Elissar Zakaria Khoury (Arabic: إليسار زكريا خوري‎; born October 27, 1971), commonly known as Elissa (إليسا ), is a Lebanese singer. Elissa is one of Lebanon's most famous singers and one of the best-known artists in the Arab world. She was the highest-selling female Middle Eastern artist for 2005, 2009. In 2005, 2006 and 2010 she received the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist and became the first Lebanese singer to receive the World Music Award for Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist in 2006.