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George Wassouf (Arabic: ???? ?????) (born December 23, 1961) is a Syrian singer with over 30 albums released. Wassouf’s vocal style has been emulated by younger singers such as George El Rassi.Born in Kafroun, Tartous, Syria into a Christian household, he was called “the miraculous of his time” for his artistic talent in singing. Wassouf started singing at the age of 10 in his hometown Kafroun. He was discovered by his first manager and producer George Yazbeck at a wedding party that Wassouf was performing at, aged 12 years old. At the age of 16 he was called Sultan El-Tarab by George Ibrahim El Khoury a magazine director, Arabic for The Sultan of Music, with his classic song “el-Hawa Sultan”. He became famous after appearing on the Lebanese show Studio El Fan 1980 when he was 19 years old as Sultan of Tarab.Wassouf preferred not to shoot videos for his songs saying “I don’t feel I can act … I really can’t… I only find myself when I’m on the stage … singing, but the video clip forces me to act”.He is a prominent supporter of the Bashar al-Assad regime through the Syrian Civil War. 

Net Worth $20 Million
Date Of Birth 1961-12-23
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