Bastanak

Bastanak
بستناك
Studio album by
Elissa
Released16 February 2006
Recorded2005–2006
Studio
  • Audio Vision (Beirut)
  • Electra
  • Talkies Sound
Genre
Length58:37
LabelRotana Records
ProducerRotana
Elissa chronology
Ahla Dounya
(2004) 		Bastanak
بستناك
(2006) 		Ayami Bik
(2007)
Singles from Bastanak
  1. "Bastanak"
  2. "Law Taarafou"

Bastanak (Arabic: بستناك) (English: Waiting for You) is the fifth studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Rotana on 16 February 2006, making it her second album released by Rotana Records. The album sold more than 3.7 million copies by October 2006,[1] and earned Elissa the World Music Award for the best-selling artist in the Middle East and North Africa for the second time in a row.[2] As a result, Routledge named Elissa one of the world's most popular singers in 2006.[3]

The album included twelve songs and a bonus remix track, many of which have been translated into other languages. "Bastanak" was translated into Turkish,[4] and two versions in Hindi were released as well.[5][6] "Fatet Sineen" was also transferred to Turkish,[7] and an Egyptian cover was voiced by Hamou Beka.[8] "Kermalak" and "Law Taarafou" were translated into Turkish,[9][10] and "Hikayti Maak" was translated into Bulgarian.[11]

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  2. ^ الفنانة فازت بها للسنة الثانية على التوالي, Al-Jazirah, 22 November 2006. Archived 2020-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ International Who's Who in Popular Music 2006 - Europa Europa Publications - Page 155. Archived 19 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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  5. ^ Pondicherry Commuting. YouTube, Pearce Roswell. Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Rehne Do. YouTube, Image Sounds. Archived 2020-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Mustafa Sandal - Herkez Mecbur. YouTube, relaxoneuz. Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ برج الجدعنة. Facebook. Archived 2020-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Nihan - Buz. YouTube, VidyoIzlet. Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Aydan Kaya - Ask Cikmazi. YouTube, nycbelcika. Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Мира - Толкова ли. YouTube, Zlatomir Zlatev. Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine