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The Vengaboys party in Delhi
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Reuters
NEW DELHI: The Vengaboys, a Dutch band, whose songs "Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!" and "We Like To Party" have
burned Indian charts, set thousands of cheering fans in Delhi
in a party mood on Monday.
Ten thousand
fans, a relatively modest number for pop shows in India, swayed
with their hands in the air while hooting, when asked to "make
some noise for the Vengaboys."
The Vengaboys,
pronounced as "Bengaboys", are immensely popular
in India, with their first album - "The Party Album"
- selling close to 650,000 copies, making it the highest selling
international album, the recording company Sony Music said
in a statement.
"People
in India love everything that has to do with dancing and singing
and that's what we are about," lead singer Kim told reporters
at a press conference before the show. "We are about
having fun."
International
pop stars belting out music with catchy beats, have found
increasing acceptance with the modern Indian youth in recent
years.
According
to Sridhar Subramaniam of Sony Music India, Danish band "Aqua,"
with their famous "Barbie Girl" song sold 320,000
copies of their album "Aquarium" - the second highest
selling international album in India in the nineties. In contrast
albums of international pop icons like Jennifer Lopez and
Britney Spears grossed around 100,000 copies each.
Lead singer
Kim, dressed in a black bustier with tassels and matching
black pants was the crowd favourite among the group of four.
"Kim
of course!" said 25 year-old Gaurav Sharma when asked
who his favourite group member was. "She's beautiful,
sexy and dances very well."
The band
performed Indian favourites including "To Brazil,"
"We Like To Party" and "We're Goin' to Ibiza"
with the crowd matching the artistes step for step.
They performed
for over an hour and just when the crowd thought the show
was over, the group jumped back on stage responding to a roar
of "encore" from the audience.
"It
was a really good experience. I love the group because their
songs and beats are very good, and the group members are also
very friendly," said Ten Zim Lhaho.
The band
performed in Madras on Sunday to a crowd of 15,000 and had
visited India last year as well when they performed in Bangalore
and Bombay.
The Vengaboys
- Kim, Denice, Roy and Yoricks - got together with producer-DJs
Danski and Delmundo in 1995 and performed at "infamous
illegal beach parties" in Spain before their single "Up
and Down" hit international charts in 1997.
"We
are just four kids who happened to be very, very lucky to
be in this situation," said Kim, when asked how the band
got together.
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