Aktar Wahed
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Aktar Wahed (also known as Aktar Wahed Beyhebbak) 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 Baloh". The album received the World Music Award for the best-selling album in the Middle East for 2001.
Commercial performance
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.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wala 'ala Baloh" (ولا على باله Not on Her Mind) | Mohamed Refai | Mohamed Rahim | 5:12 |
| 2. | "Aktar Wahed" (أكتر واحد The Most One) | Ahmed Ali MousaAyman Bahgat Amar | Amr Mostafa | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Kan Tayeb" (كان طيب She Was Kind) | Amar | Amr Diab | 5:21 |
| 4. | "Ba'ed El Layali" (بَعِّد الليالي I'm Counting the Nights) | Refai | Khaled Ezz | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Olt Eih" (قُلت إيه What Do You Think?) | Khaled Tag El Din | Mostafa | 4:03 |
| 6. | "Wala Leila" (ولا ليلة What a Night) | Amar | El Badri Kelbash | 4:07 |
| 7. | "Adeeni Rege'telek" (أديني رجعتلك Here I Am, Back to You) | Bahaa El Din Mohamed | Diab | 3:41 |
| 8. | "Sadda'ni Khalas" (صدقني خلاص Believe Me, That's It) | Amar | Mostafa | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Ahebbek Akrahek" (أحبك أكرهك I Love You, I Hate You) | Amar | Mostafa | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Ya Habibi La" (يا حبيبي لا No, My Love) | Mohamed | Mostafa | 3:54 |
| Total length: | 43:43 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Wala 'ala Baloh" (oriental mix) | Refai | Rahim | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 47:16 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
Musicians
- Amr Diab – vocals (all tracks), string composition (track 4), artistic vision
- Hussein Saber – oud (tracks 1, 6, 7, 11)
- Reda Bedair – nay (tracks 1, 11)
- Maged Sorour – qanun (tracks 1, 4, 7, 11)
- Sandman – rap vocals (track 1)
- Beno Fares – Spanish guitar solo (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9), rhythm Spanish guitar (track 2), instrumental solo composition (track 9)
- Ahmed El Ayadi – tabla (tracks 2, 3)
- Mostafa Aslan – guitar (track 3), rhythm Spanish guitar (tracks 4, 6–9), lead and rhythm folk guitar (track 10)
- Nabil Bergas – nay (track 3)
- Hisham El Araby – riq (track 3)
- Farouk Mohamed Hassan – accordion (track 6)
- Ibrahim Fathy – kawala (track 7)
- Yehia El Mougy – violin (tracks 7, 10)
- Tarek Madkour – piano (track 8), vibraphone (track 9), instrumental solo composition (track 10)
Technical
- Tarek Madkour – arrangement (all tracks), artistic vision, final mixing, editing, digital mastering
- Yehia El Mougy – string arrangement
- Yasser Anwar – recording, mixing
Artwork
- Khaled Roshdy – layout, cover design
Covers of some songs
- 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". One year later, the Uzbek singer Yodgor Mirjazajonov released an Uzbek language version of the same song entitled "Gózalim".