Sonu Nigam is a famous Indian playback singer, dubbing artist, actor and music director. Also, the Indian government honoured him with the 4th highest civilian award that is Padma Shri. He majorly works in the languages like Hindi and Kannada. Apart from that, he used to sing in Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Odia, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bhojpuri, Tulu, Nepali and other languages. He also acted in several Hindi films and released a few non-film albums. After his music idol Mohammed Rafi, he is known with the title as the “Modern Rafi”.
| Name | Sonu Kumar Nigam |
| Nick Name | Sonu |
| Gender | Male |
| Date Of Birth | 30th July, 1973 |
| Birth Place | Faridabad, Haryana, India |
| Home Town | Delhi, India |
| Address | Not Yet Updated |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Qualification | Graduate |
| School | J.D. Tyler School Delhi |
| College | University of Delhi, New Delhi |
| Profession | Playback singer, dubbing artist, actor and music director |
| Debut | Bewafa Sanam (1995) |
| Famous For | His playback songs |
| Marital status | Married |
| Hobbies | Gymming, reading and watching movies |
Sonu Kumar Nigam was born on July 30th 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana. His father’s name is Agam Kumar Nigam who is from Agra and his mother’s name is Shobha Nigam who is from Garwhal. He has two sisters named Teesha Nigam who is also a professional singer and Meenal Nigam who is a yoga therapist.
Sonu married Madhurima Nigam and this couple had a son named Nevaan.
| Actor | Shar Rukh Khan, Amir Khan |
| Actress | Madhuri Dixit, Marlyn Monroe |
| Place | Egypt, Greece and New Zealand |
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Sonu sang his first song for the movie Janam in the year 1990, but unfortunately, this film was never released. After that, in 1992, he started his career with DD1’s TV serial Talash song named Hum ToChhaila Ban Gaye. He made his debut as a movie playback singer through the Aaja Meri Jaan movie in 1993. In 1995, Nigam began to host the famous TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma.
Sonu also recorded devotional, ghazal, patriotic and romantic songs till now. As well, he is well-versed in singing diverse Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Gujarati and more. He also released pop music albums in different languages and performed in a few countries like Europe, Australia, North America, the Middle East and others. Apart from that he contributed to The Incredibles tour with popular singers like Kunal Ganjawala, Kailash Kher and Asha Bhosle.
Sonu’s net worth is estimated at around $8 million.
Sonu’s car collection is not yet updated.
Sonu won ample awards including the below-mentioned honours:
| Height | 170 cm |
| Weight | Not yet updated |
| Body Measurements | Not yet updated |
| Eye color | Dark brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Shoe Size | Not yet updated |
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Asha Bhosleis also a famous singer like him.