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Shahin Najafi

1980 - Today

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Morteza Najafipour Moghadam (Persian: مرتضی نجفی‌پور مقدم; born 1980), better known as Shahin Najafi (Persian: شاهین نجفی), is an Iranian musician, singer, composer, poet, author, and political activist. Najafi's songs mostly deal with issues such as theocracy, poverty, sexism, censorship, child labor, execution, drug addiction and homophobia. In interviews, he has stated that he strives to use poetic, literary, philosophical, and political elements in his music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Shahin Najafi is the 2,841st most popular musician (down from 2,670th in 2024), the 521st most popular biography from Iran (down from 495th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Shahin Najafi ranks 2,841 out of 3,175. Before him are J Mascis, Brendon Urie, Ani DiFranco, Chuck Behler, Peter Iwers, and Toro y Moi. After him are Hallucinogen, Tommy Clufetos, Scott Storch, Billy Gould, Madlib, and Victoria De Angelis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Shahin Najafi ranks 645. Before him are Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, Kazumichi Takagi, Adékambi Olufadé, Dorin Goian, Florin Cernat, and Mehcad Brooks. After him are Rojda Felat, Samuel Dumoulin, Nneka, Marama Vahirua, Pontus Farnerud, and Eduardo Francisco de Silva Neto.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shahin Najafi ranks 521 out of 631. Before him are Parvin Ardalan (1967), Laleh (1982), Saeid Mollaei (1992), Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (1972), Reyhaneh Jabbari (1988), and Mohammad Reza Golzar (1977). After him are Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987), Rahman Rezaei (1975), Hamid Estili (1967), Ruhollah Zam (1978), Shamsia Hassani (1988), and Behrang Safari (1985).

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Among MUSICIANS In Iran

Among musicians born in Iran, Shahin Najafi ranks 5. Before him are Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (1216), Viguen (1929), Kayhan Kalhor (1963), and Hossein Alizadeh (1951). After him are Salim Ghazi Saeedi (1981).

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