Ayshalak () (English: I Live for You) is the third studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Music Master on 14 June 2002.Elissa – عايشالك. discogs. The album was well received by the public and critics, and achieved great commercial success with sales of 2.95 million copies in 2002.Elissa Khoury, la chanteuse du Moyen-Orient en visite chez Corum : une journée sous le charme oriental. Montres de Luxe, 30 August 2011. It ranked first in terms of sales in the Arab world upon its release,بورصة الكاسيت - السينما والناس- Page 38 - Number 814 - Year 2002. and remained number one on the charts for six months until mid-December 2002, when it was displaced by Ragheb Alama's album Tab Leh and dropped to second place.بورصة الكاسيت - السينما والناس- Pages 36, 46 - Number 814 - Year 2002. Many of the album's songs were translated into songs in other languages, including the titular song "Ayshalak" that was covered in Serbian,Fatalan 2002. YouTube, Funky G. Turkish,Kader Utansın 2004. YouTube, netd müzik. and Russian.FM - Posledniy raz. YouTube, elik23. The song "Ajmal Ihssas" has been covered four times by different Turkish artists, including Ferhat Göçer,FERHAT GÖÇER - DOKUNMA BANA. YouTube, asadov97. Firdevs,Firdevs - Gitmekeyim 2005. YouTube, Doğan Music Company. ,Zeynep Casalini - Dokunma Bana 2006. YouTube, Sarpkan TEKALEV. and Sinan Akçıl.Sinan Akçıl - Dokunma Bana. YouTube, Doğan Music Company.
The music video for "Ayshalak" was filmed in Paris under the direction of director Fabrice Bigotti,آليسا تصور «عايشالك» في باريس. Asharq Al-Awsat, 14 June 2002. which made Elissa the first Arab artist to officially appear in a dress specially designed for her by the fashion house Dior.اليسا: اليوم صرت أكثر نضجا وأعرف ماذا أريد وكيف أقيّم عملي. Asharq Al-Awsat, 14 September 2002. In September 2002, Elissa received the award for Best Female Singer from the Murex d'Or,اليسا أفضل مطربة للعام 2002. Elaph, 16 September 2002. and her music video "Ajmal Ihssas" won the Best Music Video Award at the Dubai Music Festival.فشل ذريع لحفل جوائز الموسيقى العربية في دبي. Alwatan, 18 May 2004.
This album used live instruments for the first time while her first two albums made full use of keyboards
Track listing All tracks arranged by Jean-Marie Riachi, except for "Shiltak Min Albi" and "La Trouh", which were arranged by Nasser El Assaad.
Notes "Shou El Hal" is an Arabic-language cover of the 2001 Turkish song "Kuzu Kuzu" by Tarkan.
Personnel Adapted from the album liner notes. Edouard Meunier - sound engineer, mixing Xavier Escabasse - sound engineer Philippe Hervet - guitar Chris De Pauw - guitar Jihad Aki - violin Gerard Ferrer - vocals, Spanish lyrics (tracks 5, 8) Alexandre Ubeda - photographer Amin Abiyaghi - management
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