Wissam Hilal

Wissam Hilal, is an upcoming international Syrian pop singer-songwriter. He was born in Sweida City, Syria. In 2013, Wissam made his first International collaboration in Los Angeles, with multi-platinum producer Bryan Todd for BT Entertainment. It afforded him the same producer as Miley Cyrus, Jordan Sparks, Ashley Tisdale & the opportunity to showcase his abilities with the song “The Last Goodbye”, which was written by Todd & Scott Krippayne. In April 2014, he released the smash hit “I Want You To Know”, written by Bryan Todd, Brandon Drahos & Mike Linney. By the end of 2014 the singer had performed in numerous events and across Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and some of the GCC counties. Same year he was chosen to perform in the NRJ Music Tour 2014, alongside international artists, including Indila and Conor Maynar. In 2017, Wissam became acquainted by the LA-based, British-American producer Mams Taylor. The former rapper started producing Wissam’s EP, which consists of 8 songs, all thoughtfully written & composed by talented arrangers & songwriters in Los Angeles including Wissam himself who co-wrote and composed alongside with them, to compliment Wissam’s sound and vision. In March 2018, Wissam released “Harmony” with Universal Music MENA which topped the iTunes UK charts. Top 10 iTunes UK Pop chart and Top 30 iTunes UK overall charts. He released “Harmony” with a music video that reached over 300k views on Vevo within a few days of the release. The singer released shortly after a “Harmony The Remixes EP” featuring great DJ producers and it was well received by fans. That same week, Wissam got the front cover of Contrast Magazine New York with an accompanying big billboards in Times Square, New York. Wissam also was the cover story of Khaleej Times a few weeks after the release of “Harmony” In July 26, 2018. He released his second release with Universal Music MENA titled “Distortion” that reached number 9 on NRJ radio Egypt’s international chart and got over 650k plays on Vevo shortly after the release. It was followed by a remix produced by 2wice Shye and it did really well in clubs around the MENA and South Africa. In Nov 15, 2018, Wissam released “Change Is Gonna Come” with Universal Music MENA. The music video reached half million views on VEVO in just couple days after the release to reach 700k. It was featured on “The Hollywood Reporter” which got the artist a lot of international press right after. Shortly after, the song was followed by the release of “Change Is Gonna Come The REMIXES EP”. Wissam’s music videos were all featured on MTV (Asia, Japan, Netherland, Spain, Latin America, MTV Base...etc..) The artist also got a lot of international press recognition from Billboard Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter and many other credible worldwide media platforms.