Indian pop music, also known as Indi-pop, refers to pop music produced in India that is independent from filmi soundtracks for Indian cinema. Indian pop is closely linked to Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood and the Asian Underground scene of the United Kingdom. The variety of South Asian music from different countries are generally known as Desi music.
Tulsi Kumar Dua popularly known as Tulsi Kumar is an Indian playback singer, radio jockey, musician, and actress in the Bollywood industry. She was born to businessman Gulshan Kumar who was the owner of T Series and a great singer and his wife Sudesh Kumari. She is the sister of film producer Bhushan Kumar & actress Khushali Kumar. She also owns Kids Hut, a YouTube channel owned by record label T-Series, featuring children's content including nursery rhymes and stories.
Super Cassettes Industries Private Limited, doing business as T-Series, is an Indian music record label and film production company founded by Gulshan Kumar on 11 July 1983. It is primarily known for Hindi film soundtracks and Indi-pop music. As of 2014, T-Series is India's largest music record label, with up to a 35% share of the Indian music market, followed by Sony Music India and Zee Music. T-Series also owns and operates the most-viewed and the most-subscribed YouTube channel, with over 252 million subscribers and 236 billion total views as of 2 November 2023. While best known as a music label, T-Series has also had some moderate success as a film production company.
Hirdesh Singh, known professionally as Yo Yo Honey Singh, or simply Honey Singh, is an Indian rapper, singer, music producer, and actor. He started in 2003 as a session and recording artist, and became a bhangra and hip hop, Punjabi music producer.
Arjun Coomaraswamy, known professionally as Arjun, is an English-Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and raised in London.
Izabelle Leite (born 1 September 1990) is a Brazilian actress and model. She works predominantly in the Indian film industry.
Millind Gaba is an Indian singer, songwriter, music producer and actor associated with Punjabi and Bollywood music. He is known for his songs "Nazar Lag Jayegi", "She Don't Know" and "Yaar Mod Do".
Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, Bhangra, Indi-pop and Bollywood music. He is known for songs like "Lahore", "Ishare Tere", "Slowly Slowly", and "Tere Te". Guru Randhawa's debut single was "Same Girl" in collaboration with Arjun.
Tanishk Bagchi is an Indian music producer, composer, singer and lyricist in Hindi films. He is known for tracks like "Vaaste", "Bolna", "Ve Maahi", "Aankh Maarey" (recreated), "Dilbar" (recreated), "Jehda Nasha" (recreated) and "Lut Gaye" (recreated).
Rajat Nagpal is an Indian singer, composer, producer and mix engineer associated with Punjabi and Hindi music. He is trained in Indian and Western classical music. He has been working as a studio engineer and a music producer at Beatfactory Studios and is known for his work in songs like Fashion, Taare, Ban Ja Rani, Suit Suit, All I Need, Akhiyan, Khamkha Yu Hi, and many more. He uses the piano as the main instrument for his compositions and produces music on Logic Pro and Pro Tools.
Street Dancer 3D is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language dance film directed by Remo D'Souza and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Lizelle D'Souza under the banners of T-Series and R.D. Entertainment. The film stars Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor and Prabhu Deva along with Nora Fatehi. The music was composed by Sachin–Jigar, Tanishk Bagchi, Badshah, Guru Randhawa, Gurinder Seagal and Harsh Upadhyay, and released under the banner of T-Series.
Dhvani Bhanushali is an Indian pop singer. Born in Mumbai, she gained popularity with her single Vaaste in 2019 which has crossed 1.4 billion views on YouTube, making her the youngest and fastest Indian pop star to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. She started her music career in 2017 by singing acoustic version song Humsafar from Badrinath Ki Dulhania. Her first song in the film was Ishtehaar from the film Welcome To New York, released in 2018. In the same year she starred in the music video "Ishare Tere" with Guru Randhawa and "Dilbar" From Satyameva Jayate which was an instant hit.
"Slowly Slowly" is a song by Indian singer-songwriter Guru Randhawa featuring American rapper Pitbull, released on 19 April 2019 via T-Series.
"Ishare Tere" is a Punjabi song by Guru Randhawa and debutant Dhvani Bhanushali, which was released as a single by T-Series on 24 July 2018.
"Tere Te" is a Punjabi pop single by Guru Randhawa featuring Ikka Singh, released on 26 November 2018 by T-Series.
Libertad 548 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper, singer and record producer Pitbull. It was released on September 27, 2019, via Mr. 305 Records. The album also features guest appearances from El Micha, Lenier, Yomil y El Dany, Becky G, Blake Shelton, Chacal, Chesca, Daddy Yankee, Flo Rida, Guru Randhawa, IAmChino, Lil Jon, Ludacris, Natti Natasha, Ne-Yo, Papayo, Prince Royce, Sky Monroe, Tito El Bambino, and Wisin & Yandel.
Jaspreet Singh Manak is an Indian singer-songwriter. He is known predominantly for the songs "Prada", "Suit Punjaabi", "Lehanga", "Viah" and "Boss". His single "Lehanga" has featured on the UK Asian Music Chart and also the Global YouTube weekly chart.
Satheerth Kunneth, better known by his stage name DJ Shadow Dubai, is a Disc jockey, and Record producer currently residing in Dubai. He came into limelight after his song Slowly Slowly in collaboration with Guru Randhawa and Pitbull (rapper) became popular on YouTube with 200+ million views on YouTube.
Jasmeet Kaur Maan, better known as Barbie Maan, is an Indian singer associated with Punjabi music. Maan is best known for singles "Teri Gali" written by Guru Randhawa.
"Pasoori" is a Punjabi and Urdu-language single by Pakistani singers Ali Sethi and debutant Shae Gill. It was released on 6 February 2022 as the sixth song of season 14 of Coke Studio Pakistan and was subsequently released on YouTube on 7 February 2022. "Pasoori" was the first Coke Studio song and the first Pakistani song to feature on Spotify's "Viral 50 - Global" chart. It was featured in episode 4 of the Disney+ miniseries Ms. Marvel as well as on the soundtrack of the off-Broadway production, Monsoon Wedding The Musical (2023) directed by Mira Nair. In August 2022, "Pasoori" became the third song in Coke Studio's 14-year history to reach 300 million views on YouTube, and on 14 October 2022, with 410 million views on YouTube, "Pasoori" became the most-watched Coke Studio music video of all time.
