Dana Salah | |
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| Born | Dana Salah 2000 (age 23–24) [1] |
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| Years active | 2014 – present |
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| Origin | Amman, Jordan |
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| Website | danasalah |
Dana Salah (Arabic : دانا صلاح, IPA Arabic pronunciation: daː[b]naː[b] sˤ[e]laː[b]ħ) is a Jordanian-Palestinian singer, songwriter, and producer. [2]
Salah was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, where she started writing music at the age of 9. [3] Following her education at Duke University, she pursued her music career in New York City. [4]
Under the artist name King Deco, her single "Move That Body," garnered over 11 million streams on Spotify, reached #6 on the US iTunes Dance charts, and peaked at #25 on the Billboard Dance charts. [5]
She returned to Jordan in 2021 and released her first Arabic single, "Weino," under her own name and incorporated sounds of the Daf and other traditional Arab instruments. It generated over 1 million views in 3 months on YouTube and was added to more than 1000 personal playlists on Spotify. [6]
Salah's next single "TanTan" trended #2 on YouTube and was featured on Mexico's ISATV Channel and Metro Station.[ citation needed ]
In 2022 Salah became a Spotify EQUAL ambassador, making her the first female Jordanian artist to be featured on a billboard in Times Square. [7]
In response to the Israel-Hamas War, 25 Middle Eastern and North African artists, including Salah, collaborated on the single Rajieen. [8]
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