Egypt Today celebrates birthday of ‘Star of the Generation’ Tamer Hosny

CAIRO - 16 August 2020: Egyptian megastar Tamer Hosny celebrates his birthday on August 16.

On this occasion Egypt Today wishes Hosny a happy birthday shedding the light on his major achievements and career stages.

On his birthday,Hosny asked his fans via a story he posted on his official Instagram account to remember him always and pray for him and his three kids, Adam, Amaya and Thalia.

Hosny is a singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He began his musical career in 2002. His romantic music has made him "the Star of the Generation", a name given to him by his fans.

Hosny won many awards, such as Best Selling Album in 2002 from the Nile Variety channel, Best Arab Artist at Murex D’Or in 2014 and 2016, and Best Arab Artist at the Middle East Music Awards in 2015.

He is also the first Arab artist to receive more than 100 million views on Anghami.

His movie “El-Badla” (The Suit) achieved revenues that exceeded LE 50 million. In the movie, he plays the role of a police officer who finds himself involved in a number of critical situations due to the nature of his job.

“El-Badla” stars Amina Khalil, Maged el-Masry, Dalal Abdel Aziz, Hassan Hosny, and Mai Kassab, among others. The movie is written by Ayman Bahagat Kamar and directed by Mando el-Adl. 

At that time Hosny announced that “El-Badla” achieved the highest revenues in the history of the Egyptian cinema.

In August 2017, Hosny headed to Los Angeles and had his hand print and footprint permanently engraved on the Forecourt of the Stars at Hollywood's iconic Chinese Theater. 

It is worth mentioning that the star was the first Arab pop singer to perform a concert in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on March 30, 2018. The concert witnessed the attendance of thousands of Saudis, about 90 percent of whom were women.

The concert was held under the auspices of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, which stated that Hosny was chosen to perform such a huge concert because of his popularity among all Saudis.

Also, Hosny performed in the opening ceremony of Abu Dhabi 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games on March 14.

Hosny performed alongside renowned Syrian singer Assala, Emirati star Hussein al- Jasmi, Puerto Rican star Luis Fonsi and Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne.

The song was a motivational animated performance entitled “Right where I'm supposed to Be". It was performed in English, Spanish and Arabic.

Hosny and Fonsi met at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi amidst a group of fans. The two stars sat together and talked about their future projects.

Hosny revealed to Egypt Today that he was proud to represent Egypt in this event as it is considered one of the most important Arab events.

Hosny and Algerian superstar Cheb Khaled performed a duo ''Wa enta Maayia'' ( When You Are With Me) clip which amassed millions of views on YouTube. 

The video clip was released on May 24. ''Wa enta Maayia'' is written and composed by Hosny. 

Egyptian channel ON E presented Hosny's concert celebrating Eid el Fitr on May 24 at 10 pm. 

Hosny along with megastars  Mohmed Mounir, Samira Said, Saber Rebai, Wael Gassar and Carole Samaha all participated in the massive operetta "Enta Akaw" (You are Stronger) that was released in April. 

The renowned Egyptian writer and poet Medhat el-Adl, who wrote the lyrics of "Enta Akwa", said that the song is Egypt’s message to humanity in the coronavirus crisis. 

Adl added that all these stars didn’t take any money and all the revenues of the song was  given to the coronavirus patient’s families. 

The renowned poet added that all the participants followed all the precautionary measures against coronavirus . "Enta Akwa" was directed by Tarek al-Arian. 

Hosny had his 1st standing concert in Jeddah on Feb.27 as part of JTTX Music Festival. 

His latest movie "El-Feloos" (The Money) was released in Egyptian cinemas on December 25 achieving booming success. 

“El-Floos” is also starring Khaled el-Sawy, Zeina, Aisha bin Ahmed and Mohammed Salam. It is written by Mohammed Abdel Moti and directed by Saeed el-Marouk. 

TikTok platform announced its partnership with Hosny on New Year's Eve. 

Hosny posted his first TikTok video wishing his fans health and success as part of the #2020MakeAWish challenge and pledged to bring another level of style and diversity to his content in 2020. 

Hosny also wished everyone a Happy New Year through a TikTok video message screened on the Burj Khalifa. 

The Egyptian megastar is famous with his humanitarian stances the last of which was visiting the late young youtuber Mostafa Hefnawy in the hospital before his death as well as asking all his fans to pray for his recovery.