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Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973)[2] is an

Indian playback singer, live performer,
composer, host, and actor. He sings
predominantly in Hindi and Kannada
language films. He has also sung in
English, Bengali, Manipuri, Gujarati, Tamil,
Telugu, Marathi, Tulu, Assamese, Odia,
Nepali, Maithili, Malayalam and various
Indian languages. Nigam has also
released Indian pop albums and acted in a
number of films.[3] He has been one of the
highest paid Indian singers. He is often
regarded as a "Modern Rafi" and is now
considered as one of the most versatile
and greatest singers of the Hindi film
industry of all time. He is also regarded as
the "Lord of Chords".[4][5]
 Sonu Nigam

Sonu Nigam at Zee Cine Awards, 2013

Background information

Born 30 July 1973[1]

 Faridabad, Haryana,
India[1]
Genres Pop Rock, classical,
semi-classical,
ghazals, playback

Occupation(s) Singer • actor •

composer • anchor

Instruments Vocals

Years active 1990 - present

Labels Sony Music, T-Series,

Tips, Saregama,
Venus Records &
Tapes
Early life and background

Sonu Nigam with wife Madhurima Nigam at Rakesh

Roshan's birthday, 2017

Sonu Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to

Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam, in
the city of Faridabad, Haryana.[6] His father
was from Agra and his mother was from
Garhwal.[7] His sister Teesha Nigam is also
a professional singer.[8]

Nigam began his singing career at the age

of four, when he joined his father Agam
Kumar Nigam on stage to sing
Mohammed Rafi's song "Kya Hua Tera
Wada".[9][10] Nigam began accompanying
his father on his singing appearances at
weddings and parties. He moved to
Mumbai with his father to begin his
Bollywood singing career at the age of
18.[11] He was trained by Hindustani
classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa
Khan.[12]

Nigam married Madhurima Mishra on 15

February 2002.[13] He has a son named
Nevaan.[14]

Singing and composing work

He has recorded Romantic, Rock, Sad,
Devotional, Ghazal and Patriotic songs. He
has sung in: Hindi, Assamese, Bengali,
Bhojpuri, Chhattisgarhi, English, Kannada,
Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi,
Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu
and Urdu till date.[11] Nigam has released
pop albums in Hindi, Kannada, Odia,
Chhattisgarhi and Punjabi, as well as
Hindu and Islamic devotional albums. He
has released several Buddhist albums.
Nigam has performed in countries in North
America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa,
Asia and Australia. In May–June 2007, he