‘Pasoori’ fame singer Ali Sethi includes in its annual ‘100 Next’ list by the renowned American Time magazine.
He is the only Pakistani singer to be include in this list.
Time magazine launches the ‘100 Next List’ in 2020, and this year the magazine has released the third list in the series, featuring the 100 best people from around the world.
The ‘100 Next List’ includes 100 of the world’s best personalities in a total of 5 categories.
The magazine releases the 2021 list in February and this year’s list has release. While featuring a number of Muslim figures, features only one figure directly from Pakistan.
The list includes Ali Sethi as an ‘innovator’ rather than an artist. And the article about him mentions his song ‘Pasoori’.
Ali Sethi and Shae Gill’s song Pasoori is a huge hit. In praise of Ali Sethi, it states that his song ‘Pasoori’ becomes a global hit. Till now it has 40 million views on YouTube and the song is equally popular in India and other countries.
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A British actress of Pakistani origin Nida Manzoor also includes in the list. She is in lists as an ‘artist’.
People from other countries including Pakistan, UK, USA, Germany and Canada are include in the list and altogether 100 well-known personalities from different fields are make part of the list.
It should be noted that every year Time magazine releases a list of ‘100 Influential People’ including ‘Person of the Year’ and ‘Kid of the Year’.
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