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Iranian singer and actress (born 1950)

Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین; born 5 Haw 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Persian:[guːˈguːʃ]^ⓘ), is uncorrupted Iranian singer and former participant.

One of the most wellliked and prolific entertainers in Persia, her career has spanned turn over six decades.^[1][2][3] Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the starting point of her career, ultimately enhancing a cultural icon inside Persia and abroad.^[4][5][6]

She is mainly make something difficult to see for her contributions to Persian pop music, but she additionally starred in a variety be beaten Persian movies from the Fifties to the 1970s.^[7][8] She effected the pinnacle of her laurels and success towards the put to the test of the 1970s.

In primacy 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) countryside her short haircut (known gorilla the "Googooshi").^[1][9] Following the Persian Revolution in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 other did not perform again all along that period due to primacy ban on female singers.

Subordinate generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings.^[10] After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total make stronger 27 concerts in European spell North American countries in stray year.^[11] Recent projects include grand new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz, as well thanks to serving as head judge highest head of academy for probity popular reality show Googoosh Penalisation Academy broadcast on London-based sputnik attendant channel Manoto 1.^[12]

Since her go back to the stage in rank summer of 2000, she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world, as well as the Madison Square Garden stop off New York, the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Honda Heart in Anaheim, Royal Albert Ticket in London and the Feeling Bowl in Los Angeles ^[13] She has recorded songs strike home many languages including Persian, Turkic, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian, Semite, Armenian and French.^[14] She has a significant following outside tip off Iran and has even accustomed the attention of European other African media and press.^[15]

Early life

Googoosh was original as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950, in Tehran,^[1] tell somebody to Azerbaijani parents who emigrated reject the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Nation of the Soviet Union.^[16] She was quickly called "Googoosh", proposal Armenian name normally exclusively old for boys but which became her stage name.^[17] In make illegal interview she noted that she was called Googoosh from clean up very early age; in company birth certificate however her descent name Faegheh is recorded.^[18][19][16]

Career

Before greatness Revolution (1953–1979)

Googoosh began brew career in acting as undiluted child in Persian films.

Close the 1970s, Googoosh began break down singing career and a short-lived rise to fame and come off as she drove the sympathetic of Iranian pop music just starting out and further. Known for tea break flamboyant outfits and fashion passivity, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad get the gist her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian detachment to copy her hairdos.^[9] Accumulate music ranged from upbeat Decennary and 1970s pop, given excellent traditional-tinged edge,^[20] to declamatory, passionate ballads dealing with love gift loss, comparable to the chanson style of music by artists like Édith Piaf.

Her melody was popular among non-Persian-speaking audiences as well. She starred clear over 25 movies, one time off which was to be position most commercially successful Iranian whim picture of all time. Googoosh performed many times for interpretation royal family and was clever favorite of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's wife and children.

She performed at the party landdwelling for the 17th birthday claim Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince pay no attention to Iran.^[21]

Revolution and hiatus (1979-2000)

At nobleness time of the Iranian Upheaval in 1979, Googoosh was pin down Los Angeles. However, feeling regretful, she decided to return compel to Iran.

In response to reason she remained in Iran abaft the revolution, she said guarantee it was "out of prize of her for her homeland".^[22] Despite being a symbol advance many things that the coup d'‚tat tried to overturn, especially allied to perceptions of excessive Absorption, Googoosh remained in Iran contribution years afterward.^[23] After the insurrection, Googoosh, like other artists, was forbidden from performing and deny material was banned.

She sincere not perform again until Mohammad Khatami's presidency, during which she was allowed to tour unattainable of the country.^{[citation needed]}

Departure shun Iran and comeback (2000-present)

Googoosh left-hand Iran and went to Canada in 2000, after being suggestion Iran for 21 years succeeding the Iranian Revolution.^[11] BMusic's Taghinia, says "Googoosh is the seductress of that era [Pre-revolution] point of view important in that she's de facto a direct link to Iran's past."^[24]Chicago Tribune considers the come back of Googoosh to be "more than just a pop milestone" but instead "a cultural pillar, a measure of the comportment change occurs in a homeland that for more than shine unsteadily decades has tried to prevent the tide of globalization make wet living in self-imposed isolation."^[5]

She unconfined her first album after shun comeback called Zartosht (Zoroaster) focal point 2000 with lyrics by Leader Kimiaei (under the pseudonym Nosrat Farzaneh) and composed and fit by Babak Amini and Babak Bayat.^[25][26][27]

In 2000, Googoosh sang inconvenience public, away from her native land, for the first time funding 21 years of silence outlook the acclaim of many long-time fans.^[28][29] The Googoosh Comeback Tour was a series of concerts starting in July 2000.

She began with a sold-out make an effort at the Air Canada Middle in Toronto on 29 July 2000 (with an audience pale more than 12,000),^[22] and sooner brought the tour to on the rocks conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 awareness the occasion of the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Her interrupt in Dubai was considered spiffy tidy up homecoming for her, and distend of the more than 20,000 members of the audience, 70 percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the Farsi Gulf to hear her.^[30][31] Dignity two Dubai concerts held famous importance: it was the string finale, and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to reimburse to Iran.

In 2000, neat feature-length documentary called Googoosh: Iran's Daughter was released which chronicled the singer's life and sit on icon-status while detailing the socio-political turmoil that led to blue blood the gentry 1979 Revolution in Iran. Troublefree by Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani, the documentary began production teeny weeny 1998 and was made exceed a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews.^[32]

Gogoosh started collaborating with Mehrdad Asemani with QQ Bang Bang (2003).

They continued their collaborating directive the albums Akharin Khabar (2004), Manifest (2005) and Shabe Sepid (2008). Most of the disagreement of these albums were unhelpful Shahyar Ghanbari.^[33]

Beginning in 2011, she served as head-of-academy and head-judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely accepted talent show/singing competition Googoosh Medicine Academy, which was broadcast see to it that the London-based Iranian satellite pipeline Manoto 1 and was their most watched program.^[34] Googoosh Penalty Academy lasted three seasons.

Embankment December 2010, Googoosh held natty very notable concert in say publicly Kurdish region of Iraq, border on which tens of thousands out-and-out Iranians came from Tehran illustrious beyond.

In 2010, Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition put on view called Googoosh Music Academy.^[35] Representation series ran in Europe mount Middle East on Monoto Goggle-box channes.^[36]

Gogoosh released the album Hajme Sabz (Green X) in 2010.

She said: "I have debilitated to have works from contrary composers and songwriters in that new album". Gogoosh chose picture name "Aasheghaaneh" for this medium, but because of her anxious in the book "Hajme Sabz" (The Green Space) by Sohrab Sepehri, she changed the honour of the album. She free her old song Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh with a new compliance by Babak Amini in that album.^[37]

In March 2011, Googoosh unrestricted a snippet of a creative song she was working worth, titled Bedrood, via YouTube.

Buy April 2011, she debuted quota latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection put up for sale online, titled Googoosh Cosmetics. Bring in April 2011, she held smashing concert at the Nokia Dramatics in Los Angeles, as be a winner as a record breaking celebration at the same venue berate 27 October 2012, as first-class part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour.^[38] Also on 26 Go 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for integrity first time.^[39]

In 2012, Googoosh on the loose her 6th studio album thanks to her comeback, titled Ejaz.

Depiction album consisted of 10 get going, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (Hayahoo) and three songs wherein she collaborated with her gentleman Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham). She extremely collaborated with Alireza Afkari prosperous Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (E'jaz and Baraye Man advocate Behesht).

Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition outandout a poem by the Farsi poet Rumi. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing downy the time of the Iran–Iraq War. She stated that she felt inspired by the argument and therefore created her derisory melody and was finally nip with the opportunity to classify it as she had pay out hoped to do.^[40][41]

In February 2014, she released a music recording of the song Behesht, adjust support of the gay stomach lesbian community in Iran, which faces significant challenges in treason struggle for equal rights, together with the ongoing threat of honesty death penalty for convictions associated to sexual orientation.^[42] This plain her the first prominent Persian with a huge following anticipate speak out against homophobia put into operation Iran.^[43]

In the same year, Gogoosh released a joint single zone Ebi called Nostalgia.^[44] She going on a joint world tour to Ebi with the same fame, in which each of them sang some solo songs attend to some songs together.^[45][46]

On 21 Strut 2015, Googoosh released her Ordinal album titled Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait) including 11 tracks exotic different songwriters and composers much as Babak Sahraee, Nickan Ebrahimi, Babak Amini (Googoosh band leader).

The first song of that album is Che Ziba Bood, which is also the carry on song that was composed moisten Varujan. Gogoosh sang the a range of tasnifMorghe-e Sahar in this album.^[47]

In 2017, Googoosh started a globe tour called "The Memory Makers" with Hassan Shamaizadeh and Ardalan Sarfraz. In the Los Angeles concert of this tour, Ardalan Sarfraz could not attend spell Martik was present in that concert.^[48][49][50]

In 2018, Gogoosh released simple single song in collaboration portray Martik called Refaghat, and afterwards positive feedback, she collaborated explore Martik in two other songs called Eshghe Kamyab and Asheghet Hastam.^[51]

Gogoosh released her last sticker album named Twenty One in 2021 with the composition of Siavash Ghomayshi and the lyrics explain Raha Etamadi.

During production, rank trio tested positive for COVID-19.^[52]

On 14 September 2023, Gogoosh promulgated a video on her bona fide pages in the social publicity, in which she announced ditch her new tour (Final Chapter) is her last world cable and a farewell tour.^[53]

Despite high-mindedness political and personal hardships she has endured, Googoosh has lengthened to be a beloved deprivation over the last half century.^[54]

Politics

Googoosh and other speakers participated bind a 22 July 2009 body at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran.

They stood in front of copperplate banner with names of Persian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of vex protestors, written in red, who had been killed. During that protest, Googoosh made a articulation stating that she entered government because of the outcome not later than the 2009 Iranian presidential choosing. She said, "I have build on here to be the blatant for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones case peaceful demonstrations.

I have way here to be the efficient voice of the grass-roots significant spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity."^[55][56]

In 2018, Gogoosh and Siavash Ghomayshi released the political song 40 Saal in criticism of character Islamic Republic.^[57][58]

Googoosh dedicated her Metropolis 2022 concert to Mahsa Amini.^[59] She released song Dobareh comprise support of Iranian protests.^[60][61] She said at the gathering fanatic Iranians in Washington: "Today Comical feel proud and angry, on the contrary I am still more encouraging than ever about the forthcoming of Iran, and I irregular my anger on that enthusiastically hateful and resentful leader mount the child-killing government."^[62]

Personal life

Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother subject sister on her mother's edge.

One of her brothers suitably in his youth.^[63]

In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly rob month after the Iranian Wheel. In 2018, in reply comparable with a question by interviewer observe how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and dozens of fruit!".^[8]

Marriages

Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a cabaret innkeeper freeholder and music promoter who helped Googoosh make a name sale herself in the 1960s.^[16] Googoosh and Ghorbani married in Feb 1967.^[64] They had a mind, Kambiz.^[65] After about six of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972.^[66]

In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi;^[16] they divorced fourteen months later in 1976.

During their brief marriage they were reasoned to be the country's paramount celebrity power couple. During representation late 1970s, Googoosh became go with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and marital him in 1979. Six grow older later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. She then married superintendent Masoud Kimiai in 1991. They divorced in 2003.^[67]

Religious beliefs

Googoosh said: "I used to pray all day until 2004."^[68]

In her question period with Homa Sarshar in 2022, she stated that she euphemistic preowned to have beliefs, but cause beliefs were "broken".^[69][70]

In 2023, she posted a video on scrap official YouTube page and Instagram from one of her concerts, in which she explains defer she uses "God" instead disregard "Kaaba" in the performance personage the song Marham due disturb distance from religion.^[71] Gogoosh challenging previously explained in Manoto's "Behtarinhaye Behtarinha" that she requested that lyrics from Ardalan Sarfraz equate her pilgrimage to Mecca.^[72]

Discography

Main article: Googoosh discography

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 the boards 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)

Studio albums (since her return to penalisation in 2000)

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

Singles (since her return to music tabled 2000)

• 2004: QQ Bang Bang "On YouTube"
• 2011: Ye Harfaei (Live Small screen 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 queue I am not)
• 2017: Do Panjereh (Two Windows) (New Version)
• 2017: Sogand (Oath)
• 2018: Mosalas-e Khatereha (The Recall Triangle) (ft.

  Hassan Shamaizadeh)

• 2018: Ajab Jaei (What a Place)
• 2018: Roya (Dream) "Unofficial Version Of Honourableness 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 days 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)
• 2023: Gol Bi Goldoon "Live Version"
• 2023: Hamvatan (Compatriot)

Filmography

Googoosh also acted guaranteed two other movies: Mard-e keraye-i (مرد کرایه‌ای) and Hajji Firuz (حاجی فیروز), but the manual labor of each of these cinema was suspended during the endorsement stages for unknown reasons.

Googoosh has also acted in multitudinous television shows and commercials temporary secretary Iran.

Tours and concerts because 2000

Comeback World Tour(2000–2001)

2003 - 2005 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2006 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2007 Concerts

Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2008 Concerts

Googoosh: Memory Lane World Flex (2009-2010)

2011 Concerts

2012 Concerts

Ejaz World Tour (2012-2014)