Pod#177 - Zeerak Ahmed - Pakistani music in 2022!

Zeerak of Hamnawa fame with whom we've done several Roundup episodes on Pakistan music returns to talk about how 2022 was as a year for Pakistani music as a whole. Gains, losses, NUMBERS this has it all.   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  01:50 Hamnawa - how did it do in 2022?  03:53 How does he feel Pakistani music did in 2022? - growing artists, Coke Studio not alone in charts, rise of Spotify 08:07 Brief revisit of the generations of Pakistani pop music  10:48 The role of Coke Studio has changed  15:38 Top 3 songs and artists of the year! Audience submissions!  22:23 BY THE NUMBERS: Which artists have grown the most in 2022?  31:29 BY THE NUMBERS: Who are Pakistan’s BIGGEST artists at the end of 2022?  40:28 BY THE NUMBERS: Do these numbers matter? Do artists/agencies even know about them?  45:17 Outro   LINKS:  Hamnawa Substack: https://hamnawa.net/ Hamnawa Twitter: https://twitter.com/hamnawa_net Hamnawa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamnawa_net/  Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!   Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupperRizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkharSarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan