Elissa Announces Retirement from Singing

Lebanese recording artist, Elissa has decided to retire from singing.

Elissa, 46, issued a statement on Twitter letting her fans know that she’s retiring from singing after she releases her new album, which will be the last in her career.

"I am preparing this new album with a lot of love and passion. The reason is that it will be the last one in my career. I am announcing this with a heavy heart but with a lot of conviction because I can’t work in a field that is similar to mafias. I can’t be productive anymore," she tweeted on Twitter.

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In the new album, she cooperates with a large number of poets and composers she previously worked with, including Amir Teima, Nader Abdallah, and Walid Said.

Her last released album was “Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni” (To All the Ones Who Love me)، which was released by Rotana production، on July 24، 2018.

It 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.

The Lebanese artist had recorded the songs in Egyptian and Lebanese dialects, including singer-actress Warda Al-Jazairia’s song “Wahashtony”.

She cooperated with a large number of Poets and composers including Amir Teima, Ramy Gamal, Nader Abdallah, and Walid Said, which includes 16 songs.

The Lebanese artist is considered as one of Lebanese’s and the Middle East’s most talented voices.

She has been the highest-selling female Middle Eastern artist since 2005. She has sold over 30 million albums worldwide.

The singer is also one of the richest celebrities in Lebanon, with a reported estimated wealth of over $40 million.

She is known for her talent and for her frequent themes of love within her discography.

The singer is often referred to as 'Maliket El Ehsas' (Queen of Emotions) by fans and the media.