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Indian pop music or Hindi pop is something that can be considered a conglomerate of music. It derives much influence from beats around the world and incorporates them into Indian folk or current music. One such example is Punjabi MC's song "Beware of the Boys". Indian pop has come a long way. It was reletavely non-existent until the late 1970s to early 1980s. The major push to bring Indian music into a 'pop' motif was the versatile Nazia Hassan, credited as the Queen/Founder of modern Indo-Pop.

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Western Music

Several Indians have gained popularity in mainstream popular western music, especially rock. In fact, one of the greatest artists in classic Rock, Freddie Mercury, was Indian and started his first band in an Indian boarding school. Other popular rock musicians include Kim Thayil and David Baksh. Also, Tony Kanal of the group No Doubt is Indian.

Current artists

With Chinoy's step forward, many new artists later came into what was dubbed "Indo-Pop". Some examples include Sonu Nigam, Rageshwari, Bombay Vikings, Colonial Cousins, Asha Bhosle, Sunidi Chauhan Khan, Bombay Rockers, Anu Malik and more recently Raghav, Jay Sean, Rishi Rich, and Bally Sagoo.

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Global appeal

In a proud moment for Indian music in general, a lot of Punjabi, Indian film and pop songs were finding there 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". That was the opener for what seems to be an open arm policy for Indian music in America and world-wide and launched Indian popular music on the international platform with its sister form, Indian Classical Music which took hold of the world in the early 60s.

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.

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 beat and sound even with the modernization of music.

External links

• musicindiaonline.com
• Indian Pop/Rap
• raaga.com Raaga Music Site with Indian Pop and other kinds of Indian music, including classical, religious

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