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</div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Sonu Nigam</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">অসমীয়া</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Niqam" title="Sonu Niqam – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sonu Niqam" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85" title="سونو نیقام – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سونو نیقام" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%AE" title="সোনু নিগম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সোনু নিগম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE" title="सोनू निगम – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="सोनू निगम" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target">डोटेली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Niigaam" title="Sonu Niigaam – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sonu Niigaam" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%85" title="سونو نیگام – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سونو نیگام" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B8%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%A8%E0%AB%82_%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%AE" title="સોનૂ નિગમ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="સોનૂ નિગમ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target">ગુજરાતી</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EB%88%84_%EB%8B%88%EA%B0%90" title="소누 니감 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="소누 니감" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE" title="सोनू निगम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सोनू निगम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8B%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D" title="ಸೋನು ನಿಗಮ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಸೋನು ನಿಗಮ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE" title="सोनू निगम – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="सोनू निगम" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%82" title="സോനു നിഗം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="സോനു നിഗം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE" title="सोनू निगम – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="सोनू निगम" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85" title="سونو نيجام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سونو نيجام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE" title="सोनू निगम – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="सोनू निगम" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8B%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%81_%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%97%E0%AC%AE" title="ସୋନୁ ନିଗମ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ସୋନୁ ନିଗମ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target">ଓଡ଼ିଆ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%82%E0%A9%B0_%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%AE" title="ਸੋਨੂੰ ਨਿਗਮ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸੋਨੂੰ ਨਿਗਮ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8F%D9%88_%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%85" title="سونُو نگم – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سونُو نگم" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%86%DB%90%DA%AF%D9%85" title="سونو نېگم – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="سونو نېگم" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target">پښتو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BC,_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83" title="Нигам, Сону – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Нигам, Сону" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88_%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%85" title="سونو نگم – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="سونو نگم" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target">سنڌي</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Nigam" title="Sonu Nigam – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sonu Nigam" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="சோனு நிகம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சோனு நிகம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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2013</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Sonu Kumar Nigam</div> (1973-07-30) 30 July 1973 (age 51)<a href="#cite_note-Biography-1">[1]</a> <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Faridabad" title="Faridabad">Faridabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><a href="#cite_note-Biography-1">[1]</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Playback_singer" title="Playback singer">Playback singer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Music_director" title="Music director">music director</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a></li><li>dubbing artist</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1990–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Madhurima Nigam</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2002)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Teesha_Nigam" title="Teesha Nigam">Teesha Nigam</a> (sister)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#Awards_and_honours">See below</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Honours</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> (2022)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Musical career</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Filmi" title="Filmi">Filmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Classical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">R'n'B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazals" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghazals">Ghazals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a><a href="#cite_note-GannaProfile-2">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devotional_song" title="Devotional song">Devotional</a><a href="#cite_note-GannaProfile-2">[2]</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Vocal" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocal">Vocals</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Super_Cassettes_Industries_T-Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Cassettes Industries T-Series">T-Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_India" title="Sony Music India">Sony Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tips_Industries" title="Tips Industries">Tips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saregama" title="Saregama">Saregama</a></li></ul></li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr></tbody></table> Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> Nigam sings predominantly in <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> and <a 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One of the most pre-eminent singers of <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi cinema</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:5-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> he has released a number of non-film albums and acted in some <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi films</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Nigam is recipient of several accolades, including one <a href="/wiki/National_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Award">National Award</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a> and four <a href="/wiki/IIFA_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer">IIFA Award</a> for the Best Playback singer. He was ranked top artist on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard Chart">Billboard Uncharted charts</a> twice in September and October 2013. Nigam was honoured with the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>, India's <a href="/wiki/Indian_honours_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian honours system">fourth-highest civilian award</a> in 2022. Nigam is known as the "Modern Rafi", a title given to him after his musical idol <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammad Rafi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> He has recorded <a href="/wiki/Romantic_music" title="Romantic music">Romantic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devotional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Devotional music">Devotional</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghazal_song" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghazal song">Ghazal</a> and patriotic songs. Apart from Hindi and Kannada, he has sung in <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Manipuri</a> till date.<a href="#cite_note-languages-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-earlyyears-9">[9]</a> Nigam has released pop albums in <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarhi_language" title="Chhattisgarhi language">Chhattisgarhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Islamic_music" title="Islamic music">Islamic</a> devotional albums. He has released several <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_music" title="Buddhist music">Buddhist</a> albums. Nigam has performed in countries in North America, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, the Middle East, <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_and_personal_life">Early and personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early and personal life">edit</a>]</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sonu_Nigam_%26_Madhurima_Nigam_at_Rakesh_Roshan%E2%80%99s_birthday_bash.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sonu_Nigam_%26_Madhurima_Nigam_at_Rakesh_Roshan%E2%80%99s_birthday_bash.jpg/200px-Sonu_Nigam_%26_Madhurima_Nigam_at_Rakesh_Roshan%E2%80%99s_birthday_bash.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sonu_Nigam_%26_Madhurima_Nigam_at_Rakesh_Roshan%E2%80%99s_birthday_bash.jpg/300px-Sonu_Nigam_%26_Madhurima_Nigam_at_Rakesh_Roshan%E2%80%99s_birthday_bash.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Sonu_Nigam_%26_Madhurima_Nigam_at_Rakesh_Roshan%E2%80%99s_birthday_bash.jpg/400px-Sonu_Nigam_%26_Madhurima_Nigam_at_Rakesh_Roshan%E2%80%99s_birthday_bash.jpg 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption> Nigam and his wife Madhurima at <a href="/wiki/Rakesh_Roshan" title="Rakesh Roshan">Rakesh Roshan</a>'s birthday in 2017</figcaption></figure> Sonu Kumar Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam in the city of <a href="/wiki/Faridabad" title="Faridabad">Faridabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>.<a href="#cite_note-dob-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> His father was from <a href="/wiki/Agra" title="Agra">Agra</a> and his mother was from <a href="/wiki/Garhwal_division" title="Garhwal division">Garhwal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> He has two sisters - Meenal Nigam, a yoga therapist,<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teesha_Nigam" title="Teesha Nigam">Teesha Nigam</a>, a professional singer.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> Nigam began singing at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a>'s song "Kya Hua Tera Wada".<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> Nigam began accompanying his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> with his father to begin his <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> singing career at the age of 19.<a href="#cite_note-earlyyears-9">[9]</a> He was trained by Hindustani classical singer <a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Nigam identifies as <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> He married Madhurima Mishra on 15 February 2002.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> They have a son.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Nigam had changed his name to Sonu Niigaam citing numerology beliefs, but later decided to go back to his birth name.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990–1992:_Career_beginnings">1990–1992: Career beginnings</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1990–1992: Career beginnings">edit</a>]</div> His first song was for the movie Janam (1990), but the movie was never released. Nigam began his career with the song Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye from DD1's TV serial <a href="/wiki/Talaash_(Indian_TV_series)" title="Talaash (Indian TV series)">Talash</a> (1992). Sonu Nigam first film song "O Aasman Wale" was from the movie <a href="/wiki/Aaja_Meri_Jaan" title="Aaja Meri Jaan">Aaja Meri Jaan</a> (1993). Nigam also sung the title song Of this movie but it was dubbed in the voice of SP Balasubramaniam. He released his first album, Rafi Ki Yaadein, in 1992. After this, he sung in the films <a href="/wiki/Muqabla_(1993_film)" title="Muqabla (1993 film)">Muqabla</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Veerta" title="Veerta">Veerta</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Meherbaan" title="Meherbaan">Meherbaan</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Shabnam" title="Shabnam">Shabnam</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Aag_(1994_film)" title="Aag (1994 film)">Aag</a> (1994), <a href="/wiki/Cheetah_(1994_film)#:~:text=Cheetah_is_a_1994_Indian,_later_remade_as_Ram_Shastra." title="Cheetah (1994 film)">Cheetah</a> (1994), <a href="/wiki/Khuddar" title="Khuddar">Khuddar</a> (1994), <a href="/wiki/Hulchul_(1995_film)" title="Hulchul (1995 film)">Hulchul</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Stuntman_(1994_film)" title="Stuntman (1994 film)">Stuntman</a> (1994), Police Lockup (1995), <a href="/wiki/Sauda_(film)" title="Sauda (film)">Sauda</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Ram_Jaane" title="Ram Jaane">Ramjaane</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Aazmayish" title="Aazmayish">Aazmayish</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Naajayaz" title="Naajayaz">Naajayaz</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Khiladiyon_Ka_Khiladi" title="Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi">Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Papa_Kahte_Hain" title="Papa Kahte Hain">Papa Kahte Hain</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Gaddaar_(1995_film)" title="Gaddaar (1995 film)">Gaddaar</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Dand_Nayak" title="Dand Nayak">Dand Nayak</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Jaanwar_(1999_film)" title="Jaanwar (1999 film)">Jaanwar</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Barsaat_(1995_film)" title="Barsaat (1995 film)">Barsaat</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Aur_Pyar_Ho_Gaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Aur Pyar Ho Gaya">Aur Pyar Ho Gaya</a> (1997), <a href="/wiki/Badal" title="Badal">Badal</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Dulhe_Raja" title="Dulhe Raja">Dulhe Raja</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Jeet_(1996_film)" title="Jeet (1996 film)">Jeet</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Hero_No._1" title="Hero No. 1">Hero No. 1</a> (1997), <a href="/wiki/Soldier_(1998_Indian_film)" title="Soldier (1998 Indian film)">Soldier</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Devta_(1998_film)" title="Devta (1998 film)">Devta</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Keemat_%E2%80%93_They_Are_Back" title="Keemat – They Are Back">Keemat</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Himmatvar" title="Himmatvar">Himmatvar</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Ki_Kasam_(1999_film)" title="Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999 film)">Hindustan Ki Kasam</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Shera_(film)" title="Shera (film)">Shera</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Sooryavansham" title="Sooryavansham">Sooryavansham</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Hogi_Pyaar_Ki_Jeet" title="Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet">Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet</a> (1999) and many more. He began hosting the TV show, <a href="/wiki/Sa_Re_Ga_Ma" class="mw-redirect" title="Sa Re Ga Ma">Sa Re Ga Ma</a> in 1995. His song "Accha Sila Diya" for the film <a href="/wiki/Bewafa_Sanam" title="Bewafa Sanam">Bewafa Sanam</a>, gave him greater success.<a href="#cite_note-earlyyears-9">[9]</a> In 1997, he sang the patriotic song "<a href="/wiki/Sandese_Aate_Hai" title="Sandese Aate Hai">Sandese Aate Hai</a>" from the movie <a href="/wiki/Border_(1997_film)" title="Border (1997 film)">Border</a> and performed the <a href="/wiki/Nadeem-Shravan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nadeem-Shravan">Nadeem-Shravan</a>-composed song "Yeh Dil Deewana" in <a href="/wiki/Pardes_(1997_film)" title="Pardes (1997 film)">Pardes</a> in the same year, both of which were highly successful. Some of his notable songs during this period were "Zindagi Maut na Ban Jaye" from <a href="/wiki/Sarfarosh_(1999_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarfarosh (1999 film)">Sarfarosh</a> (1999), "Satrangi Re" from <a href="/wiki/Dil_Se" class="mw-redirect" title="Dil Se">Dil Se</a>, "Ishq Bina" from <a href="/wiki/Taal_(1999_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taal (1999 film)">Taal</a>, "Mujhe Raat Din" from <a href="/wiki/Sangharsh_(1999_film)" title="Sangharsh (1999 film)">Sangharsh</a>, "Ruki Ruki" from <a href="/wiki/Mast_(film)" title="Mast (film)">Mast</a>, and his debut in Tamil "Vaarayo Thozhi" from <a href="/wiki/Jeans_(1998_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeans (1998 film)">Jeans</a>. Sonu's album <a href="/wiki/Deewana_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deewana (album)">Deewana</a>, with music directed by <a href="/wiki/Sajid%E2%80%93Wajid" title="Sajid–Wajid">Sajid–Wajid</a>, was released by T-Series in 1999. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s:_Career_peak">2000s: Career peak</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2000s: Career peak">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tri_Nation_Mega_Concert_Sonu_Nigam_(8389684682).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Tri_Nation_Mega_Concert_Sonu_Nigam_%288389684682%29.jpg/220px-Tri_Nation_Mega_Concert_Sonu_Nigam_%288389684682%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Tri_Nation_Mega_Concert_Sonu_Nigam_%288389684682%29.jpg/330px-Tri_Nation_Mega_Concert_Sonu_Nigam_%288389684682%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Tri_Nation_Mega_Concert_Sonu_Nigam_%288389684682%29.jpg/440px-Tri_Nation_Mega_Concert_Sonu_Nigam_%288389684682%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3120" data-file-height="4680" /></a><figcaption>Nigam in 2012</figcaption></figure> His popular songs during this period were "Suraj Hua Maddham" and "You are my Soniya" from <a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Khushi_Kabhie_Gham..." title="Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...">Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...</a> and "<a href="/wiki/Panchi_Nadiya_Pawan_Ke" title="Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke">Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke</a>" from the film <a href="/wiki/Refugee_(2000_film)" title="Refugee (2000 film)">Refugee</a>, all three of which he sang along with <a href="/wiki/Alka_Yagnik" title="Alka Yagnik">Alka Yagnik</a>, "Tanhayee" from <a href="/wiki/Dil_Chahta_Hai" title="Dil Chahta Hai">Dil Chahta Hai</a>, "Tu Fiza Hai" from <a href="/wiki/Fiza" title="Fiza">Fiza</a> among others. He received his first <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Award">Filmfare Award</a> for the title song of the film <a href="/wiki/Saathiya_(film)" title="Saathiya (film)">Saathiya</a> in the year 2002, which was composed by <a href="/wiki/A.R._Rahman" class="mw-redirect" title="A.R. Rahman">A.R. Rahman</a>, with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a>. His biggest success during this period was the song "<a href="/wiki/Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho_(song)" title="Kal Ho Naa Ho (song)">Kal Ho Naa Ho</a>" from <a href="/wiki/Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho" title="Kal Ho Naa Ho">the picture of the same name</a> (2003), composed by <a href="/wiki/Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy" class="mw-redirect" title="Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy">Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy</a>, with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a>. The song earned him his only <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer">National Film Award</a>, his second and last <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> as well as a third <a href="/wiki/IIFA_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer">IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a>. From 2004 onwards, his popular songs include "Main Hoon Na" and "Tumse Milke Dil ka" from the film <a href="/wiki/Main_Hoon_Na" title="Main Hoon Na">Main Hoon Na</a>, "Do Pal" from <a href="/wiki/Veer-Zaara" title="Veer-Zaara">Veer-Zaara</a>, which he sang along with <a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a>, "Chup Chup Ke" from <a href="/wiki/Bunty_Aur_Babli" title="Bunty Aur Babli">Bunty Aur Babli</a>, "Pyar Ki Ek Kahani" and "Koi Tumsa Nahin" from the film <a href="/wiki/Krrish" title="Krrish">Krrish</a>, which he sang with <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a>, "Sun Zara" and "Chori Chori Chupke Se" from <a href="/wiki/Salman_Khan" title="Salman Khan">Salman Khan</a> starrer <a href="/wiki/Lucky:_No_Time_for_Love" title="Lucky: No Time for Love">Lucky: No Time for Love</a>, "Dekho Na" and "Mere Haath Mein" from <a href="/wiki/Fanaa_(2006_film)" title="Fanaa (2006 film)">Fanaa</a> both with <a href="/wiki/Sunidhi_Chauhan" title="Sunidhi Chauhan">Sunidhi Chauhan</a>, "Inn Lamhon ke Daaman Mein" from <a href="/wiki/Jodhaa_Akbar" title="Jodhaa Akbar">Jodhaa Akbar</a>, and "Main Agar Kahoon" from <a href="/wiki/Om_Shanti_Om" title="Om Shanti Om">Om Shanti Om</a>. In the film <a href="/wiki/Parineeta_(2005_film)" title="Parineeta (2005 film)">Parineeta</a>, he sang four songs with <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a>. His most successful and acclaimed songs during this period were "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna", "Tumhi Dekho Naa" and "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna - Sad Version" from <a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Alvida_Naa_Kehna" title="Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna">Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna</a> (2006), composed by <a href="/wiki/Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy" class="mw-redirect" title="Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy">Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy</a> and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a>, all of which he sang alongside <a href="/wiki/Alka_Yagnik" title="Alka Yagnik">Alka Yagnik</a>. He was also the leading playback singer in <a href="/wiki/3_Idiots" title="3 Idiots">3 Idiots</a>, rendering the songs "Jaane Nahin Denge Tujhe", "Zoobi Doobi" and "Aal Izz Well". In the film <a href="/wiki/Kurbaan_(2009_film)" title="Kurbaan (2009 film)">Kurbaan</a>, he sang the song "Shukran Allah" along with Salim Merchant of the composer duo <a href="/wiki/Salim-Sulaiman" class="mw-redirect" title="Salim-Sulaiman">Salim-Sulaiman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a>, which was appreciated. Nigam has released albums of <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a>'s songs including Rafi Ki Yaadein, a collection early in his career, which was re-released in Rafi's memory in September 2007 as a six-disc collection of 100 songs, titled Kal Aaj Aur Kal.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> In 2008, soon after releasing Classically Mild, he released a single Punjabi track entitled "Punjabi Please"<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> and Rafi Resurrected, a two-disc collection of Rafi songs with music by the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Birmingham_Symphony_Orchestra" title="City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra">Birmingham Symphony Orchestra</a>. He contributed to the lyrics of several songs and directed the music for his album Chanda Ki Doli. After the death of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>, Nigam released a song as a tribute to Jackson which was included on the tribute album The Beat of Our Hearts.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> In May–June 2007, he participated in The Incredibles tour with <a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kunal_Ganjawala" title="Kunal Ganjawala">Kunal Ganjawala</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kailash_Kher" title="Kailash Kher">Kailash Kher</a>. From September–October of the same year, he gave solo concerts titled Simply Sonu in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, becoming the first Indian singer to do so.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In April 2008, he toured India promoting his Punjabi single "Punjabi Please".<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> In November 2007, at the inauguration of <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard</a> University's 28th president, <a href="/wiki/Drew_Gilpin_Faust" title="Drew Gilpin Faust">Drew Gilpin Faust</a>, Nigam sang <a href="/wiki/Mohandas_Karamchand_Gandhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>'s favourite <a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">bhajan</a>, "Vaishnav Jan To Tene Kahiye", with the Harvard College Sangeet.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In July 2008, he participated in a three-city tour of the United Kingdom, singing Rafi songs with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO). This followed the release of these songs by the CBSO and the Indian music company <a href="/wiki/Sa_Re_Ga_Ma" class="mw-redirect" title="Sa Re Ga Ma">Sa Re Ga Ma</a> on Rafi Resurrected.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> He participated in a US tour with <a href="/wiki/Sunidhi_Chauhan" title="Sunidhi Chauhan">Sunidhi Chauhan</a> in 2009 called The Explosion 2009 tour and in a UK tour titled All Izz Well in November 2010. In 2011, Nigam collaborated with Kakas Entertainment and <a href="/wiki/Laxmikant%E2%80%93Pyarelal" title="Laxmikant–Pyarelal">Laxmikant–Pyarelal</a> for a Maestros Concert performing <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> songs.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010–present:_Post_career_peak,_multiple_concerts_and_several_English_Collaborations">2010–present: Post career peak, multiple concerts and several English Collaborations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010–present: Post career peak, multiple concerts and several English Collaborations">edit</a>]</div> In 2010, Sonu sang the popular song "Chori Kiya Re Jiya" from <a href="/wiki/Dabangg" title="Dabangg">Dabangg</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Tees_Maar_Khan_(2010_film)" title="Tees Maar Khan (2010 film)">Tees Maar Khan</a> title track which he sang in 54 voices.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Sonu also sang "Aye Janani" song for <a href="/wiki/Kandahar_(2010_film)" title="Kandahar (2010 film)">Kandahar</a> in which he hit the highest note in human vocal registry with an open-throat effort without singing falsetto.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Sonu was awarded <a href="/wiki/Global_Indian_Music_Academy_Awards" title="Global Indian Music Academy Awards">Global Indian Music Academy Awards</a> 2010 for his song 'All izz Well', <a href="/wiki/BIG_Star_Entertainment_Awards" title="BIG Star Entertainment Awards">BIG Star Entertainment Awards</a> for Best Playback Singer of the Decade (2000–2010) (MALE) and Global Indian Music Award for Best Live Performer (Male) in 2010. In 2011, Nigam collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a> on a remix of her "<a href="/wiki/I_Wanna_Go" title="I Wanna Go">I Wanna Go</a>" track,<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> and with DJ <a href="/wiki/Avicii" title="Avicii">Avicii</a> on his song "Indian Levels", produced by Avicii in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> In 2011, Sonu also collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>'s brother <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Jackson" title="Jermaine Jackson">Jermaine Jackson</a> on song "This Is It" which was written & composed by Sonu as tribute to Michael after his death. <a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> Sonu also performed song "Let's Go for Glory" at <a href="/wiki/2011_Cricket_World_Cup_opening_ceremony" title="2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony">2011 Cricket World Cup opening ceremony</a> composed by Sonu himself.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Between 2012 and 2015 many of Sonu's songs were redubbed in other singer's voices by music companies because of his fight for singers' royalties and opposition to sign illegal contracts with companies. Sonu said "I am not scared of being out of work because eventually good sense will prevail,".<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In 2012, Sonu's song <a href="/wiki/Abhi_Mujh_Mein_Kahin" title="Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin">Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin</a> from Agneepath became a huge success. For this song Sonu won many awards including <a href="/wiki/5th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="5th Mirchi Music Awards">5th Mirchi Music Awards</a> for Male Vocalist of The Year, <a href="/wiki/BIG_Star_Entertainment_Awards" title="BIG Star Entertainment Awards">BIG Star Entertainment Awards</a> 2012, 18th Lions Gold Awards, <a href="/wiki/2013_Zee_Cine_Awards" title="2013 Zee Cine Awards">2013 Zee Cine Awards</a>, 19th Lions Gold Award, 2013 <a href="/wiki/Times_of_India_Film_Awards" title="Times of India Film Awards">Times of India Film Awards</a> and many more. He was also nominated for Best Male Playback Singer at Filmfare Awards. He considers <a href="/wiki/Abhi_Mujh_Mein_Kahin" title="Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin">Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin</a> as one of his best songs. Nigam composed the title track of the film <a href="/wiki/Singh_Saab_The_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Singh Saab The Great">Singh Saab The Great</a> in 2013 and has also composed music for other films including: <a href="/wiki/Sooper_Se_Ooper" title="Sooper Se Ooper">Sooper Se Ooper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jal_(film)" title="Jal (film)">Jal</a>, in collaboration with percussionist <a href="/wiki/Bickram_Ghosh" title="Bickram Ghosh">Bickram Ghosh</a> in the same year. He was ranked the Number 1 artist on the US Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> He sang two songs for the movie <a href="/wiki/PK_(film)" title="PK (film)">PK</a>, "Bhagwan Hai Kahan Re Tu" and "Love is a Waste of Time", which was a duet with <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a>. In 2014, Sonu also released a single called "Trini Ladki" in fusion with Chutney Music. In 2015, "Sapna Jahan" from <a href="/wiki/Brothers_(2015_film)" title="Brothers (2015 film)">Brothers</a> became popular. This was Sonu's 3rd collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Ajay%E2%80%93Atul" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajay–Atul">Ajay–Atul</a>. "Tere Bin" from <a href="/wiki/Wazir_(film)" title="Wazir (film)">Wazir</a>, which he sung with <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a> was also appreciated. In September 2015, Nigam recorded a song with the music director <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Zahur_Khayyam" title="Mohammed Zahur Khayyam">Khayyam</a> for the project titled Gulam Bandhu.<a href="#cite_note-Indian_Express-41">[41]</a> Sonu also collaborated with musicians across the globe for Imagine (UNICEF: World Version) composed by <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>. In 2016, Sonu released his single "Crazy Dil" featuring <a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Hirani" title="Rajkumar Hirani">Rajkumar Hirani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farah_Khan" title="Farah Khan">Farah Khan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Grover" title="Sunil Grover">Sunil Grover</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kailash_Kher" title="Kailash Kher">Kailash Kher</a>, Natalie Di Luccio, Sonu himself with his son Nevaan. He then released another single "First Date" sung by Sonu & <a href="/wiki/Jonita_Gandhi" title="Jonita Gandhi">Jonita Gandhi</a>. He also collaborated with Transgender band "6 Pack Band" for song 'Sab Rab De Bande'. In Bollywood music, he sng 'Tu Hi Na Jaane' from <a href="/wiki/Azhar_(film)" title="Azhar (film)">Azhar</a> and "Dard" from <a href="/wiki/Sarabjit" title="Sarabjit">Sarabjit</a>. Tu Hi Na Jaane' was Sonu's first collaboration with music composer <a href="/wiki/Amaal_Mallik" title="Amaal Mallik">Amaal Mallik</a>. In 2017, Sonu made an international collaboration, this time with Indian-American DJ <a href="/wiki/Kshmr" title="Kshmr">kshmr</a> on song 'Underwater'.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> His independent song with <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a> called 'Aye Jahaan Aasmaan' bagged him <a href="/wiki/9th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="9th Mirchi Music Awards">9th Mirchi Music Awards</a> for Indie Pop Song of the Year. The song was composed by <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Ray" title="Abhishek Ray">Abhishek Ray</a>. Cricketer <a href="/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar" title="Sachin Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</a> collaborated with Sonu for his debut single "Sachin's Cricket Wali Beat"<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> 'Hans Mat Pagli' & "Gori Tu Latth Maar" from <a href="/wiki/Toilet:_Ek_Prem_Katha" title="Toilet: Ek Prem Katha">Toilet: Ek Prem Katha</a> were well-received as was "Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin" from <a href="/wiki/Meri_Pyaari_Bindu" title="Meri Pyaari Bindu">Meri Pyaari Bindu</a>. Sonu also sang one song in <a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a> starrer <a href="/wiki/Raees_(2017_film)" title="Raees (2017 film)">Raees</a> named "Halka Halka" but the song was not included in film because of creative reasons. Later the song was released on YouTube.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Sonu composed one song in movie <a href="/wiki/Half_Widow" title="Half Widow">Half Widow</a> called "Kuch Baaqi Hai" which was also sung by him. He also sang one song "Aazaadiyan" with <a href="/wiki/Rahat_Fateh_Ali_Khan" title="Rahat Fateh Ali Khan">Rahat Fateh Ali Khan</a> from <a href="/wiki/Begum_Jaan" title="Begum Jaan">Begum Jaan</a> composed by <a href="/wiki/Anu_Malik" title="Anu Malik">Anu Malik</a>. In 2018, Sonu collaborated with American Rapper <a href="/wiki/MC_Yogi" title="MC Yogi">MC Yogi</a> for song "Hall Of Fame". Sonu sang song "Aye Zindagi" composed by <a href="/wiki/Vishal_Mishra_(composer)" title="Vishal Mishra (composer)">Vishal Mishra</a> having five other versions of <a href="/wiki/Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alka_Yagnik" title="Alka Yagnik">Alka Yagnik</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Wadkar" title="Suresh Wadkar">Suresh Wadkar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abhijeet_Bhattacharya" title="Abhijeet Bhattacharya">Abhijeet Bhattacharya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shaan_(singer)" title="Shaan (singer)">Shaan (singer)</a>. Sonu also teamed up with <a href="/wiki/Meet_Bros" title="Meet Bros">Meet Bros</a> for dance number "Totta" feat. Sonu Nigam with <a href="/wiki/Kainaat_Arora" title="Kainaat Arora">Kainaat Arora</a>.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> In Bollywood, he sang a peppy number in <a href="/wiki/Sanju" title="Sanju">Sanju</a> called "Main Badhiya Tu Bhi Badhiya" which became very popular. He then sang a melodious song "Kulfi" from <a href="/wiki/102_Not_Out" title="102 Not Out">102 Not Out</a> in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Salim%E2%80%93Sulaiman" title="Salim–Sulaiman">Salim–Sulaiman</a>. Sonu once again collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Anu_Malik" title="Anu Malik">Anu Malik</a> for "Raat Kitni" and "Main Zinda Hoon" for movie <a href="/wiki/Paltan" title="Paltan">Paltan</a>. He then sang the remake of "Badan Pe Sitare" originally sung by his idol Mohammad Rafi for <a href="/wiki/Anil_Kapoor" title="Anil Kapoor">Anil Kapoor</a> starrer <a href="/wiki/Fanney_Khan" title="Fanney Khan">Fanney Khan</a>. Sonu revealed that he was first hesitant to render the song because he didn't want to tamper with the original song but Kapoor requested Sonu to sing the classic as he was playing an ardent follower of Mohammad Rafi in the film, which was why he wanted Sonu to give his voice.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> Sonu also sang songs for social causes. Song "Tik Tik Plastic" was sung with social message of 'Say No To Plastic'.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> He also collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Amruta_Fadnavis" title="Amruta Fadnavis">Amruta Fadnavis</a> for song "Mumbai River Anthem" to save Mumbai Rivers.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> On 14 November 2021, Sonu travelled to <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> for his tour "Rafi Kishore aur Main" presented by Grace Entertainment. He rendered his own songs, as well as evergreen tracks that were originally sung by legendary singers <a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammad Rafi</a>. A source who was present at the show shared, "The audience were glued to their seats for the four-hour long performances. Sonu curated the show with some of the most talented and sought after musicians from across India and also included some musicians who have been a part of the original compositions."<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Sonu also launched his NFT Series which features his English-language single ‘Hall of fame’ and pages from his personal diary where he has penned down key moments of his life and details of his practice and recording session along with lyrics of his popular songs. He became the first Indian singer to launch an NFT with digital media company JetSynthesys.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Sonu Nigam currently is also the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artiumacademy.com/bookfreetrial">Patron-in-Chief</a> and Faculty Head of the Hindi Film Singing course at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://artiumacademy.com/bookfreetrial">Artium Academy</a>, the world's leading online music school for Indian music, where conducts regular training of the teachers and masterclass with the global learners. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="'I_Believe_Music'_Label">'I Believe Music' Label</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 'I Believe Music' Label">edit</a>]</div> Nigam has launched his own music label on 30 July 2020, his 47th birthday, named 'I Believe Music' and "Rudhrashtakam" is the first track to release under the label.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kannada_films">Kannada films</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Kannada films">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sonu_Nigam122.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Sonu Nigam singing in the concert" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Sonu_Nigam122.jpg/220px-Sonu_Nigam122.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Sonu_Nigam122.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="267" /></a><figcaption>Nigam performing at the live concert in 2014</figcaption></figure> Nigam's first song in <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> was in 1996 for the film <a href="/wiki/Jeevanadhi" title="Jeevanadhi">Jeevanadhi</a>. The song "Yello Yaro Hego" was composed by <a href="/wiki/Koti_(composer)" title="Koti (composer)">Koti</a> with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/R._N._Jayagopal" title="R. N. Jayagopal">R. N. Jayagopal</a>. Nigam has since sung over 900 Kannada songs.<a href="#cite_note-deccanherald.com-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto2-57">[57]</a> His songs include "Cheluve Yeke Bande", from the film Majnu, composed by <a href="/wiki/Gurukiran" title="Gurukiran">Gurukiran</a>; "Titanic Heroine Nee Nanna Cheluve", from the film <a href="/wiki/Snehaloka" title="Snehaloka">Snehaloka</a>; the title track from the film <a href="/wiki/Monalisa_(film)" title="Monalisa (film)">Monalisa</a> composed by Valisha Sandeep;<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> "Hamsave Hamsave" from the film Gatti Mela, composed by <a href="/wiki/Hamsalekha" title="Hamsalekha">Hamsalekha</a>, "Kannale Kannale" from the film <a href="/wiki/Aham_Premasmi" title="Aham Premasmi">Aham Premasmi</a>, composed by <a href="/wiki/Ravichandran_(Kannada_actor)" title="Ravichandran (Kannada actor)">V. Ravichandran</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> and "Baaninda Baa Chandira", from the movie Kanti, composed by <a href="/wiki/Gurukiran" title="Gurukiran">Gurukiran</a>. The 2006 film <a href="/wiki/Mungaru_Male" title="Mungaru Male">Mungaru Male</a> created a sensation and spawned several records, mainly in Karnataka.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> The songs "Mungaru Maleye" and "<a href="/wiki/Anisuthide" title="Anisuthide">Anisuthide</a>" were composed by <a href="/wiki/Mano_Murthy" title="Mano Murthy">Mano Murthy</a> and written by <a href="/wiki/Yogaraj_Bhat" title="Yogaraj Bhat">Yogaraj Bhat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jayant_Kaikini" class="mw-redirect" title="Jayant Kaikini">Jayant Kaikini</a> respectively. Nigam has said that he finds Kannada songs more fulfilling than the Hindi numbers.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> In an interview with <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Herald" title="Deccan Herald">Deccan Herald</a> he said "Kannada songs make me feel positive".<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> He went on to say: "I highly respect the musicians of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> and many of my favourite songs are in Kannada. I consider <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> as my second birthplace. Even if someone requests me to sing a Kannada song while I'm performing in the West Indies, I will sing it for them".<a href="#cite_note-deccanherald.com-54">[54]</a> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sonu_Nigam(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sonu_Nigam%281%29.jpg/180px-Sonu_Nigam%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sonu_Nigam%281%29.jpg/270px-Sonu_Nigam%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Sonu_Nigam%281%29.jpg/360px-Sonu_Nigam%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3018" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Sonu Nigam during a Peace Rally in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> on 20 November 2011</figcaption></figure> From the same Mungaru Male combination, composer Murthy, lyricist Kaikini and Nigam got together to record the Kannada album <a href="/wiki/Neene_Bari_Neene" title="Neene Bari Neene">Neene Bari Neene</a>, produced by <a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kheny" title="Ashok Kheny">Ashok Kheny</a>. Videos for the songs "Neene Bari Neene" and "Baa Nodu Gelathi" were shot on the outskirts of Bangalore featuring Nigam and model <a href="/wiki/Madhuri_Bhattacharya" title="Madhuri Bhattacharya">Madhuri Bhattacharya</a> in the lead.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Nigam also composed a theme song for the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Bulldozers" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnataka Bulldozers">Karnataka Bulldozers</a> team in the <a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Cricket_League" title="Celebrity Cricket League">Celebrity Cricket League</a> and sang it with <a href="/wiki/Kunal_Ganjawala" title="Kunal Ganjawala">Kunal Ganjawala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sowmya_Raoh" title="Sowmya Raoh">Sowmya Raoh</a>, who also penned the lyrics.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_works">Other works</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other works">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_host_and_judge">As a host and judge</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: As a host and judge">edit</a>]</div> Nigam was the host of the <a href="/wiki/Sa_Re_Ga_Ma" class="mw-redirect" title="Sa Re Ga Ma">Sa Re Ga Ma</a> music show from 1995 until 1999 and became household name.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-67">[67]</a> He returned on <a href="/wiki/Sa_Re_Ga_Ma_Pa_L%27il_Champs_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International">Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International</a> as a judge with <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Wadkar" title="Suresh Wadkar">Suresh Wadkar</a> in October 2007. Nigam was a celebrity judge on the <a href="/wiki/Sa_Re_Ga_Ma_Pa_Mega_Challenge" title="Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge">Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Mega Challenge</a> grand finale on 12 December 2009. Nigam hosted the TV show Kisme Kitna Hai Dum on <a href="/wiki/Star_Plus" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Plus">Star Plus</a> in 2002. He appeared as the judge on <a href="/wiki/Indian_Idol" title="Indian Idol">Indian Idol</a> in seasons 1 (October 2004 – March 2005) and 2 (November 2005 – April 2006), and was a celebrity judge in seasons 3 (17 August 2007) and 4 (16 January 2009 and 6 February 2009).[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] In 2006, Nigam hosted Life Ki Dhun with Sonu Nigaam on <a href="/wiki/Radio_City_(Indian_radio_station)" title="Radio City (Indian radio station)">Radiocity 91.1 FM</a>, interviewing musicians.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> He appeared as a celebrity judge on <a href="/wiki/STAR_Voice_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="STAR Voice of India">STAR Voice of India</a> in August 2007 (Season 1) and in December 2008 (Season 2), and on the grand finale of music reality show <a href="/wiki/Jo_Jeeta_Wohi_Super_Star" title="Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star">Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star</a> on 12 July 2008. Nigam was a judge/mentor on <a href="/wiki/Chhote_Ustaad" class="mw-redirect" title="Chhote Ustaad">Chhote Ustaad</a> – Do Deshon Ki Ek Awaaz (July – October 2010) with <a href="/wiki/Rahat_Nusrat_Fateh_Ali_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan">Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan</a>, and was a judge/mentor on the first season of <a href="/wiki/X_Factor_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="X Factor (India)">X Factor (India)</a> (29 May – 2 September 2011) along with <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Leela_Bhansali" title="Sanjay Leela Bhansali">Sanjay Leela Bhansali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-67">[67]</a> On 23 August 2015, he appeared on "<a href="/wiki/The_Anupam_Kher_Show_-_Kucch_Bhi_Ho_Sakta_Hai" class="mw-redirect" title="The Anupam Kher Show - Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai">The Anupam Kher Show</a>" sharing his life experiences. He has been also one of the three judges of Indian Idol 2016–17. Sonu has also hosted <a href="/wiki/3rd_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="3rd Mirchi Music Awards">3rd Mirchi Music Awards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> <a href="/wiki/6th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="6th Mirchi Music Awards">6th Mirchi Music Awards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> <a href="/wiki/8th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="8th Mirchi Music Awards">8th Mirchi Music Awards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/9th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="9th Mirchi Music Awards">9th Mirchi Music Awards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> <a href="/wiki/10th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="10th Mirchi Music Awards">10th Mirchi Music Awards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> <a href="/wiki/11th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="11th Mirchi Music Awards">11th Mirchi Music Awards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> 13th Mirchi Music Awards<a href="#cite_note-indiatimes1-75">[75]</a> and 14th Mirchi Music awards<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In 2021, Sonu Nigam appeared as one of the judges in the Bengali music reality show <a href="/wiki/Super_Singer_(Bengali_reality_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Super Singer (Bengali reality show)">Super Singer Season 3</a> on <a href="/wiki/Star_Jalsha" title="Star Jalsha">Star Jalsha</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Kumar_Sanu" title="Kumar Sanu">Kumar Sanu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kaushiki_Chakraborty" title="Kaushiki Chakraborty">Kaushiki Chakraborty</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Singing_style_and_influence">Singing style and influence</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Singing style and influence">edit</a>]</div> Nigam is considered as one of the most popular playback singers in Bollywood,<a href="#cite_note-:5-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> and is widely considered to have inspired new singers in the Bollywood industry. He is often compared to <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammad Rafi</a> for similar voice texture.<a href="#cite_note-:1-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> said of him, "Among contemporary signers, I like Sonu Nigam best. He is serious about his music, has learnt classical and sings with confidence."<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Singer <a href="/wiki/Armaan_Malik" title="Armaan Malik">Armaan Malik</a> takes a lot of inspiration from him.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Singer and musician <a href="/wiki/Ankit_Tiwari" title="Ankit Tiwari">Ankit Tiwari</a> cites Nigam as one of his musical inspirations.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a> considers Sonu her favourite contemporary singer.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> <a href="/wiki/Palash_Sen" title="Palash Sen">Palash Sen</a> of <a href="/wiki/Euphoria_(Indian_band)" title="Euphoria (Indian band)">Euphoria</a> called Sonu Nigam the most talented singer in Bollywood. <a href="/wiki/S.P._Balasubrahmanyam" class="mw-redirect" title="S.P. Balasubrahmanyam">S.P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> also appreciated his singing.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards and honours">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-BLP_sources_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-BLP_sources" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biography of a living person</a> needs additional <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a> (left), 2005.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_President,_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Padma_Shri_Award_to_Shri_Sonu_Nigam,_at_the_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony-II,_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_28,_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Padma_Shri_Award_to_Shri_Sonu_Nigam%2C_at_the_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony-II%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_28%2C_2022.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Padma_Shri_Award_to_Shri_Sonu_Nigam%2C_at_the_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony-II%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_28%2C_2022.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/The_President%2C_Shri_Ram_Nath_Kovind_presenting_the_Padma_Shri_Award_to_Shri_Sonu_Nigam%2C_at_the_Civil_Investiture_Ceremony-II%2C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_28%2C_2022.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1182" data-file-height="1332" /></a><figcaption>The President, <a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a> presenting the Padma Shri Award to Nigam on 28 March 2022 </figcaption></figure> Nigam is the winner of several awards including India's fourth highest civilian award <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a>, one <a href="/wiki/National_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Award">National Award</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a> & two <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a>. He has received seventeen nominations for Filmfare best playback singer, ten nominations for Filmfare awards South and is a winner of record four times (nine nominations) for <a href="/wiki/IIFA_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="IIFA Award for Best Male Playback Singer">IIFA Award</a> for Best Male playback singer and received Oscar <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> nomination in 2014 for soundtrack of <a href="/wiki/Jal_(film)" title="Jal (film)">Jal</a> composed by Sonu Nigam and <a href="/wiki/Bickram_Ghosh" title="Bickram Ghosh">Bickram Ghosh</a> together.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> He was ranked the Number 1 artist on the US Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013. <ul><li>1997 - Sansui Viewers' Choice Award for Best Male Singer for the song <a href="/wiki/Sandese_Aate_Hai" title="Sandese Aate Hai">Sandese Aate Hai</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Border_(1997_film)" title="Border (1997 film)">Border</a></li> <li>1998 - <a href="/wiki/Zee_Cine_Award_for_Best_Playback_Singer_%E2%80%93_Male" title="Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male">Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male</a>, for the song <a href="/wiki/Sandese_Aate_Hai" title="Sandese Aate Hai">Sandese Aate Hai</a>, from Border</li> <li>1998 - 20th Aashirwad Awards for Sandese Aate Hai Border Best Duet Singers</li> <li>1998 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for <a href="/wiki/Sandese_Aate_Hai" title="Sandese Aate Hai">Sandese Aate Hai</a> from Border</li> <li>1998 - <a href="/wiki/Screen_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen Award">Screen Award</a> for Best Male Pop Artist for Kismat<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li> <li>1999 - Screen award for Best pop album for "Deewana"</li> <li>2000 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for "Ishq Bina" from <a href="/wiki/Taal_(film)" title="Taal (film)">Taal</a></li> <li>2001 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for <a href="/wiki/Panchi_Nadiya_Pawan_Ke" title="Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke">Panchi Nadiya Pawan Ke</a> from <a href="/wiki/Refugee_(2000_film)" title="Refugee (2000 film)">Refugee</a></li> <li>2001 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for "Tu Fiza Hai" from <a href="/wiki/Fiza" title="Fiza">Fiza</a></li> <li>2002 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for "Suraj Hua Maddham" from <a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Khushi_Kabhie_Gham..." title="Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...">Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...</a></li> <li>2002 - Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a>- Male, for the song "Suraj Hua Maddham", from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...</li> <li>2002 - <a href="/wiki/International_Indian_Film_Academy_Awards" title="International Indian Film Academy Awards">International Indian Film Academy Awards</a> (IIFA) Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Suraj Hua Maddham", from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...</li> <li>2002 - <a href="/wiki/Screen_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen Award">Screen Award</a> Best Male Playback, for the song "Tanhayee", from Dil Chahta Hai</li> <li>2002 - Bollywood Music Award for Best Pop Singer for the album Yaad</li> <li>2003 - <a href="/wiki/International_Indian_Film_Academy_Awards" title="International Indian Film Academy Awards">International Indian Film Academy Awards</a> (IIFA) Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Saathiya", from Saathiya</li> <li>2002 - Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male, for the song "Suraj Hua Maddham", from <a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Khushi_Kabhie_Gham" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham">Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham</a></li> <li>2003 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a>, for the song "Saathiya", from the film <a href="/wiki/Saathiya_(film)" title="Saathiya (film)">Saathiya</a></li> <li>2003 - <a href="/wiki/MTV_Immies" title="MTV Immies">MTV Immies</a> for Best Singer – Male: Saathiya title track</li> <li>2003 - <a href="/wiki/Zee_Cine_Award_for_Best_Playback_Singer_%E2%80%93_Male" title="Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male">Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Male</a>, for the song "Saathiya" from Saathiya</li> <li>2004 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a>, for the song "<a href="/wiki/Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho_(song)" title="Kal Ho Naa Ho (song)">Kal Ho Naa Ho</a>", from Kal Ho Naa Ho</li> <li>2004 - <a href="/wiki/Producers_Guild_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for "Kal Ho Na Ho" from Kal Ho Naa Ho</li> <li>2004 - <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer">National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho" title="Kal Ho Naa Ho">Kal Ho Naa Ho</a> for "Kal Ho Naa Ho"<a href="#cite_note-51stawardPDF-90">[90]</a></li> <li>2004 - <a href="/wiki/International_Indian_Film_Academy_Awards" title="International Indian Film Academy Awards">International Indian Film Academy Awards</a> (IIFA) Best Male Playback Award, for the song "Kal Ho Naa Ho", from Kal Ho Naa Ho</li> <li>2004 - Bollywood Music Award for Best Male Playback Singer for "Kal Ho Na Ho" from Kal Ho Naa Ho</li> <li>2004 - <a href="/wiki/Producers_Guild_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Producers Guild Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for "Kal Ho Na Ho" from Kal Ho Naa Ho</li> <li>2003 - Most Stylish People in Music, MTV Style Awards</li> <li>2004 - <a href="/wiki/MTV_Immies" title="MTV Immies">MTV Immies</a> Award for Best Singer Male (Film) (Main Hoon Na)</li> <li>2004 - <a href="/wiki/Anandalok_Best_Male_Playback_Award" title="Anandalok Best Male Playback Award">Anandalok Best Male Playback Award</a> for his songs in Bengali movie <a href="/wiki/Bandhan_(2004_film)" title="Bandhan (2004 film)">Bandhan</a></li> <li>2004 - Apsara Awards Best Male Playback Singer (<a href="/wiki/Kal_Ho_Naa_Ho_(song)" title="Kal Ho Naa Ho (song)">Kal Ho Naa Ho</a> – Kal Ho Naa Ho)<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a></li> <li>2005 - <a href="/wiki/Screen_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen Award">Screen Award</a> Best Male Playback, for the song "Main Hoon Na", from <a href="/wiki/Main_Hoon_Na" title="Main Hoon Na">Main Hoon Na</a></li> <li>2005 - <a href="/wiki/Swaralaya_Kairali_Yesudas_Award" title="Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award">Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award</a> for his outstanding performance in Music.</li> <li>2005 - <a href="/wiki/MTV_Immies" title="MTV Immies">MTV Immies</a> Award for Best Pop Album Chanda Ki Doli</li> <li>2005 - <a href="/wiki/Indian_Television_Academy_Awards" title="Indian Television Academy Awards">Indian Television Academy Awards</a> Best Singer for <a href="/wiki/Miilee" title="Miilee">Miilee</a></li> <li>2005 - Lion Gold's Award for the song Main Hoon Na from the film <a href="/wiki/Main_Hoon_Na" title="Main Hoon Na">Main Hoon Na</a></li> <li>2005 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the song "Tumse Milke Dil ka" from the film <a href="/wiki/Main_Hoon_Na" title="Main Hoon Na">Main Hoon Na</a></li> <li>2005 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the song "Main Hoon Na" from the film <a href="/wiki/Main_Hoon_Na" title="Main Hoon Na">Main Hoon Na</a></li> <li>2005 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the song "Do Pal" from <a href="/wiki/Veer-Zaara" title="Veer-Zaara">Veer-Zaara</a></li> <li>2005 - Teachers' Achievement Award</li> <li>2005 - Most Stylish People in Music, MTV Style Awards<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></li> <li>2006 - Star <a href="/wiki/Screen_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Screen Award">Screen Award</a> Best Male Playback, for the song "Dheere Jalna" from the film <a href="/wiki/Paheli_(2005_film)" title="Paheli (2005 film)">Paheli</a></li> <li>2006 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the songs "Dheere Jalna" from <a href="/wiki/Paheli_(2005_film)" title="Paheli (2005 film)">Paheli</a> and "Piyu Bole" from <a href="/wiki/Parineeta_(2005_film)" title="Parineeta (2005 film)">Parineeta</a></li> <li>2006 - Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Best Male Singer for Sau Dard Hai, from the film <a href="/wiki/Jaan-E-Mann" title="Jaan-E-Mann">Jaaneman</a></li> <li>2007 - Bollywood Music and Fashion Awards, Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from <a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Alvida_Naa_Kehna" title="Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna">Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna</a></li> <li>2007 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the song "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from <a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Alvida_Naa_Kehna" title="Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna">Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna</a></li> <li>2007 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/International_Indian_Film_Academy_Awards" title="International Indian Film Academy Awards">International Indian Film Academy Awards</a> (IIFA) Best Male Playback SInger for the song "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" from <a href="/wiki/Kabhi_Alvida_Naa_Kehna" title="Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna">Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna</a></li> <li>2007 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a>, Kannada for the song <a href="/wiki/Anisuthide" title="Anisuthide">Anisuthide</a> from <a href="/wiki/Mungaru_Male" title="Mungaru Male">Mungaru Male</a></li> <li>2007 - <a href="/wiki/Indian_Television_Academy_Awards" title="Indian Television Academy Awards">Indian Television Academy Awards</a> Best Singer for <a href="/wiki/Dill_Mill_Gayye" title="Dill Mill Gayye">Dill Mill Gayye</a></li> <li>2008 - Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Best Male Playback Singer for "Main Agar Kahoon", <a href="/wiki/Om_Shanti_Om" title="Om Shanti Om">Om Shanti Om</a></li> <li>2008 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the song "Main Agar Kahoon", from <a href="/wiki/Om_Shanti_Om" title="Om Shanti Om">Om Shanti Om</a></li> <li>2008 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a>, Kannada, Best Male Playback Singer for Ninnindale from <a href="/wiki/Milana_(film)" title="Milana (film)">Milana</a>.</li> <li>2008 - <a href="/wiki/Indian_Television_Academy_Awards" title="Indian Television Academy Awards">Indian Television Academy Awards</a> Best Singer for <a href="/wiki/Amber_Dhara" title="Amber Dhara">Amber Dhara</a></li> <li>2009 - Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Best Male Singer for "Inn Lamhon ke Daaman Mein", from the film <a href="/wiki/Jodhaa_Akbar" title="Jodhaa Akbar">Jodhaa Akbar</a></li> <li>2009 - Lions Gold Award for the song "Inn lamhon ke Daaman mein" from the film <a href="/wiki/Jodhaa_Akbar" title="Jodhaa Akbar">Jodhaa Akbar</a></li> <li>2009 - Nominated:<a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the song 'Inn Lamhon ke Daaman mein' from the film <a href="/wiki/Jodhaa_Akbar" title="Jodhaa Akbar">Jodhaa Akbar</a></li> <li>2009 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a>, Kannada, Best Male Playback Singer for Yenagali from <a href="/wiki/Mussanjemaatu" title="Mussanjemaatu">Mussanje Maathu.</a></li> <li>2009 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a>, Kannada, Nominated for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Mayavagide Manasu" from <a href="/wiki/Haage_Summane" title="Haage Summane">Haage Summane</a></li> <li>2010 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a>, Kannada, Nominated for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Hrudayave" from <a href="/wiki/Krishnan_Love_Story" title="Krishnan Love Story">Krishnan Love Story</a></li> <li>2010 - <a href="/wiki/BIG_Star_Entertainment_Awards" title="BIG Star Entertainment Awards">BIG Star Entertainment Awards</a> Best Playback Singer of the Decade (2000–2010) (MALE)</li> <li>2010 - Annual Central European Bollywood Awards Best Male Singer for "Shukran Allah", from the film <a href="/wiki/Kurbaan_(2009_film)" title="Kurbaan (2009 film)">Kurbaan</a></li> <li>2010 - Nominated:<a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> along with Salim Merchant of the composer duo <a href="/wiki/Salim-Sulaiman" class="mw-redirect" title="Salim-Sulaiman">Salim-Sulaiman</a> for the song "Shukran Allah" from the film <a href="/wiki/Kurbaan_(2009_film)" title="Kurbaan (2009 film)">Kurbaan</a></li> <li>2010 - <a href="/wiki/Global_Indian_Music_Academy_Awards" title="Global Indian Music Academy Awards">Global Indian Music Academy Awards</a> (GIMA) for Best Live Performer (Male)<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a></li> <li>2010 - <a href="/wiki/Global_Indian_Music_Academy_Awards" title="Global Indian Music Academy Awards">Global Indian Music Academy Awards</a> (GIMA) for Most Popular Radio Song of the Year for "All Izz Well" from <a href="/wiki/3_Idiots" title="3 Idiots">3 Idiots</a></li> <li>2012 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a>, Kannada, Nominated for Best Male Playback Singer for the songs "Paravasha Naadenu" from <a href="/wiki/Paramathma" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramathma">Paramathma</a> and "Neerinalli Sanna Ale" from <a href="/wiki/Hudugaru" title="Hudugaru">Hudugaru</a></li> <li>2012–2013 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a> – Nominated – Best Playback Singer Male for the song "Chendutiya Pakkadali" from the movie <a href="/wiki/Drama_(2012_film)" title="Drama (2012 film)">Drama</a>.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a></li> <li>2013 - <a href="/wiki/Mirchi_Music_Award_for_Male_Vocalist_of_The_Year" title="Mirchi Music Award for Male Vocalist of The Year">Mirchi Music Award for Male Vocalist of The Year</a> for the song Abhi Mujhme Kahin from the film Agneepath</li> <li>2013 - <a href="/wiki/Mirchi_Music_Award_for_Song_of_The_Year" title="Mirchi Music Award for Song of The Year">Mirchi Music Award for Song of The Year</a> for the song Abhi Mujhme Kahin from the film Agneepath</li> <li>2013 - <a href="/wiki/BIG_Star_Entertainment_Awards" title="BIG Star Entertainment Awards">BIG Star Entertainment Awards</a> for Best Playback Singer Male (Abhi Mujh Mai Kahin), <a href="/wiki/Agneepath_(2012_film)" title="Agneepath (2012 film)">Agneepath</a></li> <li>2012 - <a href="/wiki/Global_Indian_Music_Academy_Awards" title="Global Indian Music Academy Awards">Global Indian Music Academy Awards</a> (GIMA) for "This is It" with <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_Jackson" title="Jermaine Jackson">Jermaine Jackson</a></li> <li>2013 - Zee Cinema Award for Best Male Playback Singer for Abhi Mujhme Kahin from the film Agneepath.</li> <li>2013 - <a href="/wiki/14th_IIFA_Awards" title="14th IIFA Awards">14th IIFA Awards</a> Best Male Playback Singer for "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" – Agneepath<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a></li> <li>2013 - MTV Video Music Awards India for Best Playback Singer Male | Abhi Mujh Mai Kahin</li> <li>2013 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> for the song <a href="/wiki/Abhi_Mujh_Mein_Kahin" title="Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin">Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin</a> from the film <a href="/wiki/Agneepath_(2012_film)" title="Agneepath (2012 film)">Agneepath</a></li> <li>2013 - <a href="/wiki/Times_of_India_Film_Awards" title="Times of India Film Awards">Times of India Film Awards</a> Best Playback Singer Male | Abhi Mujh Mai Kahin <a href="/wiki/Agneepath_(2012_film)" title="Agneepath (2012 film)">Agneepath</a></li> <li>2014 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a> – Nominated – Best Playback Singer Male for the song "Baanalli Baadalago" from <a href="/wiki/Simple_Agi_Ondh_Love_Story" title="Simple Agi Ondh Love Story">Simple Agi Ondh Love Story</a></li> <li> 2014 - Mirchi Music Awards South – Best Male Vocalist Kannada<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a></li> <li>2015 - Bharat Ratna Ambedkar Award</li> <li>2015 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a> – Nominated – Best Playback Singer Male for the song "Ringagide Nan Yede" from <a href="/wiki/Fair_%26_Lovely_(film)" title="Fair & Lovely (film)">Fair & Lovely</a></li> <li>2016 - <a href="/wiki/Jagran_Film_Festival" title="Jagran Film Festival">Jagran Film Festival</a> Award for Best Playback Singer Male Award for 'Dard' from <a href="/wiki/Sarbjit_(film)" title="Sarbjit (film)">Sarbjit</a></li> <li>2016 - <a href="/wiki/Global_Indian_Music_Academy_Awards" title="Global Indian Music Academy Awards">Global Indian Music Academy Awards</a> (GIMA) Best Pop Song: "Saiyaan Bina" by Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></li> <li>2016 - Nominated: <a href="/wiki/Global_Indian_Music_Academy_Awards" title="Global Indian Music Academy Awards">Global Indian Music Academy Awards</a> (GIMA) GIMA Award for Best Duet with <a href="/wiki/Shreya_Ghoshal" title="Shreya Ghoshal">Shreya Ghoshal</a></li> <li>2016 - <a href="/wiki/Global_Indian_Music_Academy_Awards" title="Global Indian Music Academy Awards">Global Indian Music Academy Awards</a> (GIMA) for Best Devotional Album 'Krishna Sudha Ras ‑ ISKCON 50th Anniversary'</li> <li>2017 - <a href="/wiki/9th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="9th Mirchi Music Awards">9th Mirchi Music Awards</a> Indie Pop Song of the Year "Aye Jahaan Aasmaan" sung by Sonu Nigam and Shreya Ghoshal</li> <li>2017 - Haryana Gaurav Samman by Haryana Government, Government of India<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a></li> <li>2018 - <a href="/wiki/Doctorate" title="Doctorate">Doctorate</a> from <a href="/wiki/Teerthanker_Mahaveer_University" title="Teerthanker Mahaveer University">Teerthanker Mahaveer University</a>, Moradabad in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of music.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></li> <li>2018 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a> – Nominated – Best Playback Singer Male for the song "Roopasi Summane" from <a href="/wiki/Mugulu_Nage" title="Mugulu Nage">Mugulu Nage</a></li> <li>2018 - Lokmat Most Stylish Awards 2018<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a></li> <li>2018 - Iconic Achievers Awards 2018<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></li> <li>2019 - 21st Century Icon Award for Magnificent Performing Arts Award<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a></li> <li>2020 - Bharat Ratna Dr.B R Ambedkar Award by <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Maharashtra" title="Government of Maharashtra">Government of Maharashtra</a><a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a></li> <li>2021 - Mirchi Music Award for Male Vocalist of the Decade for the song <a href="/wiki/Abhi_Mujh_Mein_Kahin" title="Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin">Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin</a> (Agneepath)<a href="#cite_note-indiatimes1-75">[75]</a></li> <li>2021 - 2021 Lokmat Sur-Jyotsna Award for his contribution to Indian music<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a></li> <li>2021 - <a href="/wiki/Champions_of_Change_(award)" class="mw-redirect" title="Champions of Change (award)">Champions of Change (award)</a> 2020<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li> <li>2022 - <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a><a href="#cite_note-padma-106">[106]</a></li> <li>2022 - <a href="/wiki/Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="Mirchi Music Awards">Mirchi Music Awards</a> for "Raag-Inspired Song of the Year" for the song "Bheeni Bheeni Si" from <a href="/wiki/Mera_Fauji_Calling" title="Mera Fauji Calling">Mera Fauji Calling</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></li> <li>2022 - <a href="/wiki/Indian_Television_Academy_Awards" title="Indian Television Academy Awards">Indian Television Academy Awards</a> 2022 for The Performer of the Millenium<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a></li> <li>2023 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a> - Nominated - Best Playback Singer Male for the song "Main Ki Karaan?" From <a href="/wiki/Laal_Singh_Chaddha" title="Laal Singh Chaddha">Laal Singh Chaddha</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a></li> <li>2024 - <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Awards</a> - Nominated - Best Playback Singer Male for the song "Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se" From <a href="/wiki/Dunki_(film)" title="Dunki (film)">Dunki</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Discography">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sonu_Nigam_discography" title="Sonu Nigam discography">Sonu Nigam discography</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_music_director">As a music director</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: As a music director">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Film </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sooper_Se_Ooper" title="Sooper Se Ooper">Sooper Se Ooper</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Singh_Saab_The_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Singh Saab The Great">Singh Saab The Great</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jal_(film)" title="Jal (film)">Jal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Half_Widow" title="Half Widow">Half Widow</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Filmography">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pyaara_Dushman" title="Pyaara Dushman">Pyaara Dushman</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Child Artist </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ustadi_Ustad_Se" title="Ustadi Ustad Se">Ustadi Ustad Se</a> </td> <td>young Rajesh </td> <td>Child artist </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaamchor" title="Kaamchor">Kaamchor</a> </td> <td>Sonu </td> <td>Child artist </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Betaab" title="Betaab">Betaab</a> </td> <td>Sunny </td> <td>Child artist </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaani_Dushman:_Ek_Anokhi_Kahani" title="Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani">Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani</a></td> <td>Vivek Saxena</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kash_Aap_Hamare_Hote" title="Kash Aap Hamare Hote">Kash Aap Hamare Hote</a></td> <td>Jai Kumar</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Love_in_Nepal" title="Love in Nepal">Love in Nepal</a></td> <td>Abby</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navra_Maza_Navsacha" title="Navra Maza Navsacha">Navra Maza Navsacha</a></td> <td>Guest appearance in a song</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warning_(2013_film)" title="Warning (2013 film)">Warning</a></td> <td>Guest appearance in the song "Takeedein"</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Raakh_(2016_film)" title="Raakh (2016 film)">Raakh</a></td> <td>Guest appearance in song 'Bas Itna Hai Kahena' </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>Spotless</td> <td>Varun</td> <td>Short film<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>SP CHAUHAN</td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Guest appearance in song </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Navra_Maza_Navsacha_2" title="Navra Maza Navsacha 2">Navra Maza Navsacha 2</a></td> <td>Himself</td> <td>Special appearance in a song </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dubbing_work">Dubbing work</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Dubbing work">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Film title</th> <th>Original Voice</th> <th>Character</th> <th>Dub Language</th> <th>Original Language</th> <th>Original Release</th> <th>Dub Release</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_Disney_film)" title="Aladdin (1992 Disney film)">Aladdin</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Weinger" title="Scott Weinger">Scott Weinger</a> (Speaking) <a href="/wiki/Brad_Kane" title="Brad Kane">Brad Kane</a> (Singing)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aladdin_(Disney_character)" title="Aladdin (Disney character)">Aladdin</a> (Speaking and Singing)</td> <td>Hindi</td> <td>English</td> <td>1992</td> <td>1994</td> <td>Dubbed by Modi Entertainment .<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Television">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Role</th> <th>Notes</th> <th>Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995–2000</td> <td>Sa Re Ga Ma</td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>Kisme Kitna Hai Dum</td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Idol_(Hindi_TV_series)" title="Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)">Indian Idol</a></td> <td>Judge</td> <td>season 1–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>Sensational Sonu Nigam – Making of a Star</td> <td>Himself</td> <td></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sa_Re_Ga_Ma_Pa_L%27il_Champs_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International">Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs International</a></td> <td>Judge</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>Chhote Ustaad 2</td> <td>Judge</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/X_Factor_India" title="X Factor India">X Factor India</a></td> <td>Judge</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="3rd Mirchi Music Awards">3rd Mirchi Music Awards</a></td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>Zee Rishtey Awards 2012</td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>MTV Unplugged</td> <td>Singer</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaun_Banega_Crorepati" title="Kaun Banega Crorepati">Kaun Banega Crorepati</a></td> <td>Special Appearance</td> <td></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/6th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="6th Mirchi Music Awards">6th Mirchi Music Awards</a></td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>Suron Ke Rang Colors Ke Sang</td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="8th Mirchi Music Awards">8th Mirchi Music Awards</a></td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016–2017</td> <td>Indian Idol</td> <td>Judge</td> <td>season 9</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="9th Mirchi Music Awards">9th Mirchi Music Awards</a></td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="10th Mirchi Music Awards">10th Mirchi Music Awards</a></td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Mirchi_Music_Awards" title="11th Mirchi Music Awards">11th Mirchi Music Awards</a></td> <td>Host</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>Sangeet Setu – Artists' Care for India</td> <td>Singer</td> <td></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>Super Singer (Season 2) Star Jalsha</td> <td>Guest</td> <td>Super Finale episode</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>13th Mirchi Music Awards</td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>Unacademy Unwind With MTV</td> <td>Singer</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>Super Singer season 3 (Bengali)</td> <td>Judge</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>Naam Reh Jaayega</td> <td>Host</td> <td></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Controversies">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Criticism_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-criticism" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criticism#Avoid_sections_and_articles_focusing_on_criticisms_or_controversies" title="Wikipedia:Criticism">"criticism" or "controversy" section</a> may compromise the article's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Article_structure" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a>. Please help rewrite or integrate negative information to other sections <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">through discussion</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Sonu_Nigam" title="Talk:Sonu Nigam">talk page</a>. (June 2022)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> In 2015, Sonu Nigam alleged that he faced a ban from <a href="/wiki/Zee_Music_Company" title="Zee Music Company">ZEE Music Company</a> after expressing his support for <a href="/wiki/Kumar_Vishwas" title="Kumar Vishwas">Kumar Vishwas</a> in a tweet.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> On 16 April 2017 in a series of tweets he branded '<a href="/wiki/Azaan" class="mw-redirect" title="Azaan">Azaan</a>' (Muslim call for prayer) as forced religiousness. He tweeted, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <ol><li>" God bless everyone. I'm not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azaan in the morning. When will this forced religiousness end in India."</li> <li>" And by the way Mohammed did not have electricity when he made Islam.. Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?"</li> <li>"I don't believe in any temple or gurudwara using electricity To wake up people who don't follow the religion. Why then..? Honest? True?"</li> <li>" Gundagardi hai bus..."</li></ol></blockquote><a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> In his later tweet he stated that he stands by his statement.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> He later clarified that he is not against any specific religious ritual, but against the use of loudspeakers on religious buildings. He said that the use of loudspeaker to create noise pollution should be stopped beyond certain time as per the law of the land, irrespective of whether it is from a temple, mosque, gurudwara, or any other place.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> Later, Sonu again sparked controversy, when he posted a video of Azaan from his home which proved that he was indeed disturbed very early in the morning.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi, vice-president of West Bengal United Minority Council announced a reward of ₹10 Lakh to anyone who shaved Nigam's head, to which Sonu Nigam responded by shaving his own head to claim the reward.<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> He deactivated his Twitter account in 2017 citing lack of freedom of speech, and said that sensible discussions were not possible due to the polarised atmosphere.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> In June 2020, after the demise of actor <a href="/wiki/Sushant_Singh_Rajput" title="Sushant Singh Rajput">Sushant Singh Rajput</a>, Sonu Nigam posted a video saying that the music industry is also monopolised by two major companies and that he had also faced similar discrimination. He urged these music companies to be fair and kind to the newcomers in the music industry. Although he stopped short of naming anyone he made it clear that the malpractices in Bollywood are terrible and are almost killing the music talent of the country.<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> Sonu Nigam maintained that he didn't name anyone and was only putting up his point of view regarding the malpractices in the music industry of Bollywood. In his second video Nigam names <a href="/wiki/Bhushan_Kumar" title="Bhushan Kumar">Bhushan Kumar</a>, CEO of <a href="/wiki/T-Series_(company)" title="T-Series (company)">T-Series</a> and tells him to stay away from him.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> In February 2022, he was accused of working with Rocky and Mr Rehan Siddiqui, who are blacklisted based on recommendations of the Consulate General of India for malpractices and supporting Pakistan-based terror groups. When Rajender Singh Pahl, a show promoter from USA, had contacted him for performing at a concert, he recommended him to contact Rehan Siddiqui.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a><a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> In December 2023, Omer Nadeem, a singer from <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, accused Nigam of plagiarising his song "Aye Khuda" with the track "Sun Zara" released by <a href="/wiki/T-Series_(company)" title="T-Series (company)">T-Series (company)</a>.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> Sonu further clarified and wrote that "Just so you all know, I have nothing to do with this. I was requested to do the song by KRK (<a href="/wiki/Kamaal_R._Khan" title="Kamaal R. Khan">Kamaal R. Khan</a>), who is my neighbour in Dubai . . . If I had heard Omer's version, I would have never sung it".<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_playback_singers" title="List of Indian playback singers">List of Indian playback singers</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabhat_Samgiita" title="Prabhat Samgiita">Prabhat Samgiita</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonu_Nigam&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Biography-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Biography_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biography_1-1">b</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/singer-of-the-week/sonu-nigam/biography/articleshow/7310398.cms">"Biography"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. 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href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> <a href="/wiki/16th_National_Film_Awards" title="16th National Film Awards">(1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._D._Burman" title="S. D. Burman">S. D. Burman</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards">(1969)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards">(1970)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemant_Kumar" title="Hemant Kumar">Hemant Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards">(1971)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards">(1972)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards">(1973)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_(singer)" title="Mukesh (singer)">Mukesh</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards">(1974)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a> <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">(1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards">(1976)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards">(1977)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shimoga_Subbanna" title="Shimoga Subbanna">Shimoga Subbanna</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards">(1978)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards">(1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anup_Ghoshal" title="Anup Ghoshal">Anup Ghoshal</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards">(1980)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards">(1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards">(1982)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards">(1983)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a> <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">(1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Jayachandran" title="P. Jayachandran">Jayachandran</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards">(1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemant_Kumar" title="Hemant Kumar">Hemant Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards">(1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards">(1987)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards">(1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajoy_Chakrabarty" title="Ajoy Chakrabarty">Ajoy Chakrabarty</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards">(1989)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._Sreekumar" title="M. G. Sreekumar">M. G. Sreekumar</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards">(1990)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards">(1991)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards">(1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">(1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._Unnikrishnan" title="P. Unnikrishnan">P. Unnikrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards">(1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards">(1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards">(1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharan_(singer)" title="Hariharan (singer)">Hariharan</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards">(1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjeev_Abhyankar" title="Sanjeev Abhyankar">Sanjeev Abhyankar</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards">(1998)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._G._Sreekumar" title="M. G. Sreekumar">M. G. Sreekumar</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards">(1999)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Mahadevan" title="Shankar Mahadevan">Shankar Mahadevan</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards">(2000)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a> <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards">(2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards">(2002)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sonu Nigam</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards">(2003)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards">(2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naresh_Iyer" title="Naresh Iyer">Naresh Iyer</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards">(2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurdas_Maan" title="Gurdas Maan">Gurdas Maan</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards">(2006)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Mahadevan" title="Shankar Mahadevan">Shankar Mahadevan</a> <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards">(2007)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharan_(singer)" title="Hariharan (singer)">Hariharan</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards">(2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupam_Islam" title="Rupam Islam">Rupam Islam</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards">(2009)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Wadkar" title="Suresh Wadkar">Suresh Wadkar</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards">(2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anand_Bhate" title="Anand Bhate">Anand Bhate</a> <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards">(2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Mahadevan" title="Shankar Mahadevan">Shankar Mahadevan</a> <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">(2012)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupankar_Bagchi" title="Rupankar Bagchi">Rupankar</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards">(2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhwinder_Singh" title="Sukhwinder Singh">Sukhwinder Singh</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards">(2014)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Kale" title="Mahesh Kale">Mahesh Kale</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">(2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarayyar" title="Sundarayyar">Sundarayyar</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards">(2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">(2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arijit_Singh" title="Arijit Singh">Arijit Singh</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">(2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B_Praak" title="B Praak">B Praak</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">(2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahul_Deshpande" title="Rahul Deshpande">Rahul Deshpande</a> <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards">(2020)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaala_Bhairava" title="Kaala Bhairava">Kaala Bhairava</a> <a href="/wiki/69th_National_Film_Awards" title="69th National Film Awards">(2021)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #EEDD82"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Template:Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Template talk:Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards">Filmfare Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Best Male Playback Singer</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1960–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_(singer)" title="Mukesh (singer)">Mukesh</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1962)</li> <li>No Award (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Kapoor" title="Mahendra Kapoor">Mahendra Kapoor</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1965)</li> <li>No Award (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Kapoor" title="Mahendra Kapoor">Mahendra Kapoor</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_(singer)" title="Mukesh (singer)">Mukesh</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_(singer)" title="Mukesh (singer)">Mukesh</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Chanchal" title="Narendra Chanchal">Narendra Chanchal</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Kapoor" title="Mahendra Kapoor">Mahendra Kapoor</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukesh_(singer)" title="Mukesh (singer)">Mukesh</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Kumar" title="Amit Kumar">Amit Kumar</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> (1986)</li> <li>No Award (1987)</li> <li>No Award (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Sanu" title="Kumar Sanu">Kumar Sanu</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Sanu" title="Kumar Sanu">Kumar Sanu</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Sanu" title="Kumar Sanu">Kumar Sanu</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Sanu" title="Kumar Sanu">Kumar Sanu</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Sanu" title="Kumar Sanu">Kumar Sanu</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhijeet_Bhattacharya" title="Abhijeet Bhattacharya">Abhijeet</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhwinder_Singh" title="Sukhwinder Singh">Sukhwinder Singh</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2001-2020</th><td 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href="/wiki/Shaan_(singer)" title="Shaan (singer)">Shaan</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahat_Fateh_Ali_Khan" title="Rahat Fateh Ali Khan">Rahat Fateh Ali Khan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohit_Chauhan" title="Mohit Chauhan">Mohit Chauhan</a> (2012)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sonu Nigam</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arijit_Singh" title="Arijit Singh">Arijit Singh</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ankit_Tiwari" title="Ankit Tiwari">Ankit Tiwari</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papon_(Assamese_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Papon (Assamese singer)">Papon</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amit_Mishra_(singer)" title="Amit Mishra (singer)">Amit Mishra</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arijit_Singh" title="Arijit Singh">Arijit Singh</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arijit_Singh" title="Arijit Singh">Arijit Singh</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arijit_Singh" title="Arijit Singh">Arijit Singh</a> (2020)</li></ul> 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