- Hind Laroussi
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Hind
Img_capt = Hind after singing in a shop
Img_size = 170
Landscape = no
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Hind Laroussi Tahiri
Alias =
Born = birth date|1984|12|3
Died =
Origin =Gouda ,Netherlands
Instrument =
Voice_type =
Genre = Pop,fado ,jazz , Arabic
Occupation =Singer
Years_active = 2003–present
Label =PIAS
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URL = [http://www.hind.nl www.hind.nl]
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Notable_instruments =Hind Laroussi Tahiri (born
December 3 ,1984 ), known professionally as Hind, is a Dutchsinger .Biography
When Hind was eight years she sang and acted in public for the first time. Shortly thereafter she started taking singing lessons. At her high school she performed in numerous music shows. Her talent did not go unnoticed; she received an invitation to sing during the
TMF dancemasters party of the year inGermany . All this resulted in a role in Tracks, a contemporary theatre group. Singing, dancing and cabaret lessons followed. At national level Hind came to the fore when she participated in theSoundmixshow 2002, and took part in the finals, where she imitatedVanessa Williams dn. Hind also took part in the first edition of the talent showIdols in 2003, finishing in third place.Hind, who sings
R&B , pop andfado , is not afraid of experimenting with different musical styles in different languages such asArabic and Portuguese. One of her ambitions is to star in a major role in amusical . While her Idols colleagues Jim and Jamai Loman stormed the charts with their singles, Hind kept quiet, preparing her debut album Around the World. The first single, Summer All Over Again was released in September 2003 and became a success. The subsequent singles Weak and Sure As were not as successful. In 2004 the singer received anEdison for her debut album and on October 25 of the same year she sang the song A Felicidade at a concert by Danny Malando inTuschinski . In September 2005, her second album came out, Halfway Home. The first single Give Me A Sign was a moderate success, but the singles that followed (Halfway Home and Habaytek Besaif) weren't as successful. Recently it was announced that Hind's deal with record labelSONY & BMG had ceased, apparently due to poor sales. Hind has, however, found a new record label to accommodate her music:PIAS Early life
Hind Laroussi Tahiri was born on
December 3 ,1984 inGouda in theNetherlands . She has a Moroccan father and a Dutch mother. [http://www.popinstituut.nl/biografie/hind.15726.html Hind biografie] . Retrieved on2007-11-26 . nl icon]Musical career
Hind participated in the first edition of the Dutch "Idols" in the season 2002–2003, where she reached the finals, finishing in third place.
Her
debut album "Around The World" (2003) contains pop and R&B songs, but is also influenced by Portuguese andArabic music . The album sold over 40,000 copies. [http://www.hind.nl/hindnl/bio.php Hindstory] . Retrieved on2007-11-26 . nl icon] In 2004, she received anEdison award for Best New Dutch Artist. In 2005, Hind released her second album "Halfway Home", which she herself called "Arabpop" due to the Arabic influences in several of the songs. The single "Habbaytek Besaif" (2006) is aFairuz cover.Hind represented the Netherlands in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 inSerbia with the song "Your Heart Belongs to Me". However, she failed to make it past the semi-final stage.Discography
ingles
Albums
*"Around The World" (2003)
*"Halfway Home" (2005)
*"2008" (2008)References
External links
* [http://www.hind.nl Hind] (official website)
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