Awakening Music

Awakening Music
Parent company	Deventi Group
Founded	2000
Founder	Muhammad Wali-ur Rahman Sharif H. Banna Bara Kherigi Wassim Malak
Genre	Islamic, nasheed, hamd, naʽat, world music
Country of origin	England
Location	London, England Cairo, Egypt California, United States
Official website	awakening.org

Awakening Music (previously known as Awakening Records) is an England-based record label and music production company. It was founded in 2000 by four entrepreneurs from England and the United States. ^{[1] [2]}

Albums produced by Awakening Music

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2003	Al-Muʽallim	Sami Yusuf
2004	Salawat	Mesut Kurtis and Sami Yusuf
2005	My Ummah	Sami Yusuf
2006	Dunya	Nazeel Azami
2007	Something About Life	Hamza Robertson
2008	Ehlam Ma'aya	Hamza Namira
	One Word [3]	Hussein Zahawy
2009	Beloved	Mesut Kurtis
	Thank You Allah	Maher Zain
	Without You	Sami Yusuf
2011	Insan	Hamza Namira
	I Believe	Irfan Makki
	Malak Ghair Allah [3]	Mohammed Al-Hadad
2012	Forgive Me	Maher Zain
2014	The Path	Raef
	Tabassam	Mesut Kurtis
	Esmaani	Hamza Namira
2015	Aseer Ahsan	Humood AlKhudher
	Salam	Harris J
	El – Mesaharaty	Hamza Namira
2016	One	Maher Zain
	Remix	Hamza Namira
2019	Balaghal Ula	Mesut Kurtis
	Mercy	Raef
2020	Matha Ba'd?	Humood AlKhudher
2021	Azeem AlShan (EP)	Mesut Kurtis
	Nour Ala Nour (EP)	Maher Zain

Live albums

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2014	Awakening Live at the London Apollo	Various artists (feat. Maher Zain, Mesut Kurtis, Hamza Namira, Raef & Irfan Makki)

Artists

• Ali Magrebi
• Harris J
• Humood AlKhudher
• Maher Zain
• Mesut Kurtis
• Raef
• Isam Bachiri

Former notable artists

• Hamza Namira
• Hamza Robertson
• Irfan Makki
• Nazeel Azami
• Sami Yusuf

Philanthropy activities

In 2012, Awakening Music took part in "Sound of Light" charity concerts. ^[4] In 2013 and 2014, the record label helped to organise charity concerts in coordination with Islamic Relief, Human Appeal and other charity organisations around the world with the help of artists Maher Zain, Hamza Namira, Mesut Kurtis, Raef and Irfan Makki. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Shahid, Omar (13 April 2012). "Islamic singers rewrite western hits to find new audiences for 'faith-inspired' songs". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 April 2012.
2. Shahid, Omar (10 April 2012). "The Concert of the Year". HuffPost . Retrieved 14 April 2012.
3. Otterberg, Jonas (2021). The Awakening of Islamic Pop Music. London: Edinburg University Press. pp. 32–37. ISBN   9781474490443.
4. "Sound of Light". Sound of Light. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
5. "A Message From Othman Moqbel, CEO of Human Appeal". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
6. "Tour Event: Sound of Light 2014 arrive in France (French)". Islametinfo. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
7. "Human Appeal Presents Sounds Of Light 2014". Echo Arena Liverpool. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
8. "Sound of Light Charity Concert Tour in Aid with Gaza". Human Appeal UK. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Awakening Records discography at Discogs