Made in India (album)

Made in India is an Indi-pop album by Alisha Chinai, with production by Biddu, released in 1995. It was the first album by an Indian pop (Indipop) artist to be sold on a scale comparable to Hindi film music albums,[1] with over five million copies sold in India.[2] The album established Indipop as a discrete genre and its singer Chinai became the genre's main proponent.[3]

Made in India
Studio album by
Alisha Chinai
Released1995 (1995)
GenreIndipop
LabelMagnasound
ProducerBiddu
Alisha Chinai chronology
Bombay Girl
(1994)		 Made in India
(1995)		 Om
(1998)
Singles from Made in India
  1. "Made in India"
    Released: 1995

Development

Biddu originally wrote the song "Made in India" for the famous Pakistani popstar Nazia Hassan, who Biddu had previously worked with. However, Hassan refused to come out of retirement for the song, as she thought the lyrics may offend her fans in Pakistan. After Hassan rejected the offer, Biddu then wrote the song for Alisha Chinai.[4][5][6]

Reception

Made in India went on to become one of the highest selling pop albums of its time and Alisha became a household name. The record sold over 5 million copies in India,[2] and the album's title song was not only a hit in India but across the international market as well,[7] topping charts across Asia.[8] Alisha thereafter became the central figure of the emergence of Indipop.[7] Made in India was the first ever Indian pop album to achieve commercial success on a par with Indian film music albums and it also marked a spectacular beginning to the era of Indian music videos.[9] It also became the first non-film album to break unit sales records in India.[10]

Controversy

During the release of Made in India, Alisha had accused Anu Malik of molesting her. Some claim it was a publicity stunt by the singer to promote her album. Thereafter, Malik and Chinai did not work for several years, only to reunite in 2003 with Ishq Vishk. Alisha had also accused Magnasound Records of cheating her of her royalties. The music company counter-sued her for defamation.[3]

Track listing
  1. Made in India / मेड इन इंडिया
  2. Lover Girl / लवर गर्ल
  3. Dil / दिल
  4. Tu Kahaan / तू कहाँ
  5. Ek Baar Do Baar / एक बार दो बार
  6. Aajaa / आजा
  7. Mere Saath / मेरे साथ
  8. Oo La La / ऊ ला ला
  9. Dhadkan / धड़कन
  10. Made in India (Remix)
  11. De De / देदे[11]

Awards
  • Alisha Chinai received the International Billboard Award and also won the Freddie Mercury Award for Artistic Excellence for the album Made in India.[12][13]

References
  1. Rohn, Ulrike (2009). Cultural Barriers to the Success of Foreign Media Content: Western Media in China, India, and Japan. Peter Lang. p. 170. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. Jeffries, Stan (2003). Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001. Greenwood Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780313315473. All of Chinai's previous success was eclipsed with the 1995 release of Made in India. A series of uptempo songs indebted to traditional Indian music but revealing a definite Western influence, the album reached #1 in the Indian charts and stayed there for over a year as it sold over 5 million copies.
  3. Kasbekar, Asha (2006). Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 34. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. "Nazia Hassan: Remembering our subcontinental princess". The Express Tribune. 13 August 2013.
  5. "This Pak Girl Became India's Sweetheart In The 80s With 'Aap Jaisa Koi' But Left The World Too Soon". ScoopWhoop. 14 August 2017.
  6. "Made for Nazia, sung by Alisha". The Times of India. 20 September 2003.
  7. Gokulsing (Peter Kvetko), K. Moti (13 Jan 2009). Popular Culture in a Globalised India. Routledge. p. 120. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  8. Jeffries, Stan (2003). Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001. Greenwood Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780313315473. The recording even reached the top spot in charts across Asia as Chinai became the biggest-selling female Indian pop star ever.
  9. Murphy, Kraidy, Patrick, Marwan (2003). Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspectives. Psychology Press. p. 221. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  10. Varma, Pavan K. (2005). Being Indian: The Truth about why the Twenty-first Century Will be India's. Penguin Books India. p. 156. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. "Made in India". gaana. gaana. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  12. "Biography for Alisha Chinoy". bollywoodmdb. bollywoodmdb. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  13. "Alisha Chinai". iloveindia. .iloveindia. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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