Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni Explained

Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni (ar|إلى كل اللي بيحبوني) (English: To All Those Who Love Me) is the eleventh studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Rotana on 25 July 2018. The album features 16 tracks.^[1] On the first week of its release, the album debuted at #10 on the Billboard World Albums chart.^[2]

On 7 August 2018, Elissa released the music video for "Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni"^[3] where in the music video, Elissa disclosed her breast cancer diagnosis in late December 2017 along with her treatment and recovery.^{[4] [5]} The music video went viral and amassed more than 9 million views during its first week of release.^[6]

Track listing

Notes

• "Nefsi A'ollo" is an Arabic-language cover of the 1994 Turkish song "Haydi Söyle" by İbrahim Tatlıses.
• "Wahashtouni" is a cover of the 1974 song by Warda.

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

• Jean Nakhoul - executive producer
• Nasser El Assadd - recording, keyboard (track 16)
• Elie Barbar - recording (track 2), vocal sound engineer
• Edouard Meunier - mixing
• Tim Young - mastering
• Tamer Ghneim - strings (tracks 1, 10), strings leader (track 5, 7)
• Tarek Raouf - trumpet (track 1)
• Rocket - guitar and mandolin (track 1)
• Wael El Naggar - accordion (tracks 1, 8)
• Ahmad El Iyadi - tablah (track 1)
• Sherif Alyan - contrabass (track 1)
• Acapella - chorus (track 1)
• Mohammed Adas - strings recording (track 1), music engineer (tracks 5, 7, 10)
• Mahmoud Ezzat - music engineer (track 1)
• Alain Oueijane - guitar (tracks 2, 9, 11), electric guitar (track 15)
• Ihab Jamal - violin (tracks 2, 9)
• Hassan Saeed - strings section (track 3)
• Mostafa Aslan - guitar (tracks 3, 6, 7, 16), electric guitar (tracks 4, 7), acoustic guitar (track 10)
• Ammar Khater - sound engineer (tracks 3, 8)
• Bulant - clarinet (track 4)
• Ayhan Gunyel - acoustic guitar (track 4)
• Ali Chaker - bağlama (track 4)
• Morat - bass guitar (track 4)
• Ibrahim - duduk (track 4)
• Majd Jaride - violins group (track 4)
• Franco Lof - bass guitar (track 5)
• Mostafa Nasr - guitar (tracks 5, 8, 13)
• Fares Sakr - violin (track 5), strings (track 13)
• Hamoso - clarinet (tracks 6, 13), saxophone (tracks 6, 16)
• Ahmad Khairy - ney (track 6)
• Mohammed Atef Imam - violin (track 6), strings section leader (track 6)
• Osama Hassan - bouzouki (track 6)
• Ahmad Gouda - sound engineer (track 6)
• Ahmed Ragab - bass guitar (tracks 7, 10)
• Osama Ezz - piano (track 7)
• Diaa Badr - percussion (tracks 7, 10)
• Nadim Rouhana - accordion (track 9)
• Amr Saleh - piano (track 10)
• Hussein Kemanci - violin (track 10)
• Can Kesmez - music engineer (track 10)
• Ehab Sobhy - strings group (track 12)
• Mostafa Raouf - music engineer (tracks 13, 16)
• Mohammed Mostafa - ney (track 16)
• Mahmoud Ez El Dine - percussions (track 16)
• Matthias Clamer - photographer
• Georges Haddad - photoshoot production
• Rasha Kassab - photoshoot concept
• Yehya Chokr - hair
• Bassam Fattouh - make up
• Mandy Merheb - fashion consultant
• Rula Zuheir Baalbaki - translator

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni by Elissa . . 10 May 2024 . en-AU . 25 July 2018.
2. https://www.billboard.com/charts/world-albums/2018-08-04 WORLD ALBUMS, The week of August 4, 2018.
3. Web site: Elissa ... Ila Kol Elli Bihebbouni - Video Clip 2018 - إليسا ... إلى كل اللي بيحبوني - فيديو كليب. Rotana. 7 August 2018. YouTube.
4. Web site: Lebanese pop sensation Elissa reveals breast cancer battle in music video. 13 August 2018.
5. Web site: How Lebanese sensation Elissa defeated cancer - Annahar Staff. 8 August 2018. 15 July 2022. 9 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025018/https://en.annahar.com/article/842169-how-lebanese-sensation-elissa-defeated-cancer. dead.
6. Web site: Women Are Saying They're Getting Checked After A Famous Lebanese Singer Said She'd Had Breast Cancer. BuzzFeed News.