It was mid-1995 when he sang the classic Acha Sila Diya for Bewafa Sanam he attained fame overnight. Before this huge mid stone in his career, he was a struggling singer contributing to the songs of Mohammad Rafi for the T-Series album, Rafi Ki Yaadein.Saregama (popularly known as HMV) has stepped up its digital drive with a vengeance. In a move to increase the digital content to 60-65 per cent of its revenues (from 40 per cent now) in the next five years, the top music recording company is launching a website, tying up with telcos like Vodafone, Idea and Airtel for use of its music library and with cellphone manufacturers like Nokia for in-built sound tracks and albums.Sonu Nigam - 1250+ songs sung by the singer - Page 1 of 128 Lyrics, video and detailed information about 1250+ songs from Hindi films and albums, which are rendered by singer - Sonu Nigam - Sonu Nigam New Songs with Lyrics & Videos: Sonu Nigam was born in Faridabad, Haryana on July 30th, 1973, He is India’s well known and one of most talented singers India has produced, The singer is perfectionist in his work, his songs are perfect from every aspects of singing.
Sonu Nigam Kal Ho Na Ho - KAL HO NAA HO - Har Ghadi Badal Rahi Hai Roop Zindagi recorded by Vishal072 and deepakumari00 on Smule. Sing with lyrics to your favorite karaoke songs. Smule Social Singing Karaoke appCome September, the company will launch its Time Travel - Journey 1 album with Sonu Nigam to be released on Nokia's 5130Express Music handsets.
That's huge compared to the sales of popular music albums of the latest Bollywood releases at an average 100,000 to 150,000.Atul Churamani, vice president, Saregama, says he expects revenues from this tie-up to be in the range of Rs 50 lakh (Rs 5 million) to Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) and this is just the beginning. The company hopes to extend the partnership across more cellphone models, giving it explosive growth opportunities.The beta version of the website will be launched in October this year and it will have a library of over two million songs. The website will have exclusive content and a strong search function and access for users will be on subscription model to listen and also download. "We are still to work out the exact revenue model," says Churamani.On the cards is also a Time Travel - Journey 2 album, concerts and merchandising opportunities besides exploiting the fragmented digital mediums.
Singing offers poured in thereafter, though slowly at first. The first episode of "Sa Re Ga Ma" was aired on May 1, 1995. He then sang the song, "Accha Sila Diya", for the album, "Bewafa Sanam" (1995), which gave him the recognition as an established playback singer.Sonu started hosting "Sa Re Ga Ma," a television singing talent competition, which soon became one of the most popular shows on Indian television. He got a break as a playback singer in Gulshan Kumar's movie, "Aaja Meri Jaan".
He has provided playback singing for a large number of Hindi movies and won many awards. Since then, he has created a unique style of his own, and has become a role model for budding male singers in India.Over the years, Sonu has become a major force in the Indian music industry. Sonu's image as a Rafi clone changed after his rendition of the Nadeem-Shravan composed song, "Yeh Dil Deewana" in Pardes (1997). Anu Malik was the music director of this movie.
The very recent addition to this list is "Classically Mild", best among all. The song is picturised on Shahrukh Khan and the music direction is by Salim-Sulaiman.Sonu has released a number of pop albums, both in Hindi and in Punjabi, to his name. Sonu has sung with clear pronunciations, in many languages besides Hindi, including Bengali, Oriya, Kannada, Punjabi,Tamil, Telugu, English, Bhojpuri, Urdu, Nepali and Marathi.His 2008 playback songs include songs from Yuvvraaj and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, in which he sings a song paying tribute to yesteryear Bollywood actors like Raj Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand and Rishi Kapoor. He is recognised for his versatile voice as well as excellent emotion range.
Sonu has given concert performances in many countries, including United States, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Russia, Afghanistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bangkok, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, West Indies, Mauritius, Nigeria and South Africa. In 2008, soon after releasing "Classically Mild", he released a single Punjabi track called "Punjabi Please", and "Rafi Resurrected", a 2-disc collection of Mohammad Rafi songs with music by the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Over the years. The collection is titled "Kal, Aaj, Aur Kal". Of recent releases, in September 2007, he released a 6-disc collection of Mohammad Rafi's 100 best songs in the latter's memory.
He was also a celebrity judge on Amul Star Voice of India in August 2007 in season 1 and in December 2008 in season 2. Sonu has returned to Indian Idol in its third and fourth seasons as a celebrity judge. This followed the release of these songs by the CBSO and the Indian music company Sa Re Ga Ma in a historic album entitled "Rafi Resurrected".Besides "Sa Re Ga Ma," Sonu Nigam has also hosted the TV show Kisme Kitna Hai Dum and has been a judge on the show Indian Idol (aired on Sony Entertainment Television) seasons 1 and 2. Drew Gilpin Faust, Sonu sang with the Harvard College Sangeet the late Mahatma Gandhi's favorite bhajan, " Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye".In July 2008, he participated in a three-city tour of the United Kingdom, singing numerous famous Mohammad Rafi songs with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. In April 2008, he did a marathon of concerts in various cities in India, promoting his Punjabi single "Punjabi Please".In November 2007, at the inauguration of Harvard University's 28th president, Dr. In September and October, respectively, of the same year, he gave a solo concert titled, "Simply Sonu", in Canada and Germany, (becoming the first Indian singer to perform in the latter country).
He may be acting in a new film called Ankhon Hi Ankhon Mein, about a blind singer, although he has not officially signed it yet. The film, called 'Ankhon Ankhon Mein' is supposedly about a blind singer.His future projects include an English album called "Spirit Unfolding". He has not taken up acting since his last venture Love in Nepal, but has recently been said to be involved in another film as a lead actor. Although his acting was much better appreciated in his last venture. However it is to be said that all three films have not done well at the box-office. As an adult, Sonu has acted in a few more films namely Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani alongside Sunny Deol, Manisha Koirala and Akshay Kumar as well as other actors Kash Aap Hamare Hote where he plays the lead opposite Juhi Babbar, daughter of Raj Babbar and lastly Love in Nepal with 'Flora Saini' and 'Sweta Keswani', where he plays the lead again.
Both his father and mother are good singers, and in 20 his father released two highly popular albums, "Bewafaai" and "Phir Bewafaai", respectively. Sonu is very close to his parents. He has two sisters, Meenal and Neekita. He also revealed that there are plans for the Rafi Resurrected concerts to happen in the rest of Europe, the United States and India soon.Sonu was born to Mr Agam Kumar Nigam and Mrs Shobha Nigam on Jin Faridabad, Haryana, India. He has launched a new Ganesh album in August, and is thinking about a project on Manna Dey.
He used to be keen at his studies in his younger age and enjoys reading. He claims to be spiritual rather than religious. They have a son, Nevaan, born on July 25, 2007.He is very much into fitness and yoga exercises, and has even trained in taekwondo. Sonu married Madhurima on 15 February 2002.
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, Most Stylish People In Music, 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 Ho2004, IIFA Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Kal Ho Naa Ho", from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho2004, Bollywood Music Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Kal Ho Na Ho" from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho2004, Apsara Film Producers' Guild Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Kal Ho Na Ho" from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho2003, Filmfare Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Kal Ho Naa Ho", from the film Kal Ho Naa Ho". He also sponsors a child from the organization “Crayon”.2008, 15th Lion Gold Awards 2008, Best Male Singer for the song In lamhon ke daaman from the film Jodha Akbar.2008, Indian Television Academy Award, Best Male Singer for Amber Dhara.2008, Filmfare Awards South, Best Singer (Male) for Ninindale, from the Kannada movie Milana2008, GPBA (German Public Bollywood Award), Best Singer (Male) for Mein Agar Kahoon, Om Shanti Om2007, Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Best Male Playback Singer for Mein Agar Kahoon, Om Shanti Om2007, Bollywood Music Awards, Best Male Playback Singer for Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Title Track.2006, Star Screen Award Best Male Playback, for the song "Dheere Jalna", from the film "Paheli"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".
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