Music of The United Kingdom (1990s) - Post-Bhangra

Post-Bhangra

After the establishment of thriving south Asian music scenes in the 1980s, the 1990s saw Indian music reach the mainstream, particularly through a series of "post-Bhangra" fusions. A mix of Bhangra and reggae beats helped make Apache Indian the first British south Asian pop star, reaching number 5 in the UK singles charts with "Boom Shack-A-Lak" in 1990 and becoming the first south Asian DJ on a major national station in 1994. The album Migration (1994) by Nitin Sawhney fused flamenco and other genres with Bhangra. By 1997 Indian music artists such as Talvin Singh had become mainstream stars in the UK. In 1998 Corner Shop, reached number 1 in the singles charts with a version of "Brimful of Asha" remixed by Fatboy Slim. M.I.A. released the album Kala in 2007 which mixed Tamil folk genre urumee melam with drum and bass and soca.