Shabnam Jaleh
Shabnam (a.k.a. Shab) was born in Tehran, Iran. Shab's family relocated to Madrid, Spain after the revolution before making the USA their permanent home in 1987. As a child, Shab gravitated towards music and dance and began performing songs and dances from her favorite Persian and American stars: Googoosh, Leila Forouhar, Madonna, Paula Abdul, and Janet Jackson. All throughout school, Shab began performing wherever there was a stage and choreographed for her choir and dance teams. Shab put off singing to attend a University, but still found her way to the stage. Shab became a prestegious choreographer on campus and put on her own shows highlighting her middle-eastern background. During college, Shab also made her way into the NBA and NFL as a professional dancer for 4 major teams including the San Fransisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Golden State Warriors, and Sacramento Kings.Eventually, Shab followed her love for music and set her sites on recording her first album. She moved to Los Angeles where she joined high performance Pop/R&B group No Way Out (NWO) where she was the lead female singer among 2 male vocalists. In 2009, Shab left the group to pursue her solo career in Persian music where her heart ultimately fell. She produced and wrote a demo CD introducing her style of Pop/Disco/Persian which caught the attention of one of the best producers in Persian music, Mohammad Moghaddam. Moghaddam, has a long roster of working with all of Shab's childhood idols, and she feels very blessed that he is now mentoring her career. Shab's style brings a new sound to Persian music that is unique and her own.
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