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Googoosh

Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Persian pronunciation: [guːˈguːʃ]), is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over six decades.[2][3][4] Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.[5][6][7]

Googoosh
Googoosh at the Hollywood Bowl, May 2018
Born
Faegheh Atashin

(1950-05-05) May 5, 1950 (age 72)[1]
Tehran, Iran
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1953–1979; 2000–present
Spouse(s)
Mahmoud Ghorbani
(m. 1967; div. 1972)

(m. 1975; div. 1976)

Homayoun Mesdaghi
(m. 1977; div. 1989)

(m. 1991; div. 2003)
Children1
Musical career
LabelsAvang, Caltex, MZM, Pars Video, Taraneh, RCA Italiana, RCA Victor, Barclay
WebsiteOfficial website

She is mainly known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but she also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s.[8][9] She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. In the 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) and her short haircut (known as the "Googooshi").[2][10] Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 and did not perform again during that period due to the ban on female singers. Younger generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings.[11] After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total of 27 concerts in European and North American countries in that year.[12] Recent projects include a new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz, as well as serving as head judge and head of academy for the popular reality show Googoosh Music Academy broadcast on London-based satellite channel Manoto 1.[13]

Since her return to the stage in the summer of 2000, she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world, including the Madison Square Garden in New York, the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Honda Center in Anaheim, Royal Albert Hall in London and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles [14] She has recorded songs in many languages including Persian, Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Armenian and French.[15] She has a significant following outside of Iran and has even received the attention of European and African media and press.[16]

Biography

Early life

 
Googoosh began singing and acting at a young age with her father, Saber
 
4-year-old Googoosh with her mother Nasrin Atashin

Googoosh was born as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950, in Tehran,[2] to Azerbaijani parents who emigrated from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union.[17] According to Googoosh, her name on her birth certificate was Faegheh as the authorities wouldn’t allow Googoosh to be registered.[18][19][17] She was quickly called "Googoosh", an Armenian name normally exclusively used for boys but which became her stage name.[20]

Career before the Revolution (1953–1979)

 
Googoosh performing on stage in Tehran

During the 1970s, Googoosh began a meteoric rise to fame and success as she drove the edge of Iranian pop music further and further. Known for her flamboyant outfits and fashion sense, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian women to copy her hairdos.[10] Her music ranged from upbeat 1960s and 1970s pop, given a traditional-tinged edge,[21] to declamatory, emotional ballads dealing with love and loss, comparable to the chanson style of music by artists like Édith Piaf. Her music was popular among non-Persian-speaking audiences as well. The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias covered the song Bavar Kon.[22] She starred in over 25 movies, one of which was to be the most commercially successful Iranian motion picture of all time. Googoosh performed many times for the royal family and was a favorite of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's wife and children. She performed at the party given for the 17th birthday of Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran.[23]

At the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Googoosh was in Los Angeles. However, feeling homesick, she decided to return to Iran. In response to why she remained in Iran after the revolution, she said that it was "out of love of her for her homeland".[24] Despite being a symbol of many things that the revolution tried to overturn, especially related to perceptions of excessive Westernization, Googoosh remained in Iran for years afterward.[25] After the revolution, Googoosh, like other artists, was forbidden from performing and her material was banned. She would not perform again until Mohammad Khatami's presidency, during which she was allowed to tour outside of the country.

Comeback (2000–present)

Googoosh, Comeback World Tour
Country City Venue Date
  Canada
Toronto
Air Canada Centre
July 29, 2000
Vancouver
Pacific Coliseum
August 5, 2000
  United States
Inglewood
The Forum
August 19, 2000
Uniondale
Nassau Coliseum
August 26, 2000
Houston
Compaq Center
September 3, 2000
Washington, D.C
MCI Center
September 16, 2000
Oakland
Oakland Arena
September 23, 2000
Anaheim
Arrowhead Pond
October 7, 2000
Los Angeles
Staples Center
October 21, 2000
Chicago
UIC Pavilion
October 28, 2000
San Jose
San Jose Arena
November 5, 2000
Atlantic City
Trump Taj Mahal
November 18, 2000
Las Vegas
MGM Grand Garden Arena
December 24, 2000
December 25, 2000
  Germany
Oberhausen
Oberhausen Arena
December 30, 2000
Frankfurt
Festhalle Frankfurt
January 1, 2001
  United Kingdom
London
Wembley Arena
January 6, 2001
  Sweden
Stockholm
Globen Arena
January 13, 2001
  Germany
Bremen
Stadthalle Bremen
February 24, 2001
  Sweden
Stockholm
Globen Arena
March 3, 2001
  France
Paris
Zenith Hall
March 16, 2001
  United Kingdom
London
Wembley Arena
March 17, 2001
  Austria
Vienna
Wiener Stadthalle
March 18, 2001
  United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Dubai World Trade Centre
March 21, 2001
Al Ahli Club Stadium
March 24, 2001
  Tunisia
Tunis
Carthage Amphitheater
July 19, 2001
  Canada
Toronto
Air Canada Centre
August 18, 2001
 
Googoosh in at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto

Googoosh left Iran and went to Canada in 2000, after being in Iran for 21 years following the Iranian Revolution.[12] BMusic's Taghinia, says "Googoosh is the siren of that era [Pre-revolution] and important in that she's really a direct link to Iran's past."[26] Chicago Tribune considers the return of Googoosh to be "more than just a pop milestone" but instead "a cultural marker, a measure of the way change occurs in a society that for more than two decades has tried to resist the tide of globalization by living in self-imposed isolation."[6]

In 2000, Googoosh sang in public, away from her homeland, for the first time after 21 years of silence to the acclaim of many long-time fans.[27][28] The Googoosh Comeback Tour was a series of concerts starting in July 2000. She began with a sold-out concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on 29 July 2000 (with an audience of more than 12,000),[24] and eventually brought the tour to a conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 on the occasion of the Iranian New Year, Nowruz. Her concert in Dubai was considered a homecoming for her, and out of the more than 20,000 members of the audience, seventy percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her.[29][30] The two Dubai concerts held special importance: it was the tour finale, and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to return to Iran. Googoosh made the most money during her pop career and currently has an estimated net worth of 60-70 million dollars.

In 2000, a feature-length documentary called Googoosh: Iran's Daughter was released which chronicled the singer's life and her icon-status while detailing the socio-political turmoil that led to the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Made by Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani, the documentary began production in 1998 and was made at a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews.[31]

In January 2009, she ended her work and career with Mehrdad Asemani, citing "creative differences," and in March 2009 began a new work relationship with her current management team. On 21 and 24 March of that year, during Nowruz, Googoosh performed in Dubai.

Googoosh and other speakers participated in a 22 July 2009 protest at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran. They stood in front of a banner with names of Iranian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of other protestors, written in red, who had been killed. During this protest, Googoosh made a speech stating that she entered politics because of the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. She said, "I have come here to be the voice for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones in peaceful demonstrations. I have come here to be the just voice of the grass-roots and spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity."[32][33]

 
Googoosh in one of her concerts, 2006

Beginning in 2011, she served as head-of-academy and head-judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely popular talent show/singing competition Googoosh Music Academy, which was broadcast on the London-based Iranian satellite channel Manoto 1 and was their most watched program.[34] Googoosh Music Academy lasted three seasons. In December 2010, Googoosh held a very notable concert in the Kurdish region of Iraq, to which tens of thousands of Iranians came from Tehran and beyond.

In 2010, Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition show called "Googoosh Music Academy." [35] The series ran in Europe and Middle East on Monoto TV channes.[36]

In March 2011, Googoosh released a snippet of a new song she was working on, titled Bedrood, via YouTube. In April 2011, she debuted her latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection sold online, titled Googoosh Cosmetics. In April 2011, she held a concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as a record breaking performance at the same venue on 27 October 2012, as a part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour.[37] Also on 26 March 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time,[38] where other notable Persian vocalists such as Elaheh, Ebi and Marzieh have performed memorable concerts in the past.

In 2012, Googoosh released her 6th studio album since her comeback, titled Ejaz. The album consisted of 10 tracks, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (Hayahoo) and three songs wherein she collaborated with her fellow Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham). She also collaborated with Alireza Afkari and Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (E'jaz and Baraye Man and Behesht). Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition of a poem by the Persian poet Rumi. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing at the time of the Iran–Iraq War. She stated that she felt inspired by the lyrics and therefore created her own melody and was finally presented with the opportunity to record it as she had long hoped to do.[39]

In February 2014, she released a music video of the song Behesht, in support of the gay and lesbian community in Iran, which faces significant challenges in its struggle for equal rights, including the ongoing threat of the death penalty for convictions related to sexual orientation.[40] This made her the first prominent Iranian with a huge following to speak out against homophobia in Iran.

On 21 March 2015, Googoosh released her 7th album titled Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait) including 11 tracks from different songwriters and composers such as Babak Sahraee, Nickan Ebrahimi, Babak Amini (Googoosh band leader). The first song of this album is Che Ziba Bood, which is also the last song that was composed by Varujan.

Despite the political and personal hardships she has endured, Googoosh has continued to be a beloved figure over the last half century.[41]

Personal life

 
Googoosh playing tennis in 1970s

Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother and sister on her mother's side. One of her brothers died in his youth.[42]

In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly one month after the Iranian Revolution. In 2018, in reply to a question by interviewer about how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and lots of fruit!".[9]

Marriages

Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a cabaret owner and music promoter who had helped Googoosh make a name for herself throughout the 1960s.[17] Googoosh and Ghorbani married in February 1967.[43] They had a son, Kambiz.[44] After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972.

In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi;[17] they divorced fourteen months later in 1976. During their brief marriage they were considered to be the country's biggest celebrity power couple. During the late 1970s, Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and married him in 1979. Six years later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. She then married director Masoud Kimiai in 1991. They divorced in 2005.

Discography

 
An album cover which contains the Bigharar song

Studio albums

  • 1970: Do Panjereh (Two Windows)
  • 1970: Fasle Tazeh (New Season)
  • 1971: Mordab (The Swamp)
  • 1971: Nimeye Gomshodeye Man (My Lost Half)
  • 1972: Kooh (The Mountain)
  • 1973: Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh (Me and the house Sparrows)
  • 1974: Do Mâhi (Two Fish)
  • 1974: Hamsafar (Co-Traveler)
  • 1975: Pol (The Bridge)
  • 1975: Mosabbeb (With Dariush)
  • 1977: Dar emtedâde shab (Along the Night)
  • 1978: Ageh bemouni (If You Stay)

Albums (since her return to music in 2000)

  • 2000: Zartosht (Zoroaster)
  • 2004: Akharin Khabar (Latest News)
  • 2005: Manifest
  • 2008: Shab-e Sepid (White Night)
  • 2010: Hajm-e Sabz (Green Volume)
  • 2012: E'jaz (Miracle)
  • 2015: Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait)
  • 2021: Twenty One (21)

Singles (After her return to music)

  • 2004: QQ Bang Bang "On YouTube"
  • 2011: Ye Harfaei (Live TV Performance On Manoto1)
  • 2014: Nostalgia (ft. Ebi)
  • 2014: Do Panjereh (ft. Ebi)
  • 2014: Ki Ashkato Pak Mikoneh (ft. Ebi)
  • 2014: Hamzad (Twin) (New Arrangement)
  • 2016: Hastamo Nistam (I am and I am not)
  • 2017: Do Panjereh (Two Windows) (New Version)
  • 2017: Sogand (Oath)
  • 2018: Mosalas-e Khatereha (The Memory Triangle) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh)
  • 2018: Ajab Jaei (What a Place)
  • 2018: Roya (Dream) "Unofficial Version Of The Witness"
  • 2018: Shahed (Witness)
  • 2018: 40 Saal (40 years) (ft. Siavash Ghomayshi)
  • 2018: Talagh "Remix 2018" (Divorce)
  • 2018: Mordab "Live Version" (The Swamp) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh)
  • 2018: Refaghat (Friendship) (ft. Martik)
  • 2019: Eshghe Kamyab (Rare Love) (ft. Martik)
  • 2019: Darde Man (My Pain)
  • 2020: Fardamon (Our Tomorrow)
  • 2020: Harigh (Fire)
  • 2021: Gohare Kamyab (Rare Gem)
  • 2021: Tooye Tehran (In Tehran) (Demo Recording In 2017)
  • 2022: Rooze Khoob (Good Day) (Recorded 43 years ago)
  • 2022: Naaz Edkeh (Southern Song)
  • 2022: Safar Mikonam (l Travel)
  • 2022: Ghesseye Do Maahi "Live Version" (The Story Of Two Fish) (ft. Shahyar Ghanbari)
  • 2022: Geryeh Dar Ragbaar (Crying in a barrage) (Recorded 44 years ago)
  • 2022: Dobareh (Again) (ft. Leila Forouhar, Shahrzad Sepanlou, Darya Dadvar, Sogand & Shohreh Aghdashloo)

Filmography

 
Poster for Googoosh's 1972 award-winning film Bita
 
Googoosh acting as a child, late 1950s
Year Persian Title[45] English Title
1960 فرشتۀ فراری Runaway Angel
بیم و امید Fear and Hope
1963 پرتگاه مخوف The Cliff of Fear
1965 شیطون بلا The Naughty One
1966 گدایان تهران The Beggars of Tehran
فیل و فنجان Big and Small
حسین کُرد Hoseyn-e Kord
1967 چهار خواهر Four Sisters (with Leila Forouhar)
دروازه تقدیر The Gate of Fate
گنج و رنج Treasure and Toil
در جستجوی تبهکاران In the Search of Criminals
1968 سه ‌دیوانه The Three Morons
شب فرشتگان The Night of Angels
ستاره هفت آسـمان The Star of Seven Skies
1969 گناه زیبایی The Sin of Beauty
1970 طلوع Sunrise
جنجال عروسی The Wedding Brawl
پنجره The Window
1971 احساس داغ Hot Feeling
آسـمون بی‌ستاره Starless Sky
قصاص Retaliation
1972 بی‌تا Bitā
1973 خیالاتی Imaginings
1975 هـمسفر Travelling Mate
نازنین Nazanin
مـَمَل آمریکایی American Mamal
شب غریبان Nostalgic Night
1976 ماه عسل Honeymoon
1977 در امتداد شب Along the Night

Googoosh also acted in two other movies: Mard-e keraye-i (مرد کرایه‌ای) and Hajji Firuz (حاجی فیروز), but the production of each of these films was suspended during the final stages for unknown reasons. Googoosh has also acted in many television shows and commercials in Iran.

Awards and achievements

 
Googoosh on the cover of Javanan e Emrooz Magazine, 1974
  • 1971: first prize and gold record at the Midem trade fair in Cannes for her 7" record (as "Gougoush") performing two songs in French produced by Barclay Records: "Retour de la Ville" (A-side) and "J'entends Crier Je T'aime" (B-side).[46][47][48]
  • 1972: Performed at Cantagiro Music Festival.
  • 1972: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival
  • 1972: First medal of arts of Tunisia[47]
  • 1973: The best actress for Bita in Iranian Sepas film festival.[47][48]
  • 1973: Recorded soundtrack (produced by RCA Records) of San Remo Music Festival.[49]
  • 2001: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival.
  • 2014: Best Iranian Female Singer (World Music Awards)[50][48]
  • 2017: Best Music Video For Do Panjereh (Directed by Yasmin Asha)(Festigious Film Awards March 2017)[51]
  • Two awards from Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles for record breaking performances[48]

See also

References

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External links

  • Official website  
  • Googoosh at AllMusic  
  • Googoosh at IMDb  

googoosh, faegheh, atashin, persian, فائقه, آتشین, born, 1950, known, professionally, persian, گوگوش, persian, pronunciation, guːˈguːʃ, iranian, singer, former, actress, most, popular, prolific, entertainers, iran, career, spanned, over, decades, enjoyed, sign. Faegheh Atashin Persian فائقه آتشین born 5 May 1950 known professionally as Googoosh Persian گوگوش Persian pronunciation guːˈguːʃ is an Iranian singer and former actress One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran her career has spanned over six decades 2 3 4 Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad 5 6 7 GoogooshGoogoosh at the Hollywood Bowl May 2018BornFaegheh Atashin 1950 05 05 May 5 1950 age 72 1 Tehran IranOccupationsSinger actressYears active1953 1979 2000 presentSpouse s Mahmoud Ghorbani m 1967 div 1972 wbr Behrouz Vossoughi m 1975 div 1976 wbr Homayoun Mesdaghi m 1977 div 1989 wbr Masoud Kimiai m 1991 div 2003 wbr Children1Musical careerLabelsAvang Caltex MZM Pars Video Taraneh RCA Italiana RCA Victor BarclayWebsiteOfficial websiteShe is mainly known for her contributions to Iranian pop music but she also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s 8 9 She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s In the 1970s Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women as they copied her clothing miniskirts and her short haircut known as the Googooshi 2 10 Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979 she remained in Tehran until 2000 and did not perform again during that period due to the ban on female singers Younger generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings 11 After leaving Iran in 2000 she performed a total of 27 concerts in European and North American countries in that year 12 Recent projects include a new collaboration with Iranian singer songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz as well as serving as head judge and head of academy for the popular reality show Googoosh Music Academy broadcast on London based satellite channel Manoto 1 13 Since her return to the stage in the summer of 2000 she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world including the Madison Square Garden in New York the Air Canada Centre in Toronto the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm Honda Center in Anaheim Royal Albert Hall in London and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles 14 She has recorded songs in many languages including Persian Azerbaijani Turkish English Spanish Italian Arabic Armenian and French 15 She has a significant following outside of Iran and has even received the attention of European and African media and press 16 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life 1 2 Career before the Revolution 1953 1979 1 3 Comeback 2000 present 2 Personal life 2 1 Marriages 3 Discography 4 Filmography 5 Awards and achievements 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBiography EditEarly life Edit Googoosh began singing and acting at a young age with her father Saber 4 year old Googoosh with her mother Nasrin Atashin Googoosh was born as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950 in Tehran 2 to Azerbaijani parents who emigrated from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union 17 According to Googoosh her name on her birth certificate was Faegheh as the authorities wouldn t allow Googoosh to be registered 18 19 17 She was quickly called Googoosh an Armenian name normally exclusively used for boys but which became her stage name 20 Career before the Revolution 1953 1979 Edit Googoosh performing on stage in Tehran During the 1970s Googoosh began a meteoric rise to fame and success as she drove the edge of Iranian pop music further and further Known for her flamboyant outfits and fashion sense Googoosh wowed her pop culture hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip elegant style inspiring many Iranian women to copy her hairdos 10 Her music ranged from upbeat 1960s and 1970s pop given a traditional tinged edge 21 to declamatory emotional ballads dealing with love and loss comparable to the chanson style of music by artists like Edith Piaf Her music was popular among non Persian speaking audiences as well The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias covered the song Bavar Kon 22 She starred in over 25 movies one of which was to be the most commercially successful Iranian motion picture of all time Googoosh performed many times for the royal family and was a favorite of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi s wife and children She performed at the party given for the 17th birthday of Reza Pahlavi Crown Prince of Iran 23 At the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 Googoosh was in Los Angeles However feeling homesick she decided to return to Iran In response to why she remained in Iran after the revolution she said that it was out of love of her for her homeland 24 Despite being a symbol of many things that the revolution tried to overturn especially related to perceptions of excessive Westernization Googoosh remained in Iran for years afterward 25 After the revolution Googoosh like other artists was forbidden from performing and her material was banned She would not perform again until Mohammad Khatami s presidency during which she was allowed to tour outside of the country Comeback 2000 present Edit Googoosh Comeback World TourCountry City Venue Date Canada Toronto Air Canada Centre July 29 2000Vancouver Pacific Coliseum August 5 2000 United States Inglewood The Forum August 19 2000Uniondale Nassau Coliseum August 26 2000Houston Compaq Center September 3 2000Washington D C MCI Center September 16 2000Oakland Oakland Arena September 23 2000Anaheim Arrowhead Pond October 7 2000Los Angeles Staples Center October 21 2000Chicago UIC Pavilion October 28 2000San Jose San Jose Arena November 5 2000Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal November 18 2000Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena December 24 2000December 25 2000 Germany Oberhausen Oberhausen Arena December 30 2000Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt January 1 2001 United Kingdom London Wembley Arena January 6 2001 Sweden Stockholm Globen Arena January 13 2001 Germany Bremen Stadthalle Bremen February 24 2001 Sweden Stockholm Globen Arena March 3 2001 France Paris Zenith Hall March 16 2001 United Kingdom London Wembley Arena March 17 2001 Austria Vienna Wiener Stadthalle March 18 2001 United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai World Trade Centre March 21 2001Al Ahli Club Stadium March 24 2001 Tunisia Tunis Carthage Amphitheater July 19 2001 Canada Toronto Air Canada Centre August 18 2001 Googoosh in at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto Googoosh left Iran and went to Canada in 2000 after being in Iran for 21 years following the Iranian Revolution 12 BMusic s Taghinia says Googoosh is the siren of that era Pre revolution and important in that she s really a direct link to Iran s past 26 Chicago Tribune considers the return of Googoosh to be more than just a pop milestone but instead a cultural marker a measure of the way change occurs in a society that for more than two decades has tried to resist the tide of globalization by living in self imposed isolation 6 In 2000 Googoosh sang in public away from her homeland for the first time after 21 years of silence to the acclaim of many long time fans 27 28 The Googoosh Comeback Tour was a series of concerts starting in July 2000 She began with a sold out concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on 29 July 2000 with an audience of more than 12 000 24 and eventually brought the tour to a conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 on the occasion of the Iranian New Year Nowruz Her concert in Dubai was considered a homecoming for her and out of the more than 20 000 members of the audience seventy percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her 29 30 The two Dubai concerts held special importance it was the tour finale and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to return to Iran Googoosh made the most money during her pop career and currently has an estimated net worth of 60 70 million dollars In 2000 a feature length documentary called Googoosh Iran s Daughter was released which chronicled the singer s life and her icon status while detailing the socio political turmoil that led to the 1979 Revolution in Iran Made by Iranian American filmmaker Farhad Zamani the documentary began production in 1998 and was made at a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews 31 In January 2009 she ended her work and career with Mehrdad Asemani citing creative differences and in March 2009 began a new work relationship with her current management team On 21 and 24 March of that year during Nowruz Googoosh performed in Dubai Googoosh and other speakers participated in a 22 July 2009 protest at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran They stood in front of a banner with names of Iranian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of other protestors written in red who had been killed During this protest Googoosh made a speech stating that she entered politics because of the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election She said I have come here to be the voice for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones in peaceful demonstrations I have come here to be the just voice of the grass roots and spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity 32 33 Googoosh in one of her concerts 2006 Beginning in 2011 she served as head of academy and head judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely popular talent show singing competition Googoosh Music Academy which was broadcast on the London based Iranian satellite channel Manoto 1 and was their most watched program 34 Googoosh Music Academy lasted three seasons In December 2010 Googoosh held a very notable concert in the Kurdish region of Iraq to which tens of thousands of Iranians came from Tehran and beyond In 2010 Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition show called Googoosh Music Academy 35 The series ran in Europe and Middle East on Monoto TV channes 36 In March 2011 Googoosh released a snippet of a new song she was working on titled Bedrood via YouTube In April 2011 she debuted her latest project The singer launched her own cosmetic collection sold online titled Googoosh Cosmetics In April 2011 she held a concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles as well as a record breaking performance at the same venue on 27 October 2012 as a part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour 37 Also on 26 March 2013 she performed at London s Royal Albert Hall for the first time 38 where other notable Persian vocalists such as Elaheh Ebi and Marzieh have performed memorable concerts in the past In 2012 Googoosh released her 6th studio album since her comeback titled Ejaz The album consisted of 10 tracks featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh Hayahoo and three songs wherein she collaborated with her fellow Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham She also collaborated with Alireza Afkari and Roozbeh Bemani on three songs E jaz and Baraye Man and Behesht Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition of a poem by the Persian poet Rumi The poem came to Googoosh s attention while she was banned from singing at the time of the Iran Iraq War She stated that she felt inspired by the lyrics and therefore created her own melody and was finally presented with the opportunity to record it as she had long hoped to do 39 In February 2014 she released a music video of the song Behesht in support of the gay and lesbian community in Iran which faces significant challenges in its struggle for equal rights including the ongoing threat of the death penalty for convictions related to sexual orientation 40 This made her the first prominent Iranian with a huge following to speak out against homophobia in Iran On 21 March 2015 Googoosh released her 7th album titled Aks e Khosoosi Private Portrait including 11 tracks from different songwriters and composers such as Babak Sahraee Nickan Ebrahimi Babak Amini Googoosh band leader The first song of this album is Che Ziba Bood which is also the last song that was composed by Varujan Despite the political and personal hardships she has endured Googoosh has continued to be a beloved figure over the last half century 41 Personal life Edit Googoosh playing tennis in 1970s Googoosh has three half brothers on her father s side and a brother and sister on her mother s side One of her brothers died in his youth 42 In 1980 Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly one month after the Iranian Revolution In 2018 in reply to a question by interviewer about how she stays young she said Love music and lots of fruit 9 Marriages Edit Googoosh s first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani a cabaret owner and music promoter who had helped Googoosh make a name for herself throughout the 1960s 17 Googoosh and Ghorbani married in February 1967 43 They had a son Kambiz 44 After about six years of marriage Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972 In 1975 Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi 17 they divorced fourteen months later in 1976 During their brief marriage they were considered to be the country s biggest celebrity power couple During the late 1970s Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mesdaghi and married him in 1979 Six years later in 1985 she divorced Mesdaghi She then married director Masoud Kimiai in 1991 They divorced in 2005 Discography EditMain article Googoosh discography An album cover which contains the Bigharar song Studio albums 1970 Do Panjereh Two Windows 1970 Fasle Tazeh New Season 1971 Mordab The Swamp 1971 Nimeye Gomshodeye Man My Lost Half 1972 Kooh The Mountain 1973 Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh Me and the house Sparrows 1974 Do Mahi Two Fish 1974 Hamsafar Co Traveler 1975 Pol The Bridge 1975 Mosabbeb With Dariush 1977 Dar emtedade shab Along the Night 1978 Ageh bemouni If You Stay Albums since her return to music in 2000 2000 Zartosht Zoroaster 2004 Akharin Khabar Latest News 2005 Manifest 2008 Shab e Sepid White Night 2010 Hajm e Sabz Green Volume 2012 E jaz Miracle 2015 Aks e Khosoosi Private Portrait 2021 Twenty One 21 Singles After her return to music 2004 QQ Bang Bang On YouTube 2011 Ye Harfaei Live TV Performance On Manoto1 2014 Nostalgia ft Ebi 2014 Do Panjereh ft Ebi 2014 Ki Ashkato Pak Mikoneh ft Ebi 2014 Hamzad Twin New Arrangement 2016 Hastamo Nistam I am and I am not 2017 Do Panjereh Two Windows New Version 2017 Sogand Oath 2018 Mosalas e Khatereha The Memory Triangle ft Hassan Shamaizadeh 2018 Ajab Jaei What a Place 2018 Roya Dream Unofficial Version Of The Witness 2018 Shahed Witness 2018 40 Saal 40 years ft Siavash Ghomayshi 2018 Talagh Remix 2018 Divorce 2018 Mordab Live Version The Swamp ft Hassan Shamaizadeh 2018 Refaghat Friendship ft Martik 2019 Eshghe Kamyab Rare Love ft Martik 2019 Darde Man My Pain 2020 Fardamon Our Tomorrow 2020 Harigh Fire 2021 Gohare Kamyab Rare Gem 2021 Tooye Tehran In Tehran Demo Recording In 2017 2022 Rooze Khoob Good Day Recorded 43 years ago 2022 Naaz Edkeh Southern Song 2022 Safar Mikonam l Travel 2022 Ghesseye Do Maahi Live Version The Story Of Two Fish ft Shahyar Ghanbari 2022 Geryeh Dar Ragbaar Crying in a barrage Recorded 44 years ago 2022 Dobareh Again ft Leila Forouhar Shahrzad Sepanlou Darya Dadvar Sogand amp Shohreh Aghdashloo Filmography Edit Poster for Googoosh s 1972 award winning film Bita Googoosh acting as a child late 1950s Year Persian Title 45 English Title1960 فرشتۀ فراری Runaway Angelبیم و امید Fear and Hope1963 پرتگاه مخوف The Cliff of Fear1965 شیطون بلا The Naughty One1966 گدایان تهران The Beggars of Tehranفیل و فنجان Big and Smallحسین ک رد Hoseyn e Kord1967 چهار خواهر Four Sisters with Leila Forouhar دروازه تقدیر The Gate of Fateگنج و رنج Treasure and Toilدر جستجوی تبهکاران In the Search of Criminals1968 سه دیوانه The Three Moronsشب فرشتگان The Night of Angelsستاره هفت آسـمان The Star of Seven Skies1969 گناه زیبایی The Sin of Beauty1970 طلوع Sunriseجنجال عروسی The Wedding Brawlپنجره The Window1971 احساس داغ Hot Feelingآسـمون بی ستاره Starless Skyقصاص Retaliation1972 بی تا Bita1973 خیالاتی Imaginings1975 هـمسفر Travelling Mateنازنین Nazaninمـ م ل آمریکایی American Mamalشب غریبان Nostalgic Night1976 ماه عسل Honeymoon1977 در امتداد شب Along the NightGoogoosh also acted in two other movies Mard e keraye i مرد کرایه ای and Hajji Firuz حاجی فیروز but the production of each of these films was suspended during the final stages for unknown reasons Googoosh has also acted in many television shows and commercials in Iran Awards and achievements Edit Googoosh on the cover of Javanan e Emrooz Magazine 1974 1971 first prize and gold record at the Midem trade fair in Cannes for her 7 record as Gougoush performing two songs in French produced by Barclay Records Retour de la Ville A side and J entends Crier Je T aime B side 46 47 48 1972 Performed at Cantagiro Music Festival 1972 Performed at the Carthage Music Festival 1972 First medal of arts of Tunisia 47 1973 The best actress for Bita in Iranian Sepas film festival 47 48 1973 Recorded soundtrack produced by RCA Records of San Remo Music Festival 49 2001 Performed at the Carthage Music Festival 2014 Best Iranian Female Singer World Music Awards 50 48 2017 Best Music Video For Do Panjereh Directed by Yasmin Asha Festigious Film Awards March 2017 51 Two awards from Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles for record breaking performances 48 See also EditList of Iranian womenReferences Edit Googoosh biography a b c Googoosh Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved 24 March 2019 Desk TV News Googoosh Brings THE MEMORY MAKERS Tour to Hollywood Bowl This May BroadwayWorld com Retrieved 24 March 2019 Hemmasi Farzaneh 2020 Tehrangeles dreaming intimacy and imagination in Southern California s Iranian pop music Durham Duke University Press ISBN 978 1 4780 1200 9 OCLC 1135939158 Iranian diva Googosh on her silence return 40 years after the revolution english alarabiya net 10 September 2018 Retrieved 25 March 2019 a b Correspondent Tom Hundley Tribune Foreign POP DIVA S RETURN STRIKES A POPULAR CHORD IN IRAN chicagotribune com Retrieved 25 March 2019 Minazad Orly 11 May 2018 Iranian Icon Googoosh Makes History at the Hollywood Bowl BLARB Retrieved 25 March 2019 About Googoosh Googoosh com Archived from the original on 31 December 2007 a b Times Hanan Daqqa Fairfax County Googoosh Iran s daughter speaks her mind Fairfax County Times Retrieved 24 March 2019 a b Hemmasi Farzaneh 10 April 2020 Tehrangeles Dreaming Intimacy and Imagination in Southern California s Iranian Pop Music Duke University Press ISBN 978 1 4780 1200 9 Suh Joanne 9 October 2000 Iran s pop diva Googoosh returns to the world stage after two decades CNN Archived from the original on 12 April 2008 Retrieved 10 April 2007 a b BBC Persian www bbc com Archived from the original on 25 March 2019 Retrieved 24 March 2019 Manoto TV au service des nostalgiques de la monarchie iranienne in French 8 February 2019 Retrieved 25 March 2019 Googoosh Hollywood Bowl Retrieved 25 March 2019 Arellano Gustavo 21 May 2003 Catharsis Queen OC Weekly Retrieved 25 March 2019 Saba Sadeq 19 June 2000 Iran s pop diva to sing again BBC Retrieved 11 April 2007 a b c d Milani Abbas 19 December 2008 Eminent Persians The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran 1941 1979 Volumes One and Two Syracuse University Press pp 993 995 ISBN 978 0 8156 0907 0 Googoosh in Media Life After the Revolution Singer Googoosh Googoosh tv Archived from the original on 25 December 2007 Iranian Singer Googoosh Raises Her Voice To Keep Her Nation s Culture Alive NPR org 29 September 2021 Retrieved 7 February 2022 Milani Abbas 19 December 2008 Eminent Persians The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran 1941 1979 Volumes One and Two Syracuse University Press p 994 ISBN 978 0 8156 0907 0 صفحه های گرامافون گوگوش ShahreFarang in Persian 11 January 2012 Retrieved 25 March 2019 Bavar Kon Julio Iglesias Last fm Retrieved 25 March 2019 When Giants Meet The Queen of Persian Pop greets the Shahbanou of Iran in NY Live Concert Payvand com Retrieved 12 January 2019 a b Cohen Tom Googoosh Returns to Public Arena AP NEWS Retrieved 25 March 2019 Ferguson Jason Iranian pop queen Googoosh playing at the Bob Carr is a pretty big deal Orlando Weekly Retrieved 25 March 2019 They rocked in Iran before the revolution Los Angeles Times 21 August 2011 ISSN 0458 3035 Retrieved 24 March 2019 Iranian music superstar makes comeback in Toronto Cbc ca Retrieved 27 February 2016 Let Googoosh sing Salon 18 September 2000 Retrieved 25 March 2019 Moaveni Azade 23 March 2001 Don t Cry for Me Iran Time Archived from the original on 13 April 2001 Retrieved 12 April 2007 Googoosh Makes Mideast Concert Comeback after Two Decade Silence www albawaba com Retrieved 25 March 2019 New Film About Iranian Star Googoosh World Music Central org 18 October 2006 Retrieved 25 March 2019 MacFarquhar Neil 23 July 2009 Iranian Exiles Rally at U N for Release of Prisoners The New York Times Retrieved 13 June 2021 or Ganji and Googoosh Lead Iranian Exiles in Rally at U N The New York Times 22 July 2009 Retrieved on 4 April 2014 Googoosh Music Academy Manoto 1 Archived from the original on 20 January 2013 Googoosh Music Academy Talk With Raha Etemadi Radio Javan Retrieved 18 December 2020 Googoosh Music Academy a Persian Talent Show Payvand com payvand com Retrieved 18 December 2020 Archived copy Archived from the original on 6 March 2014 Retrieved 28 February 2013 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Googoosh Royal Albert Hall Archived from the original on 29 November 2012 Retrieved 28 February 2013 Video on YouTube Googoosh sings out in support of Iran s gays and lesbians Euronews com 5 March 2014 Retrieved 12 January 2019 Iranian Artist Spotlight Orley Shabahang 1 October 2018 Retrieved 25 March 2019 Googoosh The most celebrated Iranian pop artist of all times Iran Chamber Society Googoosh was born Faegheh Atashin in 1951 on Ghubba Street in an old part of Khorramdarreh to Azerbaijani immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union Biography Personal Googoosh com Archived from the original on 11 July 2011 Retrieved 28 February 2011 The new form of Kambiz Ghorbani Googoosh s son Kodoom Kodoom LLC 26 November 2010 Iranian Movie DataBase گوگوش Sourehcinema com Retrieved 12 January 2019 Encyclopedisque Disque Retour de la ville Archived from the original on 1 January 2015 Retrieved 21 February 2010 a b c Googoosh TV Googoosh Awards Archived from the original on 12 July 2007 a b c d Biography Googoosh Concerts Retrieved 25 March 2019 Bahmani Behrouz 11 February 2003 A Treasure Hunter s Effort Pay Off Iranian com Retrieved 24 April 2007 World Music Awards WORLDMUSICAWARD 28 October 2014 Congrats Googoosh Best Iranian Female Artist voted online Tweet via Twitter festigious MARCH 2017 Festigious Retrieved 12 January 2019 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Googoosh Official website Googoosh at AllMusic Googoosh at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Googoosh amp oldid 1127050049, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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