The year 2009 was a very interesting and busy year in the Afghan music industry. A big number of hit and new artists released a list of unforgetable tracks and videos.

The following is a list of most notable and downloaded hit songs of 2009 which gained great popularity and exposure on a variety of websites, radio stations and satellite channels.

Three artists captured the hearts and minds of Afghans as well as the most air time on Afghanistan satellite tv channels than anybody else… even more than the president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai. Shabnam Suraya was one these three new sensations (other two being Valy and Bashir Hamdard).

Shabnam, a renowned Tajiki singer from Tajikistan, took over the Afghan music industry by a wave of songs backed by…