Sonu Nigam (Hindi)

Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films but has also sung in Bengali, Gujarati, Chhattishgarhi, Odia, Tamil, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Malayalam, Tulu and other Indian languages. Nigam has also released a number of non film albums and acted in some Hindi films. He is known as the “Modern Rafi” after his idol Mohammad Rafi. Nigam began singing 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'. 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 19. He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. In 2011, Nigam collaborated with Britney Spears on a remix of her 'I Wanna Go' track, and with DJ Avicii on his song 'Indian Levels', produced by Avicii in 2012. He composed the title track of the film Singh Saab The Great in 2013 and has also composed music for other films including: Sooper Se Ooper and Jal, in collaboration with percussionist Bickram Ghosh in the same year. He was ranked the Number 1 artist on the US Billboard Uncharted charts twice in September and October 2013.