Siavash Shams (born 26 january 1963) is a popular and famous Persian

Persian music

Persian traditional music is the traditional and indigenous music of Iran: mūsīqī, the science and art of music, and moosiqi, the sound and performance of music .-Origins:Archeological evidence reveals musical instruments that were...

 and World music

World music

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 singer, songwriter

Songwriter

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, composer

Composer

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 and record producer

Record producer

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 who has released 7 successful albums.

Early life

Siavash was born in Ahwaz, Iran

Iran

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 and is the second son of Ebrahim Shams and Khadijeh Dehghan. He moved to Tehran

Tehran

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 at the age of 5 and then moved to united States

United States

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 in 1977 at thw age of 13 with his older brother and grew up in La jolla, San Diego, California

California

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Music career

Siavash blasted onto the Persian music

Persian music

Persian traditional music is the traditional and indigenous music of Iran: mūsīqī, the science and art of music, and moosiqi, the sound and performance of music .-Origins:Archeological evidence reveals musical instruments that were...

 scene in 1985 with his debut album Hamsayehaa, which to date is the best selling Persian album of all time. The Album broke all persian sales records in the U.S., Europe and Canada, Selling over 500,000 copies in 1985, and incredible number for the than small persian community living outside of Iran. He has released seven successful albums. CNN recently wrote about Siavash and his far reaching talent. "LA STYLE" magazine wrote a feature article about Siavash comparing his status to that of American Pop Stars.

Personal life

In 2003 Siavash married his longtime girlfriend Caroline Cooley, the two had been together for more than 20 years. The couple adopted a 3 day old baby, Noah Johan Shams in 2007 and 1 month old Rocco Cyrus Shams in August 2008. They currently reside in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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Discography

• Hamsayeha (1985)
• Sahneh (1993)
• Pedar (1995)
• Didar (1996)
• Scream (1997)
• The voice (2001)
• Seven (2009)