| W'akherta Maak وآخرتا معك | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Elissa |
| Cover: | Elissa - W'akherta Maak.jpg |
| Released: | 8 August 2000 |
| Recorded: | 1999–2000 |
| Length: | 48:28 |
| Prev Title: | Baddy Doub |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Ayshalak |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
W'akherta Maak (Arabic: وآخرتا معك) (English: What Else With You?) is the second studio album by Lebanese singer Elissa released by Dilara Productions & Music Master on 8 August 2000.[1] The album achieved wide success in the Arab world and ranked first in terms of sales upon its release. For three months, it occupied the first three spots in the best-selling albums chart along with the album Fi Eshg El Banat by singer Mohamed Mounir, which was released at the same time.[2] As a result of the heavy demand and the limited availability of the first edition, eight additional editions were issued, with an average of 120,000 copies sold per edition.[3] The album remained among the best-selling albums in the following year, in competition with the albums released at the end of 2000, such as Inta al Aziz and Jarhi Ana, and albums released at the beginning of the year 2001, such as Habib el Alb and Laila Habibi. However, its main rival was the album Tamally Maak, with which it competed in the best-selling albums chart for a whole year.[4]
The album features eleven songs, all written by Elias Nasser, and included a duet with Ragheb Alama titled "Betghib Betrouh".[5] The song's music video, which was directed by Marc Hadifé, won many awards,[6] and as a result of its success, special editions were released under its name, which ranked first in the lists of the best-selling albums in Egypt.[7] [8] The duet also became among the most streamed songs for an entire year on Arab websites at the time.[9] [10] In 2001, Ragheb Alama included the song in his album Saharooni el Leil to take advantage of the wide success. Additionally, a music video for the album's titular song, also directed by Hadifé, was released. However, Elissa revealed in an interview in 2002 that she regretted making the video due to her "repeating herself" by being dressed in merely a bed sheet; which she received considerable controversy for doing so in the music video of her debut single "Baddy Doub".[11]
All lyrics written by Elias Nasser.Notes
Adapted from the album liner notes.