Indian pop
Indian pop music, often known as
Indi-pop or
Hindi pop, is a
pop music of
India. It is based on various Indian folk or classical music, influenced by modern beats from different parts of the world. Indian pop was reletavely non-existent until the late
1970s to early
1980s. The major push to bring
South Asian music into a "pop" motif was by
Pakistani singer
Nazia Hassan.
Several Indians have gained popularity in mainstream popular Western music, especially rock. In fact, one of the greatest rock musicians,
Freddie Mercury, was Indian and started his first band in an Indian boarding school in
Panchgani. Other popular rock musicians of Indian descent include
Kim Thayil and
Dave Baksh. Also,
Tony Kanal of the group
No Doubt is Indian. Grammy-winning jazz singer
Norah Jones is half-Indian, her father being sitar maestro Pandit
Ravi Shankar, who himself was a famous artist in the West. In the Scandanavian extreme music scene, East Indians include Yusaf Parvez of the Norwegian black metal bands
Dimmu Borgir/
DHG/
Ved Buens Ende/
Code.
Some of the popular Indipop artists include
Sonu Nigam,
Rageshwari,
Bombay Vikings,
Colonial Cousins,
Asha Bhosle,
Sunidhi Chauhan Khan,
Bombay Rockers,
Anu Malik ,
Malkit Singh ,
Hans Raj Hans ,
Baba Sehgal and more recently
Raghav,
Jay Sean,
Juggy D,
Rishi Rich, and
Bally Sagoo,
Punjabi MC,
Bhangra Knights.
Many
Punjabi Indian film and pop songs are finding their way into mainstream
American music, like in the case of
Britney Spears with
Rishi Rich,
Jay-Z with
Panjabi MC,
Timbaland, and
Truth Hurts, with her song "
Addictive" (for which they were sued for copyright infringement of a
Lata Mangeshkar song). The beginning of mainstream Indian music finding its way into America began with the movie
Moulin Rouge!. In the movie, the main number, "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend (
Hindi)", featured
Alka Yagnik's song "
Chamma Chamma" from the Indian movie "China-Gate".
Recently Indian pop has taken an interesting turn, with the '
remixing' of oldie songs from past Indian Film songs and adding new beats to them. Most of the Indian music, whether it be
Filmi,
Classical, Pop or
Folk, still incorporates the eternal beats of India, making it one of few pop music cultures, e.g.
Turkish and
Arabic music, that keep traditional beats and sounds even with the modernization of music.
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