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Dewa 19 — Indonesian rock band; Dewa Budjana — Indonesian jazz guitarist; Dewi Lestari — Indonesian singer/songwriter and best selling author; Dewi Persik — Dangdut singer; Dewiq — Rock singer and songwriter; Dewi Sandra — Pop/R&B singer, dancer, actress and model; Didi Kempot — Campursari singer
Ahmad Albar – rock musician and vocalist; Ahmad Dhani – pop/rock singer-songwriter, composer and record producer, owner of Republik Cinta Management. Amara – soul/country singer; Anggun – Indonesian and French naturalized singer-songwriter, world's best selling Indonesian artist, first Indonesian who breaks worldwide music charts.
Modern dangdut incorporates influences from Middle Eastern pop music, Western rock, reggae, disco, contemporary R&B, hip-hop, house, and electronic dance music. [1] [7] The popularity of dangdut peaked in the 1970s and 1980s but emerged in the late 1960s. [8]
Indonesian rock is rock music from Indonesia, a product of the culture and globalizing outlook of the country, similar to this genre's music globally. [1] Indonesian-specific ideas about individualism , interdependency , modernism , and the supernatural have also been observed in the rock videos and music of the nation.
Noah, one of the most popular pop bands in Indonesia. Indo pop (Indonesian: Pop Indo), also known as Indonesian pop (Indonesian: Pop Indonesia) or I-pop, is loosely defined as Indonesian pop music; however, in a wider sense, it can also encompass Indonesian pop culture, which also includes Indonesian cinema and sinetrons (Indonesian TV dramas).
Raden Haji Oma Irama, better known as Rhoma Irama (born 11 December 1946), is an Indonesian dangdut singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sundanese descent.. Starting in the late 1960s, he began his musical career as Rhoma Irama as a part of the pop band Orkes Melayu Purnama, pioneering several dangdut music elements.
The contemporary music of Indonesia today is also popular amongst neighbouring countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. [2] In general, traditional music and songs of Indonesia compromises a strong beat and harmony with strong influence from Indian, Java, Arabic, Chinese and Malay classical music.
Beyond its social implications, the popular music industry in Indonesia makes use of a new type of oral tradition made possible by the VCD. [22] By displaying song texts on screen and mentioning the songs' composers, legal VCDs serve as audiovisual "texts" for both national and regional pop music in Indonesia. [23]