Nasri
Nasri performing live withMagic! in September 2014
Background information
Birth name	Nasri Tony Atweh
Born	(1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (age 44) Toronto,Ontario, Canada
Genres	Pop pop rock reggae reggae fusion reggae rock
Occupations	Singer songwriter record producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano
Years active	2002–present
Labels	RCA
Member of	Magic! The Messengers

Nasri Tony Atweh (Arabic:نصري طوني عطوة, born 10 January 1981),^[1] known mononymously asNasri, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer.^[2] He serves as lead vocalist and songwriter for thereggae fusion bandMagic!, which he formed in 2012 with fellowToronto nativesMark Pellizzer,Alex Tanas, andBen Spivak. The band are best known for their 2013 single "Rude", which peaked atop theBillboard Hot 100.

Nasri is also a songwriter and producer, one half of the songwriting and production duothe Messengers. He andAdam Messinger have produced songs for other music industry acts includingJustin Bieber,Shakira,Pitbull,Chris Brown, andHalsey, among others. He wonBest R&B Album at the54th Annual Grammy Awards for his production work on Brown'sF.A.M.E.. He also won aLatin Grammy for his work onShakira'sEl Dorado (2017). Two of his co-writing credits, "As Long as You Love Me" by Justin Bieber and "Feel This Moment" by Pitbull, peaked within theBillboard Hot 100's top ten.

Nasri was born and raised inToronto,Ontario, as a child ofPalestinian Christian immigrants fromBethlehem.^[3][4] and began singing at the age of six.^[5] He studied atSenator O'Connor College School, and while attending was part of the school choir as well as extra-curricular sports.^{[citation needed]}

At age 19, Atweh presented a demo to a local radio station. He then earned a deal with Universal Canada.^[6] Two years later in 2002, he won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest with a song he wrote withAdam Messinger.^[7] The following year, he released two solo singles through Universal, "Go" and "Ova N' Dun With"․^[8]

The songs received some airplay in Canada, and another song titled "Best Friend" was also heard on indie radio in his hometown in 2003. According to the promotional material attached to his single "Go", he was to release an album titledInvisible Walls sometime in 2003 or 2004, but that never materialized.^[8] In 2007, he released a song entitled "Click, Click, Click", that would ultimately be covered by theNew Kids on the Block.^[6][9]

Nasri is part of the writing and production duo the Messengers alongsideAdam Messinger.^[10][11] He helped drive the reunion of theNew Kids on the Block in 2007, and wrote numerous songs for them including his first, "Summertime". Over the course of the following years, Nasri wrote (usually with Messinger) for other major label artists such as Justin Bieber,David Guetta, Shakira,Cody Simpson,Cheryl,Boyzone,JLS,Kat Deluna,Elliott Yamin,Jason Derulo,Akon, Pitbull,Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown,Lana Del Rey,Big Time Rush,Iggy Azalea,Michael Bolton,Peter Andre,JoJo,Jay Sean,Vanessa Hudgens,No Angels,Manafest, andIyaz.^[12]

The Messengers are a Grammy-winning production team. Their work has resulted in two Grammy Award nominations for 2011 Best Pop Vocal Album for Justin Bieber (My World 2.0), 2011 Best Contemporary R&B Album for Chris Brown (Graffiti), and a win for 2012 Best R&B Album for Chris Brown (F.A.M.E.), as well as their collaboration with Justin Bieber /Rascal Flatts in "That Should Be Me" that won a 2011CMT Music Award for Best Collaborative Video.^[12][13][14] He worked on Shakira'sEl Dorado, which was nominated for Album of the Year in the 2017Latin Grammy Awards^[15] and won the 2018Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album.^[16]

While playing music with friend Mark Pellizzer (who played guitar forJustin Nozuka) in 2012, Nasri conceived ofMagic!. Mark Pellizzer then recruitedAlex Tanas on drums andBen Spivak on bass.^[6] In 2013, Magic! released their highly successful debut single, "Rude", which peaked at number six on theCanadian Hot 100, topped the charts in the United States and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden. The band is signed toSony Music Entertainment and partnered with Latium Entertainment in addition toRCA Records in the USA.^[12][17]

Their debut album,Don't Kill the Magic, was released in 2014 and charted at number 5 in Canada and at number 6 in the U.S.^[12] Their follow-up,Primary Colours, was released in 2016 and third album Expectations in 2018.^[18]

Since 2009, he has been linked romantically with the German singerSandy Mölling.^[19] The two had met while working on theNo Angels albumWelcome to the Dance. He has a son called Noah with Mölling.^[20] Mölling and Atweh were married in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. The family resides in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Singles

• "Go" (2003)
• "Ova N' Dun With" (2003)
• "Click Click Click" (2007)
• "You Deserve Better" (2012)

along with many other unreleased demos

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• 1981 births
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• Palestinian songwriters
• Palestinian record producers
• Palestinian pop singers
• Canadian record producers
• Canadian pop singers
• Singers from Toronto
• Canadian people of Palestinian descent
• Canadian rhythm and blues musicians
• 21st-century Canadian male singers
• Canadian male singer-songwriters
• 21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters

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