We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/anghami-arabic-summer-hamaki-mena-streaming-economy Arabic music's big summer on Anghami: Hamaki's 71m streams, and what the numbers don't say https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/09/anghami-arabic-summer-hamaki-mena-streaming-economy Anghami says summer 2026 was one of its strongest for Arabic music, led by Mohamed Hamaki's album with 71 million streams and 18 of its Top 20 chart slots. Behind the charts is a company whose US$99.3m revenue and 3.5 million paid subscribers include a video service, and whose growth runs through telcos, device bundles and exclusives. Here is what that means for independent Arabic artists. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrystreaminganghamimenaarabic-musicindependent-artistsbundles