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Sonu Nigam
a.k.a. : Sonu Nigam And Jaspinder Narula, So...

  • birthdate

    July 31, 1973

  • birthplace

    Faridabad, Haryana, India

  • real name

    SONU NIGAM

Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil and Kannada movies. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films. He has changed the spelling of his last name from 'Nigam' to 'Niigaam' in accordance with numerology, but not getting desired results, he returned to the old spelling 'Nigam'.Sonu Nigam began his singing career at the age of three, when he joined his father on stage to sing Mohammad Rafi's "Kya Hua Tera Vaada, Wo Kasam Wo Irada." From then on Sonu accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. In his teenage years he participated in several music competitions successfully. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19.

Sonu started hosting Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995 with the first episode airing on the 1st of May 1995. Sa Re Ga Ma, television singing talent competition, soon became one of the most popular shows on ...

Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil and Kannada movies. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films. He has changed the spelling of his last name from 'Nigam' to 'Niigaam' in accordance with numerology, but not getting desired results, he returned to the old spelling 'Nigam'.Sonu Nigam began his singing career at the age of three, when he joined his father on stage to sing Mohammad Rafi's "Kya Hua Tera Vaada, Wo Kasam Wo Irada." From then on Sonu accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. In his teenage years he participated in several music competitions successfully. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19.

Sonu started hosting Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995 with the first episode airing on the 1st of May 1995. Sa Re Ga Ma, television singing talent competition, soon became one of the most popular shows on Indian television.

Sonu has sung with clear pronunciations, in many languages besides Hindi, including Bengali, Oriya, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, English, Bhojpuri, Urdu, Nepali and Marathi.He remains particularly popular in Southern India for his Kannada songs and has won a few awards in this particular industry. His Kannada album called Neene Bari Neene released all over in 2009.

He comes from a singing family.He has two sisters, Meenal and Neekita. In the last few years his father has released several hit albums including "Bewafaai" and "Phir Bewafaai" and, more recently, "Bewafaai ka Aalam". Neekita is also an up and coming singer and has several songs and awards to her name, both in Hindi and Kannada. Sonu married Madhurima on 15 February 2002.They have a son, Nevaan, born in 2007. Nevaan is also very interested in music and has recently recorded a song with Lata Mangeshkar.

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  • 1980s
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  • 2000s
  • 2010s
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  • Monika Panjwani

    love his album songs like;- jaan, deewana etc
    when i listen his songs i feel i am in heaven s …

    love his album songs like;- jaan, deewana etc
    when i listen his songs i feel i am in heaven sonu rocks

  • sirisha

    Though its rather mean to say so,Sonu Nigam is the son of a small-time performer Agam Kumar Nigam.He …

    Though its rather mean to say so,Sonu Nigam is the son of a small-time performer Agam Kumar Nigam.He has some musical training but he is not what you might call a virtuoso.I say this to try to try and
    understand Sonu,the artiste,Sonu the phenomenon.Nigam started small singing devotional songs for T-series.His first song as playback singer was "Ishq Mein Hum Tumhein Kya Batayen/Kis Kadar Chot Khaye Huye Hain..." from the film ’Aaja Meri Jaan’(1994).The song was picturised on Kishan Kumar and the composers were Nikhil-Vinay.The,in 1995,Saregama happened to Nigam.Instantly he was the darling of the drooling masses.A big break came in ’Pardes’(1997) when he was chosen to sing "Dil Deewana" picturised on Shah Rukh Khan.Then came ’Dil Se’(1998).But really Sonu’s first real triumph was ’Refugee’(1999).Thereafter there was no looking back for the Nigam boy.He even acted as hero in two forgettable films,’Jaani Dushman’ and ’Love in Nepal’.

trivia

The son of Agam Kumar Nigam.

Has a son named Nevaan with wife Madhureema.

One of the best playback singers in Bollywood.

Son, Nevaan, was born on July 25, 2007.

awards

  • Jodhaa Akbar
    Best Playback Singer - Male ( Filmfare Award - 2009 ) (Nominated)
  • Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
    Best Playback Singer (Male) ( Filmfare Award - 2007 ) (Nominated)
  • Parineeta
    Best Playback Singer (Male) ( Filmfare Award - 2006 ) (Nominated)
  • Paheli
    Best Playback Singer (Male) ( Filmfare Award - 2006 ) (Nominated)
  • Main Hoon Na
    Best Playback Singer - Male ( Filmfare Award - 2005 ) (Nominated)
  • Kal Ho Naa Ho
    Best Playback Singer (Male) ( National Award - 2004 ) (Winner)
  • Kal Ho Naa Ho
    Best Playback (Male) ( Filmfare Award - 2004 ) (Winner)
  • Saathiya
    Best Playback Singer - Male ( Filmfare Award - 2003 ) (Winner)
  • Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
    Best Playback Singer - Male ( Filmfare Award - 2002 ) (Nominated)
  • Fiza
    Best Playback Singer - Male ( Filmfare Award - 2001 ) (Nominated)
  • Refugee
    Best Playback Singer - Male ( Filmfare Award - 2001 ) (Nominated)

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