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Yusuf Islam,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/07/lkl.01.html|title=Interview With Yusuf Islam, Formerly Cat Stevens, Larry King Live|date=2004-10-07|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2007-01-07</ref> (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London, UK), best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a Great Britain|British musician of Greek Cypriot and Sweden|Swedish ancestry. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and prominent Religious conversion|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 by the RIAA as having achieved Music recording sales certification|Triple Platinum status in the United States (three million sales each); his album ''Catch Bull at Four'' sold half a million copies in the first two weeks of release and was ''Billboard's'' number-one LP for three consecutive weeks. His songwriting has also earned him two ASCAP songwriting awards (for "The First Cut Is the Deepest," which has been a hit single for four different artists.)

Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame in 1977. The following year, he adopted his Muslim name ''Yusuf Islam'' and left his music career to devote himself to educational and ... read all