Editing Bhangra (music) (section)

==Canada and the United States==
[[File:MissPooja2.jpg|thumb|[[Miss Pooja]], famous for her numerous album releases ]]

Punjabi immigrants have encouraged the growth of Punjabi folk music in the Western hemisphere rather than bhangra music. The bhangra industry has grown in North America much less than in the United Kingdom.

North American (non bhangra) folk artists such as [[Manmohan Waris]], Jazzy Bains, [[Kamal Heer]], Harbhajan Mann, Sarabjit Cheema, and Debi Makhsoospuri have emerged and the [[remix]] market has grown.<ref>iLounge.com (2006) [http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/8209/ ''Study: Digital music market sees 'remarkable growth'']</ref><ref>Katz, Michael (2008) [http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=michael_katz ''Recycling Copyright: Survival & Growth in the Remix Age''] (pdf-format)</ref>

In 2001, Punjabi folk, and its hip-hop form, [[folkhop]], began to exert an influence over US [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] music, when [[Missy Elliott]] released the folkhop-influenced song "[[Get Ur Freak On]]". In 2003, a version of [[Panjabi MC]]'s "[[Mundian To Bach Ke]]" ("Beware of the Boys") featured U.S. rapper [[Jay-Z]].<ref>[http://www.americanbhangra.com/americanbhangrahistory.php American Bhangra – History of American Bhangra<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070404164147/http://www.americanbhangra.com/americanbhangrahistory.php |date=April 4, 2007 }}</ref> Additionally, American rapper [[Pras]] of [[The Fugees]] recorded tracks with British alternative bhangra band [[Swami (band)|Swami]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Walia|first=Aarohi|title=Folk Dances of Punjab|year=2008|page=43|publisher=Unistar Books|isbn=9788171426027|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tM7vvmV1SWcC|access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref> American singer and actress [[Selena Gomez]] released her bhangra-influenced single "[[Come & Get It (Selena Gomez song)|Come & Get It]]" from her first solo album ''[[Stars Dance]]'' in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.selenagomez.com/music/stars-dance|title=Stars Dance|date=2016-04-28|website=Selena Gomez|language=en|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref>