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Also known as Lord of Chords

Indian singer

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Sonu Nigam is an Indian person who began his professional work period in 1990. He is associated with the music genres of Bollywood, Hindi, Indian, and desi. His musical output includes five works, and he has accumulated 3,483,296 playcounts from 195,939 listeners on Last.fm.

Nigam was born on 1973-07-30. He maintains a social media following of 3,580,000. His profile is referenced by 2,232 other encyclopedia articles.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IN
Active from
1973-07-30

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
195,939
Total plays
3,483,296

Tags

bollywoodHindiIndiansonu nigamdesi

Sonu Nigam was born on the 30th of July, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. The family soon moved to Delhi where the singer spent most of his formative years. His father Agam Kumar's passion for music was soon imbibed by Sonu in his early years and he soon began training under him.He studied only till the 12th standard in Delhi and coming to Mumbai he decided on a correspondence graduate program . Life was not smooth for the aspiring singer. To support himself he started taking on bit roles in movies.

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Key facts

Born
( 1973-07-30 ) 30 July 1973 (age 52) , Faridabad , Haryana , India
Occupations
Playback singer music director actor dubbing artist
Years active
1992–present
Spouse
Madhurima Nigam ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 ) ​
Father
Agam Kumar Nigam
Relatives
Teesha Nigam (sister)
Awards
See below
Honours
Padma Shri (2022)
Genres
Filmi Classical Semi-Classical Pop R&B EDM Disco Ghazals Rock Qawwali Sufi Devotional
Instrument
Vocal
Label
T-Series Sony Music Tips Saregama

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Encyclopedic overview

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Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. He is considered one of the most versatile singers in India, with a wide vocal range. His performances include a wide range of genres, like classical music, devotional music, ghazals, qawwali, rock and pop music, among others. 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 Awards for 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.

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