Aktar Wahed (Arabic : أكتر واحد ), is a studio album by Amr Diab, and was released in 2001 following the success of the previous album Tamally Maak, it contains 10 tracks, as the head of the album was "Wala Ala Balo". The album received the World Music Award for the best-selling album in the Middle East for 2001.[1]

Aktar Wahed
اكتر واحد
Studio album by
Released25 July 2001
Recorded2000-2001
GenreArabic Pop
Length43:22
LabelAlam El Phan
Amr Diab chronology
Tamally Maak
(2000)
Aktar Wahed
اكتر واحد

(2001)
Allem Alby
(2003)

Commercial performance edit

After the great success of Tamally Maak in 2000, the album Aktar Wahed achieved the highest sales in the history of singing in the Middle East and North Africa, where its sales reached 11 million copies.[2]

Track listing edit

  1. Wala Ala Balo (He doesn't know)
  2. Aktar Wahed (The most one)
  3. Kan Tayeb (He was good)
  4. Baed El layali (I count the nights)
  5. Kolt Aih (What did you say)
  6. Wala Lila (Not a night)
  7. Adeni Regeatelk (Take me i'm back)
  8. Sadakny Khalas (Believe me)
  9. Ahebek Akrahek (I love you, I hate you)
  10. Ya Habiby La (Oh my love no)

Covers of some songs edit

  • The Serbian singer Jami, in her 2004 album, released a song entitled "One stvari", which is a Serbian cover version of Diab's "Wala ala baloh".[3] One year later, the Uzbek singer Yodgor Mirjazajonov released an Uzbek language version of the same song entitled "Gózalim".[4]

References edit

  1. ^ The Rough Guide to Cairo & the Pyramids 1405386258 2011 p.208 "Egypt's foremost pop idol, Amr Diab, broke into the international market with the song “Nour el Ain”, released in 1996, and had another international hit in 2001 with “Aktar Wahed”. "
  2. ^ "مزيكا تحتفل بـمرور 20 عاما على ألبوم انا أكتر واحد بيحبك". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  3. ^ Jasna Milenkovic Jami | One stvari [HD 1080p], retrieved 2020-02-02
  4. ^ Yodgor mirzajonov gózalim, retrieved 2023-08-15