Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana,to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam)[1] is an Indian singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Hindi and Kannada languages. He has also sung many songs in Urdu, Odia, Tamil, Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu and Nepali movies. He has released Indian pop albums and acted in a few movies. He had changed the spelling of his last name from 'Nigam' to 'Niigaam' in accordance with numerology, but later reverted to the original spelling.[2]
Early life and background
Sonu 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 Vaada, Wo Kasam Wo Irada". From then on, Sonu accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties.[3] In his teenage years, he successfully participated in music. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19.[4] He was trained by classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
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