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*In November 2008, he won MTV Arabia's "Best Arab New Act" and invited to perform in the MTV Europe Music Video Awards in Liverpool on 6 November 2008. |
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Revision as of 06:46, 31 March 2009
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Carl Abou Samah[1] better known by his stage name Karl Wolf is a Lebanese Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec. He has been a singer, songwriter and producer since 2001, releasing his first solo album Face Behind the Face on MapleNationwide / Universal in January 2006, followed by a second album Bite the Bullet in November 2007.
Earlier Years
Wolf has been writing and co-producing since 2001. The 2001 hit album from Gabrielle Destroismaisons generated two singles co-written by him that reached No. 1 on the BDS Francophone Charts, and the disc earned him a Félix Award at the L'ADISQ Awards for "Best Mix and Sound of the Year."
His work with Gabrielle brought Karl Wolf to the attention of Antoine Sicotte, of the top-selling Canadian pop band Sky, where he was recruited as a singer-songwriter becoming Sky's new lead singer in 2002[2]. Wolf co-wrote and co-produced the third Sky album, Picture Perfect (on Sextant/EMI), with strong airplay across Canada. Sicotte and Wolf cooperated on the hugely successful Star Académie reality TV show in Quebec. The subsequent album was the biggest-selling album in Canada in 2003, notching a phenomenal sales in Canadian terms and earning Karl Wolf a SOCAN Award for Most Popular Song. A Star Académie II sequel in 2004 was another big success, the album going double-platinum.
Solo Years (2005 - Present)
In 2005 Karl Wolf ventured into a solo career. He released his debut solo album Face Behind the Face"[3] in January 2006. Since its release, the album broke in the Canadian Top 100 sales chart and spawned three hit singles, "Butterflies"[4] and "Desensitize"[5], with the latter track (featuring hip hop star Choclair) reaching the BDS Top 40 charts and "Referee".
He followed with a second studio album in November 2007. The first single release from the album was "Africa"[6], a remake of the worldwide hit Africa by Toto. Karl Wolf remake features Canadian artist Culture. In early March 2008, with the release of the single on iTunes for digital downloads, it surged up #32 to #2[7] on the issue of March 14, 2008 based on huge amounts of downloads over the previous week. It also stayed at #2 for three further week on the chart of March 21 and 28 and April 4, 2009. Prior to iTunes download, it had topped at #20 in the same chart. This is so far Karl Wolf's most successful single to date. The song has also found success in Japan, peaking at #20 on the Japan Hot 100 chart.
He was the opening act for launching of MTV Arabia alongside Akon, Ludacris and UAE's Desert Heat. Furthermore Karl Wolf single Africa became the first ever video clip broadcast on the new music station.
LW Entertainment / LW Records
In addition to his solo career, Wolf has established "LW Entertainment" and his own record label "LW Records" and recording studio (with LW standing for Lone Wolf). These are the producing wing of Karl Wolf's operations. Before becoming a solo artist, Karl Wolf had his break as a songwriter / producer and at 22, won "Best Mix and Sound of the Year" at L'ADISQ. Karl Wolf has also produced for Quebec singers Mitsou, Emily, Jérôme-Philippe (aka Disoul) also becoming for a time, part of the latter's band Dubmatique.
Collaborations
Karl Wolf has collaborated with a number of artists, mainly from Quebec and Canada:
- He was featured in Quebec rapper and VJ Malik Shaheed in Get Down / Respire
- His song Hollow Girl features Quebec artist Striger
- His song Desensitize features Canadian rapper Choclair
- He released with Eve a bilingual (English / French version) of his single Butterflies
- He was featured in Taio Cruz recording Crazy Girl
- His song Like This features Sandman
- His song Africa features Canadian rapper Culture
- His special track Triple R features international rap artist Snoop Dogg
Albums
- 2006: Face Behind the Face
- 2007: Bite the Bullet
Singles
- Butterflies
- Desensitize
- Referee
- She Wants to Know
- Africa (featuring Culture)
Awards
- 2007 Nominated for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year in Juno Awards
- In November 2008, he won MTV Arabia's "Best Arab New Act" and invited to perform in the MTV Europe Music Video Awards in Liverpool on 6 November 2008.