1. Ferras Mahmoud Alqaisi is an American singer-songwriter.
17 Facts About Ferras
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Ferras is signed with Unsub Records, a subsidiary of Capitol Records founded by Katy Perry, being the first artist to sign with her label.
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Ferras attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Ferras' career began when he was in Amman with his father.
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Ferras practiced music on a small keyboard that his father gave him and began to write his own songs.
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Ferras was 17 when he decided to pursue a career in music, after listening to pop artists such as Britney Spears and 'N Sync.
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Ferras performed as Elton John in the reality television Performing As.
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Ferras was signed by Durst prior to joining the Berklee College of Music.
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Ferras was eventually signed to EMI's Capitol Records after an audition for the label's chairman Jason Flom while on spring break.
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Ferras performed the song during his first national television performance on The Today Show.
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Ferras released an independent EP entitled "Interim" on July 2,2010.
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Ferras co-wrote the song "Aftermath" for Adam Lambert's debut CD For Your Entertainment.
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Ferras continued concentrating on songwriting and in January 2011, German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut performed the song "Good News" which was co-written by Ferras and Audra Mae for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
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Four tracks co-written by Ferras were included on the Ricky Martin record "Musica+Alma+Sexo" which was released on February 1,2011.
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Ferras co-wrote the song "Galaxy" with Richard Vission and was released as a duet by Australian recording artists Jessica Mauboy and Stan Walker in 2011.
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Ferras released his self-titled EP on June 17,2014, after becoming the first artist to sign with Katy Perry's Metamorphosis Music.
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Ferras had first met Perry in 2007 when both were artists at Capitol Records.