Fady Maalouf
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Fady Mounir Maalouf ( Arabic فادي معلوف, DMG Fādī Maʿlūf ; * April 20, 1979 in Zahlé , Lebanon ) is a German - Lebanese pop singer . Maalouf became known as the finalist of the fifth season of the casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar , which RTL broadcast from January to May 2008.
biography
Fady Maalouf was born in Lebanon during the civil war . He was injured twice in the face by shrapnel and had to undergo a series of operations as a result. He lived with his family alternately in a village near Bordeaux in France and in his home in northern Beirut .
Maalouf attended a Christian kindergarten and sang in the children's choir until he started singing at the age of 17. He then studied fashion design, did an internship with the Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab and then worked as an assistant in his Paris tailor shop.
When the political situation in Beirut worsened again in 2006, Maalouf came to Germany through his half-brother. First he settled in Hamburg , where he worked as a barista . Today he lives in Berlin, where the members of his band also live.
DSDS and first successes
In the summer of 2007 he applied as a candidate for the talent show Deutschland sucht den Superstar . In the motto shows, the audience voted him into the final, where he played against Thomas Godoj on May 17, 2008 . With a caller rate of 37.8%, Maalouf finally took second place.
The song Blessed , produced for him, was penned by Jörgen Elofsson and Peer Astrom (producer Alex Christensen ) and was released as a single on July 4, 2008 after signing a contract with Columbia Records . Maalouf's first album is also called Blessed and was released on July 25th. In November, the single Amazed was released, a cover version of the song of the same name by the country band Lonestar and a re-release of the Blessed album with partly new songs.
In March 2010 Maalouf's second album Into the Light was released with the single of the same name.
On September 15, 2017, the album Indigo was released , which was recorded at Fuseroom Studio Berlin.
Appearances at DSDS
| Mottoshow (date) | song | Original interpreter | placement |
| Top 15 Show: "Now or Never" (March 8, 2008) | Home | Michael Bublé | 2/15 with 8.55% |
| Current super hits (March 15, 2008) | Helpless When She Smiles | Backstreet Boys | 4/10 with 7.08% |
| The Biggest Hit Movies (March 22, 2008) | She's Like the Wind | Patrick Swayze | 2/9 with 21.09% |
| Mariah Carey and Take That (April 5, 2008) | Back for Good | Take that | 3/8 with 8.54% |
| Greatest Hits (April 12, 2008) | Your song | Elton John | 3/7 with 13.91% |
| Songs of the Jury (April 19, 2008) | We have a dream | Germany seeks the superstar | 3/6 with 12.98% |
| Party classics and ballads (April 26, 2008) | Never gonna give you up | Rick Astley | 2/5 with 16.69% |
| All by myself | Eric Carmen | ||
| Germany vs. England (May 3, 2008) | And if a song | Söhne Mannheims | 3/4 with 19.22% |
| Breathe Easy | Blue | ||
| Beatles, number 1 hits and Dedicated to ... (May 10, 2008) | You raise me up | Westlife | 2/3 with 30.32% |
| Yesterday | The Beatles | ||
| Feeling good | Michael Bublé | ||
| Final (May 17, 2008) | Careless Whisper | George Michael | 2/2 with 37.80% |
| She's Like the Wind | Patrick Swayze | ||
| Blessed | Fady Maalouf |
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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| 2008 | Blessed |
DE2 (9 weeks) DE |
AT7 (7 weeks) AT |
CH7 (7 weeks) CH |
First published: July 25, 2008
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| 2010 | Into the light |
DE33 (1 week) DE |
AT42 (1 week) AT |
- |
First published: March 12, 2010
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| 2012 | City of Gold | - | - | - |
First published: November 16, 2012
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EPs
- 2017: Indigo
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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| 2008 | Blessed Blessed |
DE2 (11 weeks) DE |
AT8 (11 weeks) AT |
CH11 (7 weeks) CH |
First published: July 4th, 2008
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| Amazed Blessed |
DE26 (5 weeks) DE |
AT52 (1 week) AT |
- |
First published: November 21, 2008
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| 2010 | Into the Light Into the Light |
DE44 (2 weeks) DE |
AT72 (1 week) AT |
- |
First published: March 5, 2010
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more publishments
- 2012: Neyla
- 2013: When it gets quiet around us ... (feat. C: est Lena!)
Individual evidence
- ↑ stern.de: "DSDS" candidate Fady Maalouf: "I didn't lie" , March 14, 2008
- ↑ zuender.de: DSDS as a springboard - "Hello, I'm a good person." , July 2008
- ↑ a b RTL: The voting results of all live shows
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ musicbase: Fady Maalouf releases first album
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH
Web links
- Maalouf's website
- Works by and about Fady Maalouf in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maalouf, Fady |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maalouf, Fady Mounir (full name); فادي معلوف (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lebanese-German pop singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zahlé , Lebanon |