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Ali Azmat
Ali Azmat Butt (born 20 April 1966) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is best known as the lead singer for the influential Sufi rock band Junoon and for his subsequent solo career later followed by a career as an actor as well.
In 2001, with Junoon, he became part of the first Pakistani band ever to perform at the United Nations General Assembly.
Ali Azmat Pacha was born in Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, into a family of ethnic Kashmiri descent, where his grandfather was posted as station master of Havelian railway station. He grew up in Garhi Shahu, Lahore and speaks Punjabi as his native language. His father Nazir Ahmed Butt was a middle-class businessman who died in 2013.
Azmat went to Sydney, Australia, for his higher studies but due to financial problems, soon returned to Pakistan before completing his university degree.
His first band Jupiters was known for performing covers at small gigs in Lahore.
Ali Azmat started out his career with Jupiters in 1986, based in his hometown of Lahore. Jupiters were known for doing covers of American pop and rock songs at small gigs. While with them, Azmat wrote his legendary hit song "Dosti". He later sang and recorded "Dosti" with Junoon, after which the song gained national fame.
Azmat left Jupiters in 1990 to join Junoon. He released his first album Junoon with the band. The album was produced by band's founder and lead-guitarist Salman Ahmad. Azmat's vocals featured on all the songs except for Khwaab, Jiyain and Jogiya. After launch of the band's second album Talaash, both Ali Azmat and Junoon rose to fame.
The band's 1995 album, Inquilaab, was a major hit and its only single, "Jazba-e-Junoon", was a super hit and topped the charts, it became the band's signature song and national song of 1996 Cricket World Cup and the Pakistan national cricket team. Azmat gained further success after release of the Sufi rock hit single "Sayonee" from their fourth album Azadi (1997).
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Ali Azmat
Ali Azmat Butt (born 20 April 1966) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is best known as the lead singer for the influential Sufi rock band Junoon and for his subsequent solo career later followed by a career as an actor as well.
In 2001, with Junoon, he became part of the first Pakistani band ever to perform at the United Nations General Assembly.
Ali Azmat Pacha was born in Havelian, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, into a family of ethnic Kashmiri descent, where his grandfather was posted as station master of Havelian railway station. He grew up in Garhi Shahu, Lahore and speaks Punjabi as his native language. His father Nazir Ahmed Butt was a middle-class businessman who died in 2013.
Azmat went to Sydney, Australia, for his higher studies but due to financial problems, soon returned to Pakistan before completing his university degree.
His first band Jupiters was known for performing covers at small gigs in Lahore.
Ali Azmat started out his career with Jupiters in 1986, based in his hometown of Lahore. Jupiters were known for doing covers of American pop and rock songs at small gigs. While with them, Azmat wrote his legendary hit song "Dosti". He later sang and recorded "Dosti" with Junoon, after which the song gained national fame.
Azmat left Jupiters in 1990 to join Junoon. He released his first album Junoon with the band. The album was produced by band's founder and lead-guitarist Salman Ahmad. Azmat's vocals featured on all the songs except for Khwaab, Jiyain and Jogiya. After launch of the band's second album Talaash, both Ali Azmat and Junoon rose to fame.
The band's 1995 album, Inquilaab, was a major hit and its only single, "Jazba-e-Junoon", was a super hit and topped the charts, it became the band's signature song and national song of 1996 Cricket World Cup and the Pakistan national cricket team. Azmat gained further success after release of the Sufi rock hit single "Sayonee" from their fourth album Azadi (1997).
