Googoosh
گوگوش
Googoosh at the Hollywood Bowl, May 2018
Born
Faegheh Atashin

(1950-05-05) 5 May 1950[1]
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1953–1979; 2000–present
Spouses
Mahmoud Ghorbani
(m. 1967; div. 1972)
    (m. 1975; div. 1976)
      Homayoun Mesdaghi
      (m. 1977; div. 1989)
        (m. 1991; div. 2003)
        Children1
        Musical career
        LabelsAvang, Caltex, MZM, Pars Video, Taraneh, RCA Italiana, RCA Victor, Barclay
        WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

        Faegheh Atashin (Persian: فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (Persian: گوگوش, Persian: [guːˈguːʃ] ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over six decades.[2][3][4] Googoosh has enjoyed significant popularity since the beginning of her career, ultimately becoming a cultural icon inside Iran and abroad.[5][6][7]

        She is mainly known for her contributions to Iranian pop music, but she also starred in a variety of Persian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s.[8][9] She achieved the pinnacle of her fame and success towards the end of the 1970s. In the 1970s, Googoosh was widely emulated by Iranian women, as they copied her clothing (miniskirts) and her short haircut (known as the "Googooshi").[2][10] Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, she remained in Tehran until 2000 and did not perform again during that period due to the ban on female singers. Younger generations of Iranians have rediscovered her music via bootleg recordings.[11] After leaving Iran in 2000, she performed a total of 27 concerts in European and North American countries in that year.[12] Recent projects include a new collaboration with Iranian singer-songwriter Hassan Shamaizadeh from her 2012 album Ejaz, as well as serving as head judge and head of academy for the popular reality show Googoosh Music Academy broadcast on London-based satellite channel Manoto 1.[13]

        Since her return to the stage in the summer of 2000, she has performed in concerts and venues all around the world, including the Madison Square Garden in New York, the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Honda Center in Anaheim, Royal Albert Hall in London and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles [14] She has recorded songs in many languages including Persian, Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Armenian and French.[15] She has a significant following outside of Iran and has even received the attention of European and African media and press.[16]

        Early life

        Googoosh began singing and acting at a young age with her father, Saber
        4-year-old Googoosh with her mother Nasrin Atashin

        Googoosh was born as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950, in Tehran,[2] to Azerbaijani parents who emigrated from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union.[17] She was quickly called "Googoosh", an Armenian name normally exclusively used for boys but which became her stage name.[18] In an interview she noted that she was called Googoosh from a very early age; in her birth certificate however her birth name Faegheh is recorded.[19][20][17]

        Career

        Before the Revolution (1953–1979)

        Googoosh performing on stage in Tehran

        During the 1970s, Googoosh began a meteoric rise to fame and success as she drove the edge of Iranian pop music further and further. Known for her flamboyant outfits and fashion sense, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian women to copy her hairdos.[10] Her music ranged from upbeat 1960s and 1970s pop, given a traditional-tinged edge,[21] to declamatory, emotional ballads dealing with love and loss, comparable to the chanson style of music by artists like Édith Piaf. Her music was popular among non-Persian-speaking audiences as well. The Spanish singer Julio Iglesias covered the song Bavar Kon.[22] She starred in over 25 movies, one of which was to be the most commercially successful Iranian motion picture of all time. Googoosh performed many times for the royal family and was a favorite of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's wife and children. She performed at the party given for the 17th birthday of Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran.[23]

        At the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Googoosh was in Los Angeles. However, feeling homesick, she decided to return to Iran. In response to why she remained in Iran after the revolution, she said that it was "out of love of her for her homeland".[24] Despite being a symbol of many things that the revolution tried to overturn, especially related to perceptions of excessive Westernization, Googoosh remained in Iran for years afterward.[25] After the revolution, Googoosh, like other artists, was forbidden from performing and her material was banned. She would not perform again until Mohammad Khatami's presidency, during which she was allowed to tour outside of the country.

        Comeback World Tour(2000–2001)

        Country City Venue Date
         Canada
        Toronto
        Air Canada Centre
        29 July 2000
        Vancouver
        Pacific Coliseum
        5 August 2000
         United States
        Los Angeles
        The Forum
        19 August 2000
        New York
        Nassau Coliseum
        26 August 2000
        Houston
        Compaq Center
        3 September 2000
        Washington, D.C
        MCI Center
        16 September 2000
        Oakland
        Oakland Arena
        23 September 2000
        Orange County
        Arrowhead Pond
        7 October 2000
        Los Angeles
        Staples Center
        21 October 2000
        Chicago
        UIC Pavilion
        28 October 2000
        San Jose
        San Jose Arena
        5 November 2000
        Atlantic City
        Trump Taj Mahal
        18 November 2000
        Las Vegas
        MGM Grand Garden Arena
        24 December 2000
        25 December 2000
         Germany
        Oberhausen
        Oberhausen Arena
        30 December 2000
        Frankfurt
        Festhalle Frankfurt
        1 January 2001
         United Kingdom
        London
        Wembley Arena
        6 January 2001
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Globen Arena
        13 January 2001
         Germany
        Bremen
        Stadthalle Bremen
        24 February 2001
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Globen Arena
        3 March 2001
         France
        Paris
        Zenith Hall
        16 March 2001
         United Kingdom
        London
        Wembley Arena
        17 March 2001
         Austria
        Vienna
        Wiener Stadthalle
        18 March 2001
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        Dubai World Trade Centre
        21 March 2001
        Al Ahli Club Stadium
        24 March 2001
         Tunisia
        Tunis
        Carthage Amphitheater
        19 July 2001
         Canada
        Toronto
        Air Canada Centre
        18 August 2001
        THE END

        2003 - 2005 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Los Angeles
        The Forum
        8 February 2003
        Orange County
        Honda Center
        24 May 2003
        Washington, D.C
        Verizon Center
        4 October 2003
        Las Vegas
        Thomas & Mack Center
        25 December 2004
        With Mehrdad Asemani
        Los Angeles
        The Forum
        17 September 2005
        Fairfax
        Patriot Center
        24 September 2005
        San Francisco
        Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
        12 November 2005
        Las Vegas
        Thomas & Mack Center
        24 December 2005
        THE END

        Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2006 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Dallas
        Nokia Theatre
        11 March 2006
         Canada
        Vancouver
        GM Place
        27 May 2006
        Toronto
        Air Canada Centre
        3 June 2006
         United States
        San Diego
        Symphony Hall
        9 September 2006
        Los Angeles
        Kodak Theater
        7 October 2006
        8 October 2006
        New York
        Madison Square Garden
        21 October 2006
        THE END

        Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2007 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Atlanta
        Atlanta Civic Center
        13 January 2007
        Cupertino
        Flint Center
        20 January 2007
         Canada
        Toronto
        Air Canada Centre
        7 July 2007
         United States
        Miami
        Knight Concert Hall
        15 September 2007
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Queen Elizabeth Theatre
        1 December 2007
         Germany
        Oberhausen
        Oberhausen Arena
        25 December 2007
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Globen Arena
        27 December 2007
         United Kingdom
        London
        The Hammersmith Apollo
        29 December 2007
        THE END

        Googoosh & Mehrdad Asemani: 2008 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Houston
        George R. Brown Convention Center
        15 March 2008
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        Dubai Media City
        26 March 2008
        Without Mehrdad Asemani
         United States
        Ledyard
        MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort & Casino
        28 June 2008
        Los Angeles
        Nokia Theatre
        23 August 2008
        THE END

        Googoosh: Memory Lane World Tour (2009-2010)

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Oakland
        Paramount Theatre
        21 March 2009
        Washington, D.C
        DAR Constitution Hal
        6 June 2009
         Australia
        Melbourne
        Dallas Brooks Centre
        7 August 2009
        Sydney
        Sydney Convention Centre
        8 August 2009
         Malaysia
        Kuala Lumpur
        KLCC Concert Hall
        19 September 2009
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        World Trade Center
        29 November 2009
         United Kingdom
        London
        Wembley Arena
        21 March 2010
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        World Trade Center
        23 March 2010
         Canada
        Toronto
        Ricoh Coliseum
        17 April 2010
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Konyaalti Open Air Theater
        1 August 2010
         Iraq
        Erbil
        Babylon World Amphitheatre
        12 September 2010
         Turkey
        Istanbul
        Istanbul Convention Cente
        15 September 2010
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Queen Elizabeth Theatr
        18 September 2010
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Kista Massan
        24 December 2010
         Germany
        Koln
        Koln Arena
        25 December 2010
        THE END

        2011 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Cupertino
        Flint Center
        26 February 2011
         Turkey
        Istanbul
        Istanbul Congress Center
        24 March 2011
         Malaysia
        Kuala Lumpur
        Merdeka Hall
        27 March 2011
         United States
        Los Angeles
        Nokia Theatre
        9 April 2011
         Monaco
        Monte Carlo
        Grimaldi Forum Monaco
        23 July 2011
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Konyaalti Open Air Theater
        25 July 2011
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        Shoppiesta
        2 September 2011
         Germany
        Hamburg
        O2 World
        23 December 2011
         France
        Paris
        Théâtre du Châtelet
        26 December 2011
        THE END

        2012 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Queen Elizabeth Theatre
        3 March 2012
         United States
        Washington, D.C
        DAR Constitution Hall
        17 March 2012
         United Kingdom
        London
        Royal Theater Drury Lane
        20 March 2012
         Canada
        Montreal
        Place des arts
        14 April 2012
        Toronto
        Powerade center
        28 April 2012
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Konyaalti Open Air Theater
        18 August 2012
         United States
        San Francisco
        Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
        25 August 2012
        Houston
        Hobby Center
        15 September 2012
         Canada
        Calgary
        Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
        6 October 2012
        THE END

        Ejaz World Tour (2012-2014)

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Los Angeles
        Nokia Theatre
        27 October 2012
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Radisson Waterfront Congress Centre
        23 December 2012
         Germany
        Koln
        Koln Arena
        25 December 2012
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        World Trade Centre
        24 March 2013
         United Kingdom
        London
        Royal Albert Hall
        26 March 2013
         Canada
        Toronto
        Meridian Hall
        11 May 2013
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Konyaalti Open Air Theater
        18 August 2013
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Queen Elizabeth Theatre
        7 September 2013
        Ottawa
        National Arts Centre
        28 September 2013
         Australia
        Melbourne
        Dallas Brook Hall
        25 October 2013
        Sydney
        Hillsong Auditorium Convention Centre
        26 October 2013
         Austria
        Vienna
        Austria Center
        21 December 2013
         Germany
        Koln
        Lanxess Arena
        25 December 2013
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Radisson Waterfront Congress Centre
        28 December 2013
         United States
        Dallas
        Verizon Theatre
        8 February 2014
        Cupertino
        Flint Centre
        22 February 2014
        Washington, D.C
        DAR Constitution Hall
        1 March 2014
        New York
        Kupferberg Center for the Arts
        15 March 2014
        THE END

        Googoosh & Ebi: Nostalgia World Tour (2014)

        Country Venue Date
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        World Trade Centre
        21 March 2014
         Canada
        Toronto
        Air Canada Centre
        21 June 2014
         United States
        Orange County
        Honda Center
        16 August 2014
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Konyaalti Open Air Theater
        31 August 2014
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Thunderbird Arena
        8 November 2014
         United States
        Washington, D.C
        Patriot Center
        28 November 2014
        San Jose
        San Jose Event Center
        29 November 2014
         Germany
        Koln
        Koln Arena
        20 December 2014
         United Kingdom
        London
        Wembley Arena
        23 December 2014
         United States
        Las Vegas
        Mandalay Bay Arena
        27 December 2014
        THE END

        Googoosh: Akse Khosoosi World Tour (2015-2016)

        Country Venue Date
         Canada
        Montreal
        Place Des Arts
        4 April 2015
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Konyaalti Open Air Theater
        30 August 2015
         Australia
        Sydney
        Olympic Sydney Dome
        12 December 2015
        Melbourne
        Melbourne Convention Center
        13 December 2015
         Germany
        Hamburg
        Barclaycard Arena
        19 December 2015
         United States
        Orlando
        Bob Carr Theater
        12 March 2016
        New York
        Kupferberg Center for the Arts
        19 March 2016
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Cam Piramit
        23 March 2016
        29 March 2016
         United States
        Cupertino
        Flint Center
        9 April 2016
         Canada
        Toronto
        Ricoh Coliseum
        30 April 2016
         United States
        Los Angeles
        Microsoft Theater
        14 May 2016
        Chicago
        Copernicus Center
        28 May 2016
        Atlanta
        Cobb Energy Center
        27 August 2016
        Washington, D.C
        DAR Constitution Hall
        1 October 2016
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Queen Elizabeth Theatre
        3 December 2016
         Germany
        Frankfurt
        Jahrhundert Halle
        17 December 2016
         United Kingdom
        London
        The SSE Arena
        22 December 2016
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Victoria Hall
        25 December 2016
        THE End

        2017 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Phoenix
        Mesa Arts Center
        4 February 2017
        Houston
        Hobby Center
        18 February 2017
        New York
        Kupferberg Center for the Arts
        18 March 2017
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        World trade center
        24 March 2017
         Kuwait
        Kuwait City
        Kuwait Opera House
        5 May 2017
         United States
        Orange County
        Segerstorm Center for The Arts
        1 July 2017
         Armenia
        Yerevan
        Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex
        31 August 2017
         Georgia
        Tbilisi
        Tbilisi Sports Palace
        3 September 2017
         Northern Cyprus
        Famagusta
        Kaya Artemis Resort and Casino
        7 September 2017
         Canada
        Calgary
        Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
        16 September 2017
        Toronto
        Meridian Hall
        21 October 2017
        Montreal
        Place des arts
        1 December 2017
        THE END

        The Memory Makers World Tour (With Hassan Shamaeizadeh & Ardalan Sarfaraz) (2017-2018)

        Country Venue Date
         Sweden
        Gothenburg
        Lisebergshallen
        22 December 2017
         Germany
        Düsseldorf
        ISS Dome
        23 December 2017
        Hamburg
        Barclaycard Arena
        30 December 2017
         United States
        Washington, D.C
        DAR Constitution Hall
        24 February 2018
        New York
        Beacon Theatre
        2 March 2018
         Netherlands
        Amsterdam
        The Concertgebouw
        17 March 2018
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        Dubai Opera House
        20 March 2018
         Georgia
        Tbilisi
        Tbilisi Sports Palace
        22 March 2018
         Armenia
        Yerevan
        Karen Demirtchian Sport/Concert Complex
        23 March 2018
         Turkey
        Istanbul
        Istanbul Congress Center
        25 March 2018
         United States
        Cupertino
        Flint Center
        14 April 2018
        Los Angeles
        Hollywood Bowl
        12 May 2018
         Canada
        Vancouver
        The Orpheum
        26 May 2018
         Australia
        Melbourne
        Melbourne Convention & Entertainment Centre
        2 November 2018
        Sydney
        Hillsong Auditorium Convention Centre
        3 November 2018
         United States
        Orlando
        Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
        17 November 2018
        Chicago
        Copernicus Center
        30 November 2018
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Annexet
        8 December 2018
         United Kingdom
        London
        The Hammersmith Apollo
        9 December 2018
         Austria
        Vienna
        Wiener Stadthalle
        15 December 2018
        THE END

        Googoosh & Martik: The Friendship World Tour (2018-2019)

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Las Vegas
        The Colosseum
        22 December 2018
        Houston
        Hobby Center
        12 January 2019
         Canada
        Toronto
        Coca-Cola Coliseum
        23 February 2019
         United States
        Atlanta
        Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
        24 August 2019
        San Jose
        Center for the Performing Arts
        21 September 2019
        Dallas
        The Theater at Grand Pride
        5 October 2019
        New York
        Kupferberg Center for the Arts
        2 November 2019
        Orange County
        Honda Center
        9 November 2019
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Orpheum Theatre
        16 November 2019
         United States
        Washington, D.C
        DAR Constitution Hall
        23 November 2019
         France
        Paris
        Palais De Congres
        20 December 2019
         Sweden
        Gothenburg
        Scandinavium
        21 December 2019
         Netherlands
        Rotterdam
        De Doelen
        25 December 2019
         Germany
        Frankfurt
        Jahrhundert Halle
        28 December 2019
        Hamburg
        Barclays Arena
        30 December 2019
        THE END

        Googoosh: 21, The World Tour (2021-2022)

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        Los Angeles
        Beverly Hilton (VIP Guests Only)
        22 August 2021
        San Jose
        Center for the Performing Arts
        11 September 2021
        Washington, D.C
        DAR Constitution Hall
        2 October 2021
        Chicago
        Copernicus Center
        16 October 2021
        New York
        Tilles Center
        27 November 2021
        Las Vegas
        The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
        25 December 2021
        Houston
        Hobby Center
        22 January 2022
        Final Appearance
         Germany
        Oberhausen
        Rudolf Weber Arena
        12 March 2022
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
        Jubilee Stage at Expo 2020
        17 March 2022
         United Kingdom
        London
        The London Palladium
        21 March 2022
         Turkey
        Antalya
        Nirvana Cosmopolitan
        23 March 2022
        Istanbul
        Yahya Kemal Beyatlı Performing Arts Center
        25 March 2022
        Antalya
        Nirvana Cosmopolitan
        28 March 2022
         Canada
        Vancouver
        Queen Elizabeth Theatre
        15 April 2022
         United States
        San Diego
        Balboa Theatre
        17 April 2022
        Final Appearance
         Canada
        Toronto
        Meridian Hall
        14 May 2022
         United States
        Orange County
        Segerstrom Center for the Arts
        2 July 2022
        Atlanta
        Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center
        27 August 2022
        Final Appearance
         Turkey
        Istanbul
        Turkcell Vadi
        14 September 2022
         Germany
        Frankfurt
        Jahrhundert Halle
        18 September 2022
        Hamburg
        Barclays Arena
        23 September 2022
        Berlin
        Verti Music Hall
        25 September 2022
         Australia
        Sydney
        Sydney Opera House
        6 November 2022
        State Theatre
        8 November 2022
        Final Appearance
        Melbourne
        Palais Theatre
        13 November 2022
        THE END

        2023 Concerts

        Country Venue Date
         Kuwait
        Kuwait City
        The Arena Kuwait
        6 May 2023
        Final Appearance
         Canada
        Toronto
        Meridian Hall
        3 June 2023
        Vancouver
        Queen Elizabeth Theatre
        9 June 2023
        THE END

        Final Chapter, The World Tour (2023- )

        Country Venue Date
         United States
        San Jose
        Center for the Performing Arts
        September 23, 2023
         Sweden
        Stockholm
        Victoria Hall
        September 30, 2023
         Germany
        Hannover
        HCC Hannover
        October 2, 2023
         Austria
        Vienna
        Wiener Stadthalle
        October 6, 2023
         Germany
        Stuttgart
        Beethoven Hall
        October 8, 2023
         United States
        Las Vegas
        The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
        December 24, 2023
        New York
        Beacon Theatre
        January 6, 2024
         United Arab Emirates
        Abu Dhabi
        Saadiyat Nights Open-air Theatre
        January 20, 2024
         Germany
        Düsseldorf
        PSD Bank Dome
        January 27, 2024
         Turkey
        Istanbul
        Ülker Sports Arena
        March 22, 2024
         United Kingdom
        London
        OVO Arena Wembley
        March 28, 2024
         Germany
        Frankfurt
        Jahrhundert Halle
        April 1, 2024
         United Arab Emirates
        Dubai
         Not Applicable
         Netherlands
        Amsterdam
         France
        Paris
         United States
        Los Angeles
        Googoosh in at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto

        Googoosh left Iran and went to Canada in 2000, after being in Iran for 21 years following the Iranian Revolution.[12] BMusic's Taghinia, says "Googoosh is the siren of that era [Pre-revolution] and important in that she's really a direct link to Iran's past."[26] Chicago Tribune considers the return of Googoosh to be "more than just a pop milestone" but instead "a cultural marker, a measure of the way change occurs in a society that for more than two decades has tried to resist the tide of globalization by living in self-imposed isolation."[6]

        She released her first album after her comeback called Zartosht (Zoroaster) in 2000 with lyrics by Masoud Kimiaei (under the pseudonym Nosrat Farzaneh) and composed and arranged by Babak Amini and Babak Bayat.[27][28][29]

        In 2000, Googoosh sang in public, away from her homeland, for the first time after 21 years of silence to the acclaim of many long-time fans.[30][31] The Googoosh Comeback Tour was a series of concerts starting in July 2000. She began with a sold-out concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on 29 July 2000 (with an audience of more than 12,000),[24] and eventually brought the tour to a conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 on the occasion of the Iranian New Year, Nowruz. Her concert in Dubai was considered a homecoming for her, and out of the more than 20,000 members of the audience, seventy percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her.[32][33] The two Dubai concerts held special importance: it was the tour finale, and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to return to Iran.

        In 2000, a feature-length documentary called Googoosh: Iran's Daughter was released which chronicled the singer's life and her icon-status while detailing the socio-political turmoil that led to the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Made by Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani, the documentary began production in 1998 and was made at a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews.[34]

        Gogoosh started collaborating with Mehrdad Asemani with QQ Bang Bang (2003). They continued their collaborating in the albums Akharin Khabar (2004), Manifest (2005) and Shabe Sepid (2008). Most of the lyrics of these albums were by Shahyar Ghanbari.[35]

        Googoosh in one of her concerts, 2006

        Beginning in 2011, she served as head-of-academy and head-judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely popular talent show/singing competition Googoosh Music Academy, which was broadcast on the London-based Iranian satellite channel Manoto 1 and was their most watched program.[36] Googoosh Music Academy lasted three seasons. In December 2010, Googoosh held a very notable concert in the Kurdish region of Iraq, to which tens of thousands of Iranians came from Tehran and beyond.

        In 2010, Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition show called Googoosh Music Academy. [37] The series ran in Europe and Middle East on Monoto TV channes.[38]

        Gogoosh released the album Hajme Sabz (Green X) in 2010. She said: "I have tried to have works from different composers and songwriters in this new album". Gogoosh chose the name "Aasheghaaneh" for this album, but because of her interest in the book "Hajme Sabz" (The Green Space) by Sohrab Sepehri, she changed the name of the album. She released her old song Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh with a new arrangement by Babak Amini in this album.[39]

        In March 2011, Googoosh released a snippet of a new song she was working on, titled Bedrood, via YouTube. In April 2011, she debuted her latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection sold online, titled Googoosh Cosmetics. In April 2011, she held a concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as a record breaking performance at the same venue on 27 October 2012, as a part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour.[40] Also on 26 March 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time.[41]

        In 2012, Googoosh released her 6th studio album since her comeback, titled Ejaz. The album consisted of 10 tracks, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (Hayahoo) and three songs wherein she collaborated with her fellow Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham). She also collaborated with Alireza Afkari and Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (E'jaz and Baraye Man and Behesht). Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition of a poem by the Persian poet Rumi. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing at the time of the Iran–Iraq War. She stated that she felt inspired by the lyrics and therefore created her own melody and was finally presented with the opportunity to record it as she had long hoped to do.[42][43]

        In February 2014, she released a music video of the song Behesht, in support of the gay and lesbian community in Iran, which faces significant challenges in its struggle for equal rights, including the ongoing threat of the death penalty for convictions related to sexual orientation.[44] This made her the first prominent Iranian with a huge following to speak out against homophobia in Iran.[45]

        In the same year, Gogoosh released a joint single with Ebi called Nostalgia.[46] She started a joint world tour with Ebi with the same name, in which each of them sang some solo songs and some songs together.[47][48]

        On 21 March 2015, Googoosh released her 7th album titled Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait) including 11 tracks from different songwriters and composers such as Babak Sahraee, Nickan Ebrahimi, Babak Amini (Googoosh band leader). The first song of this album is Che Ziba Bood, which is also the last song that was composed by Varujan. Gogoosh sang the old tasnif Morghe-e Sahar in this album.[49]

        In 2017, Googoosh started a world tour called "The Memory Makers" with Hassan Shamaizadeh and Ardalan Sarfraz. In the Los Angeles concert of this tour, Ardalan Sarfraz could not attend and Martik was present in this concert.[50][51][52]

        In 2018, Gogoosh released a single song in collaboration with Martik called Refaghat, and after positive feedback, she collaborated with Martik in two other songs called Eshghe Kamyab and Asheghet Hastam.[53]

        Gogoosh released her last album named Twenty One in 2021 with the composition of Siavash Ghomayshi and the lyrics of Raha Etamadi. Raha Etamadi said: during the production of this album, all three of us, Googoosh, me and Siavash Ghomayshi, were infected with COVID-19.[54]

        On 14 September 2023, Gogoosh published a video on her official pages in the social media, in which she announced that her new tour (Final Chapter) is her last world tour and a farewell tour.[55]

        Despite the political and personal hardships she has endured, Googoosh has continued to be a beloved figure over the last half century.[56]

        Politics

        Googoosh and other speakers participated in a 22 July 2009 protest at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran. They stood in front of a banner with names of Iranian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of other protestors, written in red, who had been killed. During this protest, Googoosh made a speech stating that she entered politics because of the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. She said, "I have come here to be the voice for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones in peaceful demonstrations. I have come here to be the just voice of the grass-roots and spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity."[57][58]

        In 2018, Gogoosh and Siavash Ghomayshi released the political song 40 Saal in criticism of the Islamic Republic.[59][60]

        Googoosh dedicated her Frankfurt 2022 concert to Mahsa Amini.[61] She released song Dobareh in support of Iranian protests.[62][63] She said at the gathering of Iranians in Washington: "Today I feel proud and angry, but I am still more hopeful than ever about the future of Iran, and I focus my anger on that obsessively hateful and resentful leader and the child-killing government."[64]

        Personal life

        Googoosh playing tennis in 1970s

        Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother and sister on her mother's side. One of her brothers died in his youth.[65]

        In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly one month after the Iranian Revolution. In 2018, in reply to a question by interviewer about how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and lots of fruit!".[9]

        Marriages

        Googoosh and Behrouz Vosooghi in 1970s

        Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a cabaret owner and music promoter who helped Googoosh make a name for herself in the 1960s.[17] Googoosh and Ghorbani married in February 1967.[66] They had a son, Kambiz.[67] After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972.[68]

        In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi;[17] they divorced fourteen months later in 1976. During their brief marriage they were considered to be the country's biggest celebrity power couple. During the late 1970s, Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and married him in 1979. Six years later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. She then married director Masoud Kimiai in 1991. They divorced in 2005.

        Religious beliefs

        Googoosh with Chador for pilgrimage to Imam Reza shrine by Ettela'at Newspaper (29 August 1972)

        Googoosh said: "I used to pray every day until 2004."[69]

        In her interview with Homa Sarshar 2022, she stated that she used to have beliefs, but her beliefs were "broken".[70][71]

        In 2023, she posted a video on her official YouTube page and Instagram from one of her concerts, in which she explains that she uses "God" instead of "Kaaba" in the performance of the song Marham due to distance from religion.[72] Gogoosh had previously explained in the Manoto's "Behtarinhaye Behtarinha" that she requested this lyrics from Ardalan Sarfraz after her pilgrimage to Kaaba.[73]

        Discography

        An album cover which contains the Bigharar song

        Studio albums

        • 1970: Do Panjereh (Two Windows)
        • 1970: Fasle Tazeh (New Season)
        • 1971: Mordab (The Swamp)
        • 1971: Nimeye Gomshodeye Man (My Lost Half)
        • 1972: Kooh (The Mountain)
        • 1973: Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh (Me and the house Sparrows)
        • 1974: Do Mâhi (Two Fish)
        • 1974: Hamsafar (Co-Traveler)
        • 1975: Pol (The Bridge)
        • 1975: Mosabbeb (With Dariush)
        • 1977: Dar emtedâde shab (Along the Night)
        • 1978: Ageh bemouni (If You Stay)

        Studio albums (since her return to music in 2000)

        • 2000: Zartosht (Zoroaster)
        • 2004: Akharin Khabar (Latest News)
        • 2005: Manifest
        • 2008: Shab-e Sepid (White Night) (With Mehrdad Asemani)
        • 2010: Hajm-e Sabz (Green X)
        • 2012: E'jaz (Miracle)
        • 2015: Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait)
        • 2021: Twenty One (21)

        Singles (since her return to music in 2000)

        • 2004: QQ Bang Bang "On YouTube"
        • 2011: Ye Harfaei (Live TV Performance On Manoto1)
        • 2014: Nostalgia (ft. Ebi)
        • 2014: Do Panjereh (ft. Ebi)
        • 2014: Ki Ashkato Pak Mikoneh (ft. Ebi)
        • 2014: Hamzad (Twin) (New Arrangement)
        • 2016: Hastamo Nistam (I am and I am not)
        • 2017: Do Panjereh (Two Windows) (New Version)
        • 2017: Sogand (Oath)
        • 2018: Mosalas-e Khatereha (The Memory Triangle) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh)
        • 2018: Ajab Jaei (What a Place)
        • 2018: Roya (Dream) "Unofficial Version Of The Witness"
        • 2018: Shahed (Witness)
        • 2018: 40 Saal (40 years) (ft. Siavash Ghomayshi)
        • 2018: Talagh "Remix 2018" (Divorce)
        • 2018: Mordab "Live Version" (The Swamp) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh)
        • 2018: Refaghat (Friendship) (ft. Martik)
        • 2019: Eshghe Kamyab (Rare Love) (ft. Martik)
        • 2019: Darde Man (My Pain)
        • 2020: Fardamon (Our Tomorrow)
        • 2020: Harigh (Fire)
        • 2021: Gohare Kamyab (Rare Gem)
        • 2021: Tooye Tehran (In Tehran) (Demo Recording In 2017)
        • 2022: Rooze Khoob (Good Day) (Recorded 43 years ago)
        • 2022: Naaz Edkeh (Southern Song)
        • 2022: Safar Mikonam (l Travel)
        • 2022: Ghesseye Do Maahi "Live Version" (The Story Of Two Fish) (ft. Shahyar Ghanbari)
        • 2022: Geryeh Dar Ragbaar (Crying in a barrage) (Recorded 44 years ago)
        • 2022: Dobareh (Again) (ft. Leila Forouhar, Shahrzad Sepanlou, Darya Dadvar, Sogand & Shohreh Aghdashloo)
        • 2023: Gol Bi Goldoon "Live Version"
        • 2023: Hamvatan (Compatriot)

        Filmography

        Poster for Googoosh's 1972 award-winning film Bita
        Googoosh acting as a child, late 1950s
        YearPersian Title[74] English Title
        1960 فرشتۀ فراری Runaway Angel
        بیم و امید Fear and Hope
        1963 پرتگاه مخوف The Cliff of Fear
        1965 شیطون بلا The Naughty One
        1966 گدایان تهران The Beggars of Tehran
        فیل و فنجان Big and Small
        حسین کُرد Hoseyn-e Kord
        1967 چهار خواهر Four Sisters (with Leila Forouhar)
        دروازه تقدیر The Gate of Fate
        گنج و رنج Treasure and Toil
        در جستجوی تبهکاران In the Search of Criminals
        1968 سه ‌دیوانه The Three Morons
        شب فرشتگان The Night of Angels
        ستاره هفت آسـمان The Star of Seven Skies
        1969 گناه زیبایی The Sin of Beauty
        1970 طلوع Sunrise
        جنجال عروسی The Wedding Brawl
        پنجره The Window
        1971 احساس داغ Hot Feeling
        آسـمون بی‌ستاره Starless Sky
        قصاص Retaliation
        1972 بی‌تا Bitā
        1973 خیالاتی Imaginings
        1975 هـمسفر Travelling Mate
        نازنین Nazanin
        مـَمَل آمریکایی American Mamal
        شب غریبان Nostalgic Night
        1976 ماه عسل Honeymoon
        1977 در امتداد شب Along the Night

        Googoosh also acted in two other movies: Mard-e keraye-i (مرد کرایه‌ای) and Hajji Firuz (حاجی فیروز), but the production of each of these films was suspended during the final stages for unknown reasons. Googoosh has also acted in many television shows and commercials in Iran.

        Awards and achievements

        Photo of Googoosh on cover of a magazine
        Googoosh on the cover of Javanan e Emrooz Magazine, 1974
        • 1971: first prize and gold record for the best singer in the world at the Midem trade fair in Cannes for her 7" record (as "Gougoush") performing two songs in French produced by Barclay Records: "Retour de la Ville" (A-side) and "J'entends Crier Je T'aime" (B-side).[75][76][77]
        • 1972: Performed at Cantagiro Music Festival.
        • 1972: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival
        • 1972: First medal of arts of Tunisia[76]
        • 1973: The best actress for Bita in Iranian Sepas film festival.[76][77]
        • 1973: Recorded soundtrack (produced by RCA Records) of San Remo Music Festival.[78]
        • 2001: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival.
        • 2014: Best Iranian Singer (World Music Awards)[79][77]
        • 2017: Best Music Video For Do Panjereh (Directed by Yasmin Asha)(Festigious Film Awards March 2017)[80]
        • Two awards from Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles for record breaking performances[77]
        • 2022: Performed at the Expo Festival.

        See also

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