Indian
pop music, often known
as Indian-Pop or Hindi
Pop, is based on an amalgamation of Indian folk and
classical music, and modern beats from different parts
of the world. Indian pop appeared on the scene in the
late 1970s after Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan presented
her "Aap Jaisa Koi Meri Zindagi" song in the
movie, Qurbani.
Much
of Indian Pop music comes from the Indian Film Industry,
and until the 1990s, few singers like Usha Utthup, Sharon
Prabhakar, and Peenaz Masani outside it were popular.
Since then, pop singers in the latter group have included
Baba Sehgal, Alisha Chinai, Shantanu Mukherjee aka Shaan,
Sagarika, Colonial Cousins (Hariharan, Leslie Lewis),
Lucky Ali, and Sonu Nigam.
Besides those
listed above, popular Indi-Pop singers include Daler Mehndi, Rageshwari,
Devika Chawla, Bombay Vikings, Asha Bhosle, Sunidhi
Chauhan, Bombay Rockers, Anu Malik, Jazzy B, Malkit
Singh, Hans Raj Hans, Raghav, Jay Sean, Juggy D, Rishi
Rich, Sheila Chandra, Bally Sagoo, Punjabi MC, Bhangra
Knights, Mehnaz, and Sanober.
Recently, Indian
pop has taken an interesting turn with the "remixing"
of songs from past Indian
movie songs, new beats being added to them.
