Cameron Cartio

Cameron Cartio
Birth name	Kamran Sabahi
Also known as	Cameron
Born	April 9, 1978 (1978-04-09) (age 33)
Origin	Iran
Genres	Pop, Persian / Middle Eastern music
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	2005 – present
Labels	Universal Music Group Taraneh Records Sherfa Music
Associated acts	Alec Cartio
Website	Official Site

Kamran Sabahi better known by his stage name Cameron Cartio (Persian: کمرون کارتيو), born on 9 April 1978) is an Iranian-born Swedish pop singer and songwriter. Being signed to Sony Music, he released his debut album Borderless in 2005. Cameron is now signed to Taraneh Records and Sherfa Music and has a publishing deal with Universal Music Group and is working on his second untitled release album. He remains popular in Iran, Sweden, the Arab World as well as in the Iranian diaspora.

Career

Kamran was born in Iran. At eight years old, his family left Tehran to spend a year in Barcelona, after which they moved to Malmö in southern Sweden. Cartio and his family ended up in Rosengård.

Cameron Cartio started his music career in Sweden. He speaks and sings in different languages, including Persian, English, and Spanish; the latter was learned in Spain where he lived for some time. Coming from an artistic family certainly helped as well in his musical career. His brother Alec Cartio, is a music producer and music video director.

Cameron Cartio made his debut in Melodifestivalen 2005 with his song "Roma". It made it to the Top 5 of the Swedish music charts peaking at #4 (April 2005).^[1] The lyrics of "Roma" were written in a conlang, a made-up language by Cameron Cartio, "borderless language of love" as he calls it. He also made a Spanish language version of the same song. He followed that with his first studio album Borderless that includes notably a duo featuring rai singer Khaled. The song entitled "Henna" is in Arabic and in Cartio's conlang. Cameron and Khaled also released an Arabic/Spanish version on a maxi CD for Spain in 2006. The bilingual English/Spanish "Don't Tell Me Tonight" a song with Edurne made it to the Top 40 on the Greek radio charts. His song Henna (partly in Arabic) and his collaboration with Cheb Khaled made him popular throughout the Arab World. He also found success with the catchy hit "Ni Na Nay".

He is now signed with Universal Music Group, Sherfa Music and Taraneh Records. In 2011, he has released a dance hit "Electric", a Persian language cover of Melody Club song.^[2] and is working on a new second album after Borderless.

Collaborations

• In his 2006 hit "Henna" that Cartio wrote for his ex-girlfriend, he collaborated in the song with Cheb Khaled making two different versions of the video with different themes, but both featuring the famous Algerian-French rai star.
• Another collaboration was with the Lebanese-Greek Cypriot Sarbel in "Mi Chica" a simultaneous double hit for Sarbel in Greek featuring Cameron Cartio (in Persian) and a separate hit for Cameron Cartio version all in Persian.
• Under the name Cameron, he released "You Keep Me Hanging On" produced by Anders Nyman, Cameron Cartio, Robin Rex. The release also included "You Keep Me Hanging On (Remix)" produced by Cameron Cartio himself^[3]
• Cartio's English language hit "Don't Tell Me Tonight" features Spanish pop singer Edurne

Discography

• 2006: Borderless

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position	Weeks in chart
2005	"Roma"	Swedish Top 60 Singles	4	8

• 2005: "Roma" (for Melodifestivalen)
• 2005: "Henna" (with Khaled)
• 2006: "Henna" (Spanish Version with Khaled)
• 2006: "Barone"
• 2006: "Ni Na Nay"
• 2007: "Mi Chica"
• 2011: "Electric"

External links

• Official website
• Facebook

References

1. ^ Swedish Charts site
2. ^ Scandipop: Cameron Cartio - 'Electric'
3. ^ Cameron's "You Keep Me Hanging On" page on Discogs

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