A product of three continents. SHAB is a Persian American singer & songwriterGaining attention in the Western Hemisphere during late 2020 as a "breakout star of the global pandemic," SHAB has registered four consecutive Number Two hits on the UK Music Week Commercial Charts. Her February 2021 debut album, INFINITE LOVE, has been met with immediate critical acclaim, with her unique electronic dance sound typified as “an energizing Global Pop that is both effortless and memorable.”
SHAB was born in Tehran as the youngest of 13 children in a family ravaged by the circumstances of post-revolutionary Iran. Her family fled continuous socio-political turmoil and persecution from the Fundamentalist Revolution and escaped toGermany when SHAB was eight years old with little more than suitcases.
SHAB attended boarding school in Germany until the age of fourteen, when she emigrated to the United States. As a result of this multicultural upbringing, SHAB is fluent in both Farsi and English as well as conversationally conversant in German.
SHAB initially began her entertainment career while singing in her native Farsi language under her given name of Shabnam and experienced some limited success during 2016 & 2017 with the Farsi single PAS CHI SHOD and the English- Farsi mix LOVE YOU. During early 2018, SHAB sought to crossover as an English language entertainer and began working with Grammy award winning producer-songwriter Damon Sharpe & Eric Sanicola.
Her previous release, VOODOO, is a collaboration with the legendary hip-hop artist Fat Joe which interpolates his club anthem LEAN BACK with SHAB’s debut English 2020 single, SPELL ON ME. The Clout Magazine has described VOODOO as “remarkable collaboration ....convergence of artistry and aesthetics [that] is nothing short of epic."
SWERVE is SHAB’S latest release. Driving dancehall beats and irresistible hooks, "SWERVE" blends Arab Pop sensibilities with a pop twist.
She has also become one of leading voices of the Persian artist expatriate community, calling publicly for the fall of what she has labelled “the gangster regime in Tehran.”
Together with her partner, SHAB resides in Dallas and has two children. She owns her own record label, Shabnam Music, through which she has released all of her English language music to date. SHAB is heavily involved in charitable work with both HopeSupply Co. (serving the needs of homeless children) and The Kynect Foundation(dedicated to the needs of children, military veterans & civil First Responders).
