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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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 195,939
- Total plays
- 3,483,296
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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.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,215x
- Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 4,493x
- Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2022 · cited 4,410x
- Remediation of dyes in textile effluent: a critical review on current treatment technologies with a proposed alternative
· 2001 · cited 4,323x
- Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2023 · cited 4,069x
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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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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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