Music Nepal

Music Nepal (Nepali: म्यूजिक नेपाल) is a Nepalese Record label company.^[1] The company was founded in 1982 by Santosh Sharma.^[2] Initially, the company was focused in production of folk songs from different parts of the country in cassettes medium. Gradually, the company started recording various genres of music. Currently, it distributes music in digital platforms including iTunes, Spotify, Sony Music and YouTube. As of 2020, Music Nepal's YouTube channel is the most viewed entertainment channel from Nepal.^[3] The company also started its service though mobile apps in 2016 A.D. (2074 B.S.).^[4][5]

Music Nepal

Native name	म्यूजिक नेपाल
Founded	1982
Founder	Santosh Sharma

In 2005 it founded a music school and research centre named Nepal Music Center in Kathmandu.^[6] The company has also published the list of its recordings.^[7]

Significance

Music Nepal was the first recording company to formally pay royalties to the artists which helped to shape the music industry of Nepal. The royalty helped to change lifestyles of artists. The trend was then followed by other private recording industry. Music Nepal also helped to form copyright laws of Nepal.^[8] The company was also the first to produce Dohari geet (folk songs) in CD in 2048 BS (1991-1992).^[9]

Major artists

• Hira Devi Waiba, first female artist of Music Nepal.^[10]
• Sur Sudha^[11]
• Shringara Group ^[11]
• Mingma Sherpa^[12]
• Nabin Bhattarai^[13]
• Prem Raja Mahat, sang first folk song recorded by Music Nepal, along with Bam Bahadur Karki.^[2]
• Raju Lama
• Deep Shrestha
• Karna Das
• Jhalak Man Gandarbha
• Dinesh Subba
• 1974 AD

Music Nepal Awards

Music Nepal recognizes artists every year and provides cash award. A list of notable artist who received the awards are listed below:

• Khem Raj Gurung, singer, 2056 BS ^[14]
• Ratna Samsher Thapa, songwriter, 2076 BS
• Kiran Kharel, songwriter, 2076 BS
• Deepak Jangum, musician, 2076 BS
• Sambhujit Baskota, musician, 2076 BS ^[15]

Controversies

Music Nepal was dragged on controversy over payment of royalty to the artists.^[16][17]

References

1. Nepal, Music. "Music Nepal". from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
2. Stirr, Anna Marie (2017). Singing Across Divides: Music and Intimate Politics in Nepal (1st ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190632007.
3. "Nepal: leading YouTube channels by number of views 2020". Statista. from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
4. Lawaju, Hasana (17 July 2017). "Music Nepal app". The Himalayan Times. from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
5. "टेलिकमले सुरु गर्‍यो म्यूजिक नेपाल एप, एक महिनासम्म निशुल्क". from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
6. Pradhan, Pustun (1 March 2000). "An Overview of Copyright Legislation in Nepal". South Asia Economic Journal. 1 (1): 155–182. doi:10.1177/139156140000100108. ISSN 1391-5614. S2CID 154061397. from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
7. "Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya". from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
8. Stirr, Anna (2016). "Music and Cultural Policy in Nepal: Views from Lok Dohori". European Bulletin of Himalayan Research. 48: 43–76.
9. Adhikary, Ramesh Prasad (30 June 2019). "Voice of Subalterns in Nepali Dohori Geets". University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics & Literature. 2 (II): 22–37. ISSN 2663-1512. from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
10. "चुरा त होइन अस्तुरा - पहिलो तामाङ सेलो गीत ? - Tamang Online". Tamang Online. 7 December 2016. from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
11. Henderson, David (2000). "Reviewed work: Shringara Group: Nepali Traditional Folk Tunes, Gyanu Radha Gorkhali, Parshuram Bhandari, Achyut Ram Bhandari, Prakash Chandra Pathak, Music Nepal (P.) LTD.; Sur Sudha: Festivals of Nepal, Prem Rana Autari, Bijaya Vaidya, Surendra Shrestha, Guy Gray". Asian Music. 31 (2): 180–183. doi:10.2307/834405. JSTOR 834405. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
12. "Migma Sherpa - Hot Property". from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
13. Mausam (7 June 2018). "Nabin K Bhattarai releases new pop album NKB". The Himalayan Times. from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
14. "Kantipur-जब १ घण्टाको लागि खेमराजको शव खाँदबारी ल्याइयो... - कान्तिपुर समाचार". from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
15. "म्युजिक नेपालद्वारा चार स्रष्टालाई सम्मान". Naya Patrika. from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
16. "म्यूजिक नेपालविरुद्ध उत्रिय स्रष्टाहरु, सामूहिक मुद्दा हाल्ने तयारी". नजिक न्युज. from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
17. "स्रष्टा तथा कलाकार ठगिनेमा म्यूजिक नेपाल एक नम्बरमा आएको कलाकर्मीहरुको आरोप,अब कानुनी उपचारमा जाने कलाकर्मीहरुको तयारी". Kalakhabar. from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

External links

• Official website