Sonu Nigam, one of the most versatile and talented singer of Bollywood was
born on the 30th of July 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. Sonu's family moved to
delhi when he was very young.
Sonu started singing at a very young age of four-and-a-half years.When Sonu was just 17 years old he moved to the city of dreams, Mumbai in
search of work as he wanted to pursue his career in music. Sonu's parents
were also singers and hence he inherited the singing talent. He has two
He started his career singing covers of Mohammad Rafi songs. The song "Accha
Sila Diya Tune" from Bewafa Sanam proved to be his big break. At the same
time, he started hosting a singing competition on television called
SaReGaMa, that became very popular later on. And then Sonu never looked
back. His first big hit was "Sandese Aate Hai" a song from the movie Border.
Sonu broke his image of a Rafi-sound-alike, after he sang "Dil Deewana"
song in the film Pardes and proved his own singing style.