Bombay Rockers

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Bombay Rockers is a Danish/Indian LIVE duo based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. Their debut album, Introducing, has gone five times platinum with sales of over 100,000 albums. In 2002, the Indian singer, Navtej Singh Rehal (Naf), was acquainted with the Scandinavian producer-team WCA (Janus Barnewitz and Thomas Sardorf) and started out mixing a hybrid of hip hop, RnB, and Bhangra-influenced vocals, reflecting on their diverse cultural backgrounds. Naf delivers the Punjabi vocals. Thomas, also 27, performs with English vocals. Their first collaboration, Ari Ari, got extensive national airplay in Denmark and became a pick of left field DJs. In 2003, Bombay Rockers went on stage with the house duo, Filur, at Roskilde Festival in front of roughly 25,000 people. A month later, they were playing in the Images of Asia Festival as well as playing numerous shows in Copenhagen and the rest of Denmark; they performed with the famous English DJ project Panjabi MC in 2003. Sexy Mama, their follow-up, released in late 2003, was the first official single from their album called Introducing. This track again received airplay all over the country. The next hit original, Rock tha Party, became a major radio hit. It was published on various compilations released in Denmark throughout 2004. While their third single and video for Wild Rose (shot in Dubai) and debut album, Introducing, was supported in Denmark, Bombay Rockers' première album was released in more than 32 countries worldwide in 2005. The Rockers are currently enjoying fabulous triumph in India and Pakistan. Their album has sold more than 100,000 copies and has now gone five times platinum. It was #1 for 15 consecutive weeks on the Indian album charts.