Amr Diab's tops Rolling Stone's top 50 Arab pop songs of the 21st century

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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.