Afshin Jafari (Persian: افشین جعفری), known by the mononym Afshin (Persian: افشین; born 6 May 1978), is an Iranian singer based in UAE.[1]

Afshin
Birth nameAfshin Jafari
افشین جعفری
Born (1978-05-06) 6 May 1978 (age 46)
Babol, Iran
GenresPop
Dance
OccupationSinger
Instrumentguitar
Years active1999–present
LabelsTaraneh Records
Avang Music

Afshin moved with his family when he was seven. He started learning guitar at age 10 and started writing music and lyrics early on. In 1995, his family immigrated to Germany when he was 17 where they resided in Mannheim. Singing in Persian diaspora events and venues, at 21 he signed a contract with ParsVideo specializing in Iranian music. Afshin incorporated elements of Iranian music and youth-oriented western pop, hip hop and rap music in his songs and launched a number of albums and music videos[2] that became popular in Germany and the Iranian diaspora. He is supported by Taraneh Records and Avang Music. His brother Amir Ali, a rapper, has contributed to some of his more recent releases.[3]

Discography

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Albums

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Year Album title
(transliteration)
Title in Persian language Translation
1999 Booye Baroon
بوی بارون
"Scent of Rain"
2002 Setareh
ستاره
"Star"
2003 Aso Pas
آس و پاس
"Dire Strait"
2005 Maach
ماچ
"Kiss"
2008 Taraneh Baraye X
ترانه‌ای برای ایکس
"The Song for X"
2013 Gheire Ghanooni
غیرقانونی
"Illegal"
2017 Babam Migoft
بابام میگفت
"My Dad Said"

Career

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In 2013, Afshin started a music education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Founded with the vision of providing high-quality music education to the residents of the UAE.[4] He now owns 23 branches of Melodica Music Academy in the UAE.[5] He is the founder of Melodica Music Store[6] in UAE

References

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  1. ^ TNews.ir: بیوگرافی افشین جعفری Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine (in Persian)
  2. ^ RadioJavan: Afhsin music videos
  3. ^ "WhatsUpIran: Afshin- Know him better". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "In conversation with Afshin Jafari, Founder of Melodica Music Center". 16 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Melodica Music & Dance Academy celebrates a decade of excellence in the UAE". Gulf News.
  6. ^ "Online Store". Melodica Music Store.
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