In July 2011 he featured on the cover of the UK Muslim lifestyle magazine Emel. Maher Zain was chosen as a Muslim Star of 2011 in a competition organized by. In March 2011, Maher Zain released "Freedom", a song inspired by the events and the actions of the people taking part in the Arab Spring. In January 2010, Maher Zain won Best Religious Song for 'Ya Nabi Salam Alayka', on Nogoum FM, a major Middle East mainstream music station, beating other prominent singers including Hussein Al-Jismi, Mohammed Mounir and Sami Yusuf. He took part in the judging committee of the Awakening Talent Contest to choose Awakening Records' new star in 2013. He has fan clubs in several countries including Malaysia, Egypt, and Morocco. Zain has performed concerts around the world, including in the UK, the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Another song, "Allahi Allah Kiya Karo" ("Continuously Saying Allah"), is sung in Urdu and features the Pakistan born Canadian singer Irfan Makki. The song "Insha Allah", for example, is now available in English, French, Arabic, Turkish, Malay and Indonesian versions. Zain sings mainly in English but has released some of his most popular songs in other languages. It became the highest-selling album of 2010 in Malaysia. The album Thank You Allah has been certified multiple platinum by Warner Music Malaysia and Sony Music Indonesia. Malaysia and Indonesia have been the countries where he has had the most commercial success. By the end of 2010, he was the most Googled celebrity in Malaysia for that year. In early 2010 his music very quickly gathered a huge online following in Arabic-speaking and Islamic countries as well as among young Muslims in western countries. Zain and Awakening Records successfully used social media such as Facebook, YouTube and iTunes to promote tracks from the album. His debut album, Thank You Allah, with 13 songs and two bonus tracks, was released on 1 November 2009 with percussion versions and French versions of some tracks released shortly afterwards. In January 2009, Maher Zain began working on an album with Awakening Records. On returning home to Sweden, he became engaged once more with his Islamic faith and decided to move away from a career as a music producer to become a singer/songwriter of contemporary R&B music with a strong Muslim religious influence. When RedOne moved to New York in 2006, Zain soon followed to continue his music industry career in the United States, producing for artists such as Kat DeLuna. After university, he entered the music industry in Sweden, and in 2005 linked up with the Moroccan-born Swedish producer RedOne. He completed his schooling there, gaining a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Maher Zain's Lebanese family emigrated to Sweden when he was eight. 2 Collaborations, appearances and awards.In 2014, Maher has had concerts in five continents, and will embark on a 120 city World Tour after the release of his third album. With 24 million fans, Maher is the biggest Arab Muslim artist on Facebook. Zain’s official music videos have had over 250 million views, and over 500 million views of fan-made unofficial videos of his songs. He released his follow-up album Forgive Me in April 2012 under the same production company, and a third album One (Maher Zain album) in 2016. He released his debut album Thank You Allah, an internationally successful album produced by Awakening Records, in 2009. Maher Zain's message after performing at UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Maher Zain (born: J( ) ), is a Lebanese-Swedish R&B singer, songwriter and music producer of Lebanese origin.