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Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21 July 1948), best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician of Greek Cypriot and Swedish ancestry. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and prominent convert to Islam.

As Cat Stevens, he has sold over 60 million albums around the world since the late 1960s. His albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified as Triple Platinum by the RIAA in the United States; his album Catch Bull at Four sold half a million copies in the first two weeks of release alone, and was Billboard's number-one LP for three consecutive weeks. He has also earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in consecutive years, for "The First Cut Is the Deepest," which has been a hit single for four different artists.

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  • Thinking 'Bout You
     
  • World O' Darkness
     
  • Welcome Home
     
  • Roadsinger
     
  • The Rain
     
  • Salli Ala Muhammad 3:24
     
  • This Glass World
     
  • Everytime I Dream
     
  • If You Ask Me 3:02
     
  • To Be What You Must
     
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06 May, 08:49pm by katlister | comments (0)
“Time rolls on” Yusuf Islam philosophises gently on opening track ‘Welcome Home’…But what kind of welcome can the previously-reclusive ‘Bitterblue’ inspirator expect in 2009? The road has been a slow-evolving one for Islam (aka sixties troubadour Cat Stevens), and time has indeed rolled on ... read more
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