With Me

With Me may refer to:

Dream with Me

Dream With Me is the second full-length album (first on a major label) by American singer Jackie Evancho. It was released on June 3, 2011 on digital download format, and on June 14, 2011 in the standard CD format. Evancho was eleven years old when this album was released, although she was still ten when it was recorded. The album was produced by 16-time Grammy award winner David Foster.

This album features duets with Barbra Streisand and Britain's Got Talent runner-up Susan Boyle, as well as twelve solo tracks. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, reached number 1 on the Billboard's US Classical Chart, and was certified gold by the RIAA. The singer promoted the album on talk shows, in a popular PBS special and through a national concert tour with symphony orchestras throughout the U.S. and elsewhere.

Promotion and concerts

Evancho promoted the album on talk shows on every major U.S. network and concerts in the U.S., London and Toronto. A deluxe edition of Dream With Me, available exclusively from Target, features four bonus tracks: "Someday", "Mi Mancherai", "The Impossible Dream" and "A Time For Us".

Jackie Evancho

Jacqueline Marie "Jackie" Evancho (/iːˈveɪŋkoʊ/ ee-VAYNG-koh; born April 9, 2000) is an American classical crossover singer who gained wide recognition at an early age and, since 2009, has issued an EP and five albums, including a platinum and gold album and three Billboard 200 top 10 debuts.

Between 2008 and 2010, Evancho entered several talent competitions; made singing appearances, mostly in Pennsylvania (including singing the US national anthem at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game); issued an independent album, Prelude to a Dream; and attracted interest on YouTube. Evancho impressed composers Tim Janis and David Foster, each of whom included her in his concerts beginning in 2009. Later in 2010, at the age of ten, she gained wider popularity with her performances in the fifth season of the America's Got Talent competition, finishing in second place.

With the 2010 holiday release of her O Holy Night EP, Evancho became the best-selling debut artist of 2010, the youngest top-10 debut artist in US history and the youngest solo artist ever to go platinum in the US. She first performed in front of US President Barack Obama at the 2010 National Christmas Tree lighting in Washington, D.C. In June 2011, her first full-length major-label album, Dream With Me, produced by David Foster, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, and she became the youngest top-5 debut artist in UK history. Billboard ranked Evancho the top Classical Albums Artist for 2011. Evancho released another studio album, Heavenly Christmas, in November 2011. The same month, she became the youngest person ever to give a solo concert at Lincoln Center in New York City as part of her 2011–2012 Dream With Me Tour. She has made three solo Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) specials.

Hamza Namira

Hamza Namira (Arabic: حمزة نمرة‎; born November 1980) is an Egyptian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He sings on Arabic modern culture, discussing relevant social and humanitarian issues through his songs and has released three albums; Dream With Me, "Insan", and Esmaani produced by Awakening Records.

Career

Beginnings

Namira has family origins from Mansoura, Egypt, he was born and grew up in Saudi Arabia until the age of 12 when his parents returned to Egypt. His father worked as a doctor and an amateur artist. He stayed in Alexandria to attend school and college. Namira started to develop an interest in music when he was 17 years old, and he set about learning the guitar, keyboard, and ‘Oud. He also developed interests in several musical styles: Middle Eastern, Egyptian traditional and folk music, light rock, jazz, and Latin music. From 1999 until 2004, Namira played in a band headed by the Alexandrian artist Nabil Bakly and went on to form his own group. He composed his first songs and succeeded in getting a few like-minded friends together and established the band “Nomaira.