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=== 2008โ2010: ''Betfakkar Fi Eih'', WMA, FIFA World Cup and ''Nancy 7'' === [[File:Nancy Ajram.jpg|thumb|190px|right|upright|Ajram performing at an event in [[Cairo]], 2008]] In February and March 2008, Ajram released three [[Coca-Cola]] commercials that featured a brand new hit from her long-awaited album. The song, "Meen Ghairy Ana (Noss El Kawn)" (Who Else But Me?) was made by the successful "Yay" and "Ana Yalli" trio, Nizar Francis, Samir Sfeir, and Tarek Madkour. The single was an instant hit and served as a highly successful promotion 5 months before the release of the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://waleg.com/commercials/archives/012638.html|title=Nancy Ajram Coca Cola TV Ad 2008|website=Waleg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603013411/http://waleg.com/commercials/archives/012638.html|archive-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref> Ajram released her sixth studio album after several delays on July 30, 2008. This long-awaited comeback album held many surprises for her fans with a huge change in her style that presented her matured vocal abilities like never before. Ajram's sixth album, ''[[Betfakkar Fi Eih]]'', is considered to be one of her most successful albums so far as it won her first [[World Music Award]] in her career.<ref name=WMA2008>{{cite web|url=http://waleg.com/archives/014194.html|title=Nancy Ajram Wins World Music Award 2008|website=Waleg|access-date=September 9, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104040008/http://waleg.com/archives/014194.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album included her first "Tarab" song called "Biteegy Sirtak" since 1998's [[Mihtagalak]] album, and in general had a wide mix of several different styles ranging from dance, beat, pop, to drama, romance, Tarab and oldies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saidaonline.com/news0.php?go=fullnews&newsid=19761|title=ูุงูุณู "ุจุชููุฑ ูู ุฅููุ"|website=Saida Online|language=ar}}</ref> Even though "Betfakkar Fi Eih" music video had mixed opinions, the second single video, "Min Dally Nseek" was much more accepted, peaking at No. 1 for seven consecutive weeks in Melody Hits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodyhits.tv|title=Top Hits|publisher=Melody Hits}}</ref> On November 9, 2008, about two months after her marriage, Ajram won her first [[World Music Awards|World Music Award]] for her best-selling album ''Betfakkar Fi Eih''. In her short speech, Ajram thanked her parents, Jiji Lamara, her fans and album makers, and husband, saying "2008 has been a fantastic year โ a successful album, my wedding, and now a World Music Award, what can I ask for more?".<ref name=WMA2008/> The same musical trio who created "Ehsas Jdeed" did one of the instant radio-hits of the album, "Lamset Eed" (Touch of a Hand), which was filmed with [[Leila Kanaan]] with a high budget, and the song and music video peaked charts for months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://waleg.com/archives/015135.html|title=Nancy Ajram Shifts Back in Time!|website=Waleg|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911071129/http://waleg.com/archives/015135.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> With this album Ajram signed a celebrity endorsement deal with [[Sony Ericsson]], as a special w595 phone was released holding Ajram's signature, and "Wana Ben Ideik" was chosen as the commercial song.<ref name=Sony>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaauae.org/en/news-archive/nancy-ajram-becomes-sony-ericssone28099s-brand-ambassador.html|title=Nancy Ajram becomes Sony Ericsson's brand ambassador|website=IAA|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-date=September 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911025155/http://www.iaauae.org/en/news-archive/nancy-ajram-becomes-sony-ericssone28099s-brand-ambassador.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Nancy Ajram - Bahrain Concert 2010 - Dec 4, 2010 (2).jpg|thumb|190px|upright|left|Ajram during a concert in [[Bahrain]], 2010]] On September 28, 2009, ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' aired an episode titled "Fame Around the World" that talked about the most famous celebrities around the globe in brief reports. Representing the Middle East region and Arab world, Ajram appeared in a report featured on the show and was described by Oprah as "the [[Britney Spears]] of the Middle East". Ajram is the first and only Middle-Eastern artist ever mentioned on the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://waleg.com/archives/017549.html|title=The Real Deal About Nancy on Oprah|website=Waleg|access-date=September 10, 2017|archive-date=September 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902020319/http://waleg.com/archives/017549.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the summer of 2010, Ajram was nominated by [[Coca-Cola]] the Middle East to sing, along with [[K'naan]], his international hit and song for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], "[[Wavin' Flag]]". The Arabic version, titled "Shaggaa Be Alamak" and directed to the Middle East region, had its Arabic parts written by Ayman Bahgat Amar (who previously wrote Ah W Noss, Ya Tabtab and Eftah Albak for Ajram) and the music remastered by Tarek Madkour. The original music video was used for [[K'naan]]'s parts while Ajram's parts were filmed separately in Lebanon on the same protocol under [[Leila Kanaan]]'s co-direction. Both the video and song were aired heavily during the FIFA season and part of the song was particularly played during commercial breaks on [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]] channel, which exclusively aired the games to the Arab world. One month later, Ajram filmed a commercial for her newly signed contract with [[Lactalis]] advertising their [[Lactel]] yoghurt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnation.me/news/%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9/|title=ูุงูุณู ุนุฌุฑู ูุฌู ุงุนูุงูู ูุดุฑูุฉ ุนุงูู ูุฉ ู ุฑุฉ ุฌุฏูุฏุฉ|access-date=September 27, 2017}}</ref> On August 30, Ajram's official Facebook page posted a 16-second preview of the music video for Ajram's next single, "Fi Hagat". Later, it was announced that [[Nadine Labaki]] directed the video, thus making her comeback to music video direction after her 4-year break. The video is also the first collaboration between Ajram and Labaki since 2006's "Ya Tabtab". The full music video premiered on September 6, 2010, at 8:00 pm on Arabica TV and [[MTV (Lebanon)|MTV Lebanon]], the same day of her seventh full-length studio album release entitled ''[[Nancy 7]]''. As of January 2011, Ajram became the first and most viewed Arabic music video owner on the Internet.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnOfkb4YIPI| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113195541/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=jnOfkb4YIPI| archive-date=2010-11-13 | url-status=dead|title=YouTube}}</ref>
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