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Koplo or dangdut koplo is a subgenre of dangdut, Indonesian popular dance & folk music, that originated in East Java during the early 2000s. The genre gets its name from the slang term " koplo " which refers to a hallucinogenic drug that is sold cheaply in Indonesia.
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]
The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1980s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
The Indonesian music industry in the 1970s was quite advanced, and the pop music genre became very popular, featuring works from musicians like Chrisye, Ade, and Puspa. The Prambors (LCLR) songwriting competition in 1977 broke the stagnation in the pop music industry at that time. This event also gave birth to many new musicians in the ...
Project Pop's song are generally about current issues, but presented with "humorous lyrics and playful melodies". [1] Their musical genre changes with what is trending; [2] for example, "Bur-Kat" was rap inspired, [5] while their 2003 song "Dangdut is the Music of My Country" (Pop OK Album) was a mix of then-trending Linkin Park-style rock and dangdut.
Now That's What I Call the 80s is a special edition compilation album from the Now! series in the United States, containing hit songs from the 1980s. It was released on March 11, 2008. In addition to a traditional CD release, an 80-track "deluxe digital edition" was made available for download only on iTunes. [2]
Here was a singer, matured by her previous ride on the pop music roller coaster as well as her well-publicized hardships, who bounced back with music bursting with a warmth and vitality both traditional and modern. A balanced collection that provides ample evidence of why Brenda Fassie was called the Queen of African Pop".
Slate hailed the album, along with Future Nostalgia, as 2020's best album in their fourth entry of The Music Club 2020. [47] It placed on an unranked list by Los Angeles Times, while Idolator ranked it at number 47 on their year-end list. [48] [49] Variety writer Jem Aswad thought it was the fifth best album of 2020. [50]