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Sami Yusuf (born 21 July 1980) is an Iranian-British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer of Azerbaijani descent. [6] He gained international attention with the release of his debut album, Al-Muʽallim, in 2003. [7] As of 2020, he has released eight studio albums, five live albums and one compilation album.
Barakah is a 2016 studio album by British singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf. It was released on 1 February 2016 on Andante Records. It was released on 1 February 2016 on Andante Records. It is also marketed as the first of a series of recordings as Spiritique Collection (Vol. 1) .
Sami Yusuf claimed that this album was released without his prior "blessings nor consent". He stated: "I therefore wish to make it perfectly clear that an album comprised of any such recordings could only be put on to the market against my wishes and without my approval."
My Ummah is the second studio album by British singer Sami Yusuf.It was released in two versions, a "music version" and a "percussion version". It is claimed to have sold between five [1] and eight [2] million copies worldwide.
In 2016, British-Azeri singer Sami Yusuf performed a rendition of Khan's song in his album Barakah. The Bollywood music director Viju Shah used Khan's version to produce the hit song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy and Udit Narayan for the Bollywood film Mohra (1994), [ 9 ] the soundtrack album of which sold more than ...
The album includes a number of songs celebrating Yusuf's Islamic faith. [4] The international release went platinum in South-East Asia and was on best-selling lists in the Middle East and North Africa. [5] The album was released in a special edition for Turkey, including five songs re-recorded by Yusuf in Turkish. [6]
In 2003, British singer Sami Yusuf released a cover version of Sabri Brothers's golden hit Ya Mustafa and featured it on his debut album titled Al-Muʽallim. During one of his interviews with BBC, Yusuf claimed that he was inspired by the Sabri Brothers and their music is without doubt the music of spirituality and peace.
For example, the "Allah Hoo" that appears on the Sabri Brothers 1978 album Qawwali: Sufi Music from Pakistan is totally different from the song that became one of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's signature qawwalis, and this in turn is totally different from Qawwal Bahauddin's version on the 1991 Shalimar compilation video titled "Tajdar-e-Haram, vol. 2 ...