Sonu Niigaam
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Sonu Nigam
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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) | Singer, Actor, Anchor |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Labels | Sony Music, T-Series, Tips, Saregama, Venus Records & Tapes |
| Website | sonunigam |
Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973), often called as the Lord of Chords and The Elvis Presley of India, is an Indian sensational playback singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi and Kannada. He has also sung in Bengali, 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. He is one of the most versatile singer of bollywood industry.
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 sonu Nigam on 15 February 2002.
He has recorded Romantic, Rock, Sad, and Patriotic songs in: Hindi, Kannada, Assamese, Bengali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, English, Maithili , Bhojpuri, Urdu, Nepali, Chhattisgarhi, Malayalam, Tulu and Marathi. Nigam has released pop albums in Hindi, Kannada, Odia, Chhattisgarhi and Punjabi, as well as Hindu and Islamic devotional albums. He has released several Buddhist albums.
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