Lebanese singer Alissa is currently living a state of melancholy over the drop in record sales of her latest album “A7la Dunia” (The Perfect World). The singer expressed extreme anger towards her production company Rotana and demanded a more extensive advertising campaign be undertaken for the album.
According to the Egyptian based weekly, Al Nogoom, despite the fact that Rotana had held the biggest campaign for Alissa’s album, amongst all the other albums by other singers it released, it was not bringing any significant profit as was expected. The album contains 13 songs and was recorded using Super Audio recording system, which is used for the first time in the Middle East, and marks her first with Rotana.
Alissa revealed that the delay of releasing her album (The Perfect World) was only due to technical reasons in addition to some personal reasons. The death of Alissa's father just before the release of the album was one of the main reasons for the postponement.
With regards to the problem which was faced in her video clip “kol yom fi Umri” (Everyday in my Life) Alissa stressed that director Saeed Marouq allowed the clip to be aired without her seeing it and approving its screening. When she saw it she decided that it had to be redone because she had some reservations of her own. –Albawaba.com
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