Background
Azami is of Bangladeshi descent, and grew up in London and Manchester.
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Azami is of Bangladeshi descent, and grew up in London and Manchester.
He went to a primary school in London, secondary schools in three different countries, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physics with Business Management, and Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Manchester.
Azami developed his music talent at a very young age after his mother encouraged him to memorise and recite classical, traditional poetry and songs. In September 2006, Azami"s debut album Dunya was released by Awakening Records. The album combined different languages, themes and cultures.
Previously he had featured as a backing vocalist on Sami Yusuf"s first album First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Mu"allim.
He sings in a number of languages, including English, Bengali, Arabic and Urdu. In 2013, after taking a five-year hiatus, Azami is due to return with a new music video and album under British record label UMA Global.
In July 2014, his single "Allahu" was released. In August 2014, he was interviewed by Sunny and Shay Grewal on British Broadcasting Corporation London 94.9.
In July 2014, he performed at Eid in the Square.