KARACHI: To have a good time Pakistan’s 76th Independence Day, music streaming firm Spotify revealed that it could be introducing an upgraded model of a playlist devoted to the nation’s legendary qawwal Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
“A befitting tribute within the type of an enhanced and up to date model of ‘That is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’ playlist, that showcases a few of his evergreen hits that even to this present day, was being spun with a contact of recent genres to create beautiful compositions for audiences to take pleasure in,” said a press launch issued by the music firm on Friday.
The “Shehnshah-e-Qawwali” continues to function as one in all Pakistan’s prime streamed artists globally even after greater than twenty years of his passing, the music streaming service stated.
“As per Spotify’s information, he’s ranked because the 4th most streamed Pakistani artist on the platform this 12 months, together with his tracks inspiring era after era of listeners and singers alike. Songs like ‘Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hae’, ‘Afreen Afreen’, ‘Mustt Mustt’, and ‘The Lengthy Street’ that options Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Veddor are a few of his most listened tracks, alongside together with his work with worldwide producer Peter Gabriel.”
The music platform added that the extent of Khan’s affect on all kinds of musical compositions is also gauged from the truth that covers and remakes of his authentic tracks are being made even right now.
Trendy renditions embody ‘Lut Gaye’, ‘Mere Rashke Qamar’, ‘Kali Kali Zulfon Ke’, ‘Mere Baad Kisko Sataoge’ and ‘Dekhte Dekhte’ had been the highest five-most streamed remakes impressed by the unique Khan tracks.
“Information from Spotify reveals that the youth continues to drive the development of protecting Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s legacy alive,” the assertion learn. “A considerable 37% of his listeners are between 18 and 22 years outdated.”
It additional said that the second largest section was 23 to 27-year-olds with 24%, whereas 28-34 together with these underneath 18 years of age make up 14% of his viewers respectively, on the audio streaming service.
“General, the variety of month-to-month listeners of Nusrat’s songs has elevated to greater than 5 million this 12 months. Additionally, the highest international locations for streams of his tracks embody India, US, UK, Canada and Australia,” the communique added.
The music firm additionally stated {that a} tribute video that includes a bunch of recent artists can be launched on August 14 the place they might speak about how Khan and his tracks influenced their musical journey.