Spotify, one of the most popular song listening platforms in the world, is also very popular in our country. The data of the platform is the scene of interesting results. It seems that arabesque music is becoming popular again in Turkey.
Spotify says arabesque listening has quadrupled in the last 3 years
We can say that Spotify’s Turkey data gives information about the course of country music. According to the news in Marketing Turkey, the arabesque genre is getting popular on Spotify. So much so that the listening time of arabesque has increased 4 times in the last 3 years.
The research contains many remarkable data. So much so that more than 162 thousand playlists containing arabesque have been created. In addition, even running-themed lists contain at least one arabesque type of music.
On the other hand, arabesque, which was very popular before the 2000s and lost its influence afterward, is adopted by the young population, contrary to popular belief. In 2022, the age group listening to arabesque the most was the 18-24 age group with 46 percent.
Although we are talking about content specific to Turkey, arabesque is also listened to abroad. While 84 percent of the Arabesque listener consisted of Turkey, the rest was made up of countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and France. Finally, Müslüm Gürses is at the top of the arabesque genre. Gürses’ Nilüfer song became the most listened arabesque of all time.
Top 10 arabesque artists on Spotify:
- Muslim Gurses
- Ebru Gündeş
- Funda Arar
- Bergen
- Star Tilbe
- Ibrahim Tatlises
- Ebru Yasar
- Hakan Altun
- Cengiz Kurtoglu
- Azer Bulbul
Top 10 Arabesque songs on Spotify in 2022:
- Take My Beloved – Funda Arar, Semicenk
- Ata Ata İçme – Burak Bulut, Ebru Yaşar, Kurtuluş Kuş
- You Forgive – Bergen
- Heaven – Ebru Gundes
- I Wrote You – Müslüm Gürses
- Yediverenim – Funda Arar
- Nilufer – Müslüm Gürses
- Without Morning – Gullu
- When People Are in Trouble – Bergen
- Don’t Worry For Me – Bergen