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  • One of Shaan’s biggest Indipop hits was Loveology, which was a rage on the college festival circuit in the 90s.
  • Biddu, Usha Uthup, Alisha Chinai, Baba Sehgal, Sharon Prabhakar, Peenaz Masani, Shaan, Sagarika, Colonial Cousins, Lucky Ali, Sonu Nigam, Bombay Vikings, Raageshwari, Anu Malik are considered pioneers of Indi Pop
  • Indi Pop started in the late 70s - early 80s, when there were very few singers who were popular as non-film singers such as Usha Uthup, Sharon Prabhakar and Peenaz Masani.
  • The 90s saw growing support for Indipop with the emergence of playback singers releasing Indipop albums successfully. 
  • The earlier editions reality shows tried to introduce a new breed of Indipop artists like Abhijeet Sawant, Amit Sana and Aneek Dhar. But the efforts met with little success
  • Its said that IndiPop started with Pakistani sibling duo Nazia Hassan and Zohaib joining hands with producer Biddu.

Pakistan band Raeth set for Bollywood debut
Pakistani band Raeth, popular for songs like `Bhula do` and `Waada`, is all set to foray into Bollywood with upcoming film Marksheet, based on education scams in the country.
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Continue making non-film albums: Hard Kaur
Singer Hard Kaur says even though non-film music has lost its popularity, one should not stop making them
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Aadesh plans song on corruption
Composer Aadesh Shrivastava wants to do a song on corruption and has asked his fans to send him ideas.
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Pop is raising its head again: Taz
Stereo Nation`s Taz talks about Desi & U Know It, bringing back pop music in India, his stint in Bollywood and upcoming projects..
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Sunidhi Chauhan’s a junooni: Salman Ahmad
The Sufi rock star talks about the current line-up of Junoon, performing in India, his Bollywood debut, ex-Junoonis Ali Azmat and Brian O’ Connell and more..
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I’m a huge fan of Kailash Kher: Mustafa Zahid
The Pakistani pop singer talks about tracks from Blood Money, performing in India, Roxen`s second album Bhoola Samundar, his debut solo album Mahiya, Bollywood pro
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Rise of Indi-Pop Music
If one was asked to prepare a list of 10 most popular Indian singers, chances are all 10 positions would be taken by Bollywood playback singers. Ever since the first talkie Alam Ara and the days of Pankuj Malick, K L Saighal and No
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The Indian Pop Scene
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the sales of Lucky Ali’s just two songs from Kaho naa pyaar hai must have exceeded all his four pop albums put together. That is the stark reality
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Make way for SuperHeavy
At this nascent stage, it’s difficult to figure what the all star band SuperHeavy is all about. Is it yet another musical articulation of the global village we live in? Is it a meeting of contrasting minds to produce somethi
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A Band of Boys
They claim the credit of being the first boy band in India. A Band of Boys marked their debut with their album Yeh Bhi Woh Bhi in August 2002. It so
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Anaida
She happened to be one of the leading Indian pop singers during the 90’s and in the early millennium. She made a blazing debut in 1995 with her hit single ‘Hotline’ which ruled t
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Biddu
Considered one of India’s leading non-film music composers, Biddu learnt to play the guitar and also started a music band called Trojans with his friends quite early as a teenager, belting out
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