Maher Zain

Maher Zain (born 1982) is a Swedish singer and music producer of Lebanese origin. His first album 'Thank You Allah' of 13 tracks and two bonus songs was released on 1 November 2009. His music videos on Youtube has collectively gained more than 4 million of views.

Early life

Maher Zain was born on 1981 in Lebanon. His family moved to Sweden when Maher was only eight, where he continued his schooling. Maher got his first keyboard when he was only ten. He later entered university and got a Bachelors degree in Aeronautical Engineering. During his teenage years, he like to spend late nights at school with his friends where they would sing, rap, compose and experiment with music in every way

Career

After being involved for a while in the music scene as a music producer, Maher was introduced to RedOne, a music producer in the music scene in Sweden. Maher started working with and later moved to New York. In January 2009, Maher Zain began work on an album and signed with Awakening Records. Maher’s first musical inspiration came from his father, who was a singer himself, performing locally in the Mediterranean city of Tripoli, Lebanon.
Maher has been on the bill of a free concert in Bahrain, and also at the Spring concert in the American University In Cairo,Egypt.

 Award

Best Religious Song for 2009 from Nujoom FM (Egypt’s biggest music radion station) for ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alayka'..

Thank You Allah (2009–now)

Thank You Allah was released on 1 November 2009..

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Always Be There"	4:38
2.	"Ya Nabi Salam Alayka"	4:59
3.	"Insha Allah"	4:31
4.	"Palestine Will Be Free"	4:55
5.	"Thank You Allah"	5:31
6.	"Allahi Allah Kiya Karo (feat. Irfan Makki)"	5:14
7.	"The Chosen One"	3:54
8.	"Baraka Allahu Lakuma"	4:30
9.	"For the Rest of My Life"	3:54
10.	"Hold My Hand"	4:06
11.	"Awaken"	3:43
12.	"Subhana Allah (feat. Mesut Kurtis)"	4:55
13.	"Open Your Eyes"	4:26
14.	"Ya Nabi (Arabic Version – Bonus Track)"	4:59
15.	"Thank You Allah a.k.a Thank You God (Acoustic Version – Bonus Track)"	5:28