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Junaid Jamshed

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is a Pakistani recording artist who gained fame as the frontman of the pop group Vital Signs in 1987 with the hit song "Dil Dil Pakistan" and remained in demand through the 1990s. In 1994, he released his debut solo album Junaid of Vital Signs which also quickly became a national hit, followed by "Us Rah Par" in 1999 and "Dil Ki Baat" in 2002. Since then he has focused on religion and concentrated on singing nasheeds. His debut album Jalwa-e-Janan in 2005 was followed by Mehboob-e-Yazdaan in 2006, Badr-ud-Duja in 2008, and Badee-uz-zaman in 2009. He also runs a boutique with the name "J.", read as "Jay Dot", which has several outlets all over Pakistan.

Noor Jehan

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(Punjabi, Urdu: نور جہاں) was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai (September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000) who was a singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. She is renowned as one of the greatest and most influential singers of her time in South Asia and was given the honorific title of Mallika-e-Tarranum (Urdu: ملکہ ترنم, English: the queen of melody).

Born in a family of musicians, Wasai was pushed by her parents to follow in their musical footsteps and become a singer but she was more interested in acting in films and graced the earliest Pakistani films with her performances. She holds a remarkable record of 10,000 songs to her singing credits in various languages of Pakistan including Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages,^[1] she is also considered to be the first female Pakistani film director.

In 1957, Jehan was awarded the President's Award for her acting and singing capabilities.

Kailash Kher

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(born July 7 1973) is an Indian pop singer with very diverse music style often influenced by Indian folk music.

Abida Parveen

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(born 1954) (Sindhi: عابده پروين, Urdu: عابده پروین), is a Pakistani singer and one of the foremost exponents of Sufi music (Sufiana kalaam). She sings mainly ghazals, Urdu love songs, and her forte, Kafis, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets.^[1] Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Seraiki, Punjabi and Persian, and together with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is considered one of the finest Sufi vocalists of the modern era.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] A few years ago she has taken a Bay'ah (to sell ones self to a spiritual master) in the hands of Sahibzada Muhammad Najeeb Sultan. She has expressed Muhammad Najeeb Sultan as her spiritual master in many songs. In Dec.2009 she has launched an album in the name of her said spiritual master.

Himesh Reshammiya

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(Hindi: हिमेश रेशम्मिया, Gujarati: હિમેશ રેશમ્મિયા) (born 23 July 1973^[1]^[2]) is an Indian Bollywood Film Music Director Composer, Singer and Actor.

Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Faisalabad, Punjab^[1], Pakistan) is a Pakistani musician , and primarily a singer of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam). He is the nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.^[2] In addition to Qawwali, he also performs ghazals and other light music. He has toured extensively and performed in Pakistan, India and all around the world.^[3]

Mike and Michelle Jackson

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were an Australian multi-instrumental duo principally known as children's entertainers. Between 1979 and 1986, the pair featured in a national TV Show (Playmates on ABC Television)^[1], created ten albums (three Gold and one Platinum)^[2], produced three songbooks and they teamed up with Western Australian author/storyteller Kel Watkins to create an instructional book, String Games for Beginners^[3]. They had two albums released through A&M Records in Canada and toured extensively throughout Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S. (Alaska).

Adnan Sami Khan

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(Hindi: अदनान सामी; Urdu: عدنان سمیع خان; born 15 August 1973), popularly known simply as Adnan Sami, is a British-born singer, musician, pianist^[1]^[2], actor and composer^[3]^[4] of Pakistani origin. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and lives in Mumbai, India. ^[5]^[6] His style merges Asian and Western music styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.^{[citation needed]}

Pankaj Udhas

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(born 17 May 1951) is a ghazal singer from India. He is credited^{[by whom?]}, along with other musicians like Jagjit Singh and Talat Aziz, with bringing the style to the realm of popular music. Udhas rose to fame for singing in the film Naam (1986 film), in which his song Chitthi Aayee Hai became an instant hit. Following that, he has also performed as a playback singer for numerous films. He has recorded many albums since then and tours the world as an accomplished Ghazal singer. In 2006, Pankaj Udhas was awarded the Padmashree.

Abhijeet

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also spelled as 'Abhijit' is a male Indian name. Abhijit is sanskrit name for Vega, the brightest star in northern constellation. Meaning of Abhijeet is Victorious, conqueror which came from Sanskrit Language.

Abhijeet may refer to:

Abhijeet Bhattacharya, an Indian playback singer best known by his first name
Abhijeet Kosambi (b. 1982) Classical singer and winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa -Maharashtra cha Maha Gayak
Abhijeet Sawant (b. 1981), singer and winner of Indian Idol
Abhijeet Gupta (b. 1989), a chess Grandmaster
Abhijit Indian name for star 'Vega'

Kumar Sanu

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born September 23, 1957 in Kolkata, is a leading Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award, one of India's highest civilian honours.^[1] He won the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award for 5 consecutive years.

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Ghulam Ali

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(Urdu: غلام علی, Hindi: ग़ुलाम अली (born 1940) is a Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala gharana. He is not to be confused with the Indian singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (of whom he was a disciple) or Chhote Ghulam Ali, who is another Pakistani singer in the qawwali style.

Mehdi Hassan

2010-02-28T03:03:00.001-08:00

TI, PP, HI (Urdu: مہدی حسن) is a Pakistani ghazal singer and a former playback singer for Lollywood. He is famously known as "King Of Ghazal" (Urdu: شہنشاہِ غزل). Along with Ahmed Rushdi, he has ruled Pakistan film industry.

Abrar-ul-Haq

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(Urdu/Punjabi: ابرار الحق) is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk legend singer. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". His best-known work is the song "Billo De Ghar". Before becoming a singer, he was a geography teacher at the Aitchison College in Lahore.

Rahim Shah

2010-02-28T02:55:00.000-08:00

(Pashto/Urdu: رحیم شاہ) is a Pakistani pop singer. He started from Peshawar, NWFP, and is currently based in Karachi, Pakistan. He sings in Urdu, Punjabi and his native Pashto language^[1]. In an interview he revealed that Rahim Shah is not his real name and, in fact, it is his elder brother's name. He recently disclosed his original name on ARY Qtv, which is Muhammad Rahim. He is the most notable Pakistani pop idol of Pashtun (Pathan) background.

Asha Bhosle

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] (Marathi: आशा भोसले) (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. She is best known as a Bollywood playback singer, although she has a much wider repertoire. Her career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 1000 Bollywood movies^[2] and sold many records.^[3] She is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.

Bhosle is considered one of the most versatile South Asian singers — her range of songs includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian Classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, Rabindra Sangeets and Nazrul Geetis. She has sung in over 14 languages including Assamese, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay and Malayalam.

Bhosle is believed to have sung over 12,000 songs. Though her sister, Lata Mangeshkar was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records during 1974-1991, for having sung the most songs in the world, reputed sources have introduced concerns to its veracity, claiming that the Guinness counts were exaggerated and Bhosle had recorded more songs than Mangeshkar. Bhosle herself pointed out that she had made the most recordings by any singer - 12,000.^[4]

Mohammed Rafi

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(Hindi: मोहम्मद रफ़ी, Urdu: محمد رفیع; December 24, 1924 – July 31, 1980), was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned five decades.^[1] Rafi was a versatile singer of Indian cinema and sang in many Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati Konkanni Goan and Telugu. He also recorded English and Persian songs. He is primarily remembered, however, for his Hindi-Urdu songs. Rafi was one of the leading male singers in the Hindi film music industry from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Jagjit Singh

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Birth: Feb 8th, 1941
Birthplace: SriGanganagar, Rajasthan.
Profession: Playback Singer, Bollywood.
Family: Wife Chitra Singh

He is the numero-uno of the ghazal world. His poignant and meaningful lyrics and hauntingly mellow voice stimulates many a thinking mind.Jagjit Singh's articulation of tenderness and exclusive choice of lyrical poetry of renowned Urdu poets has helped him create a fond and firm niche in millions of hearts. The Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh brings a welcome respite from the raucous Bhangra dhols and the inanity of Indipop.Jagjit Singh is known for imparting sensibility to the declining standards of Indian music. His latest album "Aaeena" is a delectable music treat replete with ghazals and songs of love, longing, pain and separation.

owais qadri

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would like to wish all its visitors a very happy month of Rabi-un-Noor Sharif. May Allah shower His countless blessings on all muslims in this holy month. The Ummah is requested to make use of this great opportunity and send billions of durod-o-salaams on the Holy Prophet sallallahualaihiwasallam, as a humble token of love and respect for him. Let us also promise on this occasion that we will never hesitatewould like to wish all its visitors a very happy month of Rabi-un-Noor Sharif. May Allah shower His countless blessings on all muslims in this holy month. The Ummah is requested to make use of this great opportunity and send billions of durod-o-salaams on the Holy Prophet sallallahualaihiwasallam, as a humble token of love and respect for him. Let us also promise on this occasion that we will never hesitate to shun any attempt by the enemies of Islam and the Prophet sallallahualaihiwasallam.

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Daler Mehndi

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(Punjabi: ਦਲੇਰ ਮਹਿੰਦੀ, dalēr mahindī), born August 18, 1967, is a bhangra/pop singer from India. Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India.^[1]

Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung in several Bollywood movies. His international popularity has grown in recent years allowing him to tour the United States.^[2]

Mehndi is well known as a philanthropist, funding beautification projects in Delhi and aiding earthquake victims.

Mika Singh

2010-02-28T02:33:00.000-08:00

born as Amrik Singh, born on June 10, 1977, in Durgapur, West Bengal is a bhangra / rap Indian singer. He is considered to be highly acclaimed Punjabi singer. He has done many film songs which include singhh is kinng, mauja hi mauja,guitar. He has also participated in reality show called iss jungle se mujhe bachao and Music Ka MahaMuqabala.He is also in media due to various controversies.

Alka Yagnik

2010-02-28T02:31:00.000-08:00

Hindi: अलका याज्ञिक or अलका याज्ञनिक) (born September 12, 1965^[1] in Kolkata, West Bengal, India) is an Indian singer and seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. She has done playback singing for over 500 Indian films, and is ranked among the best-known Hindi playback singers of all-time.

Shaan

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on September 30, 1972), is a renowned Indian singer and successful television host who works as a playback singer in Bollywood films. He was the host for the popular show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa from 2000–2006 and also for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. Shaan is also the host for another popular reality show called Star Voice of India. He is currently hosting the sequel to Star Voice of India, Star Voice of India 2.He is not only an accomplished playback singer,but also has realeased few successful albums like Tanha Dil and Aksar.

Atif Aslam

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(Urdu: عاطف اسلم, born Mohammad Atif Aslam; 12 March 1983) is a Pakistani pop singer. He was born in Wazirabad and educated in Lahore and Rawalpindi. He is widely recognized in South Asia and has several hit songs such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, Tere Bin, Pehli Nazar Mein, Tera Hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane Na and Meri Kahani. He is known for his powerful vocal belting technique.

Mukesh Chand Mathur

2010-02-28T02:21:00.000-08:00

(Hindi: मुकेश चन्द माथुर) (22 July 1923 – 27 August 1976) was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. Along with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey, he dominated Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s.^[1]

Kishore Kumar

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August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian film playback singer and actor. He was one of the leading singers in the Hindi film music industry between 1971 and 1985. Kumar also achieved notable success as a lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.

Kishore Kumar was a prolific vocalist and sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya.

Lata Mangeshkar

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born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known playback singers Hindi film industry.^[1]^[2] Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She sang in over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over twenty regional Indian languages, but primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer Asha Bhosle and lesser-known singers, brother Hridayanath Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. Lata is the second vocalist ever to have received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.^[3] in the and sisters

Mangeshkar was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the world. The claim was that she had recorded no less than 25,000 solo, duet, and chorus-backed songs in 20 Indian languages between 1948 to 1974 (30,000 songs between 1948 and 1987, according to the 1987 edition). Over the years, while several sources have supported this claim, others have raised concerns over its veracity, claiming that this number was highly exaggerated and that Mangeshkar's sister, Asha Bhosle, had more song recordings than she had.

Sonu Nigam

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Sonu Niigaam (Punjabi: ਸੋਨੁ ਨਿਗਮ੍; born 30 July 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana, India)^[1] is a highly acclaimed Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi and Kannada movies, as well as Marathi and Telugu movies. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films. He has changed the spelling of his last name from 'Nigam' to 'Niigaam' in accordance with numerology.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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October 13, 1948 – August 16, 1997), was a legendary Punjabi musician from Pakistan, primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis (a mystical tradition within Islam). He featured in Time magazine's 2006 list of 'Asian Heroes'.^[1] He is often referred to as the greatest singer Pakistan has ever produced.

Allah Rakha Rahman

2010-02-28T02:01:00.000-08:00

Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரகுமான்; born 6 January 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar) is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. His film scoring career began in the early 1990s. He has won fourteen Filmfare Awards, four National Film Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, two Grammy Awards, and two Academy Awards.^[1]^[2]

Working in India's various film industries, international cinema and theatre, by 2004, Rahman, in a career spanning over a decade, had sold more than 150 million records of his film scores and soundtracks worldwide,^[3]^[4] and sold over 200 million cassettes,^[5] making him one of the world's all-time top selling recording artists.

Time magazine has referred to him as the "Mozart of Madras" and several Tamil commentators have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal (Tamil: இசைப் புயல்; English: Music Storm).^[6] In 2009, the magazine placed Rahman in the Time 100 list of 'World's Most Influential People'.^[7]