Sonu Nigam
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Nigam in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Born |
30 July 1973 Faridabad, Haryana, India |
| Genres | Pop Rock Singing, Classical Singing, Semi-Classical Singing, Ghazals Singing, Playback Singing |
| Occupation(s) | Playback singer, composer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | Sony Music, T-Series, Tips, Saregama, Venus Records & Tapes |
| Website | sonunigam |
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi and Kannada. He has also sung in Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Tulu, Assamese, Odia, Nepali, Maithili and various Indian languages. He has also released Indian pop albums and acted in a number of films. He has been one of the highest paid Indian singers. His singing style is considered similar to the legendary Mohd. Rafi whom he also considers his motivation. He has come into limelight through the Kannada film Mungaru Male (2006), which set several records in Indian cinema.
Sonu Agam Kumar Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Agam Kumar Nigam in the city of Faridabad, Haryana.
Nigam began his singing career at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's song "Kya hua tera wada". From then on, Nigam accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 18. He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
Nigam married Madhurima Agam Kumar Nigam on 15 February 2002.
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