How Indian music is attracting listeners by breaking the language barrier with its quality tunes

In the last 12 months, songs across different languages and cultures have grabbed the top spots in the major music platforms. “Raataan Lambiyan”, Tanishk Bagchi, Jubin Nautiyal and Asees Kaur, Punjabi “Ranjha”, Jasleen Royal, B. Praak, Romy and Anvita Dutt, Punjabi “Excuses”, AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill and Intense, Punjabi “Pasoori”, Shae Gill and Ali Sethi, Punjabi “295”, Sidhu Moose Wala, Punjabi “Kesariya”, Pritam, Arijit Singh and Amitabh Bhattacharya, Hindi Only one out of six, the most recent chart-topper, “Kesariya” is in Hindi. The remaining five are in Punjabi, two of which, “Raataan Lambiyan” and “Ranjha”, are from a Hindi film. “Paani Paani”, Badshah and Aastha Gill, Hindi “Bachpan Ka Pyaar”, Badshah, Aastha Gill, Sahdev Dirdo and Rico, Hindi “Raataan Lambiyan”, Tanishk Bagchi, Jubin Nautiyal and Asees Kaur, Punjabi “Dil Galti Kar Baitha Hai”, Jubin Nautiyal Meet Bros. and Shardul Rathod, Hindi “Tu Yaheen Hai”, Shehnaaz Kaur Gill, Hindi “Tip Tip”, Tanishk Bagchi, Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik, Hindi “Jugnu”, Badshah and Nikhita Gandhi, Hindi “Kusu Kusu”, Tanishk Bagchi, Zahrah S. Khan and Dev Negi, Hindi “Oo Cholluno Oo Oo Cholluno”, Devi Sri Prasad, Ramya Nambessan and Siju Thuravoor, Malayalam “Bijlee Bijlee”, Harrdy Sandhu, Punjabi “Oo Anthiya Oo Oo Anthiya”, Devi Sri Prasad, Mangli and Varadaraj Chikkaballapura, Kannada “Srivalli”, Devi Sri Prasad, Javed Ali and Raqueeb Alam, Hindi “Saami Saami”, Devi Sri Prasad, Rajalakshmi Senthil Ganesh and Viveka, Tamil “Naacho Naacho”, M M. Keeravani, Vishal Mishra, Rahul Sipligunj and Riya Mukherjee, Hindi “Le Le Aayi Coca Cola”, Shilpi Raj and Khesari Lal Yadav, Bhojpuri “295”, Sidhu Moose Wala, Punjabi “Gypsy”, G. D. Kaur, Raj Mawar and Rohtash Sharma, Haryanvi “Arabic Kuthu”, Anirudh Ravichander, Jonita Gandhi and Sivakarthikeyan, Tamil “Har Har Shambhu Shiv Mahadeva”, Jeetu Sharma, Sanskrit “Kesariya”, Pritam, Arijit Singh and Amitabh Bhattacharya, Hindi YouTube, as you can see, shows a different story, with eight languages represented across 20 chart toppers. The ten Hindi No.1s include three from Bollywood but also two from dubbed versions of Telugu movies, “Srivalli” from Pushpa: The Rise and “Naacho Naacho” from RRR.