Made in India (album)

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{{Infobox album
| name = Made in India
| type = studio
| artist = [[Alisha Chinai]]
| cover = Made_in_India_(Alisha_album).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1995|04|26}} (Audio CD) <br /> {{end date|1995|05|08}} (Audio Cassette)
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Indipop]]
| length =
| label = [[Magnasound]]
| producer = [[Biddu]]
| prev_title = [[Bombay Girl]]
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Om
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Made in India
| type = studio
| single1 = Made in India
| single1date = 2 April 1995
}}
}}

'''''Made in India''''' is an [[Indi-pop]] album by [[Alisha Chinai]], with production by [[Biddu]], released in 1995. It was the first album by an [[Indian pop]] (Indipop) artist to be sold on a scale comparable to [[Music of Bollywood|Hindi film music]] albums,<ref name=Rohn>{{cite book|last1=Rohn|first1=Ulrike|title=Cultural Barriers to the Success of Foreign Media Content: Western Media in China, India, and Japan|date=2009|publisher=Peter Lang|page=170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWl7coVHCncC&pg=PA170&dq=made+in+india+album&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LDwNVKSzEZeGuATO84KQBQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=made%20in%20india%20album&f=false|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref> with over five{{nbsp}}million copies sold in India.<ref name="Jeffries"/> The album established Indipop as a discrete genre and its singer Chinai became the genre's main proponent.<ref name=Kasbekar>{{cite book|last1=Kasbekar|first1=Asha|title=Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle|date=2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA34&dq=made+in+india+album&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LDwNVKSzEZeGuATO84KQBQ&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=made%20in%20india%20album&f=false|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref>

==Development==
[[Biddu]] originally wrote the song "Made in India" for the famous [[Pakistani pop]]star [[Nazia Hassan]], who Biddu had previously worked with. However, Hassan refused to come out of retirement for the song, as she thought the lyrics may offend her fans in [[Pakistan]]. After Hassan rejected the offer, Biddu then wrote the song for Alisha Chinai.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nazia Hassan: Remembering our subcontinental princess |url=https://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/18478/remembering-nazia-hassan/ |work=[[The Express Tribune]] |date=13 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=This Pak Girl Became India’s Sweetheart In The 80s With ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’ But Left The World Too Soon |url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/remembering-aap-jaisa-koi-singer-nazia-hassan/ |work=[[ScoopWhoop]] |date=14 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Made for Nazia, sung by Alisha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Made-for-Nazia-sung-by-Alisha/articleshow/192704.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=20 September 2003 |language=English}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Made in India'' went on to become one of the highest selling pop albums of its time and Alisha became a household name. The record sold over 5{{nbsp}}million copies in India,<ref name="Jeffries">{{cite book |last1=Jeffries |first1=Stan |title=Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001 |date=2003 |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |isbn=9780313315473 |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000jeff/page/35 35] |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000jeff |url-access=registration |quote=All of Chinai's previous success was eclipsed with the 1995 release of ''Made in India''. A series of uptempo songs indebted to traditional Indian music but revealing a definite Western influence, the album reached #1 in the Indian charts and stayed there for over a year as it sold over 5 million copies.}}</ref> and the album's title song was not only a hit in India but across the international market as well,<ref name=Pop>{{cite book|last1=Gokulsing (Peter Kvetko)|first1=K. Moti|title=Popular Culture in a Globalised India|date=13 Jan 2009|publisher=Routledge|page=120|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXx9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA120&dq=made+in+india+album&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LDwNVKSzEZeGuATO84KQBQ&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=made%20in%20india%20album&f=false|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref> topping charts across Asia.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jeffries |first1=Stan |title=Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001 |date=2003 |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |isbn=9780313315473 |page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000jeff/page/35 35] |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo0000jeff |url-access=registration |quote=The recording even reached the top spot in charts across Asia as Chinai became the biggest-selling female Indian pop star ever.}}</ref> Alisha thereafter became the central figure of the emergence of Indipop.<ref name=Pop/> ''Made in India'' was the first ever Indian pop album to achieve commercial success on a par with Indian film music albums and it also marked a spectacular beginning to the era of Indian music videos.<ref name="Murphy and Kraidy">{{cite book|last1=Murphy, Kraidy|first1=Patrick, Marwan|title=Global Media Studies: Ethnographic Perspectives|date=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|page=221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlgIAeBHvcEC&pg=PA221&dq=alisha+made+in+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gjwNVPvcNcqcugTNlYHgDA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=alisha%20made%20in%20india&f=false|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref> It also became the first non-film album to break unit sales records in India.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Varma|first1=Pavan K.|title=Being Indian: The Truth about why the Twenty-first Century Will be India's|date=2005|publisher=Penguin Books India|page=156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJpjhC6BuM4C&pg=PA156&dq=alisha+made+in+india&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gjwNVPvcNcqcugTNlYHgDA&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=alisha%20made%20in%20india&f=false|accessdate=8 September 2014}}</ref>

==Controversy==
During the release of ''Made in India'', Alisha had accused [[Anu Malik]] of molesting her. Some claim it was a publicity stunt by the singer to promote her album. Thereafter, Malik and Chinai did not work for several years, only to reunite in 2003 with ''[[Ishq Vishk]]''. Alisha had also accused [[Magnasound Records]] of cheating her of her royalties. The music company counter-sued her for defamation.<ref name=Kasbekar/>

== Track listing ==
# Made in India / मेड इन इंडिया
# Lover Girl / लवर गर्ल
# Dil / दिल
# Tu Kahaan / तू कहाँ
# Ek Baar Do Baar / एक बार दो बार
# Aajaa / आजा
# Mere Saath / मेरे साथ
# Oo La La / ऊ ला ला
# Dhadkan / धड़कन
# Made in India (Remix)
# De De / देदे<ref>{{cite web|title=Made in India|url=http://gaana.com/album/made-in-india|website=gaana|publisher=gaana|accessdate=9 September 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Alisha Chinai]] received the International Billboard Award and also won the Freddie Mercury Award for Artistic Excellence for the album ''Made in India''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography for Alisha Chinoy|url=http://www.bollywoodmdb.com/celebrities/biography/alisha-chinoy/7734|website=bollywoodmdb|publisher=bollywoodmdb|accessdate=9 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alisha Chinai|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/alisha-chinai.html|website=iloveindia|publisher=.iloveindia|accessdate=9 September 2014}}</ref>

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[[Category:1995 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Biddu]]
[[Category:Alisha Chinai albums]]
[[Category:Magnasound Records albums]]
[[Category:Hindi-language albums]]

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