Massari

birth neam: sari abboud.

born: december/10/1981

genres:pop, hip hop...r&B

it isn't everyday that canadian independent urban artists achieve the level of success that ottawa-based massari has received in such a short period of time.massari's debut album reached gold record status  within six month of release making 2005 the year for canada's breakthrough R&B recording artist massari and ottawa-based independent IabeI cp records...

since the debut release early last year,massari has had four singles and videos in the top 20,two back to back# 1 videos on the muchmusic top 30 countdown,nominations for two 2005 muchmusic video awards(best independent video,muchvibe best rap video).nominations for two 2005 canadian urban music awards( best new artist,R&B/soul recording of the year )...a 2006 juno awards nomination in the R&B/soul recording of the year category,and most recently five 2006  muchmusic  video awards nominations(best director,best cinematography,best pop video,best independent video,pepole's choice favourite canadian artist)..

the 25-years old sagittarius,born in beirut,moved with his family to montreal at the age of 10 to break out of the unrest within population at the time,,later at 13 he moved to ottawa where he currently resides.the trilingual artist-he speaks english and french and arbic fluently-cites michael jackson,stevie wonder,and aretha franklin as musical influences.however,growing up he has been exposed to various styels of music and because of that his biggest influence is legendary arabic singer george wassouf.............

in 2002,massari recorded and released"spitfire".... which garnered heavy rotation on ottawa radio stations.He returned in 2005 with his self-titled debut album release on may 31st,2005 through fontana north/universal. for this record,massari worked closely with da heala of the cp records production team.the album,with it's upbeat club style tracks,mid-tempo joints and  smooth ballads draws influences from massari middle-eastern origins...........................

massari(pronounced ma-sar-ee)-whose arabic neam literally translated means" MONEY"-has taken the industry by surprise in canada..A national indie phenomenon massar's self-titled album debuted on the top 40  soundScan chart at #29 and #6 on the R&B chart  selling out nationwide in it's frist couple days release..the lead off singel," smile for me" featured former bad boy entertainment recording artist loon..It didn't matter if he was an established artist or not,it was just the quality of the record,the quality of the music that made me want to get involved,says loon about his involvement with massari and cp record. the end result was  a hit  singel that spent 24 weeks on the top 40 chart,peaking at #18(bds chr) in canada...canadian award-winning music video director rt!was responsible for making  the "smile 4 me"video one of the hottest urban videos by a canadian artist .the video was immediately added to heavy rotation at musicmuch and muchvibe and received two 2005 muchmusic video award nominations for best independent video and muchvibe best rap video ..

His second single""BE easy"" battered his frist outing and spent close to four months in the top 10(peaking at #4)on the top 40 chart (BDC chr)..the video ,once again directed by music video director rt!,was instantly added to heavy rotation at video outlets and peaked at the coveted #1 position on the muchmusic top 30 countdown..riding high on the success of "Be easy"""....came the much_antticpated third single"real love""....the romantic ballad showed a softer side to massari with it's beautifully innocent and heartfelt lyrics..the single found it's way into the top 20 at canadian........................

CHr/top 40 radio after only four weeks and the video was added into heavy rotation across the board at video outlets...the video directed by Rt!,produced by john nadalin and executive produced by tony saI(cp records)brought to life a fabulous story of love,fate and destiny.the video made it's way to the#1 spot on major video countdowns--muchmusic,much more music..and musique plus...............................

with massari's unwavering success,the decision was made to release a fourth single.""rush the floor""..........featuring massari's IabEI mate belly,received early support at radio across the country.continuing in the trend of lavishly extravagant music videos ,massari & cp records joined the unstoppable rt! for the big budget production complete with a mulit-million$ private jet ,,a rolls royce phantom and custom-built club scene complete with a some of urban music's hottest video vixens..the video was instantly added into heavy rotation at muchmusic,muchvibe and musique plus.the single continues to steadily climb radio and video charts across canada vying to surpass the success of it's predecessors.......... Already a canadian R&B success story ,massari  is taking things worldwide in 2006 with a major record deal with  universal music in germany for release of his debut cd in germany ,austria and switzerland,along with releases confirmed for over 40 territories around the world including australia ,uk.,middel east and more.......