Arijit Singh | |
Number of songs: 1 | Total weeks on charts: 17
Appearing in a total number of: 1 charts | Total period running: 109 days
Appearing in a total number of: 1 charts | Total period running: 109 days
Biography
Arijit Singh (Hindi:अरिजित सिंह; born 25 April 1987 in Murshidabad, India) is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in recent Bollywood movies. Born in Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal, his career began upon participating in the reality show Fame Gurukul (2005), which he lost the finals. After winning another reality show called 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil, Singh built a recording setup of his own, beginning his journey with music programming. Subsequently, he went to become as an assistant music programmer to Pritam Chakraborty, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Vishal-Shekhar and Mithoon. 

Singh rose to widespread prominence and became a household name with the release of "Tum Hi Ho" from Aashiqui 2 (2013). He was bestowed with the Best Male Playback Singer award for the song, in 59th Filmfare Awards. In 2014, he collaborated with Jeet Gannguli - for whom he performed the rest of his tracks in Aashiqui 2 - for CityLights, where he rendered the romantic version of the song "Muskurane", which fetched him most nominations in the year. Jeet Gannguli composed Suno Na Sangemarmar and Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy's sufi song, Mast Magan garnered him another two nominations in 60th Filmfare Awards.
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team
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