Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer and composer. He sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films but has also sung in English, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Nepali, Maithili, Malayalam, Tulu and other Indian languages. Nigam has also released numbers of Indian pop albums and acted in a number of Hindi films.

Sonu Nigam released his first song “O Aasman Wale” from the movie Aaja Meri Jaan (1992). He released his first album “Rafi Ki Yaadein” in 1992. After this, he sung in some movies, including Muqabla (1993), Veerta (1993) Meherban (1993), Shabnam (1993), Kasam Teri Kasam (1993), Aag (1994), Khuddar (1994), Hulchul (1994), Stuntman (1994), Ramjaane (1995), Gaddaar (1995), Jeet (1996) etc. He began hosting the TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995 and sang “Accha Sila Diya” for the film Bewafa Sanam, achieving greater success. In the same year, he sang the Anu Malik-composed song “Sandese Aate Hai” in Border and performed the Nadeem-Shravan-composed song “Yeh Dil Deewana” in Pardes in 1997. Nigam’s album Deewana, with music directed by Sajid-Wajid, was released by T-Series in 1999.