Wayah (, ) is a 2009 album by Amr Diab. The album contains 12 tracks.
Public reception Wayah was released for sale in stores but the album was leaked online and illegally downloaded. Diab fans began a massive boycott of those sites and went to stores to support the artist.
Commercial performance The album topped the sales list, after selling more than 100,000 copies on the first day of its release, and has achieved sales of more than 3 million since its release in the summer of 2009.
Track listing The unofficial italicised English titles listed below are the closest and most accurate translations of the original titles.
Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Studios Recorded, mixed, and digitally mastered at Metropolis Studios (London) Track 3 was recorded in Beirut, Lebanon
Musicians Amr Diab performer, music direction Mostafa Aslan guitar Hany Farahat violin Mohamed Saleh bouzouki Ali Mazbouh nay Ahmed El Ayadi tabla Hisham El Araby riq Farouk Mohamed Hassan accordion Jon Bishop guitar Hassan El Shafei piano Maged Sorour qanun Reda Bedair nay
Technical Hassan El Shafei production, arrangement Yehia El Mougy string arrangement Tamer El Zoueibi engineering , digital mastering Mohamed Sakr engineering Tony Cousins recording , mixing , digital mastering Elie Saba recording
Artwork Karim Nour album photography, design, cover, poster
Awards African Music Awards 2009 ( Artist of the Year – Song of the Year – Music Video of the Year – Male Act of the Year )
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