Alisha Chinai | |
|---|---|
 Chinai in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 18 March 1965[1] Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Alisha Chinai (born 18 March 1965)[1] is an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.[2] She began her singing career with the album Jadoo in 1985, and by the 1990s she had become known as the 'Queen of Indipop'.[3] Her best known songs were with producers Anu Malik and Biddu during the 1990s. Her best known song is Made in India.
- ^ a b Goel, Hemul (17 March 2016). "Made in India: Five things every '90s girl can thank birthday girl Alisha Chinai for". India Today. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Kasbekar, Asha (2006). Pop culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. p. 34. ISBN 1-85109-636-1. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ Asha Kasbekar Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle 2006 1851096361 page 34 "Alisha Chinai (1972– ) is the pioneer and undisputed Queen of Indipop—that's the verdict of the music industry. Her first major hit album was Jadoo (Magic). Further platinum albums included Aah... Alisha!, Babydoll, Madonna and Kamasutra, but it was her most successful and popular album Made in India, released in 1995, that established Indipop as a discrete genre and Chinai its prime proponent."