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20 Egyptians Dominate Forbes' "Arab Music Stars 2021" List


Tue 06 Apr 2021 | 11:18 PM
Yara Sameh

Forbes Middle East unveiled Monday its list of "The Celebrity List: Arab Music Stars 2021".

The list featured 50 of MENA’s most streamed and followed active singers, bands, and rappers that dominated the Arabic music industry in 2020.

20 Egyptian artists dominated the list, followed by Lebanese with 12. Egyptian veteran superstar Amr Diab was last year’s most-streamed Arab singer in MENA on Anghami, Deezer, and Spotify, meanwhile, Lebanese superstar Nancy Ajram was the most followed singer on social media, with more than 71 million followers.

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Adham Nabulsi, who was Jordan’s only entry, and rapper Balti was Tunisia’s sole entry.

To help construct this list, Forbes examined shared data of follows, downloads, and views, provided by Anghami and Deezer. The magazine named its top 50 most-streamed active singers and artists on both platforms between January 1 and December 31, 2020, as well as numbers of YouTube views and subscribers, and social media followers.

Here are the Arab pop stars that made the list:

  • Abdul Majeed Abdullah
  • Abyusif
  • Adham Nabulsi
  • Ahlam Alshamsi
  • Amr Diab
  • Angham
  • Assala Nasri
  • Balti
  • Cairokee
  • Carole Samaha
  • Cheb Bilal
  • El Sawareekh
  • ElGrandeToto
  • Elissa
  • Haifa Wehbe
  • Hassan Shakosh
  • Hussain Al Jassmi
  • Kadim Al Sahir
  • Khaled
  • Mahmoud El Esseily
  • Marwan Khoury
  • Majid Almohandis
  • Marwan Moussa
  • Mohammed Assaf
  • Mohamed Hamaki
  • Mohamed Mounir
  • Mohamed Ramadan
  • Moustafa Hagag
  • Myriam Fares
  • Najwa Karam
  • Nancy Ajram
  • Nassif Zeytoun
  • Omar Kamal
  • Ragheb Alama
  • Ramy Ayach
  • Ramy Gamal
  • Ramy Sabry
  • Rashed AlMajid
  • Saad Lamjarred
  • Saif Nabeel
  • Sharmoofers
  • Sherine Abdel-Wahab
  • Soolking
  • Tamer Ashour
  • Tamer Hosny
  • Wael Kfoury
  • Wegz
  • Yara
  • Ziad Bourji
  • Zouhair Bahaoui