Aki Banayi

Akram Banaei, better known as Aki Banayi was an Iranian-American singer.

Life and career

Banaei was born in Arak on May 4, 1951, a sister of actress Pouri Banayi. Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, she emigrated to Los Angeles. She earned a Ph.D. from the Conservatory of Music at the University of California.
She released an album, Your Look in 2004. Throughout her career, she recorded a number of folk songs, working alongside Homa Mirafshar, Ardalan Sarfaraz, Mohammad Heidari, Touraj Shabankhani, and Manouchehr Cheshmazar.
Banayi died in Los Angeles on November 2, 2025, at the age of 74.