Music of Pakistan

The Music of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی موسیقی, lit. 'pákistáni mosíqi') includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Middle Eastern, and modern-day Western popular music influences. With these multiple influences, a distinctive Pakistani music has emerged.^[1]

EMI Pakistan is the country's biggest record label, as of 2015 holding the licenses of some 60,000 Pakistani artists and around 70% of the total music of the country,^[2] while streaming service Patari has the largest independent digital collection, with some 3,000 artists and 50,000 songs.^[3]

Algoza

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Tabla

Dholak

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Harmonium

Rubab (instrument)

Sitar

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Sarangi

Guitar

Violin

Saxophone

Drums

(Bansari)^[1]

Flute

Shehnai

Piano

Harmonica

Tanpura

Ektara

Gharha

Keyboard

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Chimta

Dhol

Dafli or

Daf

Allan Faqir

Abida Parveen

Bhagat Kanwar Ram

Sanam Marvi

Shazia Khushk

Zarina Baloch

Shaman Ali Mirali

- Pashtun singer, musician, and composer

Haroon Bacha

- pop singer

Zeek Afridi

- singer and composer

Arooj Aftab

- pop music performer

Salman Ahmed

- film playback singer

Naheed Akhtar

- folk and ghazal singer

Gulzar Alam

- singer-songwriter

Alamgir

- composer and performer

Ghulam Ali

- composer, singer-songwriter and performer^[15]

Sajjad Ali

- film and TV composer

Waqar Ali

- film music composer, musicologist

Khawaja Khurshid Anwar

- singer

Humaira Arshad

- TV and film composer

Shani Arshad

- film music composer

M Ashraf

- pop singer and performer^[8]^[9]

Atif Aslam

- film music composer^[16]

Rasheed Attre

- qawwali music performers

Fareed Ayaz

- rock singer, formed Junoon band with Salman Ahmad

Ali Azmat

- qawwal singer

Qawwal Bahauddin

- singer and performer

Aima Baig

- pop singer, performer

Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch

- composer, semi-classical music performer

Iqbal Bano

- qawwali and folk music performer

Javed Bashir

Gulnar Begum - singer

Pashto

- ghazal composer and performer

Munni Begum

- classical and semi-classical composer, ghazal singer and performer

Roshan Ara Begum

- film music composer

Amjad Bobby

- qawwali music composers and performers

Sabri Brothers

- female singer

Humaira Channa

- classical folk singer

Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi

- singer

Sara Haider

- playback singer, composer and performer^[17]

Mehdi Hassan

- singer and composer

Nazia Hassan

- singer and composer

Zoheb Hassan

- singer and composer

Farhad Humayun

- pop musician, performer

Rohail Hyatt

- singer-songwriter

Junaid Jamshed

- playback singer

Noor Jehan

- rock/pop singer, and performer with Bilal Maqsood

Faisal Kapadia

- classical vocalist and ghazal singer^[18]

Amanat Ali Khan

- classical vocalist and ghazal singer

Asad Amanat Ali Khan

- classical vocalist and ghazal singer

Hamid Ali Khan

- pop, classical, and playback singer

Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan

- (Badar Miandad) - qawwali singer and performer

Badar Ali Khan

- composer and performer of semi-classical ghazals

Barkat Ali Khan

- singer ^[19]^[20]

Natasha Khan

- qawwali and ghazal composer and performer

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

- qawwali composer, performer, popular playback singer

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

- classical vocalist and ghazal singer

Farida Khanum

- film and non-film playback singer

Tassawar Khanum

- pop and classical singer

Bakhtiar Khattak

- composer, singer and writer

Hadiqa Kiani

- film playback singer

Runa Laila

- Punjabi folk singer

Alam Lohar

- Punjabi folk singer

Arif Lohar

- Sindhi Sufi singer

Sanam Marvi

- qawwali music composer and performer

Aziz Mian

- qawwali music performer

Sher Miandad

- performer and ghazal singer

Habib Wali Mohammad

- ghazal, classical, and semi-classical singer

Khyal Muhammad

- formed the band 'Jal' with Atif Aslam

Goher Mumtaz

- singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist

Momina Mustehsan

- film and non-film playback singer

Nayyara Noor

(Pashto pop singer)

Gul Panra

- Queen of Sufi music^[21]

Abida Parveen

- singer-songwriter and music producer

Fariha Pervez

- folk songs composer and performer

Malika Pukhraj

- singer-songwriter and composer

Abdullah Qureshi (singer)

- qawwali composer and performer

Munshi Raziuddin

- film playback singer

Ahmed Rushdi

^[22] - qawwal singer

Amjad Sabri

- actor, and performer and a playback singer

Farhan Saeed

- TV performer

Tina Sani

- singer, composer and writer

Ali Sethi

- classical singer

Mohammad Aizaz Sohail

- film and TV playback singer

Tahira Syed

- Pashto singer

Sardar Ali Takkar

- singer-songwriter

Zoe Viccaji

- pop singer and performer

Ali Zafar

- pop singer, formed band Roxen

Mustafa Zahid

- classical and semi-classical music composer and ghazal performer

Ustad Badar uz Zaman

- Pashto singer

Zarsanga

– originally a classical singer yet worked a lot in the fusion of old music with new one.

Badar uz Zaman

– member of the Meekal Hasan Band who has produced songs like "Aadat^[26]" for Jal The Band, "Sampooran" and "Andohlan" for his own band.

Mekaal Hasan

– member of Vital Signs who produced all the Vital Signs albums and albums for various artists like Awaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat. Also known as a prominent member, producer and musician of Coke Studio.

Rohail Hyatt

– produces artists.

Zeeshan Parwez

– produces music and runs a music facility Dream Station Productions. He is also the producer of Pakistan's first music web series Acoustic Station.^[27]

Kashan Admani

Emad ur Rahman – member of who produced and recorded well known artists /solo and in bands in his 'High End Studios' like "Najam Sheraz", "Junoon", Ali Azmat", "Zoheb Hassan", Hadiqa Kiyani, Shafqat Amanat Ali and many more.

Kaya Band

– Pakistani music producer having produced some iconic albums by Junoon, Hadiqa Kiani, Strings, and more.