As Elissa’s recent album, Ayyami Beek (My Days With You), is released and doing well both in sales, Rotana is set to extend her contract for 3 years. But Elissa is seeking a 35% raise to get her on same pay as the heavyweight singer-musician Amr Diab.

The Lebanese diva is in direct one-to-one talks with Rotana’s Chairman and President, Salem al-Hindi, but she is said to be tantalizing the big entertainment company.

 

Rumors have it that she went as far as insisting on seeing Diab’s contract with her own eyes for her peace of mind. Some see the irony in it saying Elissa’s 5-album discography is dwarfed by the Egyptian icon’s record