Asif Akbar
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| Native name | আসিফ আকবর |
| Born |
Asif Akbar 25 March 1972 Comilla, Bangladesh |
| Residence | Dhaka |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Salma Asif Mitu (m. 1992) |
| Children | Rono Rudro |
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| Awards |
National Film Awards (1 time) Meril Prothom Alo Awards (6 times) |
| Website | asifakbar |
Asif Akbar is a Bangladeshi pop singer. He releases solo, duet and mixed albums. He also sings for cinema. His latest album Jan Re is available online as he decided to release his songs throughout all possible media to prevent piracy.
Akbar's debut album was released on 30 January 2001. He constantly releases solo albums and also dueting with singers such as Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu, Bappa Majumdar, Dolly Shaontoni, Suzana Ansar, Sonia, Kaniz Suborna, Dinat Jahan Munni, Monir Khan, and others. He retired from commercial singing on 17 March 2010 to concentrate on his political career, but he returned to commercial singing with the solo album titled X-Prem in August 2013.
He received the Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Singer (Male) for five consecutive years from 2001 through 2005, the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for 2006, and for 2013, a record sixth Meril Prothom Alo Award for the performance of his song "Ex Prem".
Asif Akbar was born as Asif Akbar Mithu in Comilla, Bangladesh. Although Mithu was busy playing cricket in his childhood and wanted to be a cricketer or a businessman he later became a singer for his emerging voice. He is never thought to be a singer.
He is married to Salma Asif Mitu and they have two children Rono and Rudro.
He has released more than 120 solos, duets, mixed albums, and sang over 2000 in his career.
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