Here's the scoop on Rotana's termination of Amr Diab's contract

A big problem occurred between Egyptian singer Amr Diab and Rotana, which is in charge of producing the singer's albums and also distribution. This problem was revealed as Rotana announced the termination of their contract along with the start of the process of Amr’s prosecution to pay the penalty clause.

Amr had previously announced that he requested that Rotana terminate their contract after working more than 10 years together, noting that there is one more music album that should come out soon based on their contract. Consequently, Rotana issued a stern statement in which it firmly said that Rotana is the one who wanted to terminate the contract.

Diab announced that his next album will be produced by him, as Rotana did not abide by the contract.

"Inaccurate news has been circulated in the media lately saying that Amr Diab terminated his contract with Rotana. Thus, Rotana found it necessary to reply to such allegations that this artist and the director of his work are behind, and which aim at abusing the reputation of the company and undermining it as well as confusing its clients. As such, Rotana affirms that it is the one who started the process of terminating the contract due to the fact that Diab did not abide by the contract. And this is all proved in the following documents:

On 1/10/2015, Rotana directed an injunction to Diab demanding from him to pay, as soon as possible, the 1 million dollar penalty clause stated in the contract, since he did not commit to the contract, and a warning numbered 26368 that his lawyer received on 5/10/2015.

On 27/10/2015, Rotana filed a lawsuit against Diab, requiring him to pay the penalty clause stated in the contract due to a breach of his obligations stated in the contract and restricted Case No. 725 noting that the judicial determination is to be considered in the 7/12/2015 session.

Finally, Rotana’s relation to all of its clients is based on the exchange of respect and the realization of the common benefit, aiming at the production of valuable and distinguished works. Rotana never agreed and will never agree on dealing with them through methods of abuse and defamation, without exception."

It is said that Diab decided not to perform after his concert “Ras Al-Sader” last September as he’s working on finishing his new album that will be released at the beginning of 2016.

This article was originally published in Arabic on YallaFeed .