Googoosh

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Googoosh was born as Faegheh Atashin on 5 May 1950, in Tehran, to Azerbaijani parents who emigrated from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union.{{Cite book |last=Milani |first=Abbas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixU33FaG_dgC |title=Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979, Volumes One and Two |date=2008-12-19 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=978-0-8156-0907-0 |pages=993–995 |language=en |author-link=Abbas Milani}} She was quickly called "Googoosh", an Armenian name normally exclusively used for boys but which became her stage name.{{Cite book |last=Milani |first=Abbas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixU33FaG_dgC |title=Eminent Persians: The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979, Volumes One and Two |date=2008-12-19 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=978-0-8156-0907-0 |page=994 |language=en |author-link=Abbas Milani}} In an interview she noted that she was called Googoosh from a very early age; in her birth certificate however her birth name Faegheh is recorded.{{cite web |title=Googoosh in Media - Life After the Revolution Singer Googoosh |url=http://www.googoosh.tv/media/independent.html |website=Googoosh.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225224744/http://www.googoosh.tv/media/independent.html |archive-date=25 December 2007}}{{cite news |title=Iranian Singer Googoosh Raises Her Voice To Keep Her Nation's Culture Alive |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/29/1041553988/googoosh-iranian-singer-american-tour |access-date=7 February 2022 |work=NPR.org |date=29 September 2021 |language=en}}

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Googoosh began her career at a very young age as a singer and dancer working in the stage shows of her father, Saber, a cabaret artist and acrobat. As a child actress, she appeared in several films in the 1960s such as Fear and Hope. During the 1970s, Googoosh began her recording career and a meteoric rise to fame and success. Known for her flamboyant outfits and fashion sense, Googoosh wowed her pop-culture-hungry fans in Iran and abroad with her trademark hairdos and hip-elegant style, inspiring many Iranian women to copy her hairdos. Her music ranged from upbeat 1960s and 1970s pop, given a traditional-tinged edge,{{Cite web|url=http://shahrefarang.com/googoosh-classic-lps/|title=صفحه‌های گرامافون گوگوش|date=2012-01-11|website=ShahreFarang|language=fa-IR|access-date=2019-03-25}} to declamatory, emotional ballads dealing with love and loss, comparable to the chanson style of music by artists like Édith Piaf. Her music was popular among non-Persian-speaking audiences as well. She starred in over 25 movies, one of which was to be the most commercially successful Iranian motion picture of all time. Googoosh performed many times for the royal family and was a favorite of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's wife and children. She performed at the party given for the 17th birthday of Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkbCSjdNk4 | title=Googoosh - Reza Pahlavi's Birth Day | website=YouTube }}File:Googoosh in a poster of the film Bita (1972).jpg

At the time of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Googoosh was in Los Angeles. However, feeling homesick, she decided to return to Iran. In response to why she remained in Iran after the revolution, she said that it was "out of love of her for her homeland".{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/7bc91185f70d5deeaaf53d89b8152f28|title=Googoosh Returns to Public Arena|last=Cohen|first=Tom|website=AP NEWS|access-date=2019-03-25}} Despite being a symbol of many things that the revolution tried to overturn, especially related to perceptions of excessive Westernization, Googoosh remained in Iran for years afterward.{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/03/11/iranian-pop-queen-googoosh-playing-at-the-bob-carr-is-a-pretty-big-deal|title=Iranian pop queen Googoosh playing at the Bob Carr is a pretty big deal|last=Ferguson|first=Jason|website=Orlando Weekly|language=en|access-date=2019-03-25|archive-date=25 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325093113/https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/03/11/iranian-pop-queen-googoosh-playing-at-the-bob-carr-is-a-pretty-big-deal|url-status=dead}} After the revolution, Googoosh, like other artists, was forbidden from performing and her material was banned. She did not perform again until Mohammad Khatami's presidency, during which she was allowed to tour outside of the country.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Googoosh left Iran and went to Canada in 2000, after being in Iran for 21 years following the Iranian Revolution. BMusic's Taghinia, says "Googoosh is the siren of that era [Pre-revolution] and important in that she's really a direct link to Iran's past."{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-aug-21-la-ca-iranian-rock-reissues-20110821-story.html|title=They rocked in Iran before the revolution|date=2011-08-21|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-03-24|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}} Chicago Tribune considers the return of Googoosh to be "more than just a pop milestone" but instead "a cultural marker, a measure of the way change occurs in a society that for more than two decades has tried to resist the tide of globalization by living in self-imposed isolation."

She released her first album after her comeback called Zartosht (Zoroaster) in 2000 with lyrics by Masoud Kimiaei (under the pseudonym Nosrat Farzaneh) and composed and arranged by Babak Amini and Babak Bayat.{{Cite web |title=سازهای "خداحافظی از صحنه" برای گوگوش کوک شدند |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/googoosh-to-stop-performing-concert/32593173.html |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=www.radiofarda.com}}{{Cite news |date=2008-04-09 |title=Iran: Singer Googoosh Ends 20 Years Of Silence |language=en |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1094454.html |access-date=2023-06-21}}{{Cite web |title=گوگوش از عاشقانه‌های سبز خود می‌گوید |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/F8_GOOGOOSH/1988834.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.radiofarda.com}}

In 2000, Googoosh sang in public, away from her homeland, for the first time after 21 years of silence to the acclaim of many long-time fans.{{Cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/iranian-music-superstar-makes-comeback-in-toronto-1.204219| title = Iranian music superstar makes comeback in Toronto| website = Cbc.ca| access-date = 2016-02-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2000/09/18/googoosh/|title=Let Googoosh sing|date=2000-09-18|website=Salon|language=en|access-date=2019-03-25}} The Googoosh Comeback Tour was a series of concerts starting in July 2000. She began with a sold-out concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on 29 July 2000 (with an audience of more than 12,000), and eventually brought the tour to a conclusion in Dubai on 21 and 24 March 2001 on the occasion of the Iranian New Year, Nowruz. Her concert in Dubai was considered a homecoming for her, and out of the more than 20,000 members of the audience, seventy percent of them were Iranians who had crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her.{{cite magazine|first=Azade |last=Moaveni|title=Don't Cry for Me, Iran|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,103628,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413105814/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,103628,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2001|date=23 March 2001|access-date =12 April 2007|magazine=Time}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/googoosh-makes-mideast-concert-comeback-after-two-decade-silence|title=Googoosh Makes Mideast Concert Comeback after Two-Decade Silence|website=www.albawaba.com|access-date=2019-03-25}} The two Dubai concerts held special importance: it was the tour finale, and Googoosh was rumored to be planning to return to Iran.

In 2000, a feature-length documentary called Googoosh: Iran's Daughter was released which chronicled the singer's life and her icon-status while detailing the socio-political turmoil that led to the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Made by Iranian-American filmmaker Farhad Zamani, the documentary began production in 1998 and was made at a time when Googoosh was still forbidden to give interviews.{{Cite web|url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2006/10/18/new-film-about-iranian-star-googoosh/|title=New Film About Iranian Star Googoosh - World Music Central.org|date=18 October 2006 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-25}}

Googoosh started collaborating with Mehrdad Asemani with QQ Bang Bang (2003). They continued their collaborating in the albums Akharin Khabar (2004), Manifest (2005) and Shabe Sepid (2008). Most of the lyrics of these albums were by Shahyar Ghanbari.{{Cite web |date=2005-01-05 |title="آخرین خبر" از مهرداد و گوگوش! |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/story/2005/06/050624_bs_mehrdad2 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=bbc.com}}

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Beginning in 2011, she served as head-of-academy and head-judge alongside Hooman Khalatbari and Babak Saeedi for the widely popular talent show/singing competition Googoosh Music Academy, which was broadcast on the London-based Iranian satellite channel Manoto 1 and was their most watched program.{{cite web |title=Googoosh Music Academy |url=http://gma.manoto1.com/ |website=Manoto 1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120004135/http://gma.manoto1.com/ |archive-date=20 January 2013}} Googoosh Music Academy lasted three seasons. In December 2010, Googoosh held a very notable concert in the Kurdish region of Iraq, to which tens of thousands of Iranians came from Tehran and beyond.

In 2010, Googoosh ran a Persian talent competition show called Googoosh Music Academy. {{Cite web|title=Googoosh Music Academy Talk With Raha Etemadi|url=https://www.radiojavan.com/blog/2010/07/28/Googoosh-Music-Acadamy-Talk-With-Raha-Etemadi|access-date=2020-12-18|website=Radio Javan}} The series ran in Europe and Middle East on Monoto TV channes.{{Cite web|title=Googoosh Music Academy, a Persian Talent Show « Payvand.com|url=http://payvand.com/blog/blog/2010/11/20/googoosh-music-academy-a-persian-talent-show/|access-date=2020-12-18|website=payvand.com|archive-date=31 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131032427/http://payvand.com/blog/blog/2010/11/20/googoosh-music-academy-a-persian-talent-show/|url-status=dead}}

Googoosh released the album Hajme Sabz (Green X) in 2010. She said: "I have tried to have works from different composers and songwriters in this new album". Googoosh chose the name "Aasheghaaneh" for this album, but because of her interest in the book "Hajme Sabz" (The Green Space) by Sohrab Sepehri, she changed the name of the album. She released her old song Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh with a new arrangement by Babak Amini in this album.{{Cite web |date=2010-03-22 |title=حجم سبز، هدیه نوروزی گوگوش به هواداران جنبش سبز در ایران |url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/googooshnowrooz-2010-3-22-88859072/149569.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=صدای آمریکا |language=fa}}

In March 2011, Googoosh released a snippet of a new song she was working on, titled Bedrood, via YouTube. In April 2011, she debuted her latest project. The singer launched her own cosmetic collection sold online, titled Googoosh Cosmetics. In April 2011, she held a concert at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as a record breaking performance at the same venue on 27 October 2012, as a part of her worldwide Ejaz Tour.{{cite web |url=http://googoosh.com/blog/2012/11/03/record-breaking-performance-at-nokia/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306035909/http://googoosh.com/blog/2012/11/03/record-breaking-performance-at-nokia/ |archive-date=6 March 2014}} Also on 26 March 2013 she performed at London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/googoosh/default.aspx |title=Googoosh - Royal Albert Hall |access-date=2013-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129173208/http://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/googoosh/default.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2012}}

In 2012, Googoosh released her 6th studio album since her comeback, titled Ejaz. The album consisted of 10 tracks, featuring collaborations with Hassan Shamaizadeh (Hayahoo) and three songs wherein she collaborated with her fellow Googoosh Music Academy judge Babak Saeedi and with Raha Etemadi (Nagoo Bedrood and Noghteye Payan and Hese Mobham). She also collaborated with Alireza Afkari and Roozbeh Bemani on three songs (E'jaz and Baraye Man and Behesht). Another single Bi Manoto was a musical rendition of a poem by the Persian poet Rumi. The poem came to Googoosh's attention while she was banned from singing at the time of the Iran–Iraq War. She stated that she felt inspired by the lyrics and therefore created her own melody and was finally presented with the opportunity to record it as she had long hoped to do.{{YouTube|id=1V4C1YdHbRQ&list=UUnUdm0u-2FRffBnxQYHuTHA&index=41}}{{Cite news |last=ضرغامی |first=محمد |date=2012-09-22 |title=گوگوش: سعی کردم در آلبوم جدید عشق بیشتر باشد تا غم |language=fa |work=رادیو فردا |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f12_googoosh_and_zarghami/24716556.html |access-date=2023-07-09}}

In February 2014, she released a music video of the song Behesht, in support of the gay and lesbian community in Iran, which faces significant challenges in its struggle for equal rights, including the ongoing threat of the death penalty for convictions related to sexual orientation.{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2014/03/05/googoosh-sings-out-in-support-of-iran-s-gay-and-lesbian-community|title=Googoosh sings out in support of Iran's gays and lesbians|date=5 March 2014|website=Euronews.com|access-date=12 January 2019|archive-date=13 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062848/https://www.euronews.com/2014/03/05/googoosh-sings-out-in-support-of-iran-s-gay-and-lesbian-community|url-status=dead}} This made her the first prominent Iranian with a huge following to speak out against homophobia in Iran.{{Cite web |date=2014-02-16 |title=ویدئو کلیپ گوگوش؛ یک رخداد در روند ساختن فرهنگی انسانی |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/blogs/2014/02/140216_l44_nazeran_googoosh_video_clip |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}

In the same year, Googoosh released a joint single with Ebi called Nostalgia.{{Cite news |last=ضرغامی |first=محمد |date=2014-03-30 |title=امید گوگوش برای سال نو: برای زن‌ها و بچه‌ها اهمیت بیشتری قائل شویم |language=fa |work=رادیو فردا |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f12_googoosh_noruz_interview/25314774.html |access-date=2023-08-08}} She started a joint world tour with Ebi with the same name, in which each of them sang some solo songs and some songs together.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-12 |title=آلبوم عکس: کنسرت گوگوش و ابی در کانادا |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2014/11/141112_music_googooshebi |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2014-03-22 |title=پشت صحنه کنسرت گوگوش و ابی در دوبی |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/2014/03/140322_l93_ebi_googoosh |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}

On 21 March 2015, Googoosh released her 7th album titled Aks-e Khosoosi (Private Portrait) including 11 tracks from different songwriters and composers such as Babak Sahraee, Nickan Ebrahimi, Babak Amini (Googoosh band leader). The first song of this album is Che Ziba Bood, which is also the last song that was composed by Varujan. Googoosh sang the old tasnif Morghe-e Sahar in this album.{{Cite news |last=ضرغامی |first=محمد |date=2015-03-28 |title=از حاشیه‌های یک "عکس خصوصی" |language=fa |work=رادیو فردا |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f7-googoosh-iv-over-her-new-album/26925436.html |access-date=2023-07-09}}

In 2017, Googoosh started a world tour called "The Memory Makers" with Hassan Shamaizadeh and Ardalan Sarfraz. In the Los Angeles concert of this tour, Ardalan Sarfraz could not attend and Martik was present in this concert.{{Cite news |title=گوگوش، 'ستاره هالیوود' در کنسرت بزرگ لس‌آنجلس |language=fa |work=BBC News فارسی |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts-44107987 |access-date=2023-11-07}}{{Cite news |last=ضرغامی |first=محمد |date=2019-04-16 |title=آن چفت و بست اتفاق نیفتاد |language=fa |work=رادیو فردا |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/googoosh-interview-1398/29875338.html |access-date=2023-08-26}}{{Cite news |title=کنسرت گوگوش؛ 'مثلث خاطره‌ها' از بی‌بی‌سی فارسی |language=fa |work=BBC News فارسی |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts-45198284 |access-date=2023-08-26}}

In 2018, Googoosh released a single song in collaboration with Martik called Refaghat, and after positive feedback, she collaborated with Martik in two other songs called Eshghe Kamyab and Asheghet Hastam.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-11 |title=گوگوش با همکاری مارتیک دو آهنگ جدید خواند |url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/music-iran-singer-googoosh-martik/4782070.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=صدای آمریکا |language=fa}}

Googoosh released her last album named Twenty One in 2021 with the composition of Siavash Ghomayshi and the lyrics of Raha Etamadi. During production, the trio tested positive for COVID-19.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-18 |title=رها اعتمادی : آلبوم "۲۱"، ثمره دوستی و رفاقت گوگوش و سیاوش قمیشی است |url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/persiannewsarts_googoosh-siavash-ghomayshi-raha-etemadi-album-music-21-iranian-singer/6118908.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=صدای آمریکا |language=fa}}

On 14 September 2023, Googoosh published a video on her official pages in the social media, in which she announced that her new tour (Final Chapter) is her last world tour and a farewell tour.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-14 |title=تور خداحافظی گوگوش؛ "فصلی كه من با تو ما شد، فصل سبز خواهش برگ" |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/czdq2zenq13o |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}

In 2024, a documentary about Googoosh, featuring her own presence, titled Googoosh – Made of Fire, was released in cinemas in Germany.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%DA%AF%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86/video-70435467 |title=اکران اولین مستند سینمایی درباره گوگوش در آلمان – DW – ۱۴۰۳/۷/۱۷ |language=fa |access-date=2025-02-09 |via=amp.dw.com}}

Despite the political and personal hardships she has endured, Googoosh has continued to be a beloved figure over the last half century.{{Cite web|url=https://orleyshabahang.com/iranian-artist-spotlight-7/|title=Iranian Artist Spotlight|date=2018-10-01|website=Orley Shabahang|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-25}}

Googoosh and other speakers participated in a 22 July 2009 protest at the United Nations which attracted exiles from Iran. They stood in front of a banner with names of Iranian protestors who they believed were still incarcerated and of other protestors, written in red, who had been killed. During this protest, Googoosh made a speech stating that she entered politics because of the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. She said, "I have come here to be the voice for the sad mothers who lost their loved ones in peaceful demonstrations. I have come here to be the just voice of the grass-roots and spontaneous movement among my compatriots and to show my solidarity."{{cite news |last1=MacFarquhar |first1=Neil |title=Iranian Exiles Rally at U.N. for Release of Prisoners |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html?_r=0 |access-date=13 June 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=2009-07-23}}(or "Ganji and Googoosh Lead Iranian Exiles in Rally at U.N."). The New York Times. 22 July 2009. Retrieved on 4 April 2014.

In 2018, Googoosh and Siavash Ghomayshi released the political song 40 Saal in criticism of the Islamic Republic.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-13 |title="چهل سال" گوگوش، "چهل سال" روزنامه کیهان |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/45166700 |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2018-07-31 |title=نخستین همکاری گوگوش و سیاوش قمیشی با حال و هوای اعتراضات در ایران |url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/iran-music-googoosh-ghomeyshi-song/4507888.html |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=صدای آمریکا |language=fa}}

Googoosh dedicated her Frankfurt 2022 concert to Mahsa Amini.{{Cite web |title=گوگوش کنسرت خود در فرانکفورت را به مهسا امینی تقدیم کرد |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32040408.html |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.radiofarda.com}} She released song Dobareh in support of Iranian protests.{{Citation |title=Dobareh - Official Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKNkFQ-6vtk |access-date=2023-06-09 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=زنان هنرمند پرآوازه ایرانی با ترانه "دوباره" از اعتراضات ایران حمایت کردند |date=2022-10-27 |url=https://ir.voanews.com/a/6807539.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |language=fa}} She said at the gathering of Iranians in Washington: "Today I feel proud and angry, but I am still more hopeful than ever about the future of Iran, and I focus my anger on that obsessively hateful and resentful leader and the child-killing government."{{Cite web |date=2023-06-12 |title=گوگوش: خشمم را نثار آن رهبر سراپا عقده و حکومت بچه‌کش می‌کنم |url=https://www.iranintl.com/202302116090 |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=ایران اینترنشنال |language=fa}}

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Googoosh has three half-brothers on her father's side and a brother and sister on her mother's side. One of her brothers died in his youth.{{cite web|url=http://www.iranchamber.com/music/googoosh/googoosh.php|title=Googoosh, The most celebrated Iranian pop artist of all times|publisher=Iran Chamber Society|quote=Googoosh was born Faegheh Atashin in 1951 on Ghubba Street, in an old part of Khorramdarreh, to Azerbaijani immigrant parents from the former Soviet Union.}}

In 1980, Googoosh was imprisoned for nearly one month after the Iranian Revolution. In 2018, in reply to a question by interviewer about how she stays young, she said, "Love, music and lots of fruit!".

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Googoosh's first husband was Mahmoud Ghorbani, a cabaret owner and music promoter who helped Googoosh make a name for herself in the 1960s. Googoosh and Ghorbani married in February 1967.{{cite web |title=Biography Personal |url=http://googoosh.com/?page_id=36 |website=Googoosh.com |access-date=28 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711112827/http://googoosh.com/?page_id=36 |archive-date=11 July 2011}} They had a son, Kambiz.{{Cite web|url=https://features.kodoom.com/en/entertainment/the-new-form-of-kambiz-ghorbani-googoosh-s-son/v/2348/|title=The new form of Kambiz Ghorbani, Googoosh's son|date=2010-11-26|website=Kodoom|publisher=Kodoom LLC}} After about six years of marriage, Ghorbani and Googoosh divorced in late 1972.{{cite web |title=Biography Personal |url=https://dayan.ir/%d8%b2%d9%86%d8%af%da%af%db%8c-%d8%b4%d8%ae%d8%b5%db%8c-%da%af%d9%88%da%af%d9%88%d8%b4/ |website=dayan.ir}}

In 1975, Googoosh married Iranian actor Behrouz Vossoughi; they divorced fourteen months later in 1976. During their brief marriage they were considered to be the country's biggest celebrity power couple. During the late 1970s, Googoosh became involved with Homayoun Mesdaghi, and married him in 1979. Six years later, in 1985, she divorced Mesdaghi. She then married director Masoud Kimiai in 1991. They divorced in 2003.{{Cite web |title=Iranian Influential Women: Googoosh (1950-Present) |url=https://iranwire.com/en/women/120759-iranian-influential-women-googoosh-1950-present/ |access-date=2024-12-21 |website=iranwire.com |language=en}}

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Googoosh said: "I used to pray every day until 2004."{{Cite web |date=2023-03-16 |title=Googoosh: 'I want to bring the struggle of Iranian women to the world stage' |url=https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1331603/googoosh-i-want-to-bring-the-struggle-of-iranian-women-to-the-world-stage.html |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=L'Orient Today}}

In her interview with Homa Sarshar in 2022, she stated that she used to have beliefs, but her beliefs were "broken".{{Citation |title=In Conversation With Homa Sarshar |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK_rTUZ_GBs |access-date=2023-06-09 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=هما سرشار در گفتگو با گوگوش |url=https://www.manototv.com/show/2960 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Manoto TV |language=fa}}

In 2023, she posted a video on her official YouTube page and Instagram from one of her concerts, in which she explains that she uses "God" instead of "Kaaba" in the performance of the song Marham due to distance from religion.{{Citation |title=Stage Improvisation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tClxYOM0I |access-date=2023-06-09 |language=en}} Googoosh had previously explained in Manoto's "Behtarinhaye Behtarinha" that she requested this lyrics from Ardalan Sarfraz after her pilgrimage to Mecca.{{Cite web |title=بهترین های بهترین ها - گوگوش |url=https://www.manototv.com/episode/8788 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Manoto TV |language=fa}}

{{Main|Googoosh discography}}

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Studio albums

• 1970: Do Panjereh (Two Windows)
• 1970: Fasle Tazeh (New Season)
• 1971: Mordab (The Swamp)
• 1971: Nimeye Gomshodeye Man (My Lost Half)
• 1972: Kooh (The Mountain)
• 1973: Mano Gonjeshkaye Khooneh (Me and the house Sparrows)
• 1974: Do Mâhi (Two Fish)
• 1974: Hamsafar (Co-Traveler)
• 1975: Pol (The Bridge)
• 1975: Mosabbeb (With Dariush)
• 1977: Dar emtedâde shab (Along the Night)
• 1978: Ageh bemouni (If You Stay)

Studio albums (since her return to music in 2000)

• 2000: Zartosht
• 2003: QQ Bang Bang
• 2004: Akharin Khabar (Latest News)
• 2005: Manifest
• 2008: Shabe Sepid (White Night)
• 2010: Hajme Sabz (Green X)
• 2012: Ejaz (Miracle)
• 2015: Akse Khosoosi (Private Portrait)
• 2021: Twenty One

Singles (since her return to music)

• 2011: Yeh Harfaei (Live TV Performance On Manoto1)
• 2014: Nostalgia (ft. Ebi)
• 2014: Do Panjereh (ft. Ebi)
• 2014: Ki Ashkato Pak Mikoneh (ft. Ebi)
• 2014: Hamzad (Twin) (New Arrangement)
• 2016: Hastamo Nistam (I am and I am not)
• 2017: Do Panjereh (Two Windows) (New Version)
• 2017: Sogand (Oath)
• 2018: Mosalas-e Khatereha (The Memory Triangle) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh)
• 2018: Ajab Jaei (What a Place)
• 2018: Roya (Dream) "Unofficial Version Of The Witness"
• 2018: Shahed (Witness)
• 2018: 40 Saal (40 years) (ft. Siavash Ghomayshi)
• 2018: Talagh "Remix 2018" (Divorce)
• 2018: Mordab "Live Version" (The Swamp) (ft. Hassan Shamaizadeh)
• 2018: Refaghat (Friendship) (ft. Martik)
• 2019: Eshghe Kamyab (Rare Love) (ft. Martik)
• 2019: Darde Man (My Pain)
• 2020: Fardamon (Our Tomorrow)
• 2020: Harigh (Fire)
• 2021: Gohare Kamyab (Rare Gem)
• 2021: Tooye Tehran (In Tehran) (Demo Recording In 2017)
• 2022: Rooze Khoob (Good Day) (Recorded 43 years ago)
• 2022: Naaz Edkeh (Southern Song)
• 2022: Safar Mikonam (l Travel)
• 2022: Ghesseye Do Maahi "Live Version" (The Story Of Two Fish) (ft. Shahyar Ghanbari)
• 2022: Geryeh Dar Ragbaar (Crying in a barrage) (Recorded 44 years ago)
• 2022: Dobareh (Again) (ft. Leila Forouhar, Shahrzad Sepanlou, Darya Dadvar, Sogand & Shohreh Aghdashloo)
• 2023: Gol Bi Goldoon "Live Version"
• 2023: Hamvatan (Compatriot)
• 2025: Hamseda “Live Version”
• 2025: Mano Gonjeshka “Live Version”
• 2025: Makhloogh “Live Version”
• 2025: Azizam (My Dear) (ft. Ed Sheeran)

Googoosh also acted in two other movies: Mard-e keraye-i (مرد کرایه‌ای) and Hajji Firuz (حاجی فیروز), but the production of each of these films was suspended during the final stages for unknown reasons. Googoosh has also acted in many television shows and commercials in Iran.

• Googoosh: A Sinful Voice (2025){{Cite web |date=2025-02-07 |title=گوگوش، اسطوره موسیقی پاپ ایران کتاب خاطراتش را منتشر می‌کند |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/ckgrpey043ko.amp |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=BBC News فارسی |language=fa}}{{Cite web |title=کتاب خاطرات گوگوش به دو زبان منتشر می‌شود؛ «داستانی که باید گفته می‌شد» |url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/33306935.html |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.radiofarda.com}}

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• 1971: first prize and gold record for the best singer in the world at the Midem trade fair in Cannes for her 7" record (as "Gougoush") performing two songs in French produced by Barclay Records: "Retour de la Ville" (A-side) and "J'entends Crier Je T'aime" (B-side).{{Cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/22945.html |title=Encyclopédisque - Disque : Retour de la ville |access-date=21 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101114829/http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/22945.html |archive-date=1 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Googoosh.TV – Googoosh Awards |url=http://www.googoosh.tv/music-awards.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712152057/http://www.googoosh.tv/music-awards.html |archive-date=12 July 2007}}
• 1972: Performed at Cantagiro Music Festival.
• 1972: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival
• 1972: First medal of arts of Tunisia
• 1973: The best actress for Bita in Iranian Sepas film festival.
• 1973: Recorded soundtrack (produced by RCA Records) of San Remo Music Festival.{{cite web |last=Bahmani |first=Behrouz |title=A Treasure Hunter's Effort Pay Off! |publisher=Iranian.com |date=11 February 2003 |url=http://www.iranian.com/Music/2003/February/Sanremo/index.html |access-date=24 April 2007}}
• 2001: Performed at the Carthage Music Festival.
• 2014: Best Iranian Singer (World Music Awards){{cite tweet|user=WORLDMUSICAWARD|author=World Music Awards|number=527182468752093185|date=28 October 2014|title=Congrats Googoosh, Best Iranian Female Artist voted online}}
• 2017: Best Music Video For Do Panjereh (Directed by Yasmin Asha)(Festigious Film Awards March 2017){{cite web|url=http://www.festigious.com/march-2017|title=festigious - MARCH 2017|website=Festigious|access-date=12 January 2019}}
• Two awards from Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles for record breaking performances{{Cite web|url=http://googooshconcerts.com/|title=Biography|website=Googoosh Concerts|language=en|access-date=2019-03-25}}
• 2022: Performed at the Expo Festival.
• 2024: Performed at the Saadiat Nights Festival.
• 2024: Arab Glamour 2024 (Enigma magazine)

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