Afshin
Afshin Jafari, known by the mononym Afshin (born 6 May 1978), is an Iranian singer based in UAE. Afshin moved with his family when he was seven. He started learning guitar at age 10 and started writing music and lyrics early on. In 1995, his family immigrated to Germany when he was 17 where they resided in Mannheim.
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Afshin
- Name
- Afshin
- Birth Name
- Afshin Jafari افشین جعفری
- Born
- 6 May 1978
- Birthplace
- Babol, Iran
- Occupation
- Singer
- Nationality
- Iran.
- Fields
- pop music.
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Afshin Jafari, known by the mononym Afshin (born 6 May 1978), is an Iranian singer based in UAE. Afshin moved with his family when he was seven. He started learning guitar at age 10 and started writing music and lyrics early on. In 1995, his family immigrated to Germany when he was 17 where they resided in Mannheim.
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Afshin (born 1978) is an Iranian composer, musician and recording artist, among other activities. The composer was born in Babol. Genres include pop music.
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Singing in Persian diaspora events and venues, at 21 he signed a contract with ParsVideo specializing in Iranian music. Afshin incorporated elements of Iranian music and youth-oriented western pop, hip hop and rap music in his songs and launched a number of albums and music videos that became popular in Germany and the Iranian diaspora. He is supported by Taraneh Records and Avang Music. His brother Amir Ali, a rapper, has contributed to some of his more recent releases.
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• Name — Afshin • Birth Name — Afshin Jafari افشین جعفری • Born — 6 May 1978 • Birthplace — Babol, Iran • Genre — Pop Dance • Occupation — Singer • Instrument — guitar • Years Active — 1999–present • Label — Taraneh Records Avang Music Caltex Records Pars Video
Albums
Albums
• Year — Album title (transliteration) — Title in Persian language || Translation • 1999 — Booye Baroon — "Scent of Rain" • 2002 — Setareh — "Star" • 2003 — Aso Pas — "Dire Strait" • 2005 — Maach — "Kiss" • 2008 — Taraneh Baraye X — "The Song for X" • 2013 — Gheire Ghanooni — "Illegal" • 2017 — Babam Migoft — "My Dad Said"
Career
Career
In 2013, Afshin started a music education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Founded with the vision of providing high-quality music education to the residents of the UAE. He now owns 23 branches of Melodica Music Academy in the UAE. He is the founder of Melodica Music Store in UAE
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Afshin is recorded with the occupation recording artist. Recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded with the occupation singer. Classed in the genre pop music. Recorded as composer, singer and musician.
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- 1.TNews.ir: بیوگرافی افشین جعفری
- 2.RadioJavan: Afhsin music videos
- 3.WhatsUpIran: Afshin- Know him better.
- 4.In conversation with Afshin Jafari, Founder of Melodica Music Center. 16 December 2022.
- 5.Melodica Music & Dance Academy celebrates a decade of excellence in the UAE. Gulf News.
- 6.Online Store. Melodica Music Store.
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