July 30, 1973 (1973-07-30)(age 34) Faridabad, Haryana, India
Genre(s)
Pop, playback singing
Occupation(s)
Singer, Actor, Music Director, TV anchor, Radio Jockey
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1985–present
Website
www.sonuniigaam.in
Born July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana, India) is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Bollywood movies. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films. He recently changed the spelling of his last name from 'Nigam' to 'Niigaam' in accordance with numerology.
Personal life And Voluntary Work
Sonu was born to Mr Agam Kumar Nigam and Mrs Shobha Nigam on July 30, 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana, India. He attended the J.D. Tyler School. He has two sisters, Meenal and Neekita. Sonu is very close to his parents. Both his father and mother are good singers, and in 2005 and 2007 his father released two highly popular albums, "Bewafaai"and "Phir Bewafaai", respectively. Neekita is also a singer. She has sung a few playback songs and appeared on a few stage shows with Sonu. Sonu married Madhurima on 15 February 2002. They have a son, Nevaan, born on July 26, 2007.
He is very much into fitness and yoga exercises. He claims to be spiritual rather than religious.
Sonu has done various charity work all over India as well as abroad for Dignity Foundation, Cancer organizations, Leprosy organizations, Blindness organizations, Womens welfare organizations, Kargil war affected families, Earthquake affected families. He also sponsors a child from the organization “Crayon”. (More>)
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2008, GPBA (German Public Bollywood Award), Best Singer (Male) for Mein Agar Kahoon, Om Shanti Om
2007, Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Best Male Playback Singer for Mein Agar Kahoon, Om Shanti Om
2006, Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards, Best Male Playback Singer for Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Title Track.
2005, Swaralaya Yesudas Award, for his outstanding performance in Music.
2005, MTV Immies - Best Pop Album, for his self-composed album titled "Chanda Ki Doli".
2005, Star Screen Award Best Male Playback, for the song "Dheere Jalna", from the film "Paheli"
2005, Indian Television Award Best Singer for Miliee Title Track.
2005, Anadolok Award for "Chanda Ki Doli" album.
2005, Lion Gold's Award for the song Main Hoon Na from the film "Main Hoon Na"
2005, Teachers' Achievement Award
2005, Style Icon, MTV Style Awards.
2004, MTV Immies - Best Male Singer, for the song "Main Hoon Na", from the film "Main Hoon Na"
2004, National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer, for the song "Kal Ho Naa Ho", from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004, IIFA Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Kal Ho Naa Ho", from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004, Bollywood Music Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Kal Ho Na Ho" from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004, Apsara Film Producers' Guild Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Kal Ho Na Ho" from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003, Filmfare Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Kal Ho Naa Ho", from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho".
2003, Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Male, for the song "Saathiya", from the film "Saathiya"
2003, IIFA Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Saathiya", from the film "Saathiya"
2003, MTV Immies - Best Male Singer, for the song "Saathiya" from the film "Saathiya".
2003, Bollywood Music Award fpr Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Saathiya" from the film "Saathiya"
2003, Style Icon, MTV Style Awards.
2002, Filmfare Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Saathiya", from the film Saathiya.
2002, Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Male, for the song "Suraj Hua Maddham", from the film "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham"
2002, IIFA Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Suraj Hua Maddham", from the film "Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham"
2002, Bollywood Music Award for Best Pop Singer for the album "Yaad"
2001, Star Screen Award Best Male Playback, for the song "Tanhayee", from the film "Dil Chahta Hai"
1998, Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Male, for the song "Sandese Aate Hai", from the film "Border"
1998, Star Screen Award for Best Male Pop Artist.
1997, Aashirwad Award for Best Male Singer for the song "Sandese Aate Hai", from the film "Border"
1997, Sansui Viewers' Choice Award for Best Male Singer for the song "Sandese Aate Hai", from the film "Border"
Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and music composer. He is an engineering graduate trained in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. He is a popular singer in Kollywood industry in South India
Shankar Mahadevan hails from a Tamil family. In Bollywood he is more popularly known as part of the Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio of music directors. He has also served as a celebrity judge in the for Dil Chahta Hai
Breathless - Breathless is the album that first gave him fame, including the song, "Breathless," in which he sings through the whole song without pausing to breathe.
Nine - Nine is Shankar's most recent album. Each song is a representation of a "mood," including joy, sadness, love, etc.
Shaan was born into a Bengali family on 30th September 1972 . He is the son of the late music director Manas Mukherjee and brother of singer Sagarika.[1] He is married to Radhika and has two sons, Soham and Shubh. He is the grandson of Jahar Mukherjee.
Career
As a child, Shaan began his career by singing ad jingles. After giving it up for a brief period, he soon returned to it, and also began to sing remixes and cover versions. In the 1989 movie Parinda, when he was only 15 years of age, Shaan sang a singular line in the song, Kitni Hai Pyari Pyari Dosti Hamari'.
His career began in 1995 with his first release, the remix album called Q-funk. In 2000 he won the MTV Asia Music Award for 'best solo alubum' for his album Tanha Dil. Three years later Shaan launched his album Aksar which was again hugely successful. The album contained songs featuring international stars such as Blue, Mel C and Samira Said. For both the albums Tanha Dil and Aksar, Shaan displayed his great talents by singing, composing and writing the lyrics of his songs. He plans to release an album remaking his father's compositions with his sister. (More>)
August 4, 1929(1929-08-04) Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar
Died
October 13, 1987 (aged 58) Mumbai, Maharashtra
Genre(s)
Bollywood and regional filmi playback, Rabindra Sangeet
Occupation(s)
Singer, Actor, Director, Musician
Instrument(s)
Vocalist
Years active
1946–1987
Kishore Kumar (Hindi: िकशोर कुमार) (August 4, 1929 – October 13, 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and comic actor. He also achieved notable successes as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.
Kishore Kumar has sung in many Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali (his mother tongue), Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya. Along with Mohammed Rafi , and Mukesh, he was one of the three leading male Bollywood playback singers from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. He holds the record for most number of Filmfare Awards won for Best Male Playback Singer.
He was on the top of his singing career when tragedy struck the music world in October 1987. He passed away due to massive heart attack. By this time he and his talented son Amit Kumar were ruling the playback singing in Bollywood and Bengali films. His other son, Sumit Kumar from Leena Chandavarkar was only a child.
Kishore Da's Best (It is hard to count his best).
Neele Neele Ambar par
Naino me sapna
Listen His song
Personal life
Kishore Kumar married four times. His first wife was Ruma Guha Thakurta aka Ruma Ghosh. Their marriage lasted from 1950 to 1958. Kishore Kumar's second wife was the famous actress Madhubala, who had worked with him on many films including his home production Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958). When Kishore Kumar proposed to her, Madhubala was sick and was planning to go to London for treatment. She didn't know about the condition that she was suffering from, and her father wanted her to wait and consult the London doctors first. But Madhubala married Kishore Kumar in 1960, out of stubbornness, and anger towards Dilip Kumar. Madhubala was a Muslim, and the two had a civil marriage, for which Kishore Kumar reportedly converted to Islam and changed his name to "Karim Abdul".[8] (more>)
Allah Rakha Rahman on January 6, 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is a critically acclaimed award-winning composer, record producer and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian film composers ever, and his career is considered a turning point in the history of Indian film music.
In a career spanning over a decade, Rahman, by 2003, had sold more than one hundred million records of his film scores and soundtracks world-wide, and sold over 200 million making him one of the world's top 25 all-time top selling recording artists; he is one of the only Asians on the list alongside Freddie Mercury.
A.R.Rahman's reinvention of India's national song Vande Mataram, 'Maa Tujhe Salaam' from his smash 1997 album 'Vande Mataram'. Produced by Bharatbala Productions and released by Sony BMG Music. This song really make people "Proud to be an Indian" Vande Mataram
A.R.Rahman's Mumbai Theme Tune
Rehman's International Album "Pray for me Brother"
Krishna kumar Menon was brought up in New Delhi. A graduate of Delhi University, he waited at tables for six months before he got his break, singing in a jingle for a commercial. He appeared in "Josh of India" song for the support of Indian Cricket Team during Cricket World Cup 1999. Following this, he released an album called 'Pal', the title song of which struck a chord with listeners. Songs titled "Aap ki Dua" and "Yaaron" from the same album were also popular.
His first song for a Bollywood flick was Chhod Aaye Hum (Maachis). But it was the song Tadap Tadap, from the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, that brought him into limelight.
Starting off from Hindi, he sang his way to the southern part of the country, singing in Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu.
Back in Bollywood, he notched up winners with songs such as "Tu Aashiqui Hai" from "Jhankaar Beats" (for which he received a National Award), "Chand Ki Roshni Se" from "Home Delivery","Awarapan Banjarapan" from "Jism","It's The Time To Disco" from "Kal Ho Naa Ho" and the smash hit "Dus Bahaane" (with Shaan) from the film "Dus". Recently, his hit songs "Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai" from the movie Gangster, "Soniye Soniye" from "Aksar","Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar Hai" from "Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar Hai","Alvida Alvida" from "Life in a Metro","Ajab Si" from "Om Shanti Om" and "Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai" from "Woh Lamhe" have cemented his place as one of Bollywood's most talented vocalists.
On January 24th 2008, KK's second album Humsafar was released.
Pal K.K's first album Pal is K.K's first album. It was released in the year 2000 on Sony Music. The lyrics are by Mehboob, while the music is by Leslie Lewis. it was an instant hit, and brought him a lot of recognition. Songs like Pyaar Ke Pal, Aap Ki Dua and Yaaron became big hits.
Pyaar Ke Pal
Yaaron
Aap ki Dua
Some of KK's best Audio
Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai - KK
Kya Mujhe Pyaar Hai - Remix
Selective 28 song
KK's Achivements
Song title
Film/Album
Date of release
Award & Nominations
Asha 'Song Of Hope'
Solo Song (No Album)
2008
Dekho Nashe Mein
Race
2008
Mumbai Nagariya
Sirf
2008
Haan Tu Hain Zara Sa (Power Ballad) Zara Se
Jannat
2008
Aasman Ke Dekho Na Yeh Kahan Mil Gaye Rain Bhai Kaari (Maajhi) Masti Humsafar Deewana Hai Mera Dil Cinararia
Humsafar
January 2008
Tum Mile Allah Beli
My Name is Anthony Gonsalves
January 2008
Duniya Ne Dil Toda Mere Falak Ka Tu Hi Sitara Mere falak Ka Tu Hi Sitara (Unplugged) Tu Mujhse Jab Se Mila Hai Tu Mujhse Jab Se Mila Hai (Remix)
Showbiz
December 2007
Dus, Bin Tum, O Mahiya
Dus Kahaaniyaan
Ajab Si
Om Shanti Om
September 2007
Nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer
Labon Ko, Labon Ko Remix, Sajda,Sajda Remix, Allah Hafiz
