Mizrachi Pop hit singles still being low budget productions, mainstream critics and media were mostly ignoring the genre, with the excuse of Mizrachi Pop lacking artistic depth. Most songs were rather straight forward love songs, translations of Greek/Mediterranean songs or Jewish themed songs, with songwriting following a certain formula. This is why comparisons to other global "counterculture turned mainstream movements" are less appropriate, with Hip hop and reggae music being highly innovative, as well as political and protest oriented. It is, however, widely agreed that many Mizrahi pop songs do have a lot more in them than it first seems, so perhaps many of them were to some extent misunderstood for being ahead of their time. There were also many cases of mutual influencing of the two movements in Israeli Pop as early as 1985, with some well known Ashkenazi songwriters admiring the Mizrahi sound. During the 2000s and 2010, Mizrahi Pop has grown to become the most prominent form of pop music in Israel. In 2019, singer Omer Adam sold 50,000 tickets in Hayarkon Park, only 1,000 people less to break Kaveret record of 51,000 people at the same place at 2013. Well-known Mizrahi artists Singers Zohar Argov (1955–1987) (Yemenite Jew) Ofer Levi Jo Amar (1930–2009) (Moroccan Jew) Avihu Medina (Yemenite Jew) Daklon (Yemenite Jew) Haim Moshe (Yemenite Jew) Tzion Golan (Yemenite Jew) Ofra Haza (1957–2000) (Yemenite Jew) Shimi Tavori (Yemenite Jew) Eyal Golan (Yemenite Jew / Moroccan Jew) Sarit Hadad (Mountain Jew) Moshik Afia (Lebanese Jew) Dudu Aharon (Yemenite Jew) Zehava Ben (Moroccan Jew) Amir Benayoun (Algerian Jew) Gad Elbaz (Moroccan Jew) Maya Buskila (Moroccan Jew) Itzik Kala (Kurdish Jew) Yishai Levi (Yemenite Jew) Miri Mesika (Tunisian Jew / Iraqi Jew) Ninet Tayeb (Tunisian Jew / Moroccan Jew) Bo'az Ma'uda (Yemenite Jew) Lior Narkis (Serbian Jew (Greek-Tunisian ancestry) / Iraqi Jew) Avi Peretz (Moroccan Jew) Kobi Peretz (Moroccan Jew) Moshe Peretz (Moroccan Jew / Iraqi Jew) Nasrin Kadri (Arab-Israeli )) Yehuda Saado Shlomi Shabat (Turkish Jew) Pe'er Tasi (Yemenite Jew) Margalit Tzan'ani (Yemenite Jew) Idan Yaniv (Bukharian Jew / Indian Jew) Kobi Oz (Tunisian Jew) Liora Itzhak (Indian Jew) Moti Taka (Ethiopian Jew) Moran Mazor (Georgian Jew) Omer Adam (Mountain Jew) Eden Ben Zaken (Moroccan Jew) Itay Levi Music formations The Revivo Project - Raviv Ben Menachem, Nir Ben Menachem and Eliran Tsur See also Coma Dance Festival Arabic music References Further reading ISRAEL’S HAPPINESS REVOLUTION: What my