Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s ‘Pasoori’ tops Google’s global search trends for 2022 

In this handout picture, released by Coke Studio Pakistan on February 7, 2022, Pakistani singers Ali Sethi and Shae Gill gesture during the recording of their popular song 'Pasoori'. (Photo courtesy: Coke Studio)
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Updated 08 December 2022
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Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s ‘Pasoori’ tops Google’s global search trends for 2022 

  • The Punjabi-language song was released in Feb 6 this year 
  • Song surpasses BTS’ ‘Butter’ and Aditya A’s ‘Chand Baliyan’ 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s hit number ‘Pasoori’ has topped Google’s hum-to-search category in 2022, leaving behind BTS’s ‘Butter,’ Aditya A’s ‘Chand Baliyan,’ ‘Heat Waves’ by Glass Animals and ‘Enemy’ by Imagine Dragons. 
Google on Wednesday released its ‘Year in Search 2022,’ providing a snapshot of key interests and trends in the past eleven months, based on its search activity. The hum-to-search feature allows users to hum, whistle, or sing the melody of a song by using the microphone icon on Google Search. Google then identifies potential matches for the song. 
Conceptualized as a fusion of pop and folk music, Pasoori is about letting go of worries. The Punjabi-language song was released on February 6 this year as part of Coke Studio Pakistan’s Season 14. 
“The most Googled music worldwide this year is Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s viral hit Pasoori,” read an Instagram post shared by Sethi on Wednesday. 

Sung for Coke Studio together with Shae Gill, Pasoori has also ranked second among Google’s most-searched songs in 2022 and has amassed 457 million views on YouTube. 
Earlier it also became the first Pakistani song to rank third on Spotify’s Global Viral 50 list. 
The most searched song on Google for this year is the Indonesian number ‘Tak Ingin Usai’ by Keisya Levronka.


Shakira to headline second Offlimits fest in Abu Dhabi

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Shakira to headline second Offlimits fest in Abu Dhabi

DUBAI: Music sensation Shakira has been announced as the headline act for the Offlimits music festival, which returns to Abu Dhabi this year for its second edition.

The Colombian singer will bring her “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” world tour to Etihad Park in Yas Island on Apr. 4 to top the bill at the full-day, multi-stage event

One of the world’s most influential artists, Shakira has sold over 95 million records worldwide, earned four Grammy and 15 Latin Grammy Awards, and is the most-streamed female Latin artist of all time.

Shakira’s return marks her fourth performance in the UAE. She previously played Dubai Autodrome in 2007 and has appeared twice in Abu Dhabi before — at Emirates Palace in 2008 and du Arena in 2011.

Last year’s inaugural Offlimits was headlined by Ed Sheeran and featured acts such as OneRepublic, Kaiser Chiefs, Faithless, ARTBAT, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and Zeyne.