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22 Years Old and Unstoppable: Al Shami’s Journey to the Top of Arabic Pop With Four Billboard Arabia Music Awards


For Billboard Arabia’s first cover story of 2025, we explore the dynamic world of Al Shami, the young star who has taken Arabic music by storm.

This remarkable shift in Al Shami’s career journey saw him move from preparing for his debut concerts in Beirut, as he shared in our first interview, to completing a global tour that extended beyond the Arab world to Europe, America and Canada. Al Shami hinted at the possibility of collaborating on a new duet with superstar Tamer Hosny, sparking excitement after a photo of the two surfaced following a private family gathering and some intriguing conversations. Nearly two decades before Al Shami’s rise, Tamer Hosny was the ultimate youth icon, seamlessly blending music and cinema, earning him the title “Star of the Generation” from his devoted audience.

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