Wednesday, November 12, 2014

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SINGER? THE INDIAN FEMALE SINGER, SHREYA GHOSHAL, AND THE KOREAN MALE SINGER, PSY

The indian female singer, Shreya Ghoshal, and the korean male singer, PSY, are both from Asia and these singers have some similarities which include the ages of their fans and debuting in America and they also have some differences which include the music genre and the languages they use in their songs.
Psy, Korean singer, 싸이, 박재상, sources from wikimedia
Shreya Ghoshal and PSY have some similarities which include the ages of their fans that they have and debuting in America. First, they both have young and old fans in their countries. Besides, Their songs are very likeable so everyone can enjoy their songs. Her popular songs are ‘Sunn Raha Hai’, ‘Saans’, ‘Khabhis Jo Baadal Barse’, and ‘Jaadu Hai Nashi Hai’ and his popular songs are ‘Champion’, ‘Father’, ‘Celebrity’, ‘Joy’, ‘Right now’, ‘We are the one’, and ‘Gangnam style’. These songs resonate with audiences instantly, song’s topic is relatable to listener’s life. Both of their careers span more than ten years so they have been quite popular in their countries. Also, they have appeared on TV shows. Second, they both debuted in America. In 2012 and 2014, Shreya Ghoshal had concerts in Chicago, New Jersey, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Florida, Washington, D.C., Texas, California, Connecticut, and Georgia. In 2012 and 2013, PSY had concerts in Florida, Georgia, California, New York, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. So, they both expanded their singing careers in America and they started to get noticed in America.
Shreya Ghoshal, sources from wikimedia
Shreya Ghoshal and PSY have some differences which include the music genre and the languages they use in their songs. First, Their music genres are different. Her music genre is related to Indian traditional music. Her mother who was singer taught her Bengali music. Then, Shreya Ghoshal studied Hindustani classical music as well as Rajasthan folk. Finally, Shreya Ghoshal studied playback singing. Playback singing is used in films, especially, in Bollywood musicals. Her voice is very light, soft, and registers at falsetto so she won the National Film Awards for the Best Female Playback Singer four times in India. On the other hand, his music genre is close to American Hiphop and rap music. Besides, PSY studied music one year at Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA so PSY is good at rapping, making rhymes in song lyrics. That’s why he released many hiphop club dance albums. Recently, he produced a hiphop song called ‘Hangover’ with Snoop dogg who is famous for gangster hiphop. Second, the languages they use in their songs are different. she has sung in different languages like Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam so she has sung for Bollywood movies and foreign films. But, he has sung in Korean and English. His korean language song ‘Gangnam stlye’ was a big hit in the world and then, he made a song ‘hangover’ in half Korean, half English because he wanted English speakers to enjoy his songs more.

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