Fouzia is a Moroccan-Canadian singer, songwriter and musician who rose to fame in early 2020 for her songs including Born Without a Heart, Tears of Gold and You Don’t Even Know Me. His songs surpassed 1 billion global streams in 2023.
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Wiki/Biography
Fouzia Ouihya (popularly known as Fouzia) was born on Wednesday, 5 July 2000 (age 23 years; as of 2023) in Casablanca (also known as Dar al-Beida), Morocco. His zodiac sign is Cancer. When she was one year old, her family moved from Morocco to Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Manitoba, and later to Carmen, Manitoba, Canada.
Fauzia (left) with her elder sister in childhood
He had his early schooling at Franco-Manitoban School Division, Manitoba and later at Carmen Collegiate, Manitoba.
Fauzia during her school days
He later studied computer engineering at the University of Manitoba. Fauzia showed interest in singing and music while growing up and later became a professional singer.
Fauzia during her early college days
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 2″
Weight (Approx): 50 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Picture Measurements (Approx): 32-28-34
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Mustafa Ouihya and mother’s name is Bouchara Alaoui.
Fauzia’s parents with her elder sister (centre)
Fauzia has an older sister, Samia Ouihya, who works as her manager, and a younger sister, Kenza Ouihya, who works as her photographer.
Fauzia (left) with her sisters
husband and children
He is unmarried and has no children.
Religion
She follows Islam.
soldier wearing hijab
CASTEISMAND
Fawzia has Moroccan roots and loves Moroccan food and clothing. She also travels to Morocco regularly.
Fauzia is wearing a Moroccan hat
Nationality/Citizenship
Fauzia holds dual citizenship of Morocco and Canada.
Signature
Fauzia’s autograph
livelihood
music artist
Fawzia became interested in learning music, especially playing the piano, at the age of four, after watching her sister Samia play the piano as a child. She started writing poems and songs when she was five years old and learned to play the piano at the age of six. Later he learned to play violin and guitar. She also learned English, French and Arabic as her parents often spoke to her in Arabic.
Fauzia is playing the piano
Fauzia later uploaded covers of popular songs and some of her self-written songs to YouTube, which gained attention. On November 1, 2015, she released her debut single ‘Knock on My Door’ at the age of fifteen.
Fauzia during her early singing career
In 2017, she signed up with Paradigm Talent Agency, which managed popular singers such as Coldplay, Feist, Ed Sheeran and Sia during their early careers.
Fauzia after signing up with Paradigm Talent Agency
In 2018, he sang David Guetta’s song ‘Battle’, which he described as one of the proudest moments of his career. In 2020, he signed up with Atlantic Records.
After Fauzia signed up with Atlantic Records
He worked with American singer, John Legend on several songs like Minefields in 2020, his single ‘Secrets’ in 2020 and ‘Hero’ in 2021, Now or Never with French DJ, Martin Solveig in 2023.
Fauzia (right) with John Legend
Fauzia released her first EP (Extended Play) in 2020 named ‘Stripped’, which contained 6 songs and in 2022, her second EP ‘Citizens’, which contained her viral song ‘RIP, Love’.
Fauzia’s Billboard following the release of her second EP, Citizens
In 2022, he toured around the world, performing in various cities including Toronto, London, Dubai, Paris, California and New York. She had said in an interview that she would release her first album in 2024.
A poster of Fauzia’s concert
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Grand Prize, Song of the Year and Publicity Awards at the 2015 Chicken Electric
- Placed second in Canada’s Walk of Fame Emerging Artist Mentorship Program in 2016
- In 2017, he won the Nashville-based Unsigned Only Music Competition, defeating 6,000 contestants from 100 countries.
Fauzia after winning the Unsigned Only music competition
- Became the first Canadian duo (with Matt Epp) to win an international songwriting contest in 2017 (for the song The Sound), defeating 16,000 entrants from 137 countries.
- Performed with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra at The Forks, Winnipeg at Canada’s 150th Anniversary in 2017
- Manitoba Rising Star Award in 2017
Fauzia honored with the Manitoba Rising Star Award
- Became Canada’s first YouTube Artist on the Rise in 2020
- Nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award at Juno Awards in 2022
- Named as one of the top 25 Canadian immigrants in 2023
- Named in Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30 list in 2023
Fauzia after being named in the Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30 list
Facts/General Knowledge
- In 2017, Fauzia won the Nashville-based Unsigned Only Music competition, earning her $20,000 in cash, a scholarship to Berklee College of Music’s five-week summer performance program, and one-on-one mentorship with executives from major record companies. The session was given. As Island Records (Universal) and Sony Music Nashville.
Fauzia after winning the Unsigned Only music competition in 2017
- The themes of Fauzia’s songs range from pop, R&B, synth-pop and acoustic pop. Reportedly, her voice is in the coloratura mezzo-soprano vocal range spanning from C♯3 to G♯5 in mixed voice and A6 in whistle tone. Fauzia has described her music as ’emotional’ and ‘intense’.
- She sings mostly in English and occasionally in French and Arabic. Many fans have said that his English songs have Arabic undertones.
- In an interview, he said that his parents and sisters were his biggest inspirations for pursuing a career in music. In his early days, he wrote songs inspired by the people around him; However, he later started writing songs based on his personal experiences.
Fauzia (far right) with her family
- Fauzia listened to various pop singers during her growing up years, such as Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Rosalía, Beyoncé, Sia, Adele, Storme, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend. As a songwriter, she was mainly influenced by Rihanna, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Sia. Her favorite Arabic musicians are Umm Kulthum and Fairuz, and she was also inspired by Asla Nasri and Khaled. When he started composing music he listened to composers Chopin, Bach and Mozart. Some of her favorite songs include ‘Say Something’ by A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera in 2013 and ‘Hello’ by Adele in 2015.
- She often uploads makeup related videos on her YouTube channel named Fauzia.
- Their song ‘Minefield’ has over 100 million global streams and is their first top 10 entry on the US iTunes chart, number 1 on the French pop chart, number 2 on the all-genre chart and number 2 on the French Airplay chart. ,
Fauzia with John Legend (left) during the shooting of the song Minefield
- Fauzia once revealed in an interview that she feels good when her fans say that her songs help them feel inspired to do anything and said,
My favorite thing is to hear that one of my songs helped someone feel inspired or empowered, or even helped them have a good cry – which is sometimes all you need. I truly believe that being immersed in music can help you get through difficult times in life, and I always hope that my songs can do that for everyone.
- She has been featured in various popular magazines such as Vogue Arabia, Condé Nast Traveller, Cosmopolitan Middle East, and Rolling Stone.
Fauzia on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine
- Fauzia also sells her merchandise through the Warner Music Store website.
- In an interview, Fauzia revealed that she used to act in plays and dramas during her school days and avoided playing sports.
- He is very popular on social media. As of 2023, he has 3 million followers on Instagram, 1 million followers on Facebook, 2.4 million subscribers on YouTube, and 4 million followers on TikTok. His songs surpassed 700 million streams on Spotify in 2023.
- She is a cat lover and has a pet cat named Wissam.
Fauzia with her pet cat
- In an interview, Fauzia said that she likes to cross her limits through her fashion. She prefers high-fashion looks and likes to keep her style attractive.
A picture of Fauzia
- She often eats Moroccan cuisine, especially tagine, and drinks Moroccan soda known as Pommes.
- On the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March) in 2021, she created a playlist for Billboard and said that she wanted to inspire women through her songs.
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