Jordanian singer Diana Karazone held her a concert in Jordan for the first time since she won the title Arab Superstar. The concert was marked with significant success witnessing a crowd of over 5 thousand. The singer sang songs from her first album, which was released last month, in addition to a number of Jordanian folkloric songs that kept the audience asking for more.
According to the London based Elaph, Diana announced that she will be spending the first few days of Ramadan (Muslim fasting month) in Jordan with her family after which she will head back to Beirut to be guest on numerous television shows airing during the month of Ramadan.
The first album for Karazone has so far witnessed tremendous success around the Arab world and specifically in Lebanon after the huge advertising campaign that was held by her production company. In Jordan the singer’s album was faced with pirating causing the number of sales to be not as high as expected.
Tareq and Ziad Company had bought the rights to distribute the album in Jordan and had made a large purchase order in the hope that sales would be sky high, but the shock came to the owner of the company when the minute the album hit stores pirated copies were made in numerous numbers and were sold for less than half the price of the original. This catastrophe caused the company to face losses and led the owner to file a complaint to the National Library, which is responsible for protecting intellectual rights, in order to prosecute those responsible.
Diana signed the release of her first album “Diana Karazone Arab Superstar” under the production of Warner Music and Music Master International on September 30, 2003 in Beirut at Virgin Mega Stores. A special celebration was arranged for the big event, which witnessed a very large audience all anxiously waiting for Diana to sing.
The singer called on everyone to buy original copies of her new album, saying that a portion of the proceeds from the sales will be donated to different charitable organizations. The new album features nine songs, written and composed by some of the most prominent names in the music industry, and is a mix of Lebanese, Egyptian, and Gulf styles. Diana was scheduled to sing 3 songs for the audience by ended up singing 5 due to the desire of those who attended.
Diana has won the title of Superstar, the popular show aired on the Lebanese satellite television channel Future, receiving 52% of 4,800,000 viewers' votes, defeating her Syrian opponent Rwaida Attia. Upon winning the title, Diana received two very important phone calls, one from Jordan’s King and Queen, and the second from Lebanon’s Prime Minister Rafiq Al Hariri, both wanting to congratulate her on winning and wishing her the best of luck. –Albawaba.com
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