About
Multi-platinum Lebanese recording artist and Arab pop music icon, widely hailed as the Queen of Romance. One of the highest-selling female Arab musicians in history, she has won the World Music Award for Best-Selling Middle Eastern Artist three times.
Before Fame
Earned a degree in political science from the Lebanese University and launched her singing career by winning a silver medal on the Lebanese music talent show Studio El Fan in 1992.
Trivia
Her duet Betghib Betrouh with Ragheb Alama in 1999 skyrocketed her to Pan-Arab stardom, and her 2002 album Ayshalak became one of the definitive pop records in the Middle East.
Family Life
Born Elissar Zakaria Khoury in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother, she grew up in a family of six children.
Associated With
Served as a headlining judge on the Arabic editions of The X Factor and The Voice: Ahla Sawt.
