ALBAWABA - Following consultations with a panel of scholars, music journalists, industry experts, historians, and artists, the American magazine Rolling Stone announced a list of the 50 finest Arab pop songs of the 21st century.
We determined the final ranking by considering the song's quality, popularity, and cultural impact.
First place on the list of the finest 50 songs was Amr Diab's "Tamli Maak." Second place went to Nancy Ajram's "Ya Plump." Third place went to Cheb Khaled's "C'est la vie" and "My Love is This." Hisham Abbas was in fourth place, Ihab Tawfiq's "God bless you, sir" was in fifth, and Fadel Shaker's "Ya Gayeb" was in sixth.
"Forget Me the World" by Ragheb Alama placed seventh; "Sidi Mansour" by Sabre Al-Rubai came in at number eight; "One Day After a Day" by Samira Saeed was at number nine; and "My Blood is Palestinian" by Muhammad Assaf was at numbers ten and eleven, respectively. The source is Sherine Abdel Wahab's song "Sabri Little."
Hussein Al Jasmi's "In Bold Type" secured the thirteenth position, Abu's "3 Daqat" secured the twelveth spot, Elissa's "Ajmal Ehsas" secured the fourteenth spot, Ruby's "Leh Bidari Kada" secured the fifteenth spot, and Marwan Khoury secured the fourteenth spot.
"Nights" by Nawal Al Zoghbi came in at number seventeen on the list, followed by "Mushkalni" by Rashed Al Majed in position eighteen. "Oh My Heart" by Hakim came in at number nineteen, "Bum Bum" by Mohamed Ramadan at number twenty, and "Al Wawa" by Haifa Wehbe at number twenty-one. It placed twenty-first, followed by the "Bint Al Jeeran" festival by Amr Kamal and Hassan Shakoush in second place, Fares Karam's "Al-Tanoura" in third place, Wael Kfoury's "If Our Love Is A Mistake" in twenty-fourth, and Wiggs' "Al-Bakht" in twenty-fourth, placing twenty-fiveth.
Music by Guitar Band's "Ya Ghaly" peaked at number 26, "Mas wa Luli" by Cheb Khaled and Diana Haddad reached number 27, "In the Love of Girls" by Mohamed Mounir reached the number 28, and "Hadhal I Love You" by Issam Al-Najjar reached number 29. Oka and Ortega's "Play Yalla" festival placed 30th, Mostafa Qamar's "Mayaa" placed 31st, Zuhair El Bahawi's "Décapotable" placed 32nd, Ziad Bourji's "Shu Helou" placed 33rd, and Kazem El Saher's performance placed 32nd. "Do You Have a Doubt?" was at number 34, while "Walid Min Al-Shukria" by Iman Al-Sharif was at number 35.
Ranked 36th was Balti and Hamada's "Ya Lily," 37th was Myriam Fares's "I Miss You," 38th was Mohamed Hamaki's "Mabalash," and 39th was Nassif Zaytoun's "You Don't Treat Me." Najwa Karam's "Let Me See You" placed 40th, Majid Al Mohandes' "Calling You" 41st, and Asala's "That Stupid One" 42nd. Babylon ranked 43rd with the song “Zeina,” Tamer Hosni ranked 44th with the song “Nasini Leh,” and the song “It’s Over” by Balqis ranked 45th; the song “Sir Al-Hayat” by Aseel Hamim ranked 46th; and George Wassouf came in 47th place with the song “They Envy Me,” while Grand Toto came in 48th place with the song “Mghayer,” and Ahmed Saad came in 49th place with the song “What a Sweet Day," and the last place went to Abdul Majeed Abdullah with the song “Who is Like You”.
