Ardalan Tomeh
| origin = Tehran, Iran
| occupation = Singer, rapper, songwriter, composer
| genre = R&B, soul, pop, dance, rap
| years_active = 2004–present
| label =
| associated_acts = Amir Tataloo, Armin 2afm, Rezaya, Saeid SJ, Hossein Tohi, Reza Pishro, Felakat, Babak Tigheh
| website = ardalantomeh.us
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Ardalan Hooshmand (born January 23, 1990), better known by his stage name Ardalan Tomeh, is an Iranian singer, songwriter, composer and rapper. Born in Tehran, Iran, Tomeh taught himself to sing and write poetry at a young age, his parents were always enthused to know about their child interests and follow him to achieve them. Tomeh was discovered in 2004 by Iranian R&B singer Amir Tataloo, who collaborated with him in many songs.
Ardalan Tomeh made his recording debut in late 2004 with the collaborated single track "Nemikhamet" at the age of 16 featuring Amir Tataloo, Farshid and Masoud. Amir Tataloo's popularity brought Ardalan Tomeh to mainstream recognition. Ardalan Tomeh quickly gained popularity in 2010 with his first solo single track "Nagoo Nemishe".
Life and career
1990–2003: Early life and beginnings
thumb|150px|upright|right|"Ardalan Hooshmand in Kindergarten - 1996" Ardalan Hooshmand was born on January 23, 1990, in Tehran, Iran, the youngest child of the couple, he has an older sister. His father is an pharmacist and veterinarian, but he currently works at a private company, and his mother was a high school teacher. His father usually listened to José Feliciano, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, The Beatles songs, and Ardalan became interested in music, his father always supported him and wanted to know about his child favorite things. When Ardalan was 6 years old, The Lion King was one of his favorite animated musical adventure films, and the over ending credits song ("Can You Feel the Love Tonight") was the first song that Ardalan could to memorized it at the age of 6. When he was around 13 years old, he signed up to the ice hockey club, after a short time he could to join to Iran national under-17 hockey team. In 2002, Hooshmand became the captain of Iran national under-17 hockey team. He thought that is what he wants and what he can to be successful in it. When he moved to middle school, he didn't care to studying, and his all thought was playing ice hockey. Time spent and Ardalan became one of the best ice hockey players in the team, but in one of the competitions his right leg injured and he couldn't to play anymore, that was the most unexpectedly mishaps for him, because he couldn't continue to playing ice hockey.2004–2006: Early career and debut singles
In 2004, he acquainted with hip hop music. One of his early mentors as a rapper was local rapper Ashkan Doggy, who got Ardalan his first studio time. Ashkan Doggy wanted money for collaborating with Ardalan, but he had no money, he just had two gold coins, so sold them and paid him the money, then Ashkan Doggy moved Ardalan and his friend Armin 2afm to the studio. Armin 2afm and Ardalan were neighbors and their debut single trackArdalan says "I really did not know that how is the studio, I thought it is like a stadium and we will sing on the stage. That was so scary for me, so I was just 14 years old".
After a short time Ardalan acquainted with Farshid Ende Rap, he
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