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{{Infobox album
| name       = Madonna
| name         = Madonna
| type       = Studio
| type         = Studio
| artist     = [[Alisha (Indian singer)|Alisha]]
| artist       = [[Alisha Chinai|Alisha]]
| cover     = Alisha Chinai - Madonna.png
| cover       = Alisha Chinai - Madonna.png
| alt       =
| alt         =  
| released   = 1989
| released     = 1989
| recorded  =
| venue       =  
| venue     =
| studio       = Old Court House Street, Calcutta
| studio     =
| genre       = [[Indipop]]
| genre     = [[Indipop]]
| length       = 34:10
| length     = 34:07
| label       = [[Gramophone Company India]]
| label     = [[His Master's Voice]]
| producer     = Rajesh Jhaveri
| producer   = Rajesh Jhaveri
| prev_title   = [[Babydoll (album)|Babydoll]]
| prev_title = [[Babydoll (album)|Babydoll]]
| prev_year   = 1988
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title   = [[Kamasutra (Alisha Chinai album)|Kamasutra]]
| next_title = [[Kamasutra (Alisha Chinai album)|Kamasutra]]
| next_year   = 1990
| next_year = 1990
}}
}}
{{italic}}'''''Madonna''''' is a 1989 Hindi-language platinum-selling pop album by [[Indipop]] star [[Alisha Chinai]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Asha|last=Kasbekar|title=Pop Culture India!|journal=Media, Arts, and Lifestyle|date=May 2006|oclc=1851096361|page=34|quote=Alisha Chinai (1972– ) is the pioneer and undisputed Queen of Indipop—that's the verdict of the music industry. Her first major hit album was ''Jadoo'' (Magic). Further platinum albums included ''Aah Alisha'', ''Baby Doll'', ''Madonna'', and ''Kamasutra'', but it was ''Made in India'' that established Indipop as a discrete genre and Chinai its prime proponent}}</ref>
{{italic}}'''''Madonna''''' is a 1989 Hindi-language platinum-selling pop album by [[Indipop]] star [[Alisha Chinai]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Asha|last=Kasbekar|title=Pop Culture India!|journal=Media, Arts, and Lifestyle|date=May 2006|oclc=1851096361|page=34|quote=Alisha Chinai (1972– ) is the pioneer and undisputed Queen of Indipop—that's the verdict of the music industry. Her first major hit album was ''Jadoo'' (Magic). Further platinum albums included ''Aah Alisha'', ''Baby Doll'', ''Madonna'', and ''Kamasutra'', but it was ''Made in India'' that established Indipop as a discrete genre and Chinai its prime proponent}}</ref>


The album is mainly Hindi-language covers of songs by the American singer [[Madonna]], and the cover shows Alisha wearing provocative clothes similar to Madonna's at the period.<ref>John Connell, Chris Gibson ''Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity, and Place''-- 2003 - Page 68 0415170273 "For example, the prominent north 1ndian singer, Alisha Chinai, successfully released a Madonna tape, with Hindi- language versions of Madonna's songs, and a cover depicting Alisha dressed in a gaudy bra and no shirt."</ref><ref>Peter Manuel ''Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India''  0226504018 - 1993 "Some current hit cassettes — both film and nonfilm — borrow Western tunes, such as Alisha Chinai's Madonna tape, consisting of Hindi-language versions of her idol's songs, with a cover depicting Alisha dressed, appropriately, in a gaudy brassiere and no shirt."</ref> The album was promoted with a four city tour.<ref>[[India Today]] Volume 14, Issues 5-8 - Page 202 1989 - "Alisha Chinai: material girl ♢ The belly button looks familiar. As do the clothes. And the sex-appeal. And the songs. And the voice? Well, not quite, but close enough for Alisha Chinai to pass off as India's answer to rock queen Madonna — and pack in the crowds at her just- concluded four-city singing tour. Chinai's Madonna imitations have already led to an album called, what else, Madonna, and the tour is to promote the record. Chinai's ambitions to recreate the Madonna magic do not ..</ref> The Indian press reported that the American singer had actually acknowledged Alisha's tribute,<ref>The Illustrated Weekly of India 1989- Volume 110, Issues 40-53 - Page 39  "The traders of Punjab and the sharp minds of Gujarat, quick to sense opportunity, carved out the brand new domain of Hindi pop, dominated by the likes of 'Baby Doll' Alisha Chinai, who achieved the ultimate accolade of being acknowledged by Madonna herself as her most faithful imitation on earth."</ref> but a reaction came from Indian rapper [[Baba Sehgal]] who responded to Alisha's tour and album with a lampoon song "Madonna", where he also dressed as the American singer.<ref>Gregory D. Booth, Bradley Shope More Than Bollywood: Studies in Indian Popular Music -- 2014 Page 174 0199928835 "Baba Sehgal as Madonna may seem even more improbable than his appropriation of “Ice Ice Baby.” However, Seghal does not imitate Vanilla Ice or Madonna so much as he uses their iconic images in a self-reflexive manner, in order to reinvent himself perhaps, but also to take playful jabs at the proclivity of Indian pop singers for the appropriation of the foreign. In this case, his primary target was Indipop superstar Alisha Chinai, who gained notoriety as “the Indian Madonna.” In fact ..."</ref>
The album is mainly Hindi-language covers of songs by the American singer [[Madonna]], and the cover shows Alisha wearing provocative clothes similar to Madonna's at the period.<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Connell|first2=Chris|last2=Gibson|title=Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity, and Place|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2003|page=68|isbn=9780415170284|quote=For example, the prominent North Indian singer, Alisha Chinai, successfully released a Madonna tape, with Hindi- language versions of Madonna's songs, and a cover depicting Alisha dressed in a gaudy bra and no shirt}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Peter|last=Manuel|title=Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India|year=1993|page=234|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|quote=Some current hit cassettes — both film and nonfilm — borrow Western tunes, such as Alisha Chinai's Madonna tape, consisting of Hindi-language versions of her idol's songs, with a cover depicting Alisha dressed, appropriately, in a gaudy brassiere and no shirt.|isbn=9780226504018}}</ref> The album was promoted with a four city tour.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19890331-rekha-to-play-sten-gun-wielding-female-don-of-the-underworld-in-madame-x-815905-1989-03-31|journal=[[India Today]]|volume=14|issue=5–8|page=202|date=31 March 1989|title=Alisha Chinai: material girl|quote=The belly button looks familiar. As do the clothes. And the sex-appeal. And the songs. And the voice? Well, not quite, but close enough for Alisha Chinai to pass off as India's answer to rock queen Madonna — and pack in the crowds at her just- concluded four-city singing tour. Chinai's Madonna imitations have already led to an album called, what else, Madonna, and the tour is to promote the record. Chinai's ambitions to recreate the Madonna magic do not ..|issn= 0254-8399|access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref> The Indian press reported that the American singer had actually acknowledged Alisha's tribute,<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]]|year=1989|volume=110|issue=40–53|page=39|title=Top-of-the-line|quote=The traders of Punjab and the sharp minds of Gujarat, quick to sense opportunity, carved out the brand new domain of Hindi pop, dominated by the likes of 'Baby Doll' Alisha Chinai, who achieved the ultimate accolade of being acknowledged by Madonna herself as her most faithful imitation on earth|issn=0019-2430}}</ref> but a reaction came from Indian rapper [[Baba Sehgal]] who responded to Alisha's tour and album with a lampoon song "Madonna", where he also dressed as the American singer.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gregory D.|last=Booth|first2=Bradley|last2=Shope|title=More Than Bollywood: Studies in Indian Popular Music|year=2014|page=174|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=9780199928842|quote=Baba Sehgal as Madonna may seem even more improbable than his appropriation of “Ice Ice Baby.” However, Seghal does not imitate Vanilla Ice or Madonna so much as he uses their iconic images in a self-reflexive manner, in order to reinvent himself perhaps, but also to take playful jabs at the proclivity of Indian pop singers for the appropriation of the foreign. In this case, his primary target was Indipop superstar Alisha Chinai, who gained notoriety as “the Indian Madonna.” In fact ...}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
# "Dheere Dheere" / धीरे धीरे <small>("[[Material Girl]]")</small>
{{Track listing
# "Dekho Dekho" / देखो देखो <small>("[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]")</small>
| headline      = Side A
# "Papa" / पापा <small>("[[Papa Don't Preach]]")</small>
| extra_column  = Original songwriter(s)
# "Tere Bina" / तेरे बिना <small>("[[Live to Tell]]")</small>
 
# "Pyaara Awaara" / प्यारा आवारा <small>("[[Dress You Up]]")</small>
| all_writing  =
# "Aa Bhi Jaa" / आ भी जा <small>("[[La Isla Bonita]]")</small>
| all_lyrics    = Shyam Anuragi
# "Todo Na Mera Dil" / तोड़ो ना मेरा दिल <small>("[[Borderline (Madonna song)|Borderline]]")</small>
| all_music    = Rajesh Jhaveri<ref name="liner">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Madonna |first=Alisha|last=Chinai|others=[[Alisha Chinai]] |date=1989|type=Cassette|publisher=[[Saregama|The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd.]]|page=2|id=STHVS 40227 |location=Calcutta}}</ref>
# "Aake Chhoole" / आके छूले <small>("[[Lucky Star (Madonna song)|Lucky Star]]")</small>
 
| title_width  =
| writing_width =
| music_width  =
| lyrics_width  = 
| extra_width  =
 
| title1        = Dheere Dheere
| note1        = "[[Material Girl]]"
| extra1        = {{hlist|[[Peter Brown (singer)|Peter Brown]]|Robert Rans}}
| length1      = 4:02
 
| title2        = Dekho Dekho
| note2        = "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]"
| extra2        = {{hlist|[[Tom Kelly (musician)|Thomas Kelly]]|[[Billy Steinberg|William Steinberg]]}}
| length2      = 3:25
 
| title3        = Papa
| note3        = "[[Papa Don't Preach]]"
| extra3        = {{hlist|Brian Elliot|[[Madonna]]}}
| length3      = 3:48
 
| title4        = Tere Bina
| note4        = "[[Live to Tell]]"
| extra4        = {{hlist|Madonna|[[Patrick Leonard]]}}
| length4      = 5:24
 
| total_length  = 16:39
 
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = Side B
| extra_column  = Original songwriter(s)
 
| title1        = Pyaara Awaara
| note1        = "[[Dress You Up]]"
| extra1        = {{hlist|Andrea LaRusso|Peggy Stanziale}}
| length1      = 3:49
 
| title2        = Aabhijaa
| note2        = "[[La Isla Bonita]]"
| extra2        = {{hlist|Madonna|Patrick Leonard}}
| length2      = 3:26
 
| title3        = Todo Na Mera Dil
| note3        = "[[Borderline (Madonna song)|Borderline]]"
| extra3        = [[Reggie Lucas]]
| length3      = 4:16
 
| title4        = Aake Chhoole
| note4        = "[[Lucky Star (Madonna song)|Lucky Star]]"
| extra4        = Madonna
| length4      = 5:31
 
| total_length  = 17:02
 
}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.rajeshjhaveri.com/producer-songs/madonna-hindi/ Alisha Chinai – ''Madonna''] at RajeshJhaveri.com
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[[Category:Hindi-language albums]]
[[Category:Hindi-language albums]]
[[Category:Alisha Chinai albums]]
[[Category:Alisha Chinai albums]]
[[Category:Tribute albums]]
[[Category:Madonna tribute albums]]
[[Category:Madonna tribute albums]]

Latest revision as of 01:38, 4 January 2025

Madonna
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Studio album by
Alisha
Released1989
StudioOld Court House Street, Calcutta
GenreIndipop
Length34:10
LabelGramophone Company India
ProducerRajesh Jhaveri
Alisha chronology
Babydoll
(1988) 		Madonna
(1989) 		Kamasutra
(1990)

Madonna is a 1989 Hindi-language platinum-selling pop album by Indipop star Alisha Chinai.[1]

The album is mainly Hindi-language covers of songs by the American singer Madonna, and the cover shows Alisha wearing provocative clothes similar to Madonna's at the period.[2][3] The album was promoted with a four city tour.[4] The Indian press reported that the American singer had actually acknowledged Alisha's tribute,[5] but a reaction came from Indian rapper Baba Sehgal who responded to Alisha's tour and album with a lampoon song "Madonna", where he also dressed as the American singer.[6]

Track listing[edit | edit source]

All lyrics are written by Shyam Anuragi; all music is composed by Rajesh Jhaveri[7].

Side A
No.TitleOriginal songwriter(s)Length
1."Dheere Dheere" ("Material Girl")
4:02
2."Dekho Dekho" ("Like a Virgin")
3:25
3."Papa" ("Papa Don't Preach")
3:48
4."Tere Bina" ("Live to Tell")
5:24
Total length:16:39
Side B
No.TitleOriginal songwriter(s)Length
1."Pyaara Awaara" ("Dress You Up")
  • Andrea LaRusso
  • Peggy Stanziale
3:49
2."Aabhijaa" ("La Isla Bonita")
  • Madonna
  • Patrick Leonard
3:26
3."Todo Na Mera Dil" ("Borderline")Reggie Lucas4:16
4."Aake Chhoole" ("Lucky Star")Madonna5:31
Total length:17:02

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Kasbekar, Asha (May 2006). "Pop Culture India!". Media, Arts, and Lifestyle: 34. OCLC 1851096361. Alisha Chinai (1972– ) is the pioneer and undisputed Queen of Indipop—that's the verdict of the music industry. Her first major hit album was Jadoo (Magic). Further platinum albums included Aah Alisha, Baby Doll, Madonna, and Kamasutra, but it was Made in India that established Indipop as a discrete genre and Chinai its prime proponent
  2. ↑ Connell, John; Gibson, Chris (2003). Sound Tracks: Popular Music, Identity, and Place. Routledge. p. 68. ISBN 9780415170284. For example, the prominent North Indian singer, Alisha Chinai, successfully released a Madonna tape, with Hindi- language versions of Madonna's songs, and a cover depicting Alisha dressed in a gaudy bra and no shirt
  3. ↑ Manuel, Peter (1993). Cassette Culture: Popular Music and Technology in North India. University of Chicago Press. p. 234. ISBN 9780226504018. Some current hit cassettes — both film and nonfilm — borrow Western tunes, such as Alisha Chinai's Madonna tape, consisting of Hindi-language versions of her idol's songs, with a cover depicting Alisha dressed, appropriately, in a gaudy brassiere and no shirt.
  4. ↑ "Alisha Chinai: material girl". India Today. 14 (5–8): 202. 31 March 1989. ISSN 0254-8399. Retrieved 19 August 2022. The belly button looks familiar. As do the clothes. And the sex-appeal. And the songs. And the voice? Well, not quite, but close enough for Alisha Chinai to pass off as India's answer to rock queen Madonna — and pack in the crowds at her just- concluded four-city singing tour. Chinai's Madonna imitations have already led to an album called, what else, Madonna, and the tour is to promote the record. Chinai's ambitions to recreate the Madonna magic do not ..
  5. ↑ "Top-of-the-line". The Illustrated Weekly of India. 110 (40–53): 39. 1989. ISSN 0019-2430. The traders of Punjab and the sharp minds of Gujarat, quick to sense opportunity, carved out the brand new domain of Hindi pop, dominated by the likes of 'Baby Doll' Alisha Chinai, who achieved the ultimate accolade of being acknowledged by Madonna herself as her most faithful imitation on earth
  6. ↑ Booth, Gregory D.; Shope, Bradley (2014). More Than Bollywood: Studies in Indian Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780199928842. Baba Sehgal as Madonna may seem even more improbable than his appropriation of "Ice Ice Baby." However, Seghal does not imitate Vanilla Ice or Madonna so much as he uses their iconic images in a self-reflexive manner, in order to reinvent himself perhaps, but also to take playful jabs at the proclivity of Indian pop singers for the appropriation of the foreign. In this case, his primary target was Indipop superstar Alisha Chinai, who gained notoriety as "the Indian Madonna." In fact ...
  7. ↑ Chinai, Alisha (1989). Madonna (Cassette). Alisha Chinai. Calcutta: The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. p. 2. STHVS 40227.

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