She won the award again in 2006, the year she released her fifth album, Bastanak | In 2005 she won her first World Music Award for Best-Selling Middle Eastern Artist |
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Fourth album Ahla Dounya 2004 was her first of several on the Rotana label, and by this point Elissa's popularity had grown to such heights that she was featured in a series of Pepsi commercials featuring different songs from the album | In addition to her music, she is known for her flashy promotional videos, television commercial sponsorships, and luxury-brand clothing |
The single "Baddy Doub" became her first hit | Born Elissar Zakaria Khoury on October 27, 1971, in Deir el Ahmar, Lebanon, she made her album debut in 1999 with Baddy Doub |
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Lebanese singer Elissa is one of the biggest Arabic pop stars of the new millennium | Successive albums include Ayami Beek 2007 |
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