| Indian pop, indi pop or Hindi pop prevails in many | | | | Chauhan has rocked the Indian pop screen with |
| names in the over 1 billion Indian population. With Hindi | | | | songs like Krazy Kiya Re, Sonu Nigam with dil ye dil, |
| as the main language there are many other languages | | | | Asha Bhosle, Bombay Vikings, Juggy D and Sanober. |
| where pop music entertains the masses and classes. | | | | Not only has Indian pop intrigued Indians but it has |
| It was introduced in the 80s by Nazia Hassan a | | | | also captivated people around the world. Moulin |
| Pakistani singer who gave India áap jaisa koi | | | | Rouge had the song Chamma Chamma by Alka |
| meri zindagi mein aaye' with music by Biddu that | | | | Yagnik. Jay Z mixes Punjabi with his songs in England |
| rocked the country and made pop viable in a nation | | | | and Rishi Rich of Indian origin works with Britney |
| based on classical music. The youth embraced it and | | | | Spears. Bombay Rockers is a duo an Indian Danish |
| the adults gave it a listening ear and from then pop | | | | duo who sings English and Hindi and are have sold |
| entered the bloodstream of Indian music. Suddenly it | | | | more albums then they can believe. |
| was everywhere Mithun Chakravorthy had all pop | | | | Punjabi rap and Hindi rap are growing in popularity and |
| songs, like disco dancer, and Rishi Kapoor danced on | | | | has more and more listeners today. No doubt the |
| songs like 'sara zamana hasino ka diwana, paise ye | | | | Indian music industry is one of the biggest in the |
| paisa. Since then at least one song in a movie is | | | | world churning out new and more albums of movies, |
| made the pop style if not then a remix does happen | | | | self-videos, dance videos and gaining a high sell rate |
| so the song can penetrate to a wider audience. | | | | too. Movie songs are released before the movie to |
| Famous pop singers in the 90s include Usha Utup, | | | | build hype around the movie and this promotional |
| Sharon Prabhakar and Peenaz Masani. Then the main | | | | tactic does work profitable. With an ever growing |
| stage was grabbed by Baba Sehgal, Alisha Chenai, | | | | demand by the youth and today's modern Indians |
| Sagarika, Shaan, Lucky Ali and Colonial Cousins (Leslie | | | | pop music is in demand than ever before. |
| Lewis and Hariharan). In more recent times Sunidhi | | | | |