SONU NIGAM

Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer, dubbing artist, actor and music director. He was born on 30 July 1973.

Sonu Kumar Nigam Biography

• Name - Sonu Kumar Nigam
• Born - 30 July 1973
• Birthplace - Faridabad, Haryana
• Zodiac sign - Leo
• Nationality - Indian

Sonu Nigam is an Indian singer that sing mostly in Hindi and Kannada language films but also sung in many languages like Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Odia, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Malayalam, Nepali, Tulu, Chhattisgarhi, Meitei and other Indian languages. He has released a number of non-film albums and also acted in some Hindi films. He is even known as the "Modern Rafi" which is the title given to him after the great musical idol Mohammad Rafi.

His first song was from the film Janam in 1990 but unfortunately the movie was never released. Then he began his career with the song Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye from DD1's TV serial Talash in 1992. His first film song was "O Aasman Wale" from the movie Aaja Meri Jaan in 1993. Nigam also performed the movie's title song, although SP Balasubramaniam's voice was substituted for Nigam's. Rafi Ki Yaadein, his debut album, was released in 1992.

After these he sung in the movies like Muqabla, Veerta, Meherbaan, Shabnam, Kassam Teri Kassam, Aag, Cheetah, Khuddar, Hulchul, Stuntman, and many more. He then started hosting the hugely popular TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995. His song "Accha Sila Diya '' for the film Bewafa Sanam, gave him greater success. Then he gave many popular hit songs like "Sandese Aate Hai" from the movie Border and performed the Nadeem-Shravan-composed song "Yeh Dil Deewana '' in Pardes in the same year, both of which were highly successful.

During the 2000s his career was on peak and he gave many hit songs and became one of the favorite singers of the era. He still gives many good songs and is still active in the industry.

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