Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres played and listened to in Nepal. With more than fifty ethnic groups in Nepal, the country's music is highly diverse. Genres like Tamang Selo, Chyabrung, Dohori, Adhunik Geet, Bhajan, Filmi music, Ghazal, Classical music, songs and Ratna music are widely played and popular, but many other less common genres are yet to be cataloged. Western musical genres like Rock, Metal, Hip-Hop, Rap, R&B also regularly feature on the Nepalese music charts. Most of the country's musical bands are based in the Kathmandu valley. Musical genres from Tibet and India have greatly influenced Nepalese music.
Navneet Aditya Waiba is a Nepali-language folk singer and the only artist in the Nepali folk music genre who sings and produces authentic traditional Nepali folk songs without adulteration or modernisation using mostly organic and traditional Nepali music instruments.
Gramophone record of the song "Danchhi ya alu" by Madan Krishna Shrestha
Musicians singing devotional songs
Hira Devi Waiba was an Indian folk singer in the Nepali-language and is hailed as the pioneer of Nepali folk songs.
Waiba in 2010