Marwan Youssef

Marwan Youssef
مروان يوسف
Marwan Youssefمروان يوسف
	Marwan Youssef,Star Academy Arabia 11, January 2016
Background information
Born	19 April 1994 (age 30); Byblos, Lebanon
Origin	Lebanon
Genres	Arabic music
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Piano, al Oud
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Endemol Shine Middle East (2015-present) ; Watary Productions (2015–present)

Marwan Youssef (Arabic: مروان يوسف born 19 April 1994) is a Lebanese singer and songwriter. He rose to fame when he won the 11th season of Star Academy in 2015–16. After his victory, Marwan released two singles and one music video, and performed many concerts in music festivals in the Arab World.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Marwan Youssef' was born in to a family of Lebanese Christians. Marwan performed on TV before Star Academy on religious Christian TV channel NourSat.^[3]

Career

Star Academy Arabia 11 and Watan Hobbi: 2015–2016

Marwan Youssef entered season 11 of Star Academy as one of 18 contestants. Throughout his 4 months on the show, he was chosen twice as top student and never fell into the danger zone. Youssef won the final prime with 55.46% of the votes, beating the 3 other finalists. As one of his prizes, Marwan won a song produced by Endemol Shine Middle East, titled Watan Hobbi.^[4]

Rafed Saddek- present: 2016-present

Marwan released a second single "Rafed Saddek" and a music video under Watary Productions. The song performed well on Anghami. Marwan Youssef performed at many important festivals, such as Ehmej Festival.^[5]^[6]

Discography

Singles

2016: Watan Hobbi
2017: Rafed Saddek

Music Videos

2017: Rafed Saddek

Live recordings

Marwan Youssef performed many songs live through his time on Star Academy, that can be found on Star Academy's YouTube Channel

Recognition

2016: Murex d'Or Nomination for Best Lebanese New Talent Singer

References

^ "LBCI Shows | Star Academy 11-Home". lbcgroup.tv. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
^ "Lebanon's Marwan Youssef wins Star Academy 11". Arab News. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
^ "‫على الله تعود Marwan Youssef‬‎". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
^ "Results: Marwan Youssef wins Star Academy 11". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
^ "Marwan Youssef released his new videoclip Rafed Saddek". Arabsounds.net. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
^ "Events |". ehmej.org. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[lbcgroup-1] "LBCI Shows | Star Academy 11-Home". lbcgroup.tv. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[arabnews-2] "Lebanon's Marwan Youssef wins Star Academy 11". Arab News. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[youtube-3] "‫على الله تعود Marwan Youssef‬‎". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[albawaba-4] "Results: Marwan Youssef wins Star Academy 11". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[arabsounds-5] "Marwan Youssef released his new videoclip Rafed Saddek". Arabsounds.net. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

[ehmej-6] "Events |". ehmej.org. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

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