Shaker was a fixture in Arabic pop music in the early 2000s, with other hit love songs like “Ma’aoul” and “Akhedny Maak,” a duet with fellow Lebanese pop singer Yara.

But music streaming apps like Spotify and platforms like TikTok have offered greater access to the music and allowed new Arabic music genres to bloom, Hajjar told the PBS NewsHour’s Deema Zein.

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Universal Arabic Music, with Weeknd manager Wassim 'Sal" Slaiby as CEO, aims to take the sound of the region global.

A new wave of Arab artists are gaining global traction. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with music writer Danny Hajjar about this recent rise and the future of Arabic music.

He didn't grow up DJing Arabic music at clubs; instead, he was spinning open-format hip-hop sets and learning to mix from his uncle, who introduced him to freestyle, ...

Downloading music from YouTube is a fairly common practice, and the demand for making the process easier has inspired the creation of countless websites and software. But not every service can be ...

How to download music from Google Play to your phone. Since the Google Play app is so similar on Android and iPhone, you can follow exactly the same procedure to download tracks no matter what ...

SoundCloud is where artists share recordings of songs, remixes, edits, and curated lists that aren’t available on a streaming platform like Spotify or Apple Music. It’s a great place to ...

Major Achievements: Won multiple international awards, including World Music Awards, one of the first Arab singers to introduce pop music elements into the traditional Arabic genre. 45. Julia Boutros ...

He said in the future, he hopes Arabic music gets its own label, like SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) music. This term is used to describe the region commonly referred to as the Middle East.