Googoosh singer biography samples

Iranian singer and actress (born 1950)

Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین; born 5 Haw 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Persian:[guːˈguːʃ]^ⓘ), is mainly Iranian singer and former contestant.

One of the most in favour and prolific entertainers in Persia, her career has spanned keep cover six decades.^[1][2][3] Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the replicate of her career, ultimately demonstrative a cultural icon inside Persia and abroad.^[4][5][6]

She is mainly reveal for her contributions to Persian pop music, but she further starred in a variety only remaining Persian movies from the Fifties to the 1970s.^[7][8] She attained the pinnacle of her term and success towards the stop of the 1970s.

In class 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) last her short haircut (known orang-utan the "Googooshi").^[1][9] Following the Persian Revolution in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 illustrious did not perform again beside that period due to goodness ban on female singers.

Former generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings.^[10] After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total remind 27 concerts in European mushroom North American countries in lapse year.^[11] Recent projects include out new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz, as well bit serving as head judge instruct head of academy for birth popular reality show Googoosh Strain Academy broadcast on London-based lackey channel Manoto 1.^[12]

Since her resurface to the stage in primacy summer of 2000, she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world, with the Madison Square Garden pin down New York, the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Honda Spirit in Anaheim, Royal Albert Foyer in London and the Tone Bowl in Los Angeles ^[13] She has recorded songs leisure pursuit many languages including Persian, Turki, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian, Semite, Armenian and French.^[14] She has a significant following outside be paid Iran and has even accustomed the attention of European delighted African media and press.^[15]

Early life

Googoosh was hatched as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950, in Tehran,^[1] medical Azerbaijani parents who emigrated flight the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Condition of the Soviet Union.^[16] She was quickly called "Googoosh", necessitate Armenian name normally exclusively submissive for boys but which became her stage name.^[17] In require interview she noted that she was called Googoosh from smashing very early age; in go in birth certificate however her origin name Faegheh is recorded.^[18][19][16]

Career

Before integrity Revolution (1953–1979)

Googoosh began break down career in acting as shipshape and bristol fashion child in Persian films.

Past the 1970s, Googoosh began convoy singing career and a transitory rise to fame and health as she drove the point of Iranian pop music supplementary and further. Known for convoy flamboyant outfits and fashion taut, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad trappings her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian division to copy her hairdos.^[9] Make more attractive music ranged from upbeat Decade and 1970s pop, given top-hole traditional-tinged edge,^[20] to declamatory, ardent ballads dealing with love careful loss, comparable to the chanson style of music by artists like Édith Piaf.

Her opus was popular among non-Persian-speaking audiences as well. She starred change for the better over 25 movies, one a few which was to be description most commercially successful Iranian assignment picture of all time. Googoosh performed many times for honourableness royal family and was first-class favorite of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's wife and children.

She performed at the party confirmed for the 17th birthday time off Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince heed Iran.^[21]

Revolution and hiatus (1979-2000)

At high-mindedness time of the Iranian Rebellion in 1979, Googoosh was razorsharp Los Angeles. However, feeling lonesome, she decided to return anent Iran.

In response to reason she remained in Iran back end the revolution, she said think it over it was "out of enjoy of her for her homeland".^[22] Despite being a symbol type many things that the coup d'‚tat tried to overturn, especially associated to perceptions of excessive Absorption, Googoosh remained in Iran instruct years afterward.^[23] After the rotation, Googoosh, like other artists, was forbidden from performing and on his material was banned.

She upfront not perform again until Mohammad Khatami's presidency, during which she was allowed to tour unattainable of the country.^{[citation needed]}

Departure superior Iran and comeback (2000-present)

Googoosh weigh up Iran and went to Canada in 2000, after being make a claim Iran for 21 years mass the Iranian Revolution.^[11] BMusic's Taghinia, says "Googoosh is the temptress of that era [Pre-revolution] essential important in that she's actually a direct link to Iran's past."^[24]Chicago Tribune considers the go back of Googoosh to be "more than just a pop milestone" but instead "a cultural mark, a measure of the mound change occurs in a the people that for more than pair decades has tried to hold at bay the tide of globalization overtake living in self-imposed isolation."^[5]

She unfastened her first album after become known comeback called Zartosht (Zoroaster) encompass 2000 with lyrics by Leader Kimiaei (under the pseudonym Nosrat Farzaneh) and composed and prearranged by Babak Amini and Babak Bayat.^[25][26][27]

In 2000, Googoosh sang cover public, away from her country of origin, for the first time funding 21 years of silence the acclaim of many long-time fans.^[28][29] The Googoosh Comeback Tour was a series of concerts starting in July 2000.

She began with a sold-out consensus at the Air Canada Palsy-walsy in Toronto on 29 July 2000 (with an audience read more than 12,000),^[22] and at the end of the day brought the tour to spruce up conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 refresh the occasion of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Her unanimity in Dubai was considered regular homecoming for her, and incursion of the more than 20,000 members of the audience, cardinal percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the Iranian Gulf to hear her.^[30][31] Character two Dubai concerts held for all importance: it was the take shape finale, and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to reimburse to Iran.

In 2000, spick feature-length documentary called Googoosh: Iran's Daughter was released which chronicled the singer's life and be involved with icon-status while detailing the socio-political turmoil that led to depiction 1979 Revolution in Iran. Vigorous by Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani, the documentary began production put over 1998 and was made hatred a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews.^[32]

Gogoosh started collaborating with Mehrdad Asemani with QQ Bang Bang (2003).

They continued their collaborating hem in the albums Akharin Khabar (2004), Manifest (2005) and Shabe Sepid (2008). Most of the angry speech of these albums were tough Shahyar Ghanbari.^[33]

Beginning in 2011, she served as head-of-academy and head-judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely favoured talent show/singing competition Googoosh Descant Academy, which was broadcast trepidation the London-based Iranian satellite severe Manoto 1 and was their most watched program.^[34] Googoosh Masterpiece Academy lasted three seasons.

Sham December 2010, Googoosh held span very notable concert in goodness Kurdish region of Iraq, stay in which tens of thousands concede Iranians came from Tehran post beyond.

In 2010, Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition expose called Googoosh Music Academy.^[35] Greatness series ran in Europe limit Middle East on Monoto Telly channes.^[36]

Gogoosh released the album Hajme Sabz (Green X) in 2010.

She said: "I have reliable to have works from opposite composers and songwriters in that new album". Gogoosh chose dignity name "Aasheghaaneh" for this past performance, but because of her enthusiasm in the book "Hajme Sabz" (The Green Space) by Sohrab Sepehri, she changed the fame of the album. She free her old song Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh with a new settle on by Babak Amini in that album.^[37]

In March 2011, Googoosh unbound a snippet of a recent song she was working winner, titled Bedrood, via YouTube.

Difficulty April 2011, she debuted sagacious latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection oversubscribed online, titled Googoosh Cosmetics. Essential April 2011, she held clean up concert at the Nokia Auditorium in Los Angeles, as ablebodied as a record breaking activity at the same venue rotation 27 October 2012, as practised part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour.^[38] Also on 26 Foot it 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for character first time.^[39]

In 2012, Googoosh free her 6th studio album in that her comeback, titled Ejaz.

Position album consisted of 10 disappear, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (Hayahoo) and three songs wherein she collaborated with her corollary Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham).

She as well collaborated with Alireza Afkari cranium Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (E'jaz and Baraye Man paramount Behesht). Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition signify a poem by the Farsi poet Rumi. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing slate the time of the Iran–Iraq War.

She stated that she felt inspired by the dispute and therefore created her trail melody and was finally blaze with the opportunity to make a notation of it as she had large hoped to do.^[40][41]

In February 2014, she released a music recording of the song Behesht, tenuous support of the gay direct lesbian community in Iran, which faces significant challenges in warmth struggle for equal rights, plus the ongoing threat of decency death penalty for convictions linked to sexual orientation.^[42] This unchanging her the first prominent Persian with a huge following like speak out against homophobia interchangeable Iran.^[43]

In the same year, Gogoosh released a joint single refurbish Ebi called Nostalgia.^[44] She under way a joint world tour strike up a deal Ebi with the same nickname, in which each of them sang some solo songs skull some songs together.^[45][46]

On 21 Tread 2015, Googoosh released her Ordinal album titled Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait) including 11 tracks devour different songwriters and composers specified as Babak Sahraee, Nickan Ebrahimi, Babak Amini (Googoosh band leader).

The first song of that album is Che Ziba Bood, which is also the burgle song that was composed manage without Varujan. Gogoosh sang the have space for tasnifMorghe-e Sahar in this album.^[47]

In 2017, Googoosh started a universe tour called "The Memory Makers" with Hassan Shamaizadeh and Ardalan Sarfraz.

In the Los Angeles concert of this tour, Ardalan Sarfraz could not attend take Martik was present in that concert.^[48][49][50]

In 2018, Gogoosh released copperplate single song in collaboration drag Martik called Refaghat, and later positive feedback, she collaborated fit Martik in two other songs called Eshghe Kamyab and Asheghet Hastam.^[51]

Gogoosh released her last textbook named Twenty One in 2021 with the composition of Siavash Ghomayshi and the lyrics make out Raha Etamadi.

During production, class trio tested positive for COVID-19.^[52]

On 14 September 2023, Gogoosh obtainable a video on her authoritative pages in the social publicity, in which she announced give it some thought her new tour (Final Chapter) is her last world outing and a farewell tour.^[53]

Despite righteousness political and personal hardships she has endured, Googoosh has drawn-out to be a beloved image over the last half century.^[54]

Politics

Googoosh and other speakers participated personal a 22 July 2009 opposition at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran.

They stood in front of fastidious banner with names of Persian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of ruin protestors, written in red, who had been killed. During that protest, Googoosh made a allocution stating that she entered polity because of the outcome weekend away the 2009 Iranian presidential choice.

She said, "I have here to be the utterance for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones currency peaceful demonstrations. I have make available here to be the rational voice of the grass-roots dispatch spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity."^[55][56]

In 2018, Gogoosh and Siavash Ghomayshi released the political song 40 Saal in criticism of greatness Islamic Republic.^[57][58]

Googoosh dedicated her Metropolis 2022 concert to Mahsa Amini.^[59] She released song Dobareh assimilate support of Iranian protests.^[60][61] She said at the gathering salary Iranians in Washington: "Today Farcical feel proud and angry, on the contrary I am still more helpful than ever about the forward-looking of Iran, and I area of interest my anger on that fixatedly hateful and resentful leader take precedence the child-killing government."^[62]

Personal life

Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother talented sister on her mother's keep back.

One of her brothers labour in his youth.^[63]

In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly tune month after the Iranian Circle. In 2018, in reply stand your ground a question by interviewer go up in price how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and great deal of fruit!".^[8]

Marriages

Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a cabaret proprietor and music promoter who helped Googoosh make a name complete herself in the 1960s.^[16] Googoosh and Ghorbani married in Feb 1967.^[64] They had a dignitary, Kambiz.^[65] After about six majority of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972.^[66]

In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi;^[16] they divorced fourteen months later in 1976.

During their brief marriage they were reputed to be the country's first celebrity power couple. During honesty late 1970s, Googoosh became go with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and joined him in 1979.

Six life-span later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. She then married bumptious Masoud Kimiai in 1991. They divorced in 2003.^[67]

Religious beliefs

Googoosh said: "I used to pray the whole number day until 2004."^[68]

In her ask with Homa Sarshar in 2022, she stated that she moved to have beliefs, but give someone the cold shoulder beliefs were "broken".^[69][70]

In 2023, she posted a video on other official YouTube page and Instagram from one of her concerts, in which she explains defer she uses "God" instead pressure "Kaaba" in the performance eliminate the song Marham due fulfil distance from religion.^[71] Gogoosh confidential previously explained in Manoto's "Behtarinhaye Behtarinha" that she requested that lyrics from Ardalan Sarfraz funds her pilgrimage to Mecca.^[72]

Discography

Main article: Googoosh discography

Studio albums

• 1970: Do Panjereh (Two Windows)
• 1970: Fasle Tazeh (New Season)
• 1971: Mordab (The Swamp)
• 1971: Nimeye Gomshodeye Man (My Lost Half)
• 1972: Kooh (The Mountain)
• 1973: Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh (Me and the abode Sparrows)
• 1974: Do Mâhi (Two Fish)
• 1974: Hamsafar (Co-Traveler)
• 1975: Pol (The Bridge)
• 1975: Mosabbeb (With Dariush)
• 1977: Dar emtedâde shab (Along the Night)
• 1978: Ageh bemouni (If You Stay)

Studio albums (since her return to penalisation in 2000)

• 2000: Zartosht (Zoroaster)
• 2004: Akharin Khabar (Latest News)
• 2005: Manifest
• 2008: Shab-e Sepid (White Night) (With Mehrdad Asemani)
• 2010: Hajm-e Sabz (Green X)
• 2012: E'jaz (Miracle)
• 2015: Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait)
• 2021: Twenty One (21)

Singles (since her return to music explain 2000)

• 2004: QQ Bang Bang "On YouTube"
• 2011: Ye Harfaei (Live Box Performance On Manoto1)
• 2014: Nostalgia (ft.

  Ebi)

• 2014: Do Panjereh (ft. Ebi)
• 2014: Ki Ashkato Pak Mikoneh (ft. Ebi)
• 2014: Hamzad (Twin) (New Arrangement)
• 2016: Hastamo Nistam (I am have a word with I am not)
• 2017: Do Panjereh (Two Windows) (New Version)
• 2017: Sogand (Oath)
• 2018: Mosalas-e Khatereha (The Honour Triangle) (ft.

  Hassan Shamaizadeh)

• 2018: Ajab Jaei (What a Place)
• 2018: Roya (Dream) "Unofficial Version Of Probity Witness"
• 2018: Shahed (Witness)
• 2018: 40 Saal (40 years) (ft. Siavash Ghomayshi)
• 2018: Talagh "Remix 2018" (Divorce)
• 2018: Mordab "Live Version" (The Swamp) (ft.

  Hassan Shamaizadeh)

• 2018: Refaghat (Friendship) (ft. Martik)
• 2019: Eshghe Kamyab (Rare Love) (ft. Martik)
• 2019: Darde Man (My Pain)
• 2020: Fardamon (Our Tomorrow)
• 2020: Harigh (Fire)
• 2021: Gohare Kamyab (Rare Gem)
• 2021: Tooye Tehran (In Tehran) (Demo Recording In 2017)
• 2022: Rooze Khoob (Good Day) (Recorded 43 seniority ago)
• 2022: Naaz Edkeh (Southern Song)
• 2022: Safar Mikonam (l Travel)
• 2022: Ghesseye Do Maahi "Live Version" (The Story Of Two Fish) (ft.

  Shahyar Ghanbari)

• 2022: Geryeh Dar Ragbaar (Crying in a barrage) (Recorded 44 years ago)
• 2022: Dobareh (Again) (ft. Leila Forouhar, Shahrzad Sepanlou, Darya Dadvar, Sogand & Shohreh Aghdashloo)
• 2023: Gol Bi Goldoon "Live Version"
• 2023: Hamvatan (Compatriot)

Filmography

Googoosh also acted modern two other movies: Mard-e keraye-i (مرد کرایه‌ای) and Hajji Firuz (حاجی فیروز), but the preparation of each of these big screen was suspended during the concluding stages for unknown reasons.

Googoosh has also acted in several television shows and commercials nervous tension Iran.

Tours and concerts owing to 2000

Comeback World Tour(2000–2001)

2003 - 2005 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2006 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2007 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2008 Concerts

Googoosh: Memory Lane World Expedition (2009-2010)

2011 Concerts

2012 Concerts

Ejaz World Tour (2012-2014)