Carole Samaha

Carole Samaha كارول سماحة
Carole Samaha
Background information
Born	(1972-07-25) July 25, 1972 Beirut, Lebanon
Genres	Arabic music
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Years active	1999–present
Website	www.carolesamaha.com

Carole Samaha (Arabic: كارول سماحة) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and performer. She has released six studio albums. Samaha has a master's degree in acting and directing, which she earned in 1999 from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut. In 2004 she won the Arab Music Award for best female newcomer. She has also won multiple Murex d'Or awards and was nominated for best Arabia New Act in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008.

Early life

Samaha was born on 25 July 1972 in Beirut to Antoine Samaha from Khenchara, Matn and Nouhad Hawi from Dhour El Choueir, Matn. She has two brothers. Her parents supported different political factions, according to Samaha that fact made her become "more open" to the different views of people and she learned a lot from that experience.

Personal life

On 1 November 2013, Samaha married Walid Mostafa, a divorced Egyptian with a daughter from a previous marriage, in a civil ceremony in Cyprus following an 18-month love affair and short engagement. On 31 August 2015 Carole Samaha gave birth to a baby girl, Tala. She is Catholic. From 2014, Samaha has been residing in Egypt with her husband.

Discography

Year	Album	Translation
2003	Helm	حلم	A Dream
	Oughniat El Toufoula	اغنية الطفولة	Children Songs
2004	Ana Horra	انا حرة	I'm Free
2006	Adwa' Al Shohra	أضواء الشهرة	Lights of Fame
2009	Hdoudi Sama	حدودي السما	The Sky Is My Limit
2013	Ehssas	إحساس	A Feeling
2016	Zekrayati	ذكرياتي	Memories

Videography

Year	Song	Album	Lebanese Charts	Egyptian Charts	Translation	Notes
2003	Oughniat El Toufoula	Oughniat El Toufoula			Childhood Songs
	Habib Alby	Helm	3	1	My Love	first release apart from the Rahbani
2004	Etalaa Feyi		1	4	Look At Me	casting Mister Lebanon 1997 Ghassan El Mawla
2005	Ghali Alayi	Ana Horra	1	3	You Mean A Lot To Me
	Nezlet El Sitara		48	32	The Curtain Fell
	Habbeit Delwa't		28	2	Now that i loved	movie soundtrack
2006	Esmaani	Adwa' Al Shohra	1	19	Listen to me
	Zaelni Mennak		1	18	I'm upset with you
2007	Adwa'a El Shohra		13	78	Lights of Fame	sponsored by Pepsi
	Ya Rabi	Ana wlleil - Marwan Khoury	1	3	Oh God	ft. Marwan Khoury
2008	Yama Layali	Hdoudi Sama	43	3	How Many Nights	sponsored by Pepsi
	Jeet (Majnouni)	Pepsi Sea of Stars - V/A, Hdoudi Sama	1	3	You Came (I Must Be Crazy)	movie soundtrack
	Ali	Hdoudi Sama	7	1	Ali	promotional single
2009	Laily Lail	The Gipsy Man Sings from the Middle East - Mario Reyes			–	ft. Mario Reyes, filmed in Morocco
	Rag'aalak	Hodoudi Sama	1	9	Coming Back To You	promotional single
	Zabahny		97	112	"Slaughtered" Me	promotional single
	Ma Bkhaf		1	1	I Am Not Scared	first official single
2010	A'oul Ansak		1	1	I Try To Forget You	second official single
	Khallik Bhalak		1	1	Stay Away
2011	El Masry Ya Abu Dam	—
	Malika Ala El Ard					a song from the TV series Al Shahroura
2012	Wahshani Bladi
	Wet3awadet	Ehssas
2013	Ehssas	Ehssas

Awards

• "Revelation of the year" (actress and singer) Murex d'Or in 2000.
• "Best female newcomer" Arab Music Award (2003) - This was the first year for which Arab Music Awards were awarded and the ceremony was held in Dubai in May 2004.
• "Best Polyvalent talent" (actress and singer) Murex d'Or in 2003.
• "Best Female Romantic Song" ("Tala3 Fiyyi") Murex d'Or in 2003.
• "Best Lebanese Female Singer" Murex d'Or in 2007.
• "Best Lebanese Song" ("Ya Rab", with Marwan Khoury) Murex d'Or in 2007.
• "Best album of the year" (Hdoudi Sama, 2009) Murex d'Or in June 2010.
• Samahe was honored for best music video – "Khalik Behalik" – at the 2011 Murex d'Or ceremony.
• World Music Award "Best Stage Performer in the Middle East" in Monaco 2014.