Dangdut is a genre of music that developed in Indonesia. This musical form rooted in the music Melayu in the 1940s. In the evolution towards the contemporary form now in effect elements of Indian music (especially from the use of the tabla) and Arabic (on the twisted and harmonization). Changes in the political currents in Indonesia in the late 1960s opened the influence of a strong western music with the entry and use of electric guitars are also forms of marketing. Since the 1970s virtually dangdut has matured in a contemporary form. In popular music, dangdut is open to the influence of other musical forms, ranging from keroncong, style, gamelan, lute, rock, pop, and even house music.

The mention of the name "dangdut" is an Onomatopoeia of tabla playing sound (in the world of drum called dangdut only) a unique and sometimes dominated by the noise and ndut. This name is actually called a cynic in a magazine article the early 1970s to the form of music melayu very popular among the working class at that time.

Here are some famous dangdut singer in Indonesia, Iis Dahlia, Rhoma Irama, Elvi Sukaesih, Kristina, Ike Nurjanah, Evie Tamala and some new entrants such as Maya, Siti KDI, and Dewi Persik.