Ebi

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::summary Iranian pop singer (born 1949) ::

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Field	Value
name	Ebi
image	Ebi Live In Montreal 03.jpg
birth_name	Ebrahim Hamedi
ابراهیم حامدی
alias	Ebi
birth_date
birth_place	Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
genre	Persian pop music
years_active	1967–present
label	Taraneh Records
Apolon Records
Caltex Records
Pars Video
Avang Records
associated_acts	{{flatlist
website
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• Arash
• Shahram Shabpareh
• Farhad Mehrad
• Fereydoun Farrokhzad
• Nematollah Aghasi}} | website =

ebihamedi.com

Ebrahim Hamedi (; born 19 June 1949), better known by his stage name Ebi (ابی), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran and Karaj, gaining fame as part of a band, and later as a solo performer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1977, two years before the 1979 revolution in Iran, and continued his career in exile. Over 50 years; Ebi has released nearly 200 singles and over 30 albums.

Early life

Ebi's father was from Arak and his mother was from Karaj. He is the eldest of six siblings born in Khorramdareh.

In an interview with Radio Zamaneh in 2008, Ebi said that his hobby was singing and he sang to people at home, schoolmates and children in his neighborhood. He also stated that he began his singing skills by reciting the Quran via singing in his youth.

Career

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Inspired by The Beatles, he formed a beat band known as "The Rebels" with Shahram Shabpareh and Siavash Ghomayshi in the mid 60's. He was also a part of the "Sunboys" and "Black Cats" bands, before embarking on a career as a solo singer.

He left Iran to tour the United States in 1977, before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and he stayed there after the revolution.

In 1990, he released the joint album Noon O Panir O Sabzi with Dariush. In the same year, he performed a joint concert with Dariush at the Universal Amphitheater.

The song Khalij-e Hamishegi-ye Fars (Persian Gulf forever) is one of Ebi's most famous songs, the lyrics of this song is by Adel Hassani and the composer of this song is Mohammad Shams. The name of the album Khalij is because of this song. Ebi stated that this song is one of the few songs that he is proud of himself for performing.

In 1995, Ebi released the album Setarehaye Sorbi with the lyrics of Iraj Janatie Ataie and the composition of Siavash Ghomayshi. In the Manoto's "Behtarinhaye Behtarinha", which showed the top 20 songs of Ebi as chosen by the people, the song Kee Ashkato Pak Mikoneh and Setarehaye Sorbi won the first and second place, respectively, and both of these songs are from this album. Also, the song Ghebleh from this album was ranked 17th.

Among his "politically charged" songs, Hala (1999), written by the Iranian poet Mina Assadi and produced by Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh. He called this song his most important political song in an interview in 2013 with the TV channel Manoto.

In 2009 Ebi again commented on the domestic politics of Iran by singing the song "Tasmim" (Decision) as a response to the 2009 presidential election.

Ebi collaborated with Shadmehr Aghili in several songs. He did a joint world tour with Shadmehr called "Royaye Ma" in 2012.

Ebi released the joint song Nostalgia with Googoosh by Radio Javan in 2014. Ebi and Googoosh started their joint world concert tour called "Nostalgia". The tour started with the Dubai concert.

He released the album Jan-e Javani (2014). He also started the world tour of this album.

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Ebi released his last album called Lalehzaar in 2019. The song Koocheye Nastaran in this album, which is a political song and is about the Iran–Iraq war, was controversial.

In 2020, Ebi appeared on Persia's Got Talent.

Ebi participated in the protests against Ebrahim Raisi's presence in front of the United Nations and supported the Iranian protests.

He started his new world tour called "The Love Project" in 2022. This tour was postponed due to COVID-19.

Personal life

Ebi has three daughters from his first wife, Forooze Meghdadi Hamedi. They divorced after 25 years of marriage.

He divides his time between Marbella, Spain and Los Angeles with his second wife, Mahshid Hamedi Boromand. In the early 2000s, he lived in Sweden. Ebi has a stepson from Mahshid.

Discography

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Albums

• "Tapesh" (1974)
• "Nazi Naz Kon" (1976)
• "Shab Zadeh" (1987)
• "Kouhe Yakh" (1987)
• "Khalij" (1990)
• "Gharibeh" (1990)
• "Noon O Panir O Sabzi" (with Dariush) (1990)
• "Setareh Donbaleh Dar" (1993)
• "Moalleme Bad" (1992)
• "Atal Matal" (1994)
• "Setarehaye Sorbi" (1995)
• "Atre To" (1996)
• "Ba To" (1996)
• "Taje Taraneh" (1997)
• "Pir" (1999)
• "Tolou Kon" (1999)
• "Shabe Niloufari" (2003)
• "Hasrate Parvaz" (2006)
• "Remembrance of Kamran & Hooman and Ebi" (With Kamran & Hooman) (2009)
• "Hesse Tanhaee" (2011)
• "Jane Javani" (2014)
• "Lalehzaar" (2019)

Singles

• "Hamkhoon", ft. Shahrokh (1981)
• "Khali" "New Version" (2008)
• "Hamin Khoobe" ft. Shadmehr Aghili (2013)
• "Negaranet Misham" (2013)
• "Ye Dokhtar" ft. Shadmehr Aghili (2013)
• "I Can Hear Christmas" – with Liel Kolet (2013)
• "Nostalgia" ft. Googoosh (2014)
• "Ki Ashkato Pak Mikoneh" ft. Googoosh (2014)
• "Delpoosh" (2016)
• "Assal" (2016)
• "Nafas Nafas" "Remix" (2017)
• "Kash" (Unofficial) (With Tohi) (2018)
• "Zakhme Namaree" (2020)
• "Horme To" (2021)
• "Tehrane Man" (2022)
• "Shab Geryeh "Live Version" (2022)
• "Ghafase Doa O Dar" (2023)
• "Khanoom Gol & Jabe Javaher) "Live Version"(2023)
• ″Be Salamatit″ (2024)

Notes

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