Aktar Wahed

Aktar Wahed
Aktar Wahed
Studio album by Amr Diab
Released	2001
Length	43:43
Language	Egyptian Arabic
Labels	Alam El Phan; EMI Arabia;
Producer	Tarek Madkour
Amr Diab chronology

Aktar Wahed (also known as Aktar Wahed Beihebak) is a studio album by Amr Diab, and was released in 2001 following the success of the previous album Tamally Maak, it contains 10 tracks, as the head of the album was "Wala Ala Baloh". The album received the World Music Award for the best-selling album in the Middle East for 2001.

Commercial performance

After the great success of Tamally Maak in 2000, the album Aktar Wahed achieved the highest sales in the history of singing in the Middle East and North Africa, where its sales reached 11 million copies.

Track listing

The unofficial italicised English titles listed below are the closest and most accurate translations of the original titles.

*Aktar Wahed* track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wala Ala Baloh" (ولا على باله Not on His Mind)	Mohamed Refai	Mohamed Rahim	5:12
2.	"Aktar Wahed" (أكتر واحد The Most One)	Ahmed Ali Mousa Ayman Bahgat Amar	Amr Mostafa	4:31
3.	"Kan Tayeb" (كان طيب He Was Kind)	Amar	Amr Diab	5:21
4.	"Ba'ed El Layali" (بَعِّد الليالي I Count the Nights)	Refai	Khaled Ezz	4:30
5.	"Olt Eih" (قُلت إيه What Do You Think?)	Khaled Tag El Din	Mostafa	4:03
6.	"Wala Leila" (ولا ليلة What a Night)	Amar	El Badri Kelbash	4:07
7.	"Adini Rege'telek" (أديني رجعتلك Here I Am, Back to You)	Bahaa El Din Mohamed	Diab	3:41
8.	"Sada'ni Khalas" (صدقني خلاص Believe Me, That's It)	Amar	Mostafa	3:51
9.	"Ahebbek Akrahek" (أحبك أكرهك I Love You, I Hate You)	Amar	Mostafa	4:33
10.	"Ya Habibi La" (يا حبيبي لا No, My Love)	Mohamed	Mostafa	3:54
Total length:				43:43

Bonus track on some editions
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Wala Ala Baloh" (oriental mix)	Refai	Rahim	3:33
Total length:				47:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Musicians

Amr Diab – vocals (all tracks), string composition (track 4), music direction
Hussein Saber – oud (tracks 1, 6, 7, 11)
Reda Bedair – nay (tracks 1, 11)
Maged Sorour – qanun (tracks 1, 4, 7, 11)
Sandman – rap vocals (track 1)
Pino Fares – Spanish guitar solo (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9), rhythm Spanish guitar (track 2), instrumental solo composition (track 9)
Ahmed El Ayadi – tabla (tracks 2, 3)
Mostafa Aslan – guitar (track 3), rhythm Spanish guitar (tracks 4–9), lead and rhythm folk guitar (track 10)
Nabil Bergas – nay (track 3)
Hisham El Araby – riq (track 3)
Farouk Mohamed Hassan – accordion (track 6)
Ibrahim Fathy – kawala (track 7)
Yehia El Mougy – violin (tracks 7, 10)
Tarek Madkour – piano (track 8), vibraphone (track 9), instrumental solo composition (track 10)

Technical

Tarek Madkour – arrangement (all tracks), music direction, final mixing, editing, digital mastering
Yehia El Mougy – string arrangement
Yasser Anwar – recording, mixing

Artwork

Khaled Roshdy – layout, cover design

Covers of some songs

The Serbian singer Jami, in her 2004 album, released a song entitled "One stvari", which is a Serbian cover version of Diab's "Wala Ala Baloh". One year later, the Uzbek singer Yodgor Mirjazajonov released an Uzbek language version of the same song entitled "Gózalim".

Notes

↑ Except track 1 partly composed of English lyrics.
↑ Egyptian Arabic: أكتر واحد, romanized: Aktar Wāḥid, lit. 'The Most One', IPA: [ˈʔaktar ˈwaːħed]
↑ Egyptian Arabic: أكتر واحد بيحبك, romanized: Aktar Wāḥid Bīyḥibbak, lit. 'The One Who Loves You the Most', IPA: [ˈʔaktar ˈwaːħed biˈħebbak]

References

↑ The Rough Guide to Cairo & the Pyramids 1405386258 2011 p.208 "Egypt's foremost pop idol, Amr Diab, broke into the international market with the song “Nour el Ain”, released in 1996, and had another international hit in 2001 with “Aktar Wahed”. "
↑ "مزيكا تحتفل بـمرور 20 عاما على ألبوم انا أكتر واحد بيحبك". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-12.
↑ Aktar Wahed أكتر واحد بيحبك [The One Who Loves You the Most] (MC liner notes) (in Arabic). Amr Diab. Egypt: Alam El Phan. 2001. ALAM TC209.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
↑ Jasna Milenkovic Jami | One stvari [HD 1080p], retrieved 2020-02-02
↑ Yodgor mirzajonov gózalim, retrieved 2023-08-15

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[1] Except track 1 partly composed of English lyrics.

[2] Egyptian Arabic: أكتر واحد, romanized: Aktar Wāḥid, lit. 'The Most One', IPA: [ˈʔaktar ˈwaːħed]

[3] Egyptian Arabic: أكتر واحد بيحبك, romanized: Aktar Wāḥid Bīyḥibbak, lit. 'The One Who Loves You the Most', IPA: [ˈʔaktar ˈwaːħed biˈħebbak]

[4] The Rough Guide to Cairo & the Pyramids 1405386258 2011 p.208 "Egypt's foremost pop idol, Amr Diab, broke into the international market with the song “Nour el Ain”, released in 1996, and had another international hit in 2001 with “Aktar Wahed”. "

[5] "مزيكا تحتفل بـمرور 20 عاما على ألبوم انا أكتر واحد بيحبك". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-01-12.

[6] Aktar Wahed أكتر واحد بيحبك [The One Who Loves You the Most] (MC liner notes) (in Arabic). Amr Diab. Egypt: Alam El Phan. 2001. ALAM TC209.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[7] Jasna Milenkovic Jami | One stvari [HD 1080p], retrieved 2020-02-02

[8] Yodgor mirzajonov gózalim, retrieved 2023-08-15