Bollywood's best singer Sonu Nigam is celebrating his 48th birthday today. Sonu has given many super hit songs in his career and his voice still resides in millions of hearts. Sonu was born on July 30, 1973, in Faridabad, Haryana, and was inclined towards music since childhood. Sonu got this skill from his father and today Sonu Nigam is one of the most expensive and biggest singers of Bollywood. However, Sonu also saw a time in his life when he sang at weddings.

Yes, Sonu Nigam started singing with his father Agam Nigam at stage shows, parties, and weddings at the age of 4. At that time Sonu Nigam is very impressed with legendary singer Mohammad Rafi and in his early days, he used to sing Rafi's songs on stage. At the age of 18, his father arrived in Mumbai with Sonu Nigam. Here Sonu Nigam trained in music from Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. During this time, Sonu continued to do stage shows due to financial constraints.

Very few people know that Sonu got big recognition by hosting the singing reality show 'Saregama.' The show aired in 1995 and in the meantime Sonu met T series owner Gulshan Kumar. Gulshan Kumar made Sonu's carrier. In fact, he gave Sonu a chance to sing in the film 'Bewafa Sanam.' Sonu's song 'Achcha Sila Diya Tune Mere Pyaar Ka' was a superhit in the film and Sonu Nigam never looked back after the song became a super hit.

Sonu went to songs in films like 'Muqabla,' 'Shabnam,' 'Aag,' 'Halchal.' His song 'Sandese Aate Hain' in the 1997 film 'Border' is still a super hit. Apart from Hindi, Sonu Nigam has also sung songs in English, Kannada, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Nepali, and Marathi. To date, people like Sonu's songs and are obsessed with his voice.

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