=80573&SecID=48&IssueID=29. Retrieved 29 December 2009. 
Hosts
Winners
Mohamad Attiah (Egypt) • Hisham Abdulrahman (Saudi Arabia) • Joseph Attieh (Lebanon) • Shada Hassoun (Iraq) • Nader Guirat (Tunisia)  • Abdulaziz Abdulrahman (Saudi Arabia) • Nassif Zaytoun (Syria) • Nesma Mahgoub (Egypt)
Notable contestants
Amani Souissi (Tunisia) • Zizi Adel (Egypt) • Sofia Marikh (Morocco) • Bashar Al Shatty (Kuwait) • Myriam Atallah (Syria) • Fady Andraos (Palestine)
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