Issam Alnajjar

• Age: 17 Occupation: Singer Nationality: Jordanian Residence: Jordan

Alnajjar started his career in music by recording cover songs at home. As of August 2021, a video of a live performance of his hit song “Hadal Ahbek” had been watched more than 87 million times on YouTube, and his TikTok hashtag #hadal_ahbek had reached over 501.5 million views. The teenage singer was featured on Spotify's Times Square billboard in April 2021. Alnajjar's collaboration with the music streaming platform as a “RADAR artist” led to him releasing a predominantly English version of Hadal Ahbek—called “Turning Me Up”—which he released in partnership with fellow musicians Loud Luxury and Ali Gatie.