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Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. He is considered as one of the most versatile and most popular singer of India with a very wide vocal range. His songs vary from romantic to break-up, classical to devotional, Party to patriotic, ghazals to qawwali and rock to pop. Nigam is considered as one of the greatest and most successful singers of all time in the history of Indian music industry.
Nigam sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films. He has recorded over 6,000 songs in more than 32 languages throughout his career. He has released a number of non-film albums and acted in some Hindi films. Nigam has been awarded one National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards South and four IIFA Award for the Best Playback singer. He was ranked top artist on the Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013. Nigam was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award in 2022.
Sonu Nigam is known as the "Modern Rafi", a title given to him after his musical idol Mohammad Rafi. Apart from Hindi and Kannada, he has sung in Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, English, Assamese, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Tulu, Maithili, and Manipuri. Overall, he has sung in more than 32 languages. Nigam has released pop albums in Hindi, Kannada, Odia, Chhattisgarhi and Punjabi, as well as Hindu and Islamic devotional albums. He has released several Buddhist albums. Nigam has performed in countries in North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and in the Middle East and western countries.
Sonu Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam in the city of Faridabad, Haryana. His father was from Agra and his mother was from Garhwal. He has two sisters – Meenal Nigam, a yoga therapist, and Teesha Nigam, a professional singer.
Nigam began singing at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's song "Kya Hua Tera Wada". Nigam began accompanying his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19. He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Nigam identifies as Hindu. He married Madhurima Mishra on 15 February 2002. They have a son.
Nigam had changed his name to Sonu Niigaam citing numerology beliefs, but later decided to go back to his birth name.
Nigam started his career in early 1990s but was unable to make it to mainstream playback and was majorly overshadowed by Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu in Bollywood music. His first song was for the movie Janam (1990), but the movie was never released. Nigam began his career with the song Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye from DD1's TV serial Talash (1992). Sonu Nigam first film song "O Aasmanwale" was from the movie Aaja Meri Jaan (1993). He released his first album, Rafi Ki Yaaden, in 1992.[citation needed]
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Sonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. He is considered as one of the most versatile and most popular singer of India with a very wide vocal range. His songs vary from romantic to break-up, classical to devotional, Party to patriotic, ghazals to qawwali and rock to pop. Nigam is considered as one of the greatest and most successful singers of all time in the history of Indian music industry.
Nigam sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films. He has recorded over 6,000 songs in more than 32 languages throughout his career. He has released a number of non-film albums and acted in some Hindi films. Nigam has been awarded one National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards South and four IIFA Award for the Best Playback singer. He was ranked top artist on the Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013. Nigam was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award in 2022.
Sonu Nigam is known as the "Modern Rafi", a title given to him after his musical idol Mohammad Rafi. Apart from Hindi and Kannada, he has sung in Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, English, Assamese, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Tulu, Maithili, and Manipuri. Overall, he has sung in more than 32 languages. Nigam has released pop albums in Hindi, Kannada, Odia, Chhattisgarhi and Punjabi, as well as Hindu and Islamic devotional albums. He has released several Buddhist albums. Nigam has performed in countries in North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and in the Middle East and western countries.
Sonu Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam in the city of Faridabad, Haryana. His father was from Agra and his mother was from Garhwal. He has two sisters – Meenal Nigam, a yoga therapist, and Teesha Nigam, a professional singer.
Nigam began singing at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's song "Kya Hua Tera Wada". Nigam began accompanying his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19. He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Nigam identifies as Hindu. He married Madhurima Mishra on 15 February 2002. They have a son.
Nigam had changed his name to Sonu Niigaam citing numerology beliefs, but later decided to go back to his birth name.
Nigam started his career in early 1990s but was unable to make it to mainstream playback and was majorly overshadowed by Udit Narayan and Kumar Sanu in Bollywood music. His first song was for the movie Janam (1990), but the movie was never released. Nigam began his career with the song Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye from DD1's TV serial Talash (1992). Sonu Nigam first film song "O Aasmanwale" was from the movie Aaja Meri Jaan (1993). He released his first album, Rafi Ki Yaaden, in 1992.[citation needed]
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