Background
Mohamed Ali also known by the mononym Mohamed was born in Nørresundby, Aalborg.
Mohamed Ali also known by the mononym Mohamed was born in Nørresundby, Aalborg.
After the series, he signed a contract with Sony Music. On the occasion, Karina Foss Fenn of Sony Music Entertainment Denmark was quoted as saying: "lieutenant is rare that we in the music industry encounter a natural talent like. Both in his vocals and his physique, he oozes musicality – and his voice has both power and a sweetness that makes his rhythm quite unique." The music will no doubt to reflect Mohamed"s personality".
This contract resulted in a debut album Keep lieutenant Simple of 12 original songs and his single "Rocket" became one of the best downloaded songs.
He started early through an appearance in "Scenen er din" (translated as "the stage is yours), in 2007. He lived with his mother Ahlam and three older sisters Fatima, Meriam and Asia.
He sang the following songs: In the finals, he got fewest SMS votes in a closely run race in which he lagged by just 2% of the votes to the runner-up in Top 3 and was able to amass big number of fans through his Facebook site (more than 70,000 friends). In May 2009, he appeared as an opening act for Beyoncé when she sang in Denmark.
Having signed a contract with Sony Music, he had a debut hit with "Rocket" a song that entered the Danish Chart in week 10/2009.
The single peaked at #12 in the charts and spent a total of 20 weeks on the Danish charts. He had a comeback through a release on disco:wax record label and distribution by Sony with the song "Den du er". In 2010, he recorded with Swedish singer Ola Svensson and Norwegian singer Endre Nordvik the song "Fire" for the Scandinavian Nordic version of the film Camp Rock 2.
The song appeared on the soundtrack album Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam In 2013, he came back to take part in in a bid to represent Denmark in Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Unbreakable" written by Morten Friis, Michael Parsberg, Peter Bjørnskov, Lene Dissing.
He was one of ten contestants to take part and qualified for the final 3 alongside Simone with "Stay Awake" and Emmelie de Forest with "Only Teardrops". finished second overall with de Forest winning the bid to sing the Danish entry to Eurovision 2013. The Superfinal.
In 2009, he took part in Season 2 of The, coming third after winner Linda Andrews and runners up Alien Beat Club. He applied for the Danish version of The singing competition in 2009 where he reached the Final 3 and was a clear favorite to win. Despite his failure to win the contest, "Unbreakable" proved popular and was released as a single and is only his second charted single after "Rocket".