Anghami launches its 2023 in Music campaign, #Anghami2023inMusic and reveals it official 2023 Music Charts highlighting artists’ stats and data. Anghami is the leading music entertainment audio streaming platform in the MENA region and its official 2023 in Music Charts reveal impressive trends in both Arabic and International music scenes. The top three Arabic artists – Amr Diab, Ahmed Saad, and Tamer Hosny – continue to influence the regional music landscape. Meanwhile, global artists such as The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, and Drake top the International charts, showcasing Anghami’s diverse content and user base.
One standout in the Arabic charts is the iconic Amr Diab, whose exclusive releases on Anghami consistently topped the charts, including El Hafla and Batamen Alek. Notably, Amr Diab became the most streamed artist of all time on the platform this year, with over 1.8 Bn streams.
Cairokee’s Album “Roma,” released in late 2022 proved popular throughout 2023. Other standout Arabic albums like “Ma3aya Hatbda3” by Ramy Sabry and “Raye2” by Hamza Namira dominated Anghami charts for months, a rare feat in the ever-evolving music scene.
International hits were also popular with “Calm Down” by Rema & Selena Gomez securing the #1 spot for the second consecutive year – a first in Anghami’s history. Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers” and “Creepin’” by Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage round out the top three.
Users streamed music for 23.15 Bn minutes in 2023 with Egyptian Pop emerging as the top genre gathering over 2.2 Bn streams, while Arabic Indie gained greater popularity with a total of 448 million streams.
As part of its announcement, it restated its ‘mission to recognize and support up-and-coming talents’ and acknowledged Viral Artists in 2023 including AlShami and Nawal among others, contributing to a fresher and promising trend into the MENA music scene.
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Launched in 2012, Anghami was the first music-streaming platform in MENA to digitize the region’s music. Today, it has the largest catalogue comprising more than 100 million songs and licensed content from leading Arabic labels, independent artists, and global distributors, available for 120 million registered users.
