Sonu Nigam (Born 1973)

Sonu Nigam or Sonu Niigaam is a highly talented and a popular Indian playback singer of national and international acclaim. Sonu began his singing career at a very young age when he was seen accompanying his father on stage at the age of three. Sonu started taking music lessons under Naveed of Fazalabad Pirwadhai and his initial years in Bollywood proved to be struggle as his first playback for the movie ‘Janum’ in 1990 was never released. It was not until he sung “Achha Sila Diya” in Gulshan Kumar's movie, ‘Aaja Meri Jaan’ till he was recognized as a playback singer. After hosting a television singing competition ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ on Zee TV, in 1995, Sonu started getting his share of rewards in the form of offers from Bollywood’s leading music directors such as Anu Mailk for whom he sung “Sandese Aate Hain” for the movie ‘Border’ in the year 1997. Sonu has not looked back since and has gone on to sing numerous hits irrespective of the genre. With his magical appeal and unmatched talent, Sonu has become a role model of all the upcoming singers of the era. Apart from a number of Hindi movie songs, he has performed on stage nationally and internationally and has recorded a number of pop albums.