About
the artist
As an artist, Laroussi has her own sound — blending pop music with her Arabic influences, and that's where she truly stands out. She is an independent artist, singer, songwriter, and entertainer.
Her presence on stage is eye-catching. A true entertainer, she brings a detailed, high-energy music performance every time she steps into the spotlight.
In 2016 Laroussi moved to the US and was discovered by 9x Grammy award-winning songwriter/producer Philip Lawrence (Bruno Mars, Ceelo Green, Adele).
As a humanitarian, she has been involved in many global charity projects and served as an ambassador for refugees in her own country.
The state of the world and the equality of the people in it truly drives this woman to create. Her desire for unity and love transcends through everything she does.
Career highlights
- 200310-date sold-out Idols arena tour
- 2004Winning Edison Music Award for “Best New Artist”
- 2004Gold Album for “Around the World”
- 2004Theater Tour for “Around the World”
- 2004Commercial campaigns for NIVEA
- 2005–2007Raising Awareness in India – Dutch Ambassador for Refugee Organization
- 2006Theatre Tour for “Halfway Home”
- 2006Women Working Forum microcredits, supported by Queen Máxima
- 2007Singing on Sesame Street
- 2007Raising Awareness for “Africa Millennium Goal”
Music
the records
Her newest single — a bright, hook-driven Arabic pop record built on a week that lost its mind. Shot as a saturated colour-block performance video.
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“I am a star” — a defiant, self-declaring pop record, and the clearest statement yet of the Arabic-language chapter of her career.
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Her biggest recent record. A golden-hour summer song about pure enjoyment, with a video shot around the pyramids and a rooftop party that runs to sunrise.
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A dark, high-fashion fantasy: throne rooms, serpent couture and a vocal that coils around the beat. The most cinematic video she has made.
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“Dance, dance” — percussion-led and built for a floor, filmed in a palm grove in magenta, purple and lime.
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An English-language ballad that leans on the lower, smokier part of her range — closer to the Toni Braxton register her voice has always been compared to.
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A plea for common ground — the humanitarian thread that runs through her work, made explicit.
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Shot on the street in a vintage white convertible: swagger, movement and a chorus that does not apologise. The footage running behind this site's opening is taken from it.
- Credits
- Video directed by Adel Serhan
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Her most-watched video. Moody, teal-lit and hooded — pop and R&B threaded through with the Arabic melodic writing that has become her signature.
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The single reworked with Lebanese composer and pianist Guy Manoukian, who pulls it toward the orchestral side of Arabic pop.
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Feline-eyed artwork and a chase of a song — the record that reintroduced her to a Middle Eastern audience.
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Three EPs of club reworks — Chris Cox, Kue, Ralphi Rosario, Cristian Poow, Lemi Vice and more — that carried “Lost” to No. 4 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.
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Tracklist
- 01Lost (Chris Cox Radio Mix)
- 02Lost (Chris Cox Club Mix)
- 03Lost (Kue Remix)
- 04Lost (Ralphi Rosario Remix)
- 05Lost (Cristian Poow Remix)
- 06Lost (Lemi Vice Remix)
- 07Lost (Jeff Bomb Remix)
- 08Lost (DJ Taz Rashid Remix)
The record that restarted everything. Produced by Grammy winner Brody Brown (Bruno Mars, Ari Levine), it peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.
- Credits
- Produced by Brody Brown
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The last record of her Dutch chapter, and the bridge into the years in Nashville and Los Angeles that followed.
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The album she crowd-funded on Sellaband, raising €40,000 in eleven days — at the time the fastest-funded record on the platform. Its title names the genre she had been building toward: pop that crosses between her Dutch and Moroccan halves.
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Lead single from Crosspop.
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Title song of the Dutch film SpangaS op Survival — and the record that proved she could carry a song in Dutch as well as English and Arabic.
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She represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade with this song, performing it in the first semi-final.
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Her first Arabic-language release — twenty years before the Arabic catalogue she is building now.
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The second album, and a deliberate turn toward soul and R&B.
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Lead single from Halfway Home.
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The SWV cover that followed her debut single.
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The debut. Signed by BMG straight out of Idols, it went gold and won her the 2004 Edison Award for Best New Artist — the Dutch equivalent of a Grammy.
- Label
- BMG
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The first single. She was eighteen, weeks out of Idols, and it went top ten on the Dutch Single Top 100.
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Video
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Press
in the media
- MilliyetTürkiyeCaptivated by Istanbul2026
- Maxi MagazinTürkiyeThe singer who fell for Istanbul2026
- ZirveTürk HaberTürkiyeCaptivated by Istanbul2026
- Yeni BirlikTürkiyeDutch singer Laroussi enchants Istanbul with her Yenikapı concert2026
- Al-AhramالأهرامEgyptA new collaboration with Amr Mostafa and Tamer Hussein2026
- Al-Masry Al-Youmالمصري اليومEgyptAnnouncing her collaboration with Amr Mostafa2026
- Youm7اليوم السابعEgyptInside the “Enbisat” collaboration with Mohamed Kammah2025
- Al-ShoroukالشروقEgypt“Enbisat” — her second Egyptian collaboration2025
- Al-WatanالوطنEgyptOn “Ra2sa Ra2sa” and singing in Egyptian dialect2025
- An-NaharالنهارLebanonAn exclusive conversation on crossing between two musical worlds2022
- Khaleej TimesUAEOn “Cinnamon”, Dubai, and being inspired by the UAE2022
- Al BayanالبيانUAEThe international artists reshaping the sound of Dubai2022
- Al KhaleejالخليجUAEShe releases a new single from Dubai2022
- Medi1 TVMoroccoIn conversation — the full episode2022
- Al RiyadhالرياضSaudi ArabiaThe international artist turning to Arabic song2021
- Asharq Al-Awsatالشرق الأوسطPan-Arab“My dream is to sing for the Arab people”2021
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For live shows, features, sync and press enquiries, contact her management directly.
- hind@mslaroussi.com