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The roots of Bhangra music date back to the late 1970s, when several Punjabi bands started experimenting with Western styles in addition to the traditional sounds from their homeland in Punjab. By the mid 80's, Bhangra acts were staging festivals and record companies such as Multitone started to sign up more and more bhangra acts. British south asian shows on mainstream television also started to have bhangra acts appear on their programmes, which ultimately led to greater exposure of the genre on the screen and non-asian radio shows from Andy Kershaw and John Peel.

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  • The roots of Bhangra music date back to the late 1970s, when several Punjabi bands started experimenting with Western styles in addition to the traditional sounds from their homeland in Punjab. By the mid 80's, Bhangra acts were staging festivals and record companies such as Multitone started to sign up more and more bhangra acts. British south asian shows on mainstream television also started to have bhangra acts appear on their programmes, which ultimately led to greater exposure of the genre on the screen and non-asian radio shows from Andy Kershaw and John Peel.
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  • The roots of Bhangra music date back to the late 1970s, when several Punjabi bands started experimenting with Western styles in addition to the traditional sounds from their homeland in Punjab. By the mid 80's, Bhangra acts were staging festivals and record companies such as Multitone started to sign up more and more bhangra acts. British south asian shows on mainstream television also started to have bhangra acts appear on their programmes, which ultimately led to greater exposure of the genre on the screen and non-asian radio shows from Andy Kershaw and John Peel. In the 90's, Bhangra started to incorporate hip hop music into it's style, with rap performances and sampled beats including autotune mixed with traditional Punjabi folk music. In 2003, Bhangra hit the UK Singles Chart, when Punjabi MC's Mundian To Bache Ke originally released in the United Kingdom on his 1998 album Legalised started to chart in 2003 due to Internet downloads, it charted in Germany selling over 100,000 in the first two days alone and debuted at #2 in the German singles chart and reached #1 in Italy. The week of its release in the UK, it debuted at #5 on the top 40 UK singles charts; it was also the first bhangra song to reach the UK top 10. The remix, featuring American rapper Jay-Z, also hit #33 on the Billboard charts in the United States and #10 in Canada. Total worldwide sales of "Mundian To Bach Ke" is estimated to be in the millions, with Alona Wartofsky of The Washington Post estimating as many as 10 million units sold. Since then, Bhangra hasn't reached its success in terms of record and download sales compared to its 2003 UK chart placing. Nonetheless, due to the internet and satelittle TV stations like BritAsia TV and radio stations such as BBC Asian Network, the music is still in demand and has gained fans not only in the south asian community, but also outside it.
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