Nazeel Azami: Difference between revisions

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| birth_place = [[Manchester]], England

| origin = [[London]], England

| genre = [[Islamic music|Islamic]], [[Anasheed|Nasheed]], [[Hamd]], [[Naat|Na'at]], [[World music|world]]

| label = [[Awakening Records|Awakening]]

Nazeel is of British Bengali (British Bangladeshi) descent, and grew up in [[London]] and [[Manchester]]. He went to a primary school in London, secondary schools in 3 different countries, and attended the [[University of Manchester]] studying [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] [[Physics]] with [[Business]] [[Management]], and [[Professional Graduate Certificate in Education|PGCE]].<ref name="awakeningrecords">{{cite web |url=http://www.awakeningrecords.org/theartists/artist_nazeel.htm|title=Nazeel Azami|publisher=[[Awakening Records]]|date= |accessdate=10 December 2008}}</ref>

Nazeel developed his music talent at a very young age after his mother encouraged him to memorise and recite classical, traditional poetry and songs. He was further influenced by his maternal uncle who was also a singer-songwriter and poet.<ref name="GPU06">{{cite web |url=http://www.moftak.com/gu06/ArtistsDescription.asp?aid=30&an=Nazeel%20Azami Artists|title=Artists - Nazeel Azami|publisher=Global Peace & Unity Event 2006|date= |accessdate=10 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="muslimhiphop">{{cite web |url=http://www.muslimhiphop.com/index.php?p=Nasheed/Nazeel_Azami|title=Nazeel Azami|publisher=Muslim Hip-Hop|date= |accessdate=10 December 2008}}</ref>

In September 2006, Nazeel released his first album ''"Dunya,"''<ref name="amazon">{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dunya-Nazeel-Azami/dp/B000KZRLVQ/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1228932198&sr=1-1|title=Dunya: Nazeel Azami|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.uk]]|date=1 September 2006|accessdate=10 December 2008}}</ref> under [[Awakening Records]].<ref name="home">{{cite web |url=http://www.awakening.org/nazeelazami/home/index.htm|title=Nazeel Azami|publisher=[[Awakening Records]]|date= |accessdate=10 December 2008}}</ref> The album combined different languages, themes and cultures.<ref name="album">{{cite web|url=http://www.awakening.org/nazeelazami/album/index.htm|title=Dunya|publisher=Nazeel Azami|date= |accessdate=10 December 2008}}</ref> Previously he had featured as a backing vocalist on [[Sami Yusuf]]'s first album [[Al-Mu'allim]]. He sings in a number of languages including, [[English language|English]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and [[Urdu]].<ref name="awakeningrecords"/> In November 2006, he performed at the prestigious [[Global Peace and Unity|Global Peace and Unity Event]] in the [[ExCeL London|ExCeL Exhibition Centre]] [[London]] organised by [[Islam Channel]].<ref name="ethnicnow">{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnicnow.com/channels/arts-culture/press-release/5/861/the-global-peace-and-unity-event.html|title=The Global Peace and Unity Event 2006|publisher=Ethnic Now|date=22 November 2006|accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref>

During his career, Nazeel has amassed over 1 Million YouTube Views and performed in more than 20 countries to culminated audiences of over 500 thousand people.

After taking a five year break from music Nazeel will return in 2013 with a new music video and album under British Record Label UMA Global. The first single from this album shall be released in September 2013.

==Discography==

|extra2 = English,Arabic

|extra3 = English,Arabic

|extra6 = English,Arabic

|extra8 = English,Arabic

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