Babydoll | ||||
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Released | 1988 | |||
Genre | Indipop | |||
Label | His Master's Voice | |||
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Babydoll is a 1988 Hindi-language platinum-selling pop album by Indipop star Alisha Chinai. [1] The success of the Babydoll album, and that of Suneeta Rao's album Senorita (1989), encouraged HMV to promote other early Indipop stars such as Ali Haider (1990). [2] The album was reportedly India's "first fully computerised album". The sound engineer was Rajesh Johri, alias 'Whizkid', Alisha's husband. [3]
Alisha Chinai, formerly known as Alisha Chinoy or her former stage name Alisha, is an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.
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Suhit Gosain is an Indian pop-singer, actor, and performer. He was a contestant on Indian Idol 3, a reality musical show aired on Sony Entertainment Television, modeled on Pop Idol. He was a favourite of Alisha Chinai, who was a judge of the same show. He was a part of the F4 boy-band which also included- Abhishek, Parleen and Meiyang Chang. The band earned great public appreciation. F4 was also declared 'The Next Big Thing' on Channel V. Despite such popularity, the band presently exists no more. Suhit holds a Management Degree from Flame School of Management, Pune, Maharashtra, India. After stints with Media Companies like Reliance & Times of India Group, he spent some time with a Mumbai-based Event management Company viz. 7ty7 Entertainment. Presently, Suhit is associated with Geometry Global Encompass Private Limited, a WPP Group Company as a Conceptualiser. Being associated with Media set-ups, Suhit carries his creative passion in to his job assignments. He continues to create his own music at his home recording studio.
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