Happy Birthday Sonu Niigam & Sonu Sood!

Sonu Niigam was born on 30th July, 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shoba Nigam in Faridabad, Haryana, and has two siblings. He began his singing career when he was very young. At the age of four, he joined his father on a stage show where he sang Mohammad Rafi's popular numbers such as "Kya Hua Tera Vada" and started singing at weddings and parties. He later went on to be trained by the classical singer, Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. 

Niigam's debut song was in the movie Janam (1990), which never released. This was followed by "Accha Sila Diya" from Sanam Bewafa (1995). However, it was "Sandese Ate Hai" from Border (1997) and "Yeh Dil Deewana" from Pardes (1997) that brought him to the limelight and in no time, he went on to become one of the top successful playback singer in India. He is one of those rare singers who has been privileged to work with almost all the top-rated music directors, be it A.R. Rahman or Sajid-Wajid. The talented singer has also started composing songs for films such as Singh Saab The Great (2013) and Jal (2014). He has also sung songs in all Indian regional languages, including Malayalam.

In recognition to his mesmerizing voice, Niigam has won a National Award for "Kal Ho Naa Ho", three Filmfare Awards, two Filmfare South Awards, four Screen Awards, three International Indian Academy Film Awards, three Zee Cine Awards, three MTV Immies Awards and many, many more.

Apart from playback singing, Niigam has acted in movies such as Kaamchor (1982), Taqdeer (1983) and Betaab (1983) as a child artist, Pyaara Dushman (1995), Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) and Love in Nepal (2004) as an adult. Along with singing and acting, Niigam has been campaigning for cancer, leprosy, women welfare and blindness. 

With regards to personal life, he is happily married to Madhurima and the couple have a son, Neevan Nigam born in 2007.

When one thinks of Sonu Niigam, his soothing voice definitely come to mind. Here's a list of chartbusters from the man himself: