Music defines the soul of any individual, they say! Likewise, we had many magical moments in the music industry this year. If certain Bollywood beauties decided to croon, then internationally some broke many records and made millions in deal. If good news made us smile, then heart-breaking reports too ruled the year 2015.
Today, let's take a look at what grabbed eyeballs in the year 2015, musically!
Bollywood:
Salman Khan
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan entertained his audiences with his special song in 'Hero'. The song titled 'Main Hoon Hero Tera' broke many records and was loved his fans.
Read more on the actor: Salman Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Hero Tera’ crosses 10 mn views!
Sonakshi Sinha
Sona baby made her sensational debut as a singer this year. Her single titled ‘Ishqoholic’ happens to be a youth-friendly and hip-hop number is composed by Meet Bros, and Kumaar has written the lyrics.
Read more: What’s Sonakshi Sinha's debut single all about?
Aadesh Shrivastava
Bollywood's most loved music composers Aadesh Shrivastava succumbed to the deadly disease of cancer on September 4 midnight, 2015. The music director-cum-singer was battling cancer, which had relapsed for the third time. However he shall continue to live in our hearts through his soulful music.
Read more on the singer here:
Aadesh Shrivastava bids adieu at 51!
Music director Aadesh Shrivastava is no more, succumbs to cancer at 51
The best of Aadesh Shrivastava: Top 5 songs!
Family, B-Town friends pay last respect to Aadesh Shrivastava
Aadesh Shrivastava's last words for Sonu Nigam
Aadesh Shrivastava: His simplicity enchanted music lovers
Ravindra Jain
Legendary music composer-cum-singer Ranvindra Jain
Also Read: Ravindra Jain obituary: Geet Gaata Chal, you are still alive in our hearts!
Kapil Sharma
Yes, king of comedy on small screen—Kapil Sharma is a singer too! We all loved the way he sung for his debut venture ''Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon'.
Also Read:
Kapil Sharma sings for 'Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon'
Kapil Sharma shoots for new 'Pappu' song
Amjad Ali Khan
Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, rendered a new version of the national song "Vande Mataram" to mark the 69th Independence Day. He said that creating a melody on his favourite instrument was quite difficult.
Read more: Amjad Ali Khan comes up with new rendition of 'Vande Mataram'
Suresh Raina
This ace Indian cricketer is seen knocking off some cool shots on field but what surprised us what the news of his crooning for a Bollywood project. It was announced that he will be singing for actor Zeishan Quadri's directorial debut "Meeruthiyan Gangsters".
Read more: http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/music/suresh-raina-to-croon-for-b...
International Pop:
Adele
This year surely belonged to Adele. She came back with her phenomenal 'Hello' and her album '25' sold off 5 million in the US. Also, this Oscar-winning singer's '21', that released in 2011, was named the greatest album of all time by Billiboard.
Read more:
Adele album 25 sells 5 million in US
Adele's '21' named greatest album of all time
Adele's Hello races to 100m views on Youtube
Adele breaks record with million song downloads
Justin Bieber
This pop sensation loved and hated—all at once! Besides being in news for his on-off love affair with Selena Gomez, the singer had an eventful year. His album 'Purpose' topped charts within hours of its release.
Read more: Justin Bieber's album tops charts within hours of its release
Elvis Presley
'If I Can Dream', a collection of Presley's songs reworked by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, shot to the top of the countdown with the second-best opening week sales of 2015, reportedly.
Read more: Elvis Presley tops UK album chart for 12th time
Katy Perry
Katy Perry had an eventful year! The pop singer earned USD 135 million in the past 12 months with her endorsements deals with beauty companies according to Forbes. Perry stood ahead of Taylor Swift to become the highest-earning woman in the music industry this year.
Read more: Katy Perry tops Taylor Swift as highest music earner
Ricky Tej
Grammy winner Ricky Kej collaborated with Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan for an epic project.
Read more: Grammy winner Ricky Kej teams up with Big B for 'epic' project
One Direction Split
The news of boy band of One Direction splitting was perhaps the worst we could fathom. The English-Irish pop boy band is based in London with members—Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and previously, Zayn Malik until his departure from the band on 25 March 2015.
Read more:
One Direction members hug each other, thank fans at final show of tour
One Direction to go on extended hiatus in 2016?
Zayn Malik reveals why he left One Direction
Check out: Twitter reveals the 10 most popular tweets of 2015!
Selena Gomez, 1D help raise USD 59 M for 'Children In Need'
