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Since the 1970s, South Asian performers and writers have achieved significant mainstream cultural success. The first South Asian musician to gain wide popularity in the UK and worldwide fame was [[Queen (band)|Queen]] lead singer [[Freddie Mercury]], born Farrokh Bulsara in [[Zanzibar]], East Africa, to parents of [[Parsis|Parsi]] descent from [[Mumbai|Bombay]] (now Mumbai). In 2006, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Asia]]'' magazine voted him as one of the most influential South [[Asian people|Asians]] in the past 60 years.<ref name="TimeAsia2006">{{cite news|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Liam |url=http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/at_bulsara.html |title=Farrokh Bulsara|work=Time Asia|date=2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211203952/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2006/heroes/at_bulsara.html|archive-date=11 December 2006}}</ref> At around the same time, music producer, composer and songwriter [[Biddu]] gained worldwide fame for a number of hit songs, including "[[Kung Fu Fighting]]" by [[Carl Douglas]] and "[[I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)]]" for [[Tina Charles (singer)|Tina Charles]]. In the 1990s the South Asian artists who gained mainstream success included [[Apache Indian]], whose 1993 single "[[Boom Shack-A-Lak]]" was used in many [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] movies, and [[Jas Mann]], who headed [[Babylon Zoo]] and whose 1996 single "[[Spaceman (Babylon Zoo song)|Spaceman]]" set a UK chart record when it sold 418,000 copies in its first week of release. The most successful South Asian musician in 2008 was the [[British Tamil]] artist [[M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.]], who was nominated for two [[Grammy Award]]s for her single "[[Paper Planes (M.I.A. song)|Paper Planes]]", and has been nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] for "[[O... Saya]]", from the [[Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture|''Slumdog Millionaire'' soundtrack]].
In 2009, R&B and hip-hop artist, [[Mumzy Stranger]], became the first British Bangladeshi to release a music single; titled "One More Dance".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtviggy.com/desi/music-video-mumzy-stranger-one-more-dance |title=Music Video: "One More Dance" by Mumzy Stranger|publisher=MTV Iggy |date=28 May 2009|access-date=18 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531002148/http://www.mtviggy.com/desi/music-video-mumzy-stranger-one-more-dance|archive-date=31 May 2009}}</ref> In October 2009, Jay Sean's single "[[Down (Jay Sean song)|Down]]" reached the #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson| first=Billy Jr. |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/programs/the-new-now/2108/jay-sean-american-boy|title=Jay Sean: American Boy|work=[[Yahoo! Music]]|date=8 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012054639/http://new.music.yahoo.com/programs/the-new-now/2108/jay-sean-american-boy|archive-date=12 October 2009}}</ref> and sold four million copies in the United States,<ref name="riaa">{{cite web|title=Searchable Database |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |access-date=21 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archive-date=26 June 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=After 2,000 gigs, Hounslow singer tops the US charts|last=Akbar|first=Arifa |newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=30 October 2009|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/after-2000-gigs-hounslow-singer-tops-the-us-charts-1811724.html|access-date=30 October 2009}}</ref> making him the first South Asian-origin solo artist and "the first UK [[Urban contemporary|Urban]] act to top ''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot 100,"<ref>{{cite news|title=Jay Sean's the Urban US legend|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=10 October 2009|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/10/jay-sean-s-the-urban-us-legend-115875-21736136/|access-date=30 September 2009}}</ref> "the most successful male UK urban artist in US chart history,"<ref>{{cite news|last=Youngs |first=Ian |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269400.stm |title=British R&B star conquers America |work=BBC News |date=23 September 2009 |access-date=8 October 2009}}</ref> and the most successful
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