Ali Pahlavan

Ali Pahlavan (Persian: علی پهلوان; born May 1, 1975) is an Iranian–Australian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist and composer. He started his professional music career in 1999 by establishing the first Iranian mixed-gender pop band, Arian (Persian: گروه آریان). The band subsequently achieved nationwide success in the 2000s. The arian band has released six albums, sold more than 5 million records and performed more than 400 concerts worldwide. Their fifth album, titled Goodbye, was released in March 2015. They announced that this would be their last album. Ali continued with his solo music career.