Faia Younan


Faia Younan is an Assyrian-Syrian, singer, considered as the first Middle Eastern artist ever to crowdfund her debut.

Early life and career

Younan was born on 19 June 1992 to an Assyrian Christian family in the village of Al-Malikiyah, Syria, and grew up in the city of Aleppo. At the age of eleven she moved to Sweden with her family and settled there until she moved to Scotland in 2010 to study Social Sciences; Economics and Business in the Glasgow University. In spring 2015, she decided to become a professional singer and she moved to Beirut to commit to Arabic music.
After publishing the video she created with her sister Rihan, titled "To Our Countries" and which went viral on YouTube and received exceptional attention, Faia found a big support and an audience encouraging her to continue her journey in singing. The success of the video had the biggest impact on her decision on turning singing from merely a hobby to a full-time commitment. After a successful crowd funding campaign, Faia released her debut single "Ohebbou Yadayka" followed by two other singles. "Ohebbou Yadayka" crowd funding campaign got Faia, in association with her manager Houssam Abdul Khalek, to Guinness World Records as the first middle eastern artist to crowd fund her debut song. This makes Faia the first female artist from the Arab World to enter the Guinness World Records Book.
"A sea between us"—Faia's debut album and contains 9 songs.
She was featured on the single "Busted and Blue" " from virtual band Gorillaz' which appears on two versions of their Humanz album.
In march 2019, Faia started releasing her second album ”Tales of the heart” digitally. The album contains 8 songs, referred to as tales, since each song is unique in musical genre and topic.
In both of her albums, Faia worked with Houssam Abdul Khalek as a music producer and creative director and Rayan Habre as a music arranger.

Discography

Albums

Singles