Sonu Nigam (Singer) Biography, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Caste, Wiki & More

Sonu Nigam is one of the most popular and successful Indian playback singers. His various songs have featured in numerous Bollywood and Kannada movies. He was born to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam, in Faridabad, Haryana, India. His parents are good singers. In 2005 and 2007, his father released two popular albums, "Bewafaai" and "Phir Bewafaai."He studied in the J.D. Tytler School. He has two sisters, Meenal and Nikita.  Her sister Nikita is also a playback singer. She has appeared on a few stages shows with Sonu In 2005, he married Madhurima and has a son Nevaan in 2007.

 

He began his singing career at the early age of 3. He jfirst time performed on stage Mohammad Rafi's  song "Kya Hua Tera Wada". He usually accompanied his father on his singing assignments at weddings and parties. He moved to begin his Bollywood singing career in Mumbai at the age of 18. He once changed the spelling of his last name from 'Nigam' to 'Niigaam'. He has done this by numerology. Later, he resumed his real name again. 

 

His first movie song as a playback singer of film, "Janum" was in 1990. He also got a break as a playback singer in Gulshan Kumar's movie, "Aaja Meri Jaan". In 1995  one of his songs becomes a big hit  "Accha Sila Diya", of the album, "Bewafa Sanam." Moreover the man released several pop albums, both in Hindi and Punjabi. The "Classically Mild" album is the best of his collections. Despite this, the singer has also released several albums of Mohammad Rafi's songs, as well as devotional albums. Moreover, he has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films. He has also hosted the TV show Kisme Kitna Hai Dum and Sa Re Ga Ma,".He has been a judge on the show Indian Idol aired on Sony Entertainment Television.