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Personal information of Elissa

full name Elissa Khoury

assumed name Elissa

birth date 27 October 1972

birth place Lebanon

Elissa life

Elissa the artist within 3 years could reach after Badi Doub? song that is still repeated on youths lips to the duet with Ragheb Alameh Betghib Bet Rouh? and after performing along the international artist Sting? her cherity concert attended by ex-amenican president Bill Clinton? queen Rania? and successor of UAE Kingdom Sheikh Mohamad Bin Rached Al Maktoum? today Elissa is scoring another new goal in the international scene along with Ghris Deburgh? an Arabic-english song titted Lebanese Nights? which was written composed and distributed by Deburgh himself. He envisioned writing this song while being in Lebanon on his last visit in a Lebanese restaurant. He decided to sing it with a Lebanese singer the choice fell on Elissa.

This song is produced by Chris Porter? a big artist producer such as George Micheal? and it has been recorded in his studio in Salisburg London . It will be relaxed in Deburghs album in August 2002.
Elissa is a Lebanese singer. Shes one of those rising new stars who are ahead of her generation though she has released only two albums shes a star. Her start was big. Her first album (Baddi Doub) was released in 1998. It was one of the largest selling Album in Lebanon and the Middle East. She sold over 100.000 copies Cds and Mcs combined. She performed the big hit (Baddi Doub) with a very well known French Artist (Gerard Ferrer) and was supported by a video clip filmed in black and white and its still on high rotation on most Tvs in the Middle East.

Her second Album (Wakherta Maak) was released in Sep 2000.She performed a Duo with the Lebanese Super Star Ragheb Alame? Bitghib Bitrouh? filmed also in black and white. This Duo was a big success in Summer 2000. Another Video clip was performed from the same album akherta Maak which pushed once more the album to a number 1 selling all around Lebanon and the Middle East. Both videos were high raters and still on high rotation.

Her third album Aayshalak is released in June 2002 supported by a video clip by the title of the album filmed in Paris by the famous French director Fabrice Begotti and she was officially dressed up by Christian Dior-Paris and so as the Make up. This is the first time for Chrsitian Dior to do officially this event with an Arabic Artist.

Elissa has recorded a song Duo with Chris De Burgh by the title of Lebanese nights which was composed and arranged by Chris De Burgh himself and produced by Chris Porter and recorded at Chris Porters Studio- Salisbury United Kingdom. This song was inspired By Chris De Burgh when he visited Lebanon in the year 2000, while he was in a Lebanese restaurant Abd El Wahab. At that time he decided to sing for Lebanon with a Lebanese artist and he chose Elissa.

This song will be featured on the new Album of Chris De Burgh in August which will be released worldwide. In this song Elissa has featured as a special appearance and performed in both Languages Arabic and English. The single will be played on all Lebanese Radio Stations in July 2002.

Elissas events within those years were too many, but the most important were: Performance with Sting on the Pyramids Cairo and as a first and only Arabic Artist she performed to the Ex President of the United States of America Bill Clinton for the Stars charity show in Dubai in the presence of Queen of Jordan Queen Rania and Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Mohamad Bin Rached Al Maktoum?.

Elissas latest album Ahla Donya was launched in 2004 and contained the beautiful song Koul Youm Fi Omry that was a great hit in the Arabic music world

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