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Singer Biographies
Every archived life recorded as singer, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Contemporary era
Selena Quintanilla
April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995
American singer (1971–1995)
Contemporary era
Atif Aslam
b. March 12, 1983
Pakistani playback singer and songwriter
Contemporary era
Ali Zafar
b. May 18, 1980
Pakistani singer and film actor
Contemporary era
Junaid Jamshed
September 3, 1964 – December 7, 2016
Pakistani recording artist
Contemporary era
Ali Azmat
b. April 20, 1970
Pakistani singer
Contemporary era
Salman Ahmad
b. December 12, 1963
Musician, actor
Contemporary era
Bilal Maqsood
b. March 23, 1971
Pakistani musician
Contemporary era
Shafqat Amanat Ali
b. February 26, 1965
Pakistani singer
Contemporary era
Nazia Hassan
April 3, 1965 – August 13, 2000
Pakistani singer (1965–2000)
Modern era
Mehdi Hassan
July 18, 1927 – June 13, 2012
Pakistani singer (1927–2012)
Modern era
Noor Jehan
September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000
Pakistani singer and actress (1920–2000)
Modern era
Iqbal Bano
August 27, 1928 – April 21, 2009
Pakistani singer (1928-2009)
Modern era
Farida Khanum
b. January 6, 1929
Pakistani classical singer
Contemporary era
Reshma
1947 – November 3, 2013
Folk singer from Pakistan
Contemporary era
Zamad Baig
Pakistani singer who won the first and only season of Pakistan Idol in 2014
Contemporary era
Moin Akhtar
December 24, 1950 – April 22, 2011
Pakistani comedian (1950–2011)
Contemporary era
Bushra Ansari
b. May 15, 1956
Pakistani actress
Modern era
Kazi Nazrul Islam
May 24, 1899 – August 29, 1976
National poet of Bangladesh (1899-1976)
Modern era
Ghulam Farid Sabri
1930 – April 5, 1994
Pakistani singer
Contemporary era
Maqbool Ahmed Sabri
October 12, 1945 – September 21, 2011
Major Qawwali singer, and a leading member of the Sabri Brothers
Contemporary era
Amjad Sabri
December 23, 1976 – June 22, 2016
Pakistani qawwal, naat khawan and a proponent of the Sufi Muslim tradition
Contemporary era
Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi
b. August 19, 1951
Pakistani musician
Modern era
Pathanay Khan
1926 – March 9, 2000
Pakistani singer (1926–2000)
Modern era
Alam Lohar
March 1, 1928 – July 3, 1979
Pakistani singer (1928-1979)
Contemporary era
Arif Lohar
b. April 18, 1966
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Masood Rana
June 9, 1938 – October 4, 1995
Pakistani singer (1938-1995)
Modern era
Mala Begum
November 9, 1942 – March 6, 1990
Pakistani singer
Contemporary era
Naheed Akhtar
b. 1966
Playback singer
Contemporary era
Mehnaz Begum
1950 – January 19, 2013
Pakistani singer
Contemporary era
Nayyara Noor
November 3, 1950 – August 20, 2022
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Malika Pukhraj
1912 – February 4, 2004
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Suraiya Multanikar
b. August 30, 1940
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Ustad Amanat Ali Khan
1922 – September 17, 1974
Pakistani singer
Contemporary era
Asad Amanat Ali Khan
September 25, 1955 – April 8, 2007
Pakistani singer
Modern era
Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
1935 – January 4, 2017
Pakistani singer (1935–2017)
Modern era
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
April 2, 1902 – April 23, 1968
Indian singer (1902-1968)
Modern era
Ali Akbar Khan
April 14, 1922 – June 18, 2009
Hindustani musician (1922–2009)
Modern era
Bhimsen Joshi
February 4, 1922 – January 24, 2011
Indian Hindustani classical vocalist (1922–2011)
Modern era
M. S. Subbulakshmi
September 16, 1916 – December 11, 2004
Indian Carnatic classical vocalist (1916–2004)
Contemporary era
Pankaj Udhas
May 17, 1951 – February 26, 2024
Indian singer
Modern era
Talat Mahmood
February 24, 1924 – May 9, 1998
Indian singer (1924–1998)
Modern era
Mukesh (singer)
July 22, 1923 – August 27, 1976
Indian playback singer (1923-1976)
Modern era
Manna Dey
May 1, 1919 – October 24, 2013
Indian playback singer, music director, musician and vocalist (1919–2013)
Modern era
Geeta Dutt
November 23, 1930 – July 20, 1972
Indian playback singer (1930–1972)
Modern era
Shamshad Begum
April 14, 1919 – April 23, 2013
Indian singer (1919-2013)
Modern era
Suraiya
June 15, 1929 – January 31, 2004
Indian actress and singer (1929-2004)
Modern era
K. L. Saigal
April 4, 1904 – January 18, 1947
Indian singer and actor (1904–1947)
Modern era
S. D. Burman
October 1, 1906 – October 31, 1975
Indian singer and composer (1906–1975)
Modern era
Ilaiyaraaja
b. June 2, 1943
Indian film composer & singer
Contemporary era
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
June 4, 1946 – September 25, 2020
Indian playback singer (1946–2020)
Modern era
K. J. Yesudas
b. January 10, 1940
Indian playback singer and musician from Kerala.
Contemporary era
Runa Laila
b. November 17, 1952
Bangladeshi singer
Modern era
Mustafa Qureshi
b. May 11, 1938
Pakistani actor
Modern era
Munawar Zarif
December 25, 1940 – April 29, 1976
Pakistani comedian and film actor (1940-1976)
Modern era
Rajesh Khanna
December 29, 1942 – July 18, 2012
Indian actor and film producer (1942–2012)
Modern era
Norodom Sihanouk
October 31, 1922 – October 15, 2012
Cambodian monarch and politician (1922–2012)
Contemporary era
Sudirman
May 25, 1954 – February 22, 1992
Malaysian singer and songwriter (1954-1992)
Modern era
Komitas
September 26, 1869 – October 22, 1935
Ottoman Armenian priest, musicologist, composer and vardapet (1869–1935)
Modern era
Carlos Gardel
December 11, 1890 – June 24, 1935
Uruguayan singer, songwriter, actor; the most prominent figure in the history of tango
Modern era
Mercedes Sosa
July 9, 1935 – October 4, 2009
Argentine singer (1935-2009)