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Jagjit Singh

'Jagjit Singh' (lang-paਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, lang-hiजगजीत सिंह, lang-urجگجیت سنگھ) (born February 8, 1941) is a prominent Indian ghazal singer. He gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh, as the first ever successful duo (husband-wife) act in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of the modern ghazal singing and regarded as the most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music.

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Sunidhi Chauhan

Sunidhi Chauhan (born August 14, 1983) is a Bollywood playback singer. She shot to fame in 1999 with the "Mast" soundtrack. In 2001 she won the RD Burman Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Currently she is one of the top playback singers in Bollywood - having sung for top actresses such as: Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Urmila Matondkar, Kajol, Rani Mukherji, Sushmita Sen, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif.

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Babbu Mann

Babbu Maan real name is Tejinder Singh Maan is a well-established Indian Punjabi pop singer, actor, lyricist, composer and playback singer. babbu maan, original name is Tejinder Singh Maan is an alumnus of Punjab University, Chandigarh. His first album was Tu Meri Miss India in 1999 which was a moderate hit. His second album Saaun Di Jhadi released in 2001 was his first highly successful album. It sold over ten million copies in India alone and many more overseas. Saun Di Jhadi was followed by the also highly successful album, Ohi Chann Ohi Rataan.

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Sonu Nigam

Sonu Niigaam was born on the 30th of July in Faridabad ,Haryana. The family soon moved to Delhi where the singer spent most of his formative years. His father Agam Kumar's passion for music was soon imbibed by Sonu in his early years and he soon began training under him.He studied only till the 12th standard in Delhi and coming to Mumbai he decided on a correspondence graduate program . Life was not smooth for the aspiring singer. To support himself he started taking on bit roles in movies.

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Satinder Sartaaj

To describe this personality one has to look beyond the scope of the dictionary. He sings in his own style, Punjabi culture lives in the writings of this personality, his sufi thoughts goes deep in his poetry, everyone gets lost in his composition. Once he starts MEHFIL, everyone gets glued to their seats. Satinder Sartaaj born at village Bajrawar, distt. Hoshiarpur (Punjab eastern). Living in the sleepy village as a child Satinder hooked to the melody emanating from the Flute and Sarangi of the wandering folk artists.

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Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle (born in the indian state of Maharashtra, city Sangli on 8th September 1933) is best known as a 'playback' singer, having provided the female singing voice for around 1000 bollywood movies. Her talent was celebrated on the single "Brimful Of Asha", recorded by Cornershop and later remixed by Fatboy Slim. Asha is the sister of the legendary Bollywood singer, Lata Mangeshkar. She is also a fine classical Indian singer, having worked with masters such as Ali Akbar Khan.

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Juggy D

Juggy D (born Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal on November 19)[1] [2] is a British bhangra singer from Southall in London, England Juggy D got his name from his first name Jagwinder which became Juggy, and the D from his last name Dhaliwal. Juggy D married his college sweetheart Harjeet Hayre after a year he hit fame and 4 years later she divorced him. Regardless he still has a tattoo of both their names in sanskrit on his left arm

Read more about Juggy D on Last.fm.

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