MOST WANTED SINGERS: 2009

Thursday, 13 August 2009

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore Beginning of music career Mandy Moore or Amanda “Mandy” Leigh Moore is one of the famous pop singers of America. She is also a renowned actress and a successful songwriter. Mandy Moore was brought up in the state of Florida and became popular during the initial years of the 2000s when she was a teenager and released her pop albums that focused on the teens. These albums were I Wanna Be with You, Mandy Moore and So Real. Mandy Moore opted for a career in film and performed in “A Walk to Remember” of 2002. She also appeared as a leading lady in other films that targeted teen viewers. Other films, in which Mandy Moore acted, include “Saved!” and “American Dreamz”. Her personal life, which involved Wilmer Valderrama, Zach Braff and Andy Roddick, is a hot topic in media. Music Career of Mandy Moore – ‘Wild Hope’, the fifth album of Mandy Moore was introduced in 2007. She joined the 1999 tour with the famous band of Backstreet Boys. ‘So Real’, first album of Mandy Moore came out in December 1999. She was believed to be the most recent of the “pop princesses” by the reviewers. Other female singers of this group are Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.
One million copies of ‘So Real’, which was a ‘certified platinum’, were sold in the first half of 2000. In 2000 May a recreated edition of “I Wanna Be with You”, was introduced by Mandy Moore. This album contained new songs and remixes and tracks from her album ‘So Real’ and was certified gold with the sale of almost 792,000 copies. “I Wanna Be with You”; the song – The title track of Mandy Moore’s “I Wanna Be with You” was the sole single song of the album that was called “I Wanna Be with You”. It got listed as the 24th top song on Hot 100 music chart and is the bestselling song by Mandy Moore. It was also included on the film soundtrack of “Center Stage

Shania Twain

Shania Twain is amongst the best of Hollywood singers who has a made a mark in the world of music with her vocal talents. Originally a Canadian singer, Twain has achieved both critical and financial success for some of her greatest hits like “You're Still the One”, “Honey, I'm Home”, “That Don't Impress Me Much” “From This Moment On” and more. The third album of Shania Twain titled “Come on Over” released in 1997 was the best-selling in the US and 39 million worldwide establishing her as successful crossovalbum in the history of country music. This was the album that sold 20 million copieser singer.The top selling albums of Shania Twain include The Woman in Me, Shania Twain, Up! and the Greatest Hits released in 2004. Besides being a successful singer, she is also a song writer and is presently writing songs for a new album as mentioned by her at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on 16th May, 2007. Few of the world music tours of Shania Twain are Come on Over Tour, Up! Tour and the Shania Twain Centre.
This Hollywood singer is the only female musician to have three albums certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. Some of awards and accolades achieved by Shania Twain include five Grammy awards, and nearly forty BMI Songwriter award among others. She has a record of selling more than 75 million albums worldwide till date. In 1999 Shania Twain was named Entertainer of the Year by Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. There are several books and magazines about Hollywood where you will find many interesting stories of all the famous starts and singers.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is not only one of the famous Hollywood singers but 'The King of Pop'. Popularly known as MJ, Michael Jackson has been one of the top American musicians cum entertainer. Born in August 29, 1958, MJ has been rewarded for his outstanding singing with the Grammy Award. Early life of Michael Jackson: MJ began his singing career at the age of 5 and became the pop icon of the nation. His first appearance was as one of the singers in the Jackson 5. Michael Jackson has set a new trend in pop culture across the world. MJ has been the most dominating pop singer since 1970s. Popular music album of Michael Jackson: Some of the hit album of Michael Jackson includes Bad, Thriller, Off The Wall, Dangerous and HIStory. HIStory was a multiple disc album comprising Past, Present and Future. The album made world record after 18 million copies were sold across the globe.
Style of Michael Jackson: MJ has won the heart of millions of fans round the world not only by his world class singing but through his style, fashion and dance. His garments in his videos are on display at the famous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He has been popular and known for his “Jheri curled hair”, white glove and the zippered jacket. He also introduced special dance forms like the Moon walk and Robot. Genres of Michael Jackson: There are numerous hit songs in pop, rock and disco by MJ. Most of the songs of Michael Jackson are based on joy and love. For his immense popularity, Michael Jackson has been awarded with Grammy Hall of Fame.

Shakira

Shakira is a Colombian singer who has been a well known figure in the pop music world of Latin America since the mid-1990s. Besides being a singer she is also a Songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist, a great dancer and an occasional actress. Winner of several awards and accolades, Shakira made her mark in the world of English music in 2001 with the release of Laundry Service. This album sold more than fifteen million copies across the world. Her major achievements include being the only South American artist to reach the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, the United World Chart, the Australian ARIA chart and the UK Singles Chart.Shakira was also considered the fourth most successful artist so far from the 2000s by the United World Chart. Some of the awards won by Shakira for her musical talents include 2 Grammy Awards and 8 Latin Grammy Awards. Her list of Live albums are MTV unplugged, Live & Off the Record, Oral Fixation Tour and Live from Miami. Apart from being among the best of Hollywood singers, Shakira is also popular for her dancing in several music videos and in concerts and her every move has the audience screaming for more.
Some of singles by Shakira that have been number one hits includes Whenever, Wherever/Suerte, Underneath Your Clothes, La Tortura, Hips Don't Lie, and Beautiful Liar. Like her songs, her music videos are also a treat to the eyes and almost every teenager in the US and Latin America want to shake like Shakira. There are plenty of books and write ups about Hollywood and the famous stars where you will come across rave reviews of Shakira’s musical achievements.

Madonna

Madonna is one of the most famous American pop star who made her debut in 1982 with the album titled ‘Madonna’ which was a collection of dance numbers. Since her debut she has released several chart-topping albums and singles, and has more than 200 million albums to her credit. Madonna is renowned worldwide for her music videos, stage performances and use of themes like political, sexual, and religious in her work. In addition to being among the best of Hollywood singers, she is also a popular singer-songwriter, dancer, film producer as well as an actress. Without doubt Madonna is the queen of popular music having fans all over the world. The list of albums that has brought Madonna much international acclaim include Like a Virgin, Madonna, True Blue, Like a Prayer, Erotica, Bedtime Stories, Ray of Light, American Life, Confessions on a Dance Floor and many others. Madonna has performed at several worldwide tours and it was reported by Billboard that her Confessions Tour of 2006 held the record for the top-grossing concert tour by a female artist.
Her other worldwide musical tours consist of The Girlie Show, Blond Ambition, Drowned World, Re-invention and Who’s That Girl among many more. Recipient of some of the greatest music awards, Madonna has been an icon for many a promising artist and with many of her controversial acts, she has always remained in the public eye. Some of the award she has received in her music career includes several Grammy awards, Billboard Music Video Award, MTV Video Music Awards, American Music Awards and many more. Everything about Hollywood and the various artists who are part of this world have made a huge impact in the minds of several generations.

Victoria Beckham

Myra Ellen Amos, better known as Tori Amos is a famous pianist and singer-songwriter of America. There were very few pop performers who used piano as their prime instrument; among them Tori Amos was one. Most of her songs revolve around subjects like religion, sexuality and personal tragedy, with which the listeners can relate to. Personal life of Tori Amos On 22nd August, 1963 Tori Amos took birth at the Old Catawba Hospital, North Carolina. Tori Amos started playing piano from the age of two and by the time she was nine she had already started composing instrumental pieces on the piano and adding lyrics to them. It was at Peabody Conservatory of Music where she first started the classes. Tori Amos earned immense recognition when she was just doing her high schooling. At the age of 21 Tori Amos moved to Los Angeles to polish her skills and pursue recognition for her musical talents. She got married to Mark Hawley on 22nd February, 1998 and gave birth to Natashya ‘Tash’ Lorien Hawley after two years of her married life.
Career of Tori Amos In 1985 she came up with her first musical group, named Y Kant Tori Read. The band came out with their first album in the year 1988 with the name Y Kant Tori Read. Proper recognition was not received by this album. However, it was during the period of 1990-96 that Tori Amos attained success and fame. The album named Little Earthquakes brought in laurels. In 1994 she co-founded The Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN). Boys of Pele, the next album of Tori Amos received mixed reviews. Some of her songs talked about the social subjects like sexuality and religion.

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is among the best of Hollywood singers who made her grand debut in the year 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive named Tommy Mottola. Born on 27th March 1970, Mariah became the first song artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to being one of the most popular American pop and R&B singer Mariah Carey is also a songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. Her career as a singer reached great heights following her marriage to Mottola in 1993. Mariah Carey was rated the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States by one of the Billboard magazines. Mariah Carey’s singing career went through a bad phase in the years 2000 and 2001 when she was dropped by Virgin Records and her debut film Glitter received poor reception from the audience. However this talented artist bounced back with more poise and confidence and was again at the forefront of pop music in 2005. She has won many accolades and awards for her soulful renditions and was announced the best selling pop female artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Mariah Carey was the third best-selling female recording artist of all-time.
Some of the best selling albums of Mariah Carey include Emotions, Music Box, Butterfly, Daydream, Rainbow, The Emancipation of Mimi, Sweet Soul Odyssey and many more. Her career also includes several world tour concerts like Music Box Tour, Rainbow World Tour, and others. The awards won by Mariah Carey in her singer career include 5 Grammy Awards. Besides being a popular star, Carey also did a lot of social service and philanthropic activities for the lesser privileged classes of the society. There is a lot more about Hollywood and the stars that are quite interesting

Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson is one of the popular pop stars of America and has been ranked as second most successful female recording artist of all time in the United States. She has also been listed by Guinness World Records as the world's most searched-for person in internet. With many awards and accolades to her credit, Janet Jackson is without doubt among the best of Hollywood singers. In addition to being a successful song artist, she is also an actress, songwriter, record producer, dancer, activist and a pop icon. Some of the popular movies featuring Janet Jackson include Poetic Justice, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Why Did I Get Married? The several musical achievements of Janet Jackson include ten number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, seventeen number ones on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart from 1986 to 2007 and fifteen number ones on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. “Together Again” was her largest selling single worldwide and the 4th biggest selling single of the year in Europe in the year 1998. Some of the awards won by Janet Jackson include five Grammy Awards, an Oscar-nomination at the 66th annual Academy Awards and the first 'Icon' award from MTV.
The best selling studio albums of Janet Jackson are Dream Street, Control, Rhythm Nation, The Velvet Rope, All for You, Damita Jo, and several others. Janet also had worked in Television and some of her popular television series include Good Time, Different Strokes, A New Kind of Family, and Fame. This multi talented star has received much recognition worldwide and continues to reinvent her self in order to entertain her millions of fans. Often you will find articles on Janet Jackson in various tabloids and magazines that write about Hollywood stars.

Britney Spears

Among the best of Hollywood singers, Britney Spears started her singer career at quite an early age. Born on 2nd December, 1981, Britney Jean Spears’s debut album “Baby One More Time” released in 1998 and became an instant international success and made her a young icon and star overnight. The debut album was ranked 25th on Rolling Stone and MTV's "100 Greatest Pop Songs of all time and in later years Spears have given big hit singles like "Oops!... I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U", "Toxic" among several others. Britney Spears is one of the many song artists who tasted commercial success at an early age of merely seventeen. Britney Spears's success in music together with her controversial image made her one of the biggest stars of 1999 and every American female youth wanted to be like her. She is best known for her music videos, studio albums, and songs and her fame in the music industry led her to experiment with other forms of media, like films and reality television shows. Britney Spears had her fair share of success and low phases but she has always managed to catch the attention of the media with her every move.
Some of the biggest single album of Britney Spears includes Baby One More Time, Oops! I Did It Again, Britney, In the Zone, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative and more. She has also attended may music world tours like Hair Zone Mall Tour, Baby One More Time Tour, Crazy 2k Tour and Dream Within a Dream Tour among others. She has also been the recipient of several music awards like the prestigious Grammy Awards and others. There are many song artists apart from Britney Spears who have entertained the world with some of the greatest hits. The more you learn about Hollywood and its stars the more curious we tend to get.

Haroon

Haroon is a Pakistani singer, composer, musician and producer. His website states that he has sold nearly three million CDs and tapes worldwidBorn to a Pakistani father and a New Zealander mother, Haroon began playing the guitar and composing songs at the age of 13. He formed his first band, Idiosyncracies, in After graduating with a degree in Business Administration from the George Washington University in the United States in the early 1990s, he formed the band Awazwith a couple of musician friends.
Haroon and the band made a video for "Janeman", a song which Haroon had composed when he was 16. Haroon sent it to MTV Asia, and the song became the first Urdu/Hindi pop song to air on MTV.
At their peak, Awaz was the biggest band in Pakistan, and released three successful albums and two big singles between 1993 and 1999. Awaz was one of the pioneering bands in Pakistani pop music, and influenced many future musiciansschool with schoolmates at the age of 14 years old.

Zohaib Hassan

Zoheb Hassan, one half of iconic singing duo with sister, Nazia Hassan. Zoheb Hassan was born in Karachi on November 18, 1966Zoheb Hassan is CEO of B&H International Pvt Limited one of Pakistan's leading media & entertainment companies and Director of Hassan International, a leading Pakistani real estate group. He is also the Advisor to Governor Sindh and holds office at the prestigious Governor House in Karachi. Zoheb is presently organising Pakistan's 4th Media & Entertainment Expowhich is scheduled for June 2009.

Early careerHe and his sister Nazia, spent their childhood in Karachi as well as London. In late 70s, both siblings attended and sang at "Sang Sang Chalien" & "Kaliyon Ke Mala", famous musical shows for children hosted by the music maestro Suhail Rana. Ironically, in the early days Zoheb was not so interested in music at all. He used to shy away from TV shows. According to him when it was time to record a show he would hide behind a sofa. But his mother convined him to accompany Nazia to the children's tv show. Later he developed a keen interest in playing guitar and requested famous musician Alamgir to give him guitar lessons.In mid 70's Nazia and Zoheb's family shifted to London and both continued music but only as a hobby.
It the early part of 1980 Zoheb's father invited Indian actors, Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman and Feroz Khan to a dinner while they were in London shooting the film Qurbani. Feroz Khan, who was also the producer of the film, inquired who the guitar in the corner of the dining room belonged. Zoheb promptly answered it was his. He asked Zoheb to play a number. He did so accompanied by Nazia on vocals. Feroz Khan were extremely impressed with the talent of duo and since he required a female vocalist for his film he asked Nazia if she would playback for Zeenat Aman. Luckily their parents agreed and hence a new kind of music never heard before in the sub-contintent was introduced what is now Asian Pop. Nazia's number AAp Jaisa Koi broke all records as the fatest and highest selling record of all time not only in the sub-continent but in all of Asia.
Later Zoheb debuted in 1981 with album "Disco Deewane", a ground breaking album that was an mega hit both in over 23 countries of the world.This particular album is credited as pioneering the pop culture in sub-continent outselling international albums such as Saturday Night Fever. Indian pop singers like Lucky Ali, Alisha Chinoy and Baba Sehgal, and Pakistani pop singers like Vital Signs, all are said to be inspired by the early work of Nazia and Zoheb Hassan.
In 1982, Nazia and Zoheb released their second album "Star/Boom Boom", once again achieving great success, Star was a bollywood movie and Zoheb rendered majors hit like 'Ooee Ooee, Dheree Dheree and Zindagi. Star was followed by yet another two hit album "Young Tarang" (1984), and "Hot Line" (1987) making Nazia & Zoheb into the most famous duo of Asia comparable to the Carpenters and Donnie & Marie Osmond. Nazia Hassan and Zoheb Hassan are still regarded as the most influential international artists to come out of the sub-continent.
Zohaib sang duet songs with his sister Nazia, famous songs include "Dosti", "Tere Qadmon ko", and "Dum Dum DeDe". He also scored hit solo songs, including "Zara Chehra to", "Paisa" and "Pyaar ka jaadu".

Sajjad Ali

Sajjad Ali (Urdu: سجاد علی. Born 1966) is a Pakistani semi-classical, pop singer, film actor, director and producer. He was one of the pioneers of pop music and emerged to fame in the early 1980s. However, he was already known to some people[who?] as a semi-classical singer due to his work in the classical industry and his family popularity. He is one of very few Pakistani pop singers with full training in classical singiSajjad Ali was born in 1966 in Karachi in a Shia Muslim family. He was born into a cricketer family and showed visible signs of musical talents at a very young age. His father, Shafqat Hussain (Sajan), was an Indian Malayalam movie director before Sajjad was born. In 1972, when Sajjad was in his sixth year, Tasadduq Husain, his uncle, a cricketer and a music lover was overwhelmed by his musical abilities. Due to this, Husain started teaching music to Sajjad with his classical collection. During Sajjad's training, Husain played music from legendary classical artists such as Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Ustaad Barkat Ali Khan and Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan. As time went on Sajjad learnt and familiarized himself with the various styles of music and instruments such as ragas that allowed Sajjad to build his musical talent.
Sajjad released his first classical hit album "Master Sajjad sings Memorable Classics in 1979 the musicians were Great Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Sab, Mehdi Hassan Khan Sahab and Ghulam Ali and Amanat Ali Khan Sab, most of the songs were written by Hasrat Mohani, Momin and many more.
Sajjad made his debut on the 25th anniversary of PTV's stage show, called Silver Jubilee, on November 26, 1983. During the show, Sajjad sung the song Lagi ray lagay lagan yehe dil mein and Bawari Chakuri. The song was a huge hit in Pakistan and allowed Sajjad to take the first few steps in the music industry. Sajjad great talent went on with major hits such as Babia 93, Chief Saab, Sohni Lag Di, and many more.
Sajjad and his brother, Waqar Ali, wrote lyrics for Sajjad's album. Also, lyricists, Sabir Zafar, Mohammad Nasir, Nadeem Asad, and Ali Moin also wrote songs for Sajjad. In the film industry, Sajjad also directed his first movie Love letter in 1989 and then his first full length motion picture Aik Aur love story in 1998.
His brother Waqar Ali is also in the music industry. Sajjad Ali sang the song "Teri Yaad, Na Boloon Gi and Sunn Leyna" for drama serials. His brother, Waqar also helped during the making of the songs as is credited too.
Nowadays, Sajjad Ali is a widely acclaimed Pakistani singer, whose trial and tribulation with singing reflects his own profound belief in the power of music. During July 2006, Sajjad released a brand new single called Chal Rein De in which he has a complete make over and has produced a more classical song rather than a pop version which is more popular for. However, the song has been a smash hit. He has entered hearts of millions of people in Pakistan with his soulfull classical singing.
In the September 3, 2006, Sajjad Ali released another little known single in a totally different genre with the help of Meloscience Corp. The song is known as Sajjad-Ali Sinsym Flight, and it is an experimental, jazzy, Sufi beat, different than anything he has ever created

Hadiqa Kiyani

Hadiqa Kiyani (Urdu:Hindko حدیقہ کیانی) is a Pakistani Pop Singer. After working on a successful music project with Adnan Sami, Kiani released her successful debut album, Raaz. After a musical ban imposed on her from the government, Kiani successfully returned to the music scene with her second album, Roshni, which remains her best selling album to date and helped establish her icon as the country's leading female vocalist. Kiani followed up Roshni with a more mature album, Rung. In 2007, she became the first Pakistani mainstream artist to release a complete English album, Rough Cut.
Kiani is also set to be a judge on a Pakistani version of American Idol, and released her fifth album, Aasmaan in June 2009. Kiani was born on August 17. She is the youngest of 3 siblings, her older brother and sister who. Her father died when she was 3 years old. Kiani recalls the experience of losing her father on an interview show called Heart to Heart on ARY. She said it was very difficult for a few years for her family as issues had risen after her father's death, but she also said her mother was very brave throughout their upbringing. Her mother Khawar was a principle of a government all girl school while Kiani and her older siblings were growing up right after her father's death the family had to move into the school. Kiani and both her brother and sister had a knack for music, and as such her mother and school enlisted her in the Pakistan National Council of the Arts. Kiani then performed in front of a crowd of a thousand people, at Liaqat Memorial Hall Pindi.

She went on to study at Viqar-un-Nisa Noon Girls High School Pindi. She represented Pakistan in International children festivals in Turkey, Jordan, Bulgaria, and Greece, winning various medals along the way. She also used to be on Sohail Rana's "Rang Barangi Dunya"; a weekly musical

Nazia Hassan

Nazia Hassan (Urdu: نازیہ حسن) (April 3, 1965 – August 13, 2000 [1]) was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" from the film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 80s where she is admired and loved even today, several years after her death.
The Queen of pop singing
Sweetheart of Pakistan
These are a few titles associated with Nazia Hassan.
She was the most influential and popular female singer and probably the only real pop singer of 80's and 90's in both India and PakistanNazia Hassan was born in Karachi, Pakistan and from an early age showed interest in music.Nazia's professional career started at the age of fifteen when she provided the lead vocals for the song Aap Jaisa Koi from a Bollywood film titled Qurbani (1980), by Indian producer-director Feroz Khan. Nazia was introduced to Feroz by his friend in the United Kingdom The song was a huge success in India and despite Nazia being a Pakistani, she gained overnight fame there.
She then collaborated with Biddu, a UK-based Indian music producer who was also the composer of Aap Jaisa Koi, on numerous other projects. Biddu had previously made several hit-songs for various singers like Tina Charles and Carl Douglas. In 1981, Biddu released Nazia's first mega-hit, Disco Deewane. The album broke record sales in Pakistan and India and even topped the charts in the West Indies, Latin America and Russia. Her later albums also had vocals of her brother, Zoheb Hassan. These included Star/Boom Boom (1982), Young Tarang (1984), Hotline (1987), and Camera Camera (1992). Nazia and Zoheb appeared with music maestro Sohail Rana's Pakistani television program for children, "Sung Sung". In 1988, Nazia and Zoheb also hosted the groundbreaking show Music '89 produced by Shoaib Mansoor.
After the huge success of their music, selling millions of albums worldwide, EMI Music International also Nazia and Zoheb, making them as the first South Asian artists to be signed by an international music label.
Nazia and Zoheb's television interviews were shown on TV in India, Pakistan, Dubai, UK (big names like David Soul, David Essex, Zia Mohiuddin conducted the interviews on BBC, ITV, Channel 4 etc) and many other countries

Humera Arshad

Humera (Humaira) Arshad (Urdu: حمیرا ارشد) is a Pakistani pop singer. She is a renowned Pakistani folk, pop, culture and ghazal singer who has been classically trained. Her albums are Chori Kach Di and Gal Sun Dholna. Humaira says she used to accompany her mother to majalis for sooz khwani from an early age, where her vocal talent was noticed by many. The appreciation made her keen on pursuing music at a professional level. She was also lucky to have trained under the tutelage of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and has won numerous honors and awards for her musical achievements.

Nadia Ali

Nadia Ali (born August 3, 1980 in Libya) is a Pakistani-American singer and songwriter and the former front-woman and songwriter of the band iiO, whose breakthrough 2001 hit Rapture reached #2 on the UK Singles chart and topped dance Nadia Ali was born in Libya to Pakistani parents in 1980. The family relocated to Queens, New York City, when she was still a small child, and has remained there until this day.
Ali has stated in interviews that the music that most influenced her growing up includes Stevie Nicks, Sade, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, U2, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, Carole King, Carly Simon and The Beatles.
While 17 years old, Ali was working in the New York offices of Versace, and aspiring to start a music career, when a co-worker introduced her to producer Markus Moser, who was looking for a female singer to collaborate on some of his original dance music production.The two teamed up and started a group that was originally named "Vaiio," named after the Sony laptop Nadia was working on. They later dropped the "va" to avoid causing problems in the future with Sony. Working with Moser, she wrote the lyrics and the vocals for the songs. After the success of the 2001 hit "Rapture," the single was remixed many times by the likes of Armin Van Buuren, John Creamer & Stephane K and Deep Dish with bootleg and white label remixes emerging as well. The duo toured all over the world for years and released more singles, including "At the End," "Runaway" and "Smooth."charts all over the world.

Atif Aslam

Muhammad Atif Aslam (Urdu: عاطف اسلم, born March 12, 1983) is a Pakistani pop singer. He was born in Wazirabad and educated in Lahore and Rawalpindi. He is widely recognized in the South Asia and has given several Pakistani hit song such as Aadat, Woh Lamhe, and Meri Kahani. In addition to his success in Pakistan, he has also emerged into a successful singer in India receiving many Filmfare nominations. His Bollywood hits have been the calming songs Pehli Nazar Mein and the beautiful Bakhuda Tumhi Ho.Atif's kindergarten started in Model town Lahore at Kimberley Hall School. His first stage manifestation was in a fancy dress show at his school when he was in 1st grade, where he performed as Imran Khan 'Captain of the Pakistani Cricket Team'. Since then cricket was a passion for him. At that time he did not listen to any particular kind of songs.
At the age of 9, he moved to Rawalpindi where he studied at Saint Paul's School. Atif came back to Lahore in 1995 where he continued his studies in Divisional Public School (DPS), Model Town, Lahore. He was selected in his school cricket team as a bowler. Atif cleared his 10th grade in 14 years of age with a distinctive edge that he has always been the youngest boy in the class because of his double promotions while he was in Kimberley Hall. During this period he was putting his best efforts into becoming a professional cricketer.He passed out of DPS after completing his school ending matriculation exams. He further continued his education from PAF College, Lahore where he completed his FSc with the class of 2001. He also had a brief stint by painting guests visiting the 5-star Pearl Continental Hotel in Bhurban.

Arshad Mehmood

Arshad Mehmood is a Pakistani actor, music composer and singer. He is best known for his acting roles in popular Pakistani TV drama serials such as Aangan Terha and Dhoop Kinare and the music composition of many popular Ghazals frArshad Mehmood is perhaps best known for his acting role in Aangan Terha, a popular TV drama serial. He also played a secondary but important role of "Baba" (Dr Ahmer's foster father) in the drama serial Dhoop Kinare. Other acting performance includes Ankahi.om the poetry of Arshad Mehmood has composed music for many Ghazals sung by Nayyara Noor and Tina Sani. He composed music for many Pakistani drama serials and long plays including Dhoop Kinare. Some of the ghazals included in the music of the drama Dhoop Kinare were performed by Nayyara Noor including "Main tum se na puchun", "Raat yun dil mein teri" and "Hansi khanakti hui" (the theme song). He is also supported Ali Haider from the very beginning of his careeron his first musical album Jane-Jan-Sun which was released by EMI pakistan . In this album the song DOSTI KI MEHK was included which was also included in Dhoop Kinare. If the recording is seen carefully his music is all over serial . He has also composed music for many Milli naghmas (National songs) including "Watan ki mitti gwah rehna".Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Aamir Saleem

Aamir Saleem (Urdu: عامر سلیم) is a Pakistani singer. He has numerous hits in the early 1990s such as "Woh Taron Bhhari" & "C.B. Chali Ana". He also had a big hit later in 1993 with "Ajnabi". Apart from music Aamir is also into TV productions. He has directed many videos and road shows with famous anchor Ali Salman on MTV Pakistan with the name of Bad Company. He is also hosting a live show on PTV National and on FM 107. Aamir Saleem released his 6th Album which is still his last under tilte of "Dil Da Quater". This album mainly features Punjabi songs.

History
Aamir Saleem started singing when he was in school and he bought his first guittar after working in a hotel as a receptionist in summer holidays. He formed his first music band with the name "Image",his best friend naveed mugees was on guittar and alim arshid was on kee bord .After that he moved to Karachi in 1987. He used to sing with different bands to make money and record his first solo album that took three years to complete.
His first solo album, "Musafir" was a hit in 1991 among all age groups. His song "Woh Taron Bhari" was hit and his album sold well. It was released by Shalimar recording Company but unfortunately Aamir Saleem could not get financial benefits from his best selling album

Ali Zafar

Ali Zafar (Urdu, Punjabi: علی ظفر) also known as Prince of Pop, is a Pakistani musician, actor, painter and model probably most noted around South Asia for his music, including his hit songs like "Channo", "Rangeen", "Chal Dil Merey", "Dekha", "Masty" and "Sajania". He started his singing career with his hit song "Jugnuon se bhar le aanchal" in the film Shararat directed by Pakistani actress and director Samina Peerzada.
Zafar recently won the "Youth Icon" awarAli Zafar was born in Lahore, Pakistan to two professors who teach at Punjab University. He initially attended the C.A.A. Public School and later moved to the Beaconhouse School System from where he topped in his matric examinations. He later graduated from the National College of Arts as an artist in 2002 with honours. Ali Zafar has often spoken about his childhood battle with obesity and this is reflected in his song 'Pant-Shirt'. He has one younger brother called Bilal Zafar who studies in England.
Before entering the Pakistani musical scene, Ali Zafar worked as a model for several commercial advertisement besides acting in television. He worked in the Pakistani television serial Lunda-Bazar, Kanch Ke Par and in the teenage sitcom College Jeans (which was an immediate hit among youngsters). He was also in the music video of Preeto sung by Abrar-ul-Haq.d from the Lux Style Awards 2007, in Malaysia.

Ali Haider

Ali Haider (Urdu: علی حیدر) is a former Pakistani singer and actor. He has had numerous hits in the early 90s such as Poorani Jeans. He also had a big hit later in the 1990s with Chand Sa Mukhra. Besides singing, he has acted in numerous TV serials on PTV. Among the successful dramas was Chand Sa Mukhra, which used his hit song as the theme music. He also sang the theme music for the serial Chandni Raatein. He has a large fan following in Pakistan and India and with South Asian expatriates around the world. Ali Haider recently released his 15th Album "Janey Do". This album also features three previous songs with significant modifications. The all time favourite "Purani Jeans" makes a return with a hard rock format. Qarar and "Agar Pyar" from the 1993 album Sandesa are also featured.
Ali Haider will be also seen playing the small role of Himself in the Bollywood Film Main Osama to be Directed By the controversial Film Maker Faisal Saif. Ali is very excited about this feature film that will hit the cinema halls worldwide in 2008.

Ali Azmat

Ali Azmat (Urdu: علی عظمت) is a Pakistani musician born on April 20, 1970[citation needed] in Abbottabad, Pakistan,Gained recognition as the lead vocalist of the Pakistani pop/rock band Junoon.Ali Azmat grew up in Lahore, which he blames for his unconventional attitude. Stumbling in studies at home he went to study in Australia for higher studies. He first joined the Lahore local band "Jupiters". Ali Azmat sang Dosti while his time as a Jupiters member. He later sang it as a Junoon member, where the song gained national fame and so did the band. Ali Azmat than left Junoon and shifted to Karachi to start his professional musJunoon was Pakistan biggest band famous for combing traditional poetry and instruments with rock music. Ali Azmat was the lead vocalist of the band, With Junoon Ali Azmat has toured with his band Junoon extensively, doing two North American tours a year since 1992. He has performed in Europe, the Middle East and China and at the Eurean rock festival, Roskilde in June 2000. Ali left Junoon in 2006 to pursue a solo career.ic career.

Alamgir

Alamgir (Urdu: عالمگیر) is a famous Pakistani pop singer of the 1970s, who is in fact one of the pioneers of the Urdu pop music in Pakistan. He is also regarded as "Baba-e Pop", meaning the "King of Pop" in Pakistan.Alamgir was born in 1954, in what is now Bangladesh. His father Farmuzal Haq was a politician, and part of the "All India Muslim League"; a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent. He studied in Mirzapur Cadet College, Mymensingh, East Pakistan. He briefly studied in PAF Shaheen School, Dhaka, East Pakistan. At the age of around 15, he moved to Karachi in search of a future in the music industry. He had brought nothing else with him but a guitar and a passion to sing.
He settled in the PECHS area of Karachi and started singing in the evenings at a small cafe called “Cafe D Khan” on Tariq Road. He would not get paid for his gig, but did get a free meal each day. The cafe was famous for its intellectual gatherings and that is where he was spotted. His remuneration was a free meal at the hotel.Someone from the audience in the hotel liked his Guitar playing and told him about the programme at the TV station called Ferozan where Khushbakht Aliya was conducting a show for the youth. He gave his audition, Khushbakht liked his Guitar playing but she had already selected someone else. It just so happened that Sohail Rana, the music director was in the next studio and asked someone to call Alamgir to his car outside the TV station. He said, he liked his (Alamgir's) playing and asked if he would like to perform for children. This is how he entered in the formal world of Music.

Ahmed Jahanzeb

Ahmed Jehanzeb Usmani (born May 28, 1978) is a Pakistani pop singer and composer. Famously known as AJ, was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Ahmed Jehanzeb is one of the few singers who have been trained in Hindustani classical music and that is why he mostly sings soul stirring slow songs. Ahmed Jehanazeb as a singer, performer & musician, is one who displays mastery not only over vocal & instrumental music but also in the art of showman ship. Ahmed was trained under the guidance of Ustad Rais Khan, he was made his shagird (pupil) in a beautiful ceremony called RASM-E-GANDHA BANDHI held at Sheraton Hotel in 1988. The ceremony one of its kind to be ever held in India and Pakistan was attended by celebrities, dignitaries and media people, itAhmed started singing since he was four years old. THE WONDER BOY, the title given by Gulf’s Khaleej Times, Ahmed Jehanzeb is the son of Capt. Safir Ahmed a renowned and active music lover whose regular musical evenings organized entirely through his own persistent love for the art are the features, most connoisseurs in the city are well aware of, growing up in this environment stimulated Ahmed Jehanzeb who began to sing when he was only 4 years old and it was quite sure that his continual efforts and unflinching interest would one day dear its fruits, and certainly so it did happen was a very grand affair.

Abrar-ul-Haq

Abrar-ul-Haq (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.

He was born on July 21. aboutme.Like many other young Pakistani artists, Abrar had kept his year of birth secret from public in order to hide his age, but in a recent interview he said he was born in 1968.[citation needed] He used to give clues in TV programs saying he was quite young and not that old, and said he was born in the 1960's.He got his initial education from Gujrat and Rawalpindi. Took his Bachelor's degree from Sir Syed College (Rawalpindi) and acquired Master's degree in social sciences from Quaid-i-Azam University (Islamabad).

He joined Aitchison College’s permanent faculty in 1996. He had to quit teaching to pursue his career in pop music; although he considers the day he joined Aitchison College the proudest day of his life.

He primarily sings in Punjabi which is the main language of bhangra genre, language of most populated province of Pakistan and Abrar's native language. He sings in Urdu too. His popular single "Sanu Tere Nal" is in English and Punjabi.

Sunday, 9 August 2009

Bombay Rockers

2002, the Indian singer Navtej Singh Rehal (Naf) was introduced to the Scandinavian producer-team WCA (Thomas Sardorf and Janus Barnewitz) and started out mixing a hybrid of R&B, Hip Hop and Bhangra-influenced vocals, reflecting on their varied cultural backgrounds. Naf, 27, delivers the Punjabi vocals. Thomas, also 27, performs with English vocals.
Their first collaboration, "Ari Ari", got massive national airplay in Denmark and became a favourite of left field DJs. In July 2003, Bombay Rockers went on stage with the house duo Filur at Roskilde Festival in front of roughly 20,000 people. A month later they were performing in the "Images of Asia" festival, as well as playing numerous concerts in Copenhagen and the rest of Denmark. In February 2003, they performed with the famous English DJ project Panjabi MC.
“Sexy Mama”, their follow-up, released in late 2003, was the first official single from their album Introducing. This track again received airplay all over the country. The next hit single “Rock tha Party” became a major radio hit. Danish national radio had it on A-rotation, it was on top of the Danish Dance Chart and the Danish Single Chart. It was published on various compilations released in Denmark throughout 2004. While their third single and video for "Wild Rose" (shot in Dubai) and debut album Introducing... are being promoted in Denmark. Bombay Rockers' debut album is about to be released in more than 32 countries worldwide in 2005. In Germany "Sexy Mama" was released in mid-2005 and is getting a lot of airplay and buzz.
The Rockers are currently enjoying great success in India and Pakistan. Their album has sold more than 100,000 copies and has now gone five times platinum. It was #1 for 15 consecutive weeks on the Indian Album Charts. They were also the supporting act for the popband Westlife at gigs in Dubai and Bahrain.
The album Crash and Burn was released in 2007. "Kushi", one of the singles, has received a lot of play time on Indian and Pakistani music channels as well as in Sri-Lanka.

Sukhbir

He was born in Jalandhar, Punjab but moved to Nairobi, Kenya at the age of one and a half. His father Raghbir Singh was a gyaniji (priest) at the local Gurudwara. There, young Sukhbir honed his singing skills practicing kirtans on the harmonium.This apprenticeship laid the groundwork for the musical side of his Bhangra career.His family spoke Punjabi at home, and his lyrical inspirations have also come from his childhood.He spent 20 years in Nairobi before returning to India.In Nairobi, he was discovered by businessman Ketan Somaiyya, who suggested Sukhbir make a living with his music. Supported by his father, he began recording in 1996.He then moved to London for a year and a half, before moving to Dubai in 1994.
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His first album (New Stylee) was recorded in Dubai and had many foreign influences. Though he was nominated for many awards, at one point he was asked "Who's going to listen to this stuff in India?"The album though, was nominated for the 1996 Channel V Awards in three categories: Best Debut Album, Best Male Vocalist and Best Music Video (for "Punjabi Munde").He can sing in nine languages, and his album "Oi Triesto" has many Spanish and Portuguese vocals and music.
His second album (gal ban gayi) was a huge success. He was awarded by sony tv and golden disk award by Indian music society for this. The title song gal ban gayi was a huge hit. He received a plantinum disc for this.
His third album (hai energy) was another huge success. The album contained hit songs like Ishq tera tardpaye which is Sukhbir's most popular song and sauda khara khara. His video sauda khara khara has bollywood actors Dino Morea and Bipasha Basu.
His other album Dil kare has hit songs like the title song dil kare, nachle soniye and girls girls girls.
Sukhbir's unique Bhangra is a fusion of Bhangra with rap, techno and reggae. The juxtaposition of these musical styles is enhanced by Sukhbir’s use of original Bhangra instruments like the dhol and dholak. In Oi Triesto, his music was complemented by Spanish and Portuguese rhythms, while he also uses instruments like: tablas, congos, guitars and keyboards in his music.
Albums like gal ban gayi, hai energy, prince of bhangra vol 1 and dil kare have made Sukhbir very successful.
In the realm of Indian music, he cites Jagjit Singh as a big influence and said that if he wasn't doing Bhangra he would be a ghazal singer. He also stated that Daler Mehndi and Malkit Singh were his biggest competition in the Punjabi music markHe has also collaborated with Pakistani musicians such as Shehzad Roy. He has also sung a song with a popular Indian singer Shaan. He sung the song Dil laga from Dhoom 2. He has also sung a song with Indian band Josh. When the tsunami occurred he sung a song with Jassi Sidhu, Shin, DCS and Taz, stereo nation. He is back to singing now and his new album is Tere naal nachna.
Sukhbir recently won face of the year in Masala Lifestyle awards

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