Pakistani pop music is attributed to have given birth to the genre in the South Asian region with Ahmed Rushdi's song ‘Ko-Ko-Korina’ in 1966 Composed by Music Mestro Sohail Rana and has since then been adopted in Bangladesh, India, and lately Nepal as a pioneering influence in their respective pop cultures. Veterans like Runa Lailastarted the pop industry in Bangladesh while the 15-years old pop sensation Nazia Hassan with her brother Zohaib Hassan ushered the birth of pop music in South Asia tailing on the success of her British endeavours.
From Rushdi's pop hits to songs sung by the Hassan siblings, to bands including Junoon, Vital Signs,Hadiqa Kiyani, and Strings, Abrar-ul-Haq to Shehzad Roy the Pakistani pop industry has steadily spread throughout South Asia and today is the most popular genre[citation needed] in Pakistan. “Dil Dil Pakistan” sung by Vital Signs was voted the third most popular song in the world by a BBC poll. In 1998 Channel V declared the "Best International Group Award" to Junoon among Aqua, Boyzone, The Prodigy and Back Street Boys.
Some overseas Pakistanis have also entered into Pakistani pop music scene from abroad, such as UKbased Adnan Sami Khan, and Netherlands based Imran Khan.
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