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Diana Haddad

Diana Joseph Fouad Haddad is a Lebanese singer and television personality with Emirati citizenship. Mainly known as Diana Haddad, she is one of the most popular and successful singers in the Arab World and has been so since the late 1990s...

's first solo album . In 1996, and after three years of hard work, Diana Haddad released her debut album, "Saken". The album instantly became a major hit all over the Arab World. The songs "Lagetik", "El-Sahra", and the title track "Saken" were released almost simultaneously, and all became major hits. Now that the first album was a major success .

Chart success

Saken was very successful , In spite of the fact it was Haddad's First Album the album sold more than 800,000 in that year ( rare thing to accomplish for a debut album in the Arab world ) and millions of copies to date according to the recording Company and Diana Herself , Becoming the only Arabic Female Singer to achieve such a success from the first album and the Only Arabic Female Singer to be certified Platinum for her first album a record she still hold till today,all the Singels from this album was #1 on many radio & TV's Charts in the Arab world

Track listing

1. Lagitek ( new version ) ( – 5:52 ) [Lebanese]
2. Tayr Al-Yamama ( – 5:07 ) [Lebanese Arabic]
3. Al-Sahra ( – 5:05 ) [Lebanese Arabic]
4. Sahowat Manam ( – 6:20 )
5. Lagitek ( – 4:33 ) [Lebanese Arabic]
6. Saken ( – 4:44 ) [Lebanese Arabic]

Awards

Year	Awarded by	Category
1996	Arab World Arab world The Arab world refers to Arabic-speaking states, territories and populations in North Africa, Western Asia and elsewhere.The standard definition of the Arab world comprises the 22 states and territories of the Arab League stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the...	Platinum Award for the sales "Saken"
1996	AL Hilm Al Arabi ceremony	Best Song of the year "Saken"