Fans of Coke Studio Pakistan awaiting the sixteenth season of the music video series have got a new offering from the team behind the most recent iterations of the show. […]
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Spotify marks fifth anniversary in Pakistan with stats for the past half-decade
Spotify completed five years of operation in Pakistan towards the end of February, and as we’ve come to expect, they marked the occasion by sharing a bunch of new stats […]
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Singer-songwriter Shae Gill is Spotify Radar Pakistan’s first featured artist for 2026
Shae Gill is the Spotify Radar Pakistan artist for Q1 2026. The singer-songwriter is best known for her collaborations, most notably ‘Pasoori’, her 2022 Coke Studio duet with Ali Sethi that […]
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Talha Anjum and Umair were Spotify’s most-streamed local acts in Pakistan during 2025
Last week, Spotify shared year-end charts for Pakistan. As in previous years, they focus on domestic acts and releases. For the second time in a row, rapper Talha Anjum and […]
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Karan Aujla, Punjabi pop dominate Apple Music’s year-end chart for India
Punjabi pop icon Karan Aujla’s 2024 single ‘Wavy’ was the most-streamed song on Apple Music in India, as per the DSP’s year-end chart, which is based on plays between 1 […]
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Indian acts comprise half the Best Global Music Album nominees for the 2026 Grammys
Love them or hate them, it’s hard to ignore the Grammy Awards, and given the number of times they’re referenced in their lyrics—for instance, here, here and here—and how many […]
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Samar Jafri is Spotify Pakistan’s Radar artist for Q4 2025
Fast-rising singer and actor Samar Jafri is Spotify Pakistan’s Radar artist for the fourth quarter of 2025. His recent releases, ‘Main Rahun’ and ‘Guzaarishein’, both from the TV series Parwarish […]
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Talha Anjum and Umair top the list of Pakistani Gen-Z listeners’ favourite acts
Back in June, Spotify revealed the findings of a study of the listening habits of Gen-Z streamers in India. A similar study conducted in Pakistan recently shows that the Gen-Z […]
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Music Ally Mid-Year Wrap: Globalisation – what’s next after K-Pop, Afrobeats and LatAm?
The music industry continues its profound shift towards global and regional diversity, with non-English language music gaining significant traction worldwide – driven by streaming platforms, and increased investment by labels. […]
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Fake versions of geo-blocked Pakistani hits flood Indian streaming services
The government-mandated geo-blocking of Pakistani songs on Indian streaming services in May has led to a surge of unauthorised remakes.
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Afusic among future stars first featured on Spotify Pakistan’s Fresh Finds playlist
To mark the milestone tenth year of Fresh Finds, which is “designed to help independent artists get discovered at the earliest stages of their careers”, Spotify has shared a list […]
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Indian streaming services remove Pakistani music after government advisory
Music releases by Pakistani artists have been removed from multiple streaming services operating in India, following an 8 May advisory.
