Benyamin Bahadori is an Iranian pop singer, composer, songwriter and actor. from Tehran, Iran. His first album "85" released in 2006, was a massive commercial success within Iran and with the Iranian diaspora abroad. Also known as his stage name Benyamin. He is one of the most popular pop singers in Iran. Benyamin has released four studio albums and numerous singles so far. He also sang sound tracks for the Movies "Gorgo Mish" and "A Few Cubic Meters of Love" . In 2007, a BBC documentary called "Rageh Inside Iran" described him as a "Big Star of Iran" who had sold twenty million copies of his album at the beginning of his career. Although basically a pop singer, Benyamin often includes elements of hip hop and rap into his music and some of the songs in his latest album "94" have English lyrics. Benyamin is also known as "Aghae Eshgh" or "Mr. Love" among his fans because his songs are mostly centered on romantic themes.
Early life
Benyamin was born into a very religious and traditional Muslim family of Jewish descent and grew up in a small neighborhood in the south of Tehran. He became interested in music ever since he was child.
Albums
Benyamin's first album was an instant hit, It turned him into a star in a short time. Songs from first album "85" include "Khatereha" also known as "Donya Dige Mesle To Nadare", "Loknat", "Adam Ahani" also known as "Halam Badeh" and "Man Emshab Mimiram". In September 2006, Benyamin Bahadori traveled to Sweden to have concerts in Stockholm, which marked the start of his international concerts but he did not perform concerts in Iran until four years later. His second album "88" was released in April 2009 and sold 500,000 units within a week of its release. It contains a total of 17 songs and includes popular songs like "Shenasnameh", " Kojaye Donyai", " Ahay to", "Sedaye Ghalbe to" and "Leili dar Paeiz". The third and the most anticipated album "93" was released in March 2014 after a long gap of five years with songs like "Ghahve", "Madar", "Hafte Eshgh" and "Faghat shabihe khodeti". His last album "94" was released in July 2015, just over a year after the release of his third album. This is the shortest time period between two albums and it was a pleasant surprise for his fans because the last album took too long to come out. This album has songs like "Eshkal", "Havasam Be Toe", "Track 4" and " Barana" which he sang for his daughter Barana Bahadori. Benyamin has experimented with the addition of English lyrics in his latest album and it has got mixed reviews from fans. His albums are named after the year in which they were released according to the Persian calendar. Benyamin Bahadori is also noted for his religious-themed compositions like "Agham Agham", "Karbala", "Ye Pahlevon", "Lalaii".
Concerts
He made his official concert debut inside Iran in March 2010 during the "Fajr International Music Festival" held at Milad Tower in Tehran and has been performing there every year since. Apart from that, he has performed in many of the cities across Iran and many countries around the world like England, Germany, Austria, Norway, Australia, Malaysia, Tajikistan, America, Canada, U.A.E.
Benyamin has this particular group of musicians that travel with him in and outside of the country to perform in concerts. These are: Ali Mansouri Alireza Miragha Arash Saeedi Allen Barsekhian Steve Avanessian Mohammad Mojerloo and Late Nima Varasteh who did music arrangements for the first three albums of Benyamin.
Personal life
Benyamin Bahadori married Nasim Heshmati in 2010, they have one daughter named Barana Bahadori. Benyamin did not announce the news of his marriage and most people were unaware of his wife and kid until the death of his wife in an accident in Tehran on 20 December 2013. Benyamin was driving home, along with Nasim and their two-year old Barana when the car ran off the road, Benyamin and Barana did not hurt but Nasim died hours later in the hospital due to severe injuries. Benyamin released a song called "Ye khoone" which he sang in memory of his late wife and according to a post he made on Facebook, took eleven years to complete. The song was released on her birthday, a month after she passed away. In 2015, Benyamin Bahadori married Shaily Mahmoudi, an Iranian resident of America. Together, they acted in an Iranian-Indian drama film where Benyamin falls in love with an Indian girl, played by Shaily. Together they have 2 boys, Benson Bahadori and Shaimin Bahadori.
