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TOP 7 MUSICIANS FROM PAKISTAN

1. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
2. Ghulam Ali
3. Sabri Brothers
4 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
5. Abida Parveen
6. Adnan Sami
7. Junoon

How mainstream are you?
First take your top 20 artists and find out how many listeners they have.

Michael Jackson 822,199
Vanessa Paradis 78,059
Shakira 465,825
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 58,506
宇多田ヒカル 152,813
Gackt 89,796
Miyavi 38,513
Faakhir 1,902
Ali Zafar 1,943
Elvis Presley 608,788
Junoon 3,544
عمر دياب 38,803
The Jackson 5 261,552
Janet Jackson 311,557
Call 2,244
Khaled 38,809
Black Eyed Peas 774,492
The Jacksons 58,884
Andrew Lloyd Webber 138,045
Fatboy Slim 658,562

Total: 4,606,779

Divide by 20: 230338.95

Divide by the number of Radiohead listeners (1,547,215): 0.148

Multiply by 100 to get percent: 14.887

In this journal I make up two Top 10's of artists from a non-English speaking country anywhere in the world. I'll look a that country's weekly top artists and pick out the 10 highest ranked bands or artists from that country. I'll make a top 10 for artists who sing in their own language and a top 10 for artists who sing in English or produce instrumental tracks.

Pakistan:

Top 10 own language (Urdu)*:
01. Junoon
02. Jal
03. Noori
04. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
05. Abida Parveen
06. Ali Zafar
07. Atif Aslam
08. Mauj
09. Aaroh
10. Mizraab

There were no English-singing Pakistani artists in last week's top 500. However, here are the other bands that (like Mizraab) were played two times during last week.

##. Vital Signs
##. Abrar Ul Haq
##. Mizmaar
##. Strings
##. Faakhir
##. Awaz
##. Raeth
##. Junaid Jamshed
##. Ali Haider
##. Ahmed Jehanzeb

*However English is Pakistan's official language, Urdu is in this case regarded as 'own' language.

These are just the bands that are highest ranked in this week's last.fm chart. If you think these bands suck, be sure to add your favourites below.