Sami Yusuf (born July 1980) is a British singer of Azerbaijani descent. Sami's first album
Al-Mu'allim was self-produced and released in July 2003 which attained huge success. His second album,
My Ummah, which was released in 2005, comes in two versions, a musical version and one with just percussion. Yusuf's music comprises mostly of songs to do with Islam and being a Muslim in today's world. He also deals with many social and humanitarian issues in his music. Presently, he is fast becoming a very popular figure in the Islamic world, having made videos for several of his tracks.
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Nevertheless he has also sparked controversy due to the nature of his shows which conservative critics claim have more in common with western pop concerts than Islamic spiritual values he claims to espouse. However he has published a rebuttal to these claims on his website.
His international status has taken a clear enhancement on the second album with the participation of the hugely successful genre-defining trio of Outlandish on the track "Try Not to Cry."
Sami performed two of the songs from his 2007 album in his Wembley concert (21 October 2007), and during his US tour, organised by Islamic Relief.
A third album, entitled Without You, was planned for release during mid-2008 but was delayed and then launched by Awakening Records in January 2009. According to some websites, Sami claims, due to legal issues, that this is not his official album and that his actual album will be released in may be February or March. Sami Yusuf has stated on his official website, that the album Awakening has released is a compilation of demos and sketches that have been released by Awakening with a quality inferior to the normally high standards of Sami Yusuf, himself.
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