15 Facts About Layal Abboud

Layal Abboud appeared for the first time in the Studio El-Fan series debuts as a South Lebanese competitor from 2001 to 2002.

Layal Abboud is a singer member in the Syndicate of Professional Artists in Lebanon.

Layal Abboud was born into a large Shiite Muslim family in the southern village of Kanisah in Lebanon's Tyre District.

Layal Abboud's father encouraged her and bought her a violin while she was six years old.

Layal Abboud studied English literature at the Lebanese University and translation in the Beirut Arab University, graduating with a master's degree.

Layal Abboud went on to study music at the Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of music for two years.

Layal Abboud sang at various Beirut cafes and restaurants, eventually networking with musicians like Richard Najm, Tony Abi Karam, and Salim Salameh.

Layal Abboud went on to study music under Richard Najm, and in 2006 became a multi-instrumentalist skilled in the oud, organ and guitar.

In 2014, Layal Abboud called Akel Fakih "the mastermind" behind the way she dresses in her professional, social, and daily life.

In 2015, Akel Fakih said he works with Layal Abboud "in a very distinctive and upscale way, going on to say that, "there is a chemistry that brings me together in fashion.

Layal Abboud is founder of Amman-based wedding planning company Loulou Secret.

Sometimes called a seductive artist and femme fatale by Al Akhbar and other critics, Layal Abboud appeared on the program Bala Teshfir on the Al Jadeed network in 2015, stating, "Being bold is not seduction".

Layal Abboud accused the magazine of trying to increase readership by dumbing down and oversimplifying its content.

Layal Abboud is an advocate for a public smoking ban for Lebanon, saying, "Smoking and non-smoking areas must be allocated".

Layal Abboud married at the age of sixteen in 1998 and gave birth to her only son, Jad, in 2004.