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Arooj Aftab
Solo artist Riyadh Pakistani singer/composer/producer
Arooj Aftab is an artist from Riyadh. Arooj Aftab has 6 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2024–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Aey Nehin”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #33. The station that charted Arooj Aftab most often is KALX 90.7 (San Francisco Bay Area), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2024.
Arooj Aftab's 2021 album Vulture Prince doesn't so much play as drift, a slow, candlelit hush where every note seems to have been weighed before it was allowed in the room. The Pakistani American singer, composer and producer, born in 1985 with Riyadh as her starting point, sings like someone who has made peace with sorrow and decided to make it beautiful anyway, and she plays guitar on top of it all.
"Mohabbat" is the song that opened the door. At the Grammys in April 2022 it won Best Global Music Performance, making her the first Pakistani artist ever to take home a Grammy, and she was up for Best New Artist the same night. Back home, on Pakistan's 75th independence day, President Arif Alvi gave her the Pride of Performance Award, which Pakistan counts as its most prestigious honor, for her work in art and music.
Night Reign followed in 2024, and "Raat Ki Rani" shows she hadn't lost her patience: it's a nocturnal, jazz-tinted slow burn, all smoke and moonlight, from an artist who never rushes anything and is all the better for it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Arooj Aftab on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aey Nehin | 1 | #33 | – | 2024 | |
| 2 | Raat Ki Rani | 2 | #80 | – | 2024 | |
| 3 | Last Night Reprise | 1 | #193 | – | 2024 | |
| 4 | Bolo Na | 1 | #264 | – | 2024 | |
| 5 | Mohabbat | 1 | #592 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 592 | Mohabbat | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now |
| 2024 | 33 | Aey Nehin | KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024 |
| 2024 | 80 | Raat Ki Rani | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024 |
| 2024 | 149 | Raat Ki Rani | KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024 |
| 2024 | 193 | Last Night Reprise | KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024 |
| 2024 | 264 | Bolo Na | KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024 |
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