Originally posted by: Arsalan_khan
Why is that some of these actor lyp songs are hits and some are flops... Every song pictureized on these actors should have been a hit.. . Their has to be something in song, lyrics, rendition... And for that matter people forget the movie in a long run its only film songs which stays for a long period of time.... But yeah this playback thing didn't let singers to find a market for themselves that's why singers in india are treated as second grade stars compare to actor or cricketer that is because they are not separate entity.... music is associated with film which is why an actor enjoy the popularity of a song and singers who are singing it get less acknowledgement.... In late 90s indipop music was as big as bollywood... Sonu's bijuriya song from mausam album is his biggest song in his concert which is a indipop non film song... And his Dewana album was the highest selling pop album which saved T series from getting bankrupted... .. but the indipop couldn't survived for a long run... Artist like falguni, aryans, Sonu, alisha, shaan were lucky enough to create their independent identity for quite sometime but their destination was the only playback singing this is what they ended up with lol.... Singing is the only art in india which didn't got its due because the film, cast, actors overshadowed it.....
Because not all songs famous actors do are good so they don't sell. Just like their movies or anything else in life. Not all fans feel everything their favorite touches is perfection.
I was a kid in the 90s so genuinely don't have a full understanding of what you are talking about. But I also can't take your word because I noticed your claims rarely match any sort of real data. So I had to look up for myself.
I hate citing wiki, but as you said before why would someone go through all that trouble to create fake lists? Especially with citation? So this is as close to fact as we can get. I see for pop albums yes Sonu sold a lot but in what category is he "highest"? He shares the 1999 spot with someone else. And I am so surprised a 1,200,000 album sale saved T-series from bankruptcy when the same year T-series sold 3x times the amount of music albums through hum dil de chuke sanam, 2x the amount with Sirf tum, even an album like Badal did almost twice the number. I need to hear the story of how superman Sonu single-handedly saved T-Series from bankruptcy.
All this aside you and I are on the same side. Singers are special and they have a beautiful gift. They don't get appreciated enough for their craft like many others in Bollywood. It's not just because of label monopoly, it's fans as well.
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