Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram was in shock when music distributor Tareq Madkour warned her that the new song she was recording to be included in her upcoming album is property of Egyptian singer Shireen Wajdi. Tareq told Nancy that Shireen had already recorded the song, but was unable to include it in her latest album due to some minor complications.
Nancy investigated further into the matter and realized that the composer of the song had previously sold the rights of the song to Shireen and that there were legal papers to prove it, reported the Egyptian weekly, Al Nogoom. The situation has caused Nancy to go into rage wondering how she was so easily deceived into taking a song that already belongs to another singer.
Ajram has revealed that her ongoing success, since the release of her latest album, is owed to Egypt and its people and because of them her popularity has spread throughout the Arab world. The singer added that her entire career and life revolve around Egypt in terms of where she chooses and records her songs, and most of her concert and entertainment activities are held in Egypt.
Nancy stressed that she is in the process of looking for an apartment to buy in Egypt instead of always having to stay at hotels. With regards to living in Egypt permanently, Nancy expressed that the idea is valid in her head but she has not yet made a decision on whether to proceed with it, saying she still needs more time to think of making this move.
Intensive negotiations are currently being held between the music production company Rotana and Ajram for the joining of the singer to the company. Rotana is hopeful it will reach an agreement with Nancy and her business manager in order to have her as part of their large list of singers from around the Arab world.
Neither Nancy nor her manager has given Rotana a final word on whether they will accept the offer or turn it down. The issue has not gone beyond negotiations, but the matter is to be settled in the upcoming few days in Dubai, where Nancy and her manager will meet with officials at Rotana.
Nancy was in shock when she saw an interview for prominent singer George Wassouf with one of the Arab magazines saying that he does not know who she is and had never heard of her in his life. When the question was repeated to George if he knew Nancy he insisted that he hadn’t heard of her and then simply and innocently had said “Who is this Nancy, is she a Minister?”
Nancy at this point became furious as to how can George humiliate her publicly saying he had never heard of her when her popularity has reached every corner of the Arab world. Nancy revealed that she is looking for a way to get back at George and insult him in a similar manner.
Nancy’s close friends had advised her to disregard the whole issue and put it behind her, stressing that if she made an attack on George she will have all the Lebanese media on her back including tabloids throughout the Arab world, due to the fact that George is considered to be on of the greatest singers of this era, and Nancy’s relationship with the media is already on bad terms. –Albawaba.com
