Abdulaziz Abdulrahman
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Abdulaziz Abdulrahman Al Hamid (in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 عبد العزيز عبد الرحمن الحميد) born in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on 18 March 1982 is a Saudi
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...

 singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

 who in 2009 won the title of the sixth edition of the Arab Star Academy after a very close competition with the other two finalists. He got 50.3% of the votes with Bassma from Morocco as runner-up. He was the second Saudi to win the competition.

Abdel Aziz Abdel Rahman was born to a Saudi father and a Jordanian mother. He was successful as a businessman, and in 2009 he participated in Star Academy 6, turning from a career in finance to a singing career. Besides his singing, he is a good player of oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...

. After his win he went on to release his debut single "Wafrod" (in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

  وافرض) followed by a joint work with Abady al Jawhar entitled "Nahmadullah" (in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 نحمد الله) and a single in Iraqi style "Akhadoulou" (in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

 أخذوله).

Recently, he made three songs, one with the artist Abadi Aljawher. The first song, entitled Wafrid, met with great success despite not having an associated video. He was honored in several festivals and events just months after winning the Star Academy program. Abdelrahman is working on his first album to include songs in Iraqi, Lebanese, Egyptian, and Gulf Arabic
Gulf Arabic
Gulf Arabic is a variety of the Arabic language spoken around the shore of the Persian Gulf such as in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman...

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