The Most Famous

SINGERS from Libya

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This page contains a list of the greatest Libyan Singers. The pantheon dataset contains 4,381 Singers, 1 of which were born in Libya. This makes Libya the birth place of the 121st most number of Singers behind Zimbabwe, and Turkmenistan.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Libyan Singers of all time. This list of famous Libyan Singers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Nadia Ali (b. 1980)

With an HPI of 37.90, Nadia Ali is the most famous Libyan Singer.  Her biography has been translated into 33 different languages on wikipedia.

Nadia Ali (Arabic: نادية علي; born August 3, 1980) is a Pakistani-American singer and songwriter. Ali gained prominence in 2001 as the frontwoman and songwriter of the group iiO after their debut single "Rapture" gained significant success in Europe, most notably the United Kingdom, where the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 2001. Their 2006 single, "Is It Love?", reached the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. After embarking on a solo career in 2005, Ali became a vocalist in electronic dance music. She released her debut album Embers in 2009. Three singles from the album reached the top-ten of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, including the No. 1 hit, "Love Story". In 2010, Ali released a remix album series titled Queen of Clubs Trilogy to mark her decade-long career as a singer. "Rapture" was re-released as the only single from the trilogy and the song was once again a chart success in Europe. Ali released the single "Pressure" with Starkillers and Alex Kenji in 2011, which became a club and festival anthem and received an International Dance Music Award. In 2012, she collaborated with BT and Arty on the single "Must Be the Love". She released the song "Almost Home" with Sultan + Shepard in 2017, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart and received a Juno Award nomination. In 2018, she debuted a new direction and sound under the experimental project titled HYLLS, which saw her departing from electronic dance music toward the indie pop genre. In 2022, she collaborated with Michael Calfan and released a song titled "3, 2, 1".

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Libyan singers born between 1980 and 1980. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Libyan singers include Nadia Ali.

Living Libyan Singers

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