This also includes the massive community of artists who choose YouTube to release their songs, interact with their audiences, and experiment with new song formats. Tarek Amin, director of YouTube for the Middle East and North Africa, said: вЂњCreators are the backbone of YouTube. The Top 100 lists will be updated every Sunday, and the Top 20 Trending category will show whatвЂ™s new and hot in music, providing an insight into how audiences are connecting with new releases. The Top 100 Artists will list the most-played artists, and the Top 100 Music Videos will list the most popular official music videos. The Top 100 Songs will show the most-played songs, including official music videos, user-generated content and lyrics videos. YouTube Charts will comprise four charts, and will be available on YouTube Music, as well as. YouTube Charts will help emerging and established artists highlight their success and with more than two billion monthly logged in users, YouTube Charts will offer a more holistic representation of a song's performance.вЂќ Artists now experiment with new song formats and use different features to engage with their fans.

вЂњThere has been a great shift in how artists release their work in terms of production and promotion on YouTube.

вЂњI have seen first-hand the impact YouTube has had on the Arabic music industry,вЂќ said Liliana Abudalo, head of music for the Middle East and North Africa at YouTube. YouTube Charts will show the top artists and songs in a collection of lists updated on a weekly basis. According to YouTube, as of August 2021, there were 170 music channels with more than one million subscribers a growth of 800 per cent when compared to the 18 channels present in 2017. The online video-sharing and social media platform has long been a launchpad for established and emerging names from the Arab world, and has experienced a surge in successful music channels from the region in the past four years.

YouTube Charts is designed to offer the Arabic music industry a more streamlined and transparent approach to measuring the popularity of releases. YouTube will launch music charts in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Wednesday, listing the top artists and songs in a collection updated on a weekly basis.

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