Sonu Nigam is such an artist of the Hindi singing industry who needs no introduction today. His voice has become the identity of India today. His voice has admirers not only in the country but all over the world. Today, even though Sonu Nigam is one of the most successful and expensive singers of the industry, there was a time when he had to go through a lot of struggle despite being capable. Sonu Nigam inherited singing, but he had to work very hard to reach here.
Sonu Nigam’s birthday today
Sonu Nigam, who once used to do stage shows in weddings, is today at a position where not everyone can reach. Sonu Nigam, who is at the seventh heaven of fame, has his birthday today i.e. on 30th July. So, on his birthday, let us tell you about that song of his, which has played a special role in his success and also introduce you to some interesting stories related to him.
Sonu Nigam started singing with his father
Sonu Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. His father Agam Kumar Nigam was also a singer and Sonu Nigam inherited singing from him. He started singing on stage with his father at a very young age. When he was just four years old, he sang the song ‘Kya Hua Tera Wada’ on stage for the first time. After this, he performed on stage with his father many times.
Caught a train to Mumbai for career
After singing on stage with his father, Sonu Nigam moved to Mumbai to make a career in singing and to study music. However, he had to struggle for many years in Mumbai. Despite being capable, he did not get any work for a few years, even after this he did not step back and lent his voice to many bhajans and cover songs of T-Series in the early 1990s.
When Sonu Nigam’s career got wings
Sonu Nigam sang his first song for the film ‘Jaanam (1990)’, but this film could never be released. After this, he sang ‘Hum To Chhaila Ban Gaye’ for Doordarshan’s show ‘Talaash’. Then his first film song ‘O Aasman Wale’ was released which he sang for ‘Aaj Meri Jaan’. Even after this, he did not get any special recognition. However, his album ‘Rafi Ki Yaadein’ which came in 1992 was very famous, but he got success from the superhit song ‘Achha Sila Diya’ from ‘Bewafa Sanam (1995)’, which gave wings to his singing career.
Sonu Nigam’s hit songs
Achha Sila Diya proved to be a milestone for Sonu Nigam’s career. This was the song after which Sonu Nigam never had to look back. After this, he gave one hit song after another, including the song ‘Sandese Aate Hain’ from the blockbuster ‘Border’ released in 1997. This song took his career to a new height. Sonu Nigam has sung superhit songs like ‘Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin’, ‘Sooraj Hua Maddham’, ‘Zindagi Maut Na Ban Jaye’, ‘Mujhe Raat Din’, ‘Yeh Dil’, ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, ‘Tumse Mil Ke Dil Ka’, ‘Bhagwan Hai Kahan Re Tu’ and ‘Jaane Nahi Denge’ in his career.
