india is a country rich in musical diversity from time immemorial when it comes to popular music cinema has been the greatest source of good music and songs of yesteryears are still a treat to the ear even today however with the evolution of the entertainment industry the music market has carved a separate niche for itself and now one can witness the era of a different genre of popular music called pop or indipop mostly influenced by western music with the upsurge in the sale of music video albums and cassettes in the last decade or so the music industry has never seen better days before many artistes and bands that have made a splash in recent times are just talented people with a flair for music working in different professions and have made it to the top in the music circuit and many have disappeared as soon as they came according to trade pundits the music industry has the potential equivalent to the software industry in both western and indipop the indian market has seen the music sales topping the charts after 2001 the music industry has seen a lot of changes happening many pakistani singers have entered the indian music scene namely bands such asjunoon and singers such as adnan sami khan as well as abida parveen are wellknown names today some of these singers with their sufiana melodies have captured the hearts of manyamusic lover in india as well as abroad most of the indian bands like aryans euphoria silk route were there before 2001 and they still continue to roll out some albums albeit not as popular as their earlier ones then again many punjabi and bhangra pop singers have entered the fray among them daler mahendi his brother mika hans raj hans and sukhbir are big time in punjabi pop and have established themselves as singers of repute and are loved for their antics as well as their tunesbut if the industry has grown in terms of quantity it definitely seems lost when it comes to the quality of music the lyrics as well as the videography of songs which in many cases have been bordering on the vulgar rather than being a source of good clean family entertainment however even such songs are a rage among the middle and the uppermiddle class youth in parties or nightclubs a number of pakistani singers have joined the music bandwagon notable among these are adnan sami khan a band called junoon or passion and abida parveen whose albums have topped the charts western music has its fair share of market in india after 2001 many bands have come to india and have been quite popular the names of bands like creed ashanti and jarula together with solo singers like nelly furtado linkin park mariah carey and celion dion are on everyones lips needless to say with so much happening on the music scene the music industry is poised for high growth in the days to come