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"Zaroori Tha" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is the most-viewed Pakistani video on YouTube. It is also the first Pakistani video to reach 1 billion views. On the American video-sharing website YouTube, "Tajdar-e-Haram" sung by Atif Aslam became first Pakistani music video to cross 100 million views.
The Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was also a prominent influence on Pakistani pop music. From Rushdi's pop hits to songs sung by the Hassan siblings, to bands including Junoon, Vital Signs, Jal and Strings, the Pakistani pop industry has steadily spread throughout South Asia and today is the most popular genre in Pakistan and the ...
Music '89 was the first ever all pop/rock music stage-show to be aired on PTV. Cities such as Karachi , Lahore and Islamabad witnessed an explosion of rock bands and concerts in 2000 as Pakistan began to liberalize under President Musharraf 's " enlightened moderation " campaign. [ 12 ]
As per data released by Spotify in December 2022, "Pasoori" was the most-streamed Pakistani song globally as well as the most-streamed song in Pakistan in 2022. [16] [18] [61] In December 2022, "Pasoori" became the first Pakistani song to enter YouTube's Global Top Music Videos chart (week of 16–22 December).
As of 2015, EMI Pakistan is the country's biggest record label, holding the licenses of some 60,000 Pakistani artists and around 70% of the total music of the country, [9] while streaming service Patari has the largest independent digital collection, with some 3,000 artists and 50,000 songs.
Vital Signs was a Pakistani pop band formed in Rawalpindi in 1986 by keyboardist, Rohail Hyatt, and bassist, Shahzad Hasan, who were soon joined by guitarist, Nusrat Hussain and vocalist, Junaid Jamshed. The band released four studio albums, as well as two compilations, ten singles, one video album, one remix album and several music videos.
This is the line-up of Vital Signs, a Pakistani pop rock band formed in Rawalpindi in 1986 by keyboardist, Rohail Hyatt, and bassist, Shahzad Hasan, who were soon joined by guitarist, Nusrat Hussain and vocalist, Junaid Jamshed. They were widely known as Pakistan's first and most successful pop band and were given the title of "pioneers of pop ...
Junoon is a Pakistani sufi rock band founded in 1990 by lead guitarist and only original member, Salman Ahmad.The band has released seven studio albums, as well as numerous live albums, compilations, singles, video albums, music videos, and soundtracks.