( Arash -- Genre : Pop, Dance Hall -- donya(2008) | 41 MBS )
Arash Labbaf ( آرش لباف ) :(born 23 April 1977 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian singer, dancer, entertainer and producer residing in Malmö, Sweden.
He grew up in the Iranian capital of Tehran and at the age of 10, his family moved to Uppsala, Sweden before moving to Malmö five years later. His debut album, Arash, was released by the Warner Brothers
Music in June 2005, after he had finished college. His singles, Boro Boro (Go Away) and Temptation (featuring Rebecca Zadig) made it to the hit lists around Europe, and their respective videos garnered significant airplay on more than 20 MTV outlets across the world. He has also released a Russian song; Восточные Сказки (featuring Blestyashchie), a Russian version of Temptation, in which he sings in Russian.
He has been top of the charts in Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Israel,
Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Sweden, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and the Czech Republic. He has gone gold in 5 countries: Germany, Russia, Slovenia and
Greece for his album, Arash, and in Sweden for Boro Boro.
DJ Aligator (also of Persian origin) appeared in Arash's
music video for "
Music is My Language" as the producer and rapper. In his 2006 album (Crossfade), Arash, DJ Aligator and Shahkar Bineshpajoo made a song for the Iranian Football team for their appearance in the 2006 World Cup. Arash made history in March of 2008 with the release of his sophomore album, "Donya," featuring the the first single and consequent
music video of the same name, a hip-hop influenced collaboration with reggae impresario Shaggy. Arash is managed by former Warner
Music A&R agent Henrik Uhlman, and is represented in the United States by Mayar Zokaei.