Mehrnoosh
Mehrnoosh (born in 1976) is a pop singer from Tehran, Iran. She currently lives in the USA and is signed to the record label Avang Records, a California-based Iranian company. Her song چشمات (“Cheshmat” meaning “your eyes”), broke a record on Persian Internet radio station, RadioJavan.com. Its video on YouTube had more than 2 million hits in about two years. Another song named "Naro" (Don't leave) also received playtime on Persian Radio.
She said in an interview with RadioJavan.com that most of her songs except videos, were done in Iran despite the many hardships she had to face as a woman. She mentioned Siavash Ghomeishi, a well-known Iranian pop song writer and singer as her favorite. Prior to her musical work, she taught mathematics at the university level in Iran.
References
- "Mehrnoosh, a new voice in the Persian pop music". Parsology. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
External links
- Radiojavan.com
- Cheshmat on YouTube