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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Shahin Najafi is the 2,783rd most popular musician (down from 2,670th in 2019), the 498th 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 2,783 out of 3,175Before him are J Mascis, Brendon Urie, Ani DiFranco, Chuck Behler, Peter Iwers, and Toro y Moi. After him are Hallucinogen, Scott Storch, Billy Gould, Madlib, Victoria De Angelis, and Kali Uchis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Shahin Najafi ranks 617Before 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 498 out of 631Before him are Rasoul Khadem (1972), 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 5Before him are Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (1216), Viguen (1929), Kayhan Kalhor (1963), and Hossein Alizadeh (1951). After him are Salim Ghazi Saeedi (1981).