Elissa at The Pointe

The Pointe- Palm Jumeirah’s brand new waterfront entertainment, dining and leisure destination- has a treat in store for visitors on Friday, 5 April. Arab music fans can catch superstar Elissa, one of the most distinguished faces in the region’s music industry, performs a free concert.

The show kicks off on the beachfront plaza with a dynamic set by a live DJ. Followed by The award-winning Lebanese singer and she will perform tracks from her latest album, ‘Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni’ (To All Those Who Love Me), including songs such as ‘Maktooba Leek’ (I Am Fated For You) and ‘Nefsi Aollo’ (I Wish I Could Tell Him).

The first Arab artist to win a World Music Award, Elissa is a heavyweight in the music industry with over 30 million album sales worldwide. Her concert is a starred feature in The Pointe’s 2019 line-up, which saw performances by Enrique Iglesias last year.

Elissar Zakaria Khoury, mostly known as Elissa is a Lebanese recording artist. She is known as “Queen of Emotions” and as “Queen of Romance". Elissa was the highest-selling female Middle Eastern artist for 2005, 2006 and 2010.

She received the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist during that time and became first Lebanese singer to receive the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist in 2006. She has currently sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Elissa’s last released album is “Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni” (To All the Ones Who Love me) which was released by Rotana production on July 24, 2018.

The album had achieved more than 250 million hits on Rotana's channel since its debut. The album also topped Twitter's most trending list in Jordan and the UAE as twitter users hashtags "#Elissa_Album_2018" and flooded the social network with parts of the album songs.

Elissa had recorded the songs in Egyptian and Lebanese dialects including singer-actress Warda Al-Jazairia’s song "Wahashtony".