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Shahyar Ghanbari
Person · male · Iran · Tehran · born 1950 · recording since 2016
Iranian poet
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Also known as شهیار قنبری · Shahriyar Ghanbari · Shahryar Ghanbari · Shahyar Ghanbari · شهریار قنبری
Timeline
1950s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Ghazalseda
First documented EP in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
Biography
Biography
Shahyar Ghanbari, also spelled incorrectly as Shahryar Ghanbari (born 28 July 1950 in Tehran; Persian: شهیار قنبری) is an Iranian poet, writer, lyricist, songwriter, and singer of Persian pop music. He is also a film director and radio-TV producer .
Shahyar is the son of Hamid Ghanbari, an Iranian actor, dubber, and singer. He writes and sings in Persian, English and French. His songs typically feature love, solitude, and nostalgia. He currently lives in the United States.
Studio albums
IF (1981)
The Earthless Tree (1991)
Forbidden (1992)
Travelog (1994)
Nakedness (1998)
Forbidden Plus (1999)
I Love You’s (2001)
Rewind Me in Paris (2003)
Reborn (2010)نو نفس
Les Coeurages (2011)
The Milky Voice(La Voix Lacté) (2016)غزلصدا
Cine Mot /کلمه سینما (2021
The Sea in me/2024) صدای دریا در من
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups)
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | GhazalsedaSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 29:491Ghazalseda (feat. King Highness)7:03 2The Milky Voice / Poem Reading3:43 3Koodakaaneh 20005:08 4Mina (The Summer Composition Final Cut)13:55 | 15 September 2016 |
Other · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | I Love YousSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 45:541I Love Yous6:17 2I'll Be Back4:44 3But Love is Visible...4:55 4The Warrior5:43 5Shahyar's Work5:14 6A Cool Song5:29 7Lady Chanson7:21 8Gimme a Hug6:11 | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Shahyar Ghanbari head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shahyar.Ghanbari.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b3b4d7c1-72c7-4679-9696-5b3ef95852ccdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b3b4d7c1-72c7-4679-9696-5b3ef95852cccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7462345seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahyar_Ghanbaribiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahyar_Ghanbari
Why this artist is in the database
- List of singer-songwriters
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Scanned by Amin5530 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q7462345 · MusicBrainz: b3b4d7c1-72c7-4679-9696-5b3ef95852cc
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