Arash (musician)

Arash at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Arash ( Persian آرش[ ɒːˈraʃ ], Azerbaijani Arəş ; * April 23, 1978 in Tehran ; actually Alex Ārash Labāf ) is an Iranian singer who has lived in Malmö , Sweden , since his youth .

Life

Arash, who among other things has Persian and Azerbaijani roots, became known - first in his adopted home, later also in Germany - through the song Boro Boro (freely translated: go away! ). He wrote the song at a time when he briefly lost his voice and his girlfriend at the time left him. The song refers to this former girlfriend. The title draws on Europeanized stylistic elements of Indian and Persian music , which was sometimes interpreted as an attempt to profit purely commercially from the popularity of the subcontinent at the time of publication. The title reached number 1 in the Swedish singles charts and also made it into the top 20 in Germany.

The album Arash was released in 2005 . In Germany this album has a slightly different title composition compared to the international version and was released in 2006.

In 2005 Arash sang the song Vostotschnyje Skaski ("Oriental Fairy Tales") together with the Russian pop band Blestjaschtschije . In the song Arash describes the girls from Blestjashchije (including Anna Semenowitsch at that time ) as "my four wives".

In 2006 he also presented the title Temptation in Germany , with which he entered the charts at number 29 in the first week . In this song Rebecca Zadig sings the chorus . She also worked on several of his projects. The song is a cover version of Baila Maria of the Arab-Israeli band Alabina (with their singer Ishtar) from 1996. The third single Arash (featuring Helena ) was released in the summer of 2006.

Arash toured the world for a long time with DJ Aligator and also recorded a few songs with him, for example Iran's unofficial anthem for the 2006 World Cup (Iran, Iran).

On August 27, 2008, his album Donya was released . The single of the same name was available since March 2008 and was recorded with Shaggy . The music video for the title was recorded in Istanbul , Turkey . The album also features the title Chori Chori , which Arash recorded with the singer Aneela and which was released as a single in September 2006 under the artist name “Aneela feat. Arash ”had appeared. This track is a cover version of Snow's hit Informer from 1993. Musically, Arash stayed true to himself on this album. In addition to Shaggy, he also worked again with Helena and Rebecca Zadig, who had already been involved in his last projects. With Lumidee , Arash recorded the title Kandi , which was released as a single under the title I Like You .

In 2009 Arash represented Azerbaijan together with the young singer AySel at the Eurovision Song Contest in the Russian capital Moscow . Her competition title Always ("Immer") , composed by Arash among others, reached 3rd place. One day before the Eurovision Song Contest on May 15, the single entered the Swedish charts at number 41.

His song Glorious was the official song of the 2011 Men's Handball World Championship . As a harbinger of Arash's fourth studio album, the single She Makes Me Go was released in February 2013 . The collaboration with Sean Paul made it into the German top 10 straight away. It was Arash's greatest success in Germany to date. In January 2018 the single Dooset Daram was released, recorded together with Helena, with whom Arash has worked before.

Arash played a role in the 2012 film "Season of the Rhinoceros" (Persian Fasle kargadan ) by the Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	SE	Remarks
2005	Arash	-	-	CH36 (9 weeks) CH	SE17 (8 weeks) SE	First published: February 1, 2005
2008	Donya	-	-	-	SE48 (1 week) SE	First published: September 26, 2008
2014	Superman	-	-	-	-	First published: November 4, 2014

Remix albums

year	title	Remarks
2006	Crossfade (The Remix Album)	First published: April 1, 2006

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	SE	Remarks
2004	Boro boro Arash	DE11 (14 weeks) DE	AT22 (16 weeks) AT	CH8 (34 weeks) CH	SE1 (25 weeks) SE	First published: September 2004
2005	Tike tike kardi Arash	-	-	-	SE2 (10 weeks) SE	First published: March 2005
2005	Temptation Arash	DE29 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH42 (12 weeks) CH	SE2 (21 weeks) SE	First release: October 3rd, 2005 feat. Rebecca Zadig
2006	Arash Arash	DE64 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	SE20 (8 weeks) SE	First published: June 16, 2006
2006	Chori chori Donya	DE47 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH82 (3 weeks) CH	-	First published: September 8, 2006 with Aneela
2008	Suddenly Donya	-	-	-	SE8 (8 weeks) SE	First release: September 26th, 2008 feat. Rebecca Zadig
2009	Always	DE96 (1 week) DE	-	CH98 (1 week) CH	SE3 (12 weeks) SE	First published: May 22nd, 2009 feat. AySel
2012	She Makes Me Go Superman	DE5 gold (28 weeks)DE	AT8 (21 weeks) AT	CH13 gold (19 weeks)CH	SE55 (2 weeks) SE	First published: September 17th, 2012 feat. Sean Paul
2014	Sex Love Rock n Roll (SLR) Superman	DE52 (4 weeks) DE	AT68 (2 weeks) AT	-	-	First release: August 1st, 2014 feat. T-Pain

more publishments

2005: Baskon (feat. Timbuktu )

2008: Donya ( feat.Shaggy )

2009: Pure Love (feat. Helena )

2009: Près de toi (feat.Najim & Rebecca)

2009: Kandi ( feat.Lumidee )

2010: Dasa bala (feat.Timbuktu & Yag)

2010: Broken Angel (feat.Helena)

2010: Glorious

2012: Melody

2013: One Day (feat.Helena)

2016: OMG ( feat.Snoop Dogg )

2017: Se fue (vs. Mohombi )

2018: Dooset daram ( feat.Helena )

2018: Goalie Goalie ( feat.Nyusha , Pitbull & Blanco)

2019: One Night In Dubai (feat.Helena)

2020: Mary Jane (vs. Ilkay Sencan)

2020: No Maybes (with Ilkay Sencan & Era Istrefi )

Guest Posts

2005: Music Is My Language (DJ Alligator feat. Arash)
2014: Doga doga ( Medina feat. Arash)

Remixes

2017: Helene Fischer - heart quake

Individual evidence

^ The first: Eurovision Song Contest - Participants - Azerbaijan: AySel & Arash . eurovision.ndr.de. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
↑ Interview with the BBC . BBC.co.uk. Retrieved September 22, 2009.
↑ Results table final 2009 (PDF) Eurovision.de. May 17, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
↑ swedishcharts.com - AySel & Arash - Always . swedishcharts.com. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
^ "'Glorious' - official song for the Handball WCh 2011" ( Memento from December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Product details for "Make Me Go" on mix1.de; Retrieved March 4, 2013
↑ ^a ^b Chart sources: DE AT CH SE
↑ Awards for music sales: DE CH

Web links

Commons : Arash - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Arash
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Labāf, Ārash
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish-Iranian singer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 23, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tehran

[1] The first: Eurovision Song Contest - Participants - Azerbaijan: AySel & Arash . eurovision.ndr.de. Retrieved May 17, 2009.

[2] Interview with the BBC . BBC.co.uk. Retrieved September 22, 2009.

[3] Results table final 2009 (PDF) Eurovision.de. May 17, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2009.

[4] swedishcharts.com - AySel & Arash - Always . swedishcharts.com. Retrieved May 19, 2009.

[5] "'Glorious' - official song for the Handball WCh 2011" ( Memento from December 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

[6] Product details for "Make Me Go" on mix1.de; Retrieved March 4, 2013

[charts-7] Chart sources: DE AT CH SE

[ausz-8] Awards for music sales: DE CH