Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music which is partly derived from Arab, Indian, and Malay folk music. It developed beginning in the 1970s among working class Muslim youth, but especially since the late 1990s has reached a broader following in Indonesia. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... Arab music is the music of Arabic-speaking people or countries, especially those centered around the Arabian Peninsula. ... Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان) is an adherent of Islam. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ...

A dangdut band usually consists of a lead singer backed by a band of four to eight musicians. The term has been expanded from the 'desert-like-style' music, to now broadened to embrace other musical styles. Modern dangdut incorporates influences from latin, house, hip hop, R&B, and even classical music.

Most major cities, especially on Java, have one or more venues that have a dangdut show several times per week. The concerts of major dangdut stars are also broadcast on television; in 2003 singer Inul Daratista became the subject of much controversy and criticism from conservatives over her suggestive style of dancing (erotic dance) during televised shows. Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ... Inul Daratista (born Ainur Rokhimah, 3 January 1979) is a dangdut singer and performance artist from Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia. ...

MyIndo.com reported in 2003 that Project Pop, an Indonesian Nu metal band released a humorous tribute to dangdut titled Dangdut Is The Music Of My Country. Nu metal (also called aggro metal, or nü metal using the traditional heavy metal umlaut) is a musical genre that has origins in the mid 1990s. ...

Some dangdut singers include:

• Rhoma Irama (King of Dangdut / Most popular singer since 1970s)
• Elvy Sukaesih (Queen of Dangdut / Most popular singer since 1970s)
• Evie Tamala
• Mansyur Syah
• A. Rafiq
• Dewi Yull
• Fahmy Shahab
• Meggy Z.
• Camelia Malik

Because the popularity of the genre, some movies and TV show are made on Dangdut theme such as Rhoma Irama's movies and the recent one is Rudy Soedjarwo's Mendadak Dangdut Rhoma Irama (born December 11, 1946 in Tasikmalaya, West Java) is an Indonesian dangdut singer. ... Elvy Sukaesih, born 1951, one of the most popular singers in Java, Indonesia has been dubbed the Queen of Dangdut. Dangdut is a filmic type of popular music with many incidental asides, that has gained mainstream acceptance Indonesia in the 1990s. ... Evie Tamala (born June 23, 1969, West Java) is a popular Indonesian singer-songwriter. ... A. Rafiq is a prominent Jakarta-based dangdut artist. ... Fahmy Shahab is a popular Indonesian singer-songwriter of the dangdut style. ... Rudianto Soedjarwo (born 9 November 1971) is an Indonesian film director. ...