'''Forward Music''' is a Lebanon based independent record label specializing in World Music.
{{Infobox company | name = Forward Music S.A.L. | logo = 230px|Forward Music logo | type = Private | foundation = 2001<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041117075744/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb173000.htm World Music from Lebanon. Three New Arabic/Brazilian Fusion CDs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | location_city = Beirut | location_country = Lebanon | key_people = Ghazi Abdel Baki | area_served = | industry = Music entertainment | homepage = {{url|forwardmusic.net}}}}
== History == Forward Music was established in 2001 by Ghazi Abdel Baki as a music label.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} Today, Forward Music is an independent label that produces and distributes the work of several musicians and singers in the Middle East.<ref>forwardmusic.net</ref>
In 2007, one of Forward Music's projects, "Al Muwashahat", received The BBC Awards for world music .<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_ghada_shbeir.shtml BBC – Awards for World Music 2007 – Ghada Shbeir<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In October 2010, Forward Music acquired 13 album licenses from the record label Incognito, expanding its music catalogue.<ref>[http://www.iloubnan.info/en/actualite/id/52481http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb173000.htm Forward Music and Incognito announce the consolidation of their businesses - iloubnan.info<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
Later, In 2011, Forward Music opened its concert venue in Beirut: The Democratic republic of Music (DRM). DRM hosted 300 concerts in the span of 3 years with artists such as: Stanley Jordan, Tony Allen (musician), Henri Texier, Souad Massi, The Herbaliser, Ilham al-Madfai, Joey DeFrancesco, and others including the label's artists and musicians from Syria, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeoutbeirut.com/music-festivals/article/6060/democratic-republic-of-music.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008142438/http://www.timeoutbeirut.com/music-festivals/article/6060/democratic-republic-of-music.html |archive-date=2011-10-08 |title=Democratic Republic of Music |website=Time Out Beirut |date= |access-date=2011-08-03}}</ref>
== List of current artists ==
*Charbel Rouhana *Lena Chamamyan *Ghazi Abdel Baki *Mustafa Said
== Discography ==
*''Watad,'' Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Ila Mata, Charbel Rouhana'' *''Handmade'', Charbel Rouhana *''Arabtango'', Soumaya Baalbaki *''Rubaiyat El Khayyam'', Mustafa Said *"Ghazi Abdel Baki LIVE", Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Beirut Good Vibes - Vol.1'', Various *''Handmade DVD'', Charbel Rouhana *''Darwish'', Issa Ghandour and the Madina Band *''The Last Communique'', Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Doux Zen'', Charbel Rouhana *''The Collection'', Lena Chamamyan *''Hal Asmar Elone'', Lena Chamamyan *''Shamat'', Lena Chamamyan *''Cotton Candy'', Lena Chamamyan *''Communique # 1'', Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Madinatuna'', Paul Salem *''Oyoun el Bakar'', Ziyad Sahhab *''World Music From Lebanon - Vol.1 (3 CD box set)'', Various *''We Live'', Various *''Dangerous'', Charbel Rouhana *''Faces'', Ibrahim Jaber Gros Bras *''Sourat Trait d'Union'', Charbel Rouhana *''Communique # 2'', Ghazi Abdel Baki *''Keep On Singing'', Ziyad Sahhab *''World Music From Lebanon - Vol.2 (2 CD box set)'', Various *''World Music From Lebanon - Vol.3 (2 CD box set)'', Various *''Fareeq ElAtrash'', Fareeq El Atrash *''Silent Wave'', Ziad Al-Ahmadieh *''Bilbal'', Ziad Al-Ahmadieh *''Beyond Traditions'', Ziad Al-Ahmadieh *''Things That I Miss'', Hazem Shaheen *''Hewar'', Hewar *''El Aysh Wel Melh'', Masar *''The Taqalid Series (6 CD box set)'', Various *''Asil'', Asil Ensemble & Mustafa Said *''The Annunciation'', Nida Abou Mrad & The Arabic Classical Ensemble *''Wisal'', Nida Abou Mrad &The Arabic Classical Ensemble *''Wasalat'', Nida Abou Mrad &The Arabic Classical Ensemble *''Tajwid'', Sheikh Salah Yammout *''Insan'', Twais *''Taqalid Sampler'', Various *''Khameer'', Basel Rajoub
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