29 Facts About Saad Lamjarred

Saad Lamjarred was born on 7 April 1985 and is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, and record producer.

Saad Lamjarred is widely known for his music video "LM3ALLEM" which received over 1 billion views on YouTube.

From an early age, Saad Lamjarred had a special interest in playing the piano, as well as singing as early as the age of four.

Saad Lamjarred often uses his platform to advocate for various social causes, participating in charity events and initiatives.

Saad Lamjarred then went on to study at the Conservatory of Music in Rabat, where he studied music, art theory and dance.

Saad Lamjarred would perform many productions wherein he would collaborate with his father.

Saad Lamjarred moved to the US in 2001 and cites this as one of the main sources of inspiration for his music, crediting the experience for exposing him to western music and having a defining effect on his style and the type of artist he wanted to identify as.

In 2007, Saad Lamjarred took part in Super Star, a widely popular Arab talent TV show, and was placed second in season 4 of the series that was defeated by the Tunisian Marwan Ali.

In 2011, Saad Lamjarred started his acting career, playing the male lead in Ahlam Nassim, a Moroccan soap opera.

Saad Lamjarred released an album in 2013, titled Wala Aalik.

Saad Lamjarred was nominated for the Best Middle East Act at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Saad Lamjarred won the Murex d'Or in the category of "Best Arabic Song" for his 2014 song "Enty".

The music video for Saad Lamjarred's 2015 hit single, "Lm3allem", earned a Guinness World Record achievement after garnering 1 billion views on YouTube within three months of release.

Saad Lamjarred didn't wait too long to release another single by the name of "Ghaltana" in the form of a video clip directed by Amr Rouani.

Saad Lamjarred later released new hit songs such as "Ghazali", another big hit that earned more than half a million views only minutes after the video went live at an average of 50 thousand views every five minutes.

August 2018 saw Saad Lamjarred incarcerated once more in Saint Tropez, halting his music career again until December 2018, in which he released another single, titled "Baddek Eih".

In July 2019, Saad Lamjarred performed and released a duet with Egyptian actor and fellow singer Mohamed Ramadan titled "Ensay", which garnered over 100 million views within a month of publication.

On 10 June 2020 Saad Lamjarred reached 10 million subscribers on his official YouTube channel, and becoming the first Arab African singer to get the Diamond Button.

In July 2023, Saad Lamjarred appeared and sang the Arabic-Hindi song Guli Mata with Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal.

In February 2010 while visiting the United States, Saad Lamjarred was accused of beating and raping a woman from Brooklyn, New York.

Saad Lamjarred fled the US after posting bail and was in risk of being arrested if he returned.

Saad Lamjarred was scheduled to perform at the Palais des congres de Paris on 29 October 2016.

Saad Lamjarred was released in April 2017, but still faced charges.

Saad Lamjarred later withdrew the complaint "under pressure from her family".

Saad Lamjarred, who has denied the allegations, was released on a bail of 150,000 euros and could not leave France.

Days before the concert, a number of Saudi users on Twitter expressed their disapproval of Saad Lamjarred's upcoming concert in the country's capital.

Saad Lamjarred denied the charge, claiming that he did not penetrate the victim.

Saad Lamjarred added that he and the victim had kissed and undressed consensually, and that his only violent act was pushing her face away reflexively after she scratched his back, an act which he claims to regret.

Saad Lamjarred was arrested and transferred to prison immediately after the verdict, which garnered protest from his legal defense.