IFPI launches four new MENA charts

In addition to the Official MENA regional chart, the four new charts will be called the Official Egypt Chart, Official Saudi Arabia Chart, Official UAE Chart and Official North Africa Chart – which covers Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

IFPI will share each of the four market charts weekly, available every Wednesday, with the Official MENA Chart still released on Tuesdays. The charts will be released on the Official MENA Chart website and announced on the Official MENA Chart social media channels together with that week’s chart insights.

“We are very pleased to be expanding the Official MENA Chart to show for the first time the top hits in Egypt, North Africa, Saudi Arabia and UAE,” outgoing IFPI CEO Frances Moore said.

“Each of these countries have their own unique music heritage, and the MENA region continues to grow strongly thanks to the breadth and diversity of talent, and through investments by record labels. These new charts are a platform to celebrate and showcase this diversity.”

The new charts benefit from IFPI’s world-leading charts methodology and include music streaming data from all the major digital service providers (DSPs) in the region: Anghami, Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify and YouTube. The charts are prepared by BMAT.

In accordance with IFPI’s global chart principles, streams from each market are weighted to take into account the difference in economics between free and paid DSP tiers.

The result is charts that reflect the volume and value of streams within each country – Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE – and jointly across Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

The launch of the four new charts follows the successful release of the first-ever official regional chart for MENA in November 2022, which captures data from 13 markets covering more than 300 million people. The rollout of the new charts reflects continued growth across the entire region where recorded music revenues increased by 23.8% in 2022.