Duets, Ayshalak and Ahla Donya
Her second album We Akhertha Maak included Betghib Betrouh with Ragheb Alama. Ayshalak followed in 2002, before the move to Rotana and Ahla Donya in May 2004.
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Biography and career records reviewed 23 Oct 2026.
Elissa’s recording career followed her appearance on Lebanon’s Studio El Fan, where she won a silver medal in 1992. EMI released her debut album Baddi Doub in 1998.
Rotana Music- Early television programme
- Studio El FanRotana Music
- Debut album
- Baddi DoubRotana Music
- Duet partner
- Ragheb AlamaRotana Music
- First Rotana album
- Ahla DonyaRotana Music
- Award footage
- World Music Awards 2005Elissa Official Artist Channel
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Debut albumBaddi Doub
Rotana Music profile Published profile · checked Separating album history from award footage
The World Music Awards recognised Elissa in 2005, following Ahla Donya’s 2004 release. Her artist channel later published footage of that ceremony. It offers a view of this stage of her career, but its upload date is not the performance date; her early album chronology provides the context.
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- 1992
- 1998
- 2004-05
- 2005
World Music Awards
Received the award for best-selling Middle Eastern artist.
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What was Elissa’s first album?
Baddi Doub, released by EMI in 1998 according to her label biography.
Rotana MusicIs the award video a recent performance?
No. Her official channel’s 2012 upload preserves footage from the 2005 ceremony.
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- Elissa — artist biographyRotana Music
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- Elissa — Music awards 2005Elissa Official Artist Channel · Published 9 Jul 2012
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