Celebrating its first anniversary in Pakistan on Tuesday, audio streaming platform Spotify unveiled the list of most streamed artists in the country.
Insights shared by Spotify revealed that listeners enjoy music by local artists including Atif Aslam, Talha Anjum and Talha Yunus along with global musicians Arijit Singh, BTS, and The Weeknd are the top trending names in Pakistan.
The top 10 streamed artists in Pakistan in the past 365 days are:
• Arijit Singh
• Pritam
• AP Dhillon
• BTS
• Atif Aslam
• Gurinder Gill
• The Weeknd
• Talha Anjum
• Talhah Yunus
• Tanishk Bagchi
Since the launch of the music platform in Pakistan in February last year, the average number of artists streamed per user has increased to 60%. Spotify users searched for a diverse range of playlists using words such as ‘English,’ ‘Urdu,’ ‘Desi,’ ‘Bollywood,’ ‘Coke Studio,’ and ‘Punjabi.’
This diversified taste in music was made apparent by the most listened to songs in a year, which include:
• 'Tu Aake Dekhle' by King
• 'Brown Munde' by AP Dhillon, Gminxr, Gurinder Gill and Shinda Kahlon
• 'Ghalat Fehmi' by Asim Azhar and Zenab Fatimah Sultan (From the movie Superstar)
• 'STAY (with Justin Bieber)' by Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI
• 'Gumaan' by Young Stunners
• 'Butter' by BTS
• 'MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)' by Lil Nas X
• 'Afsanay' by Young Stunners
• 'Dil Ko Karaar Aaya' by Neha Kakkar, Rajat Nagpal and Yasser Desai (From the movie Sukoon)
When it comes to local music, Atif Aslam was the most streamed artists of the year. Pakistan fans also listened to:
• Talha Anjum
• Talhah Yunus
• Young Stunners
• Shamoon Ismail
• Hasan Raheem
• Asim Azhar
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
• Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
• Ali Zafar
Asim Azhar and Zenab Fatimah’s track ‘Ghalat Fehmi’ appeared to be the top most trending local song on the platform. Prince of modern pop Hasan Raheem had three songs on the list while Young Stunners had five tracks in the category.
• 'Ghalat Fehmi' by Asim Azhar and Zenab Fatimah Sultan (from the movie Superstar)
• 'Gumaan' by Young Stunners
• 'Afsanay' by Young Stunners
• 'Don't Mind' by Rap Demon and Young Stunners
• 'Aisay Kaisay' by Hasan Raheem and Abdullah Kasumbi
• 'Aarzu' by Hasan Raheem
• 'Why Not Meri Jaan' by Young Stunners
• 'Joona' by Hasan Raheem and Abdullah Kasumbi
• 'Yaad' by Asim Azhar, Talha Anjum and Talhah Yunus
• 'Jo Tu Na Mila' by Asim Azhar
According to Spotify, Pakistani listeners made 1.9 million user generated playlists in one year including three nostalgic playlists called, ‘All Time Pakistani Hits", "All Out 2010s" and "Pakistani 10s Hits.’
