Raihan

Infobox musical artist
Name = Raihan


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Genre = Nasheed
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Years_active = 1996 – present
Label = Warner Music (M)
Associated_acts = Nowseeheart Ustaz Amal S.M Salim Yusof Islam Miloud Zenasni Mecca2Medina
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URL = [http://www.raihan.com.my Official Website]
Current_members = Che Amran Idris Abu Bakar Md Yatim Amran Ibrahim
Past_members = Nazrey Johani Nordin Jaafar
Notable_instruments = Percussion

Raihan (Fragrance of Heaven in Arabic) is a Malaysian Nasheed group originally composed of five members that took Malaysia by storm with the release of their debut album "Puji-Pujian" in October of 1996. This group comprised of Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim and Azhari Ahmad as the leader. Produced by Farihin Abdul Fattah, Puji-Pujian grossed sales of more than 650,000 units.

However, on 29 August 2001, one of the founding members/header, Azhari Ahmad, died of a heart attack shortly after attending the Era Awards ceremony in Genting Highlands, Pahang.

The remaining four members, Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim and Amran Ibrahim have continued releasing album after album. So far, Raihan has released a total of 11 albums and has won many awards in Malaysia. To date, Raihan had won "AIM Anugerah Kembara" three time for their extensive international tours.

Nazrey Johani recently resigned from Raihan and is replaced by Nordin Jaafar. However, in early January 2007, Nordin Jaafar himself resigned from Raihan ^[1] . He was replaced by Zulfadli Bin Mustaza ^[2] .

Raihan's motto is 'Pray Hard, Work Smart'.

International Tours

* Singapore Indoor Stadium (Debut Live Concert)
* Commonwealth Conference in Edinburgh (1997)
* Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Bristol (UK)
* Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg (South Africa)
* Russia
* Trinidad & Tobago
* Canada
* Indonesia
* Thailand

Awards

* Malaysia’s best selling album ever (PUJI-PUJIAN – 1.5Mil units) and total album sales of 3.5 million units
* Mahabbah award in Dubai (2006)
* Malaysian Book Of Records’ Fastest Selling Album (Jan 1997)

External links

* [http://www.raihan.com.my Official website]
* [http://www.nasheeds.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&products_id=227 Preview Raihan's Hit Debut Album, 'Puji-Pujian']
* [http://www.nasheeds.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&products_id=215 Preview Raihan's Hit Album, 'Syukur'] which includes Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens) singing [http://hickorycom23.tripod.com/ "God is the Light"]

References

1. http://www.bharian.com.my/m/BHarian/Monday/Hiburan/20070108065526/Article/ - Retrieved 11 January 2007 (In Malay)

2. http://raihan.com.my/homepage/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=34 - Retrieved 5 May 2007 (In Malay)