He contributed to the lyrics of several songs and directed the music for his album Chanda Ki Doli.Īfter the death of Michael Jackson, Nigam released a song as a tribute to Jackson which was included on the tribute album The Beat of Our Hearts. In 2008, soon after releasing Classically Mild, he released a single Punjabi track entitled "Punjabi Please" and Rafi Resurrected, a two-disc collection of Rafi songs with music by the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Nigam has released albums of Mohammed Rafi's songs including Rafi Ki Yaadein, a collection early in his career, which was re-released in Rafi's memory in September 2007 as a six-disc collection of 100 songs, titled Kal Aaj Aur Kal. His upcoming project with Bickram Ghosh named "Bollywood Retro" is one such project. However, from the past few years, he has become selective about his songs so that he can focus more on creative works. Nigam provided playback singing for Hindi movies, including the title song for the film Kal Ho Naa Ho in 2003 to " Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" for Agneepath in 2012. Nigam's album Deewana, with music directed by Sajid–Wajid, was released by T-Series in 1999.Ģ000-2010s: Career peak and multiple awards and nominations In the same year, he sang the Anu Malik-composed song " Sandese Aate Hai" in Border and performed the Nadeem-Shravan-composed song "Yeh Dil Deewana" in Pardes in 1997.
He began hosting the TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995 and sang "Accha Sila Diya" for the film Bewafa Sanam, achieving greater success. He released his first album "Rafi Ki Yaadein" in 1993.
Sonu Nigam released his first song "O Aasman Wale" from the movie Aaja Meri Jaan (1993).
In April 2008, he toured India promoting his Punjabi single "Punjabi Please". From September–October of the same year, he gave solo concerts titled Simply Sonu in Canada and Germany, becoming the first Indian singer to do so. In May–June 2007, he participated in The Incredibles tour with Asha Bhosle, Kunal Ganjawala, and Kailash Kher. Nigam has performed in countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. Nigam has released pop albums in Hindi, Kannada, Odia, Chhattisgarhi and Punjabi, as well as Hindu and Islamic devotional albums. He has sung in Hindi, Odia, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, bhojpuri, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Tamil and Telugu till date. He has recorded Romantic, Rock, Devotional, Ghazal and Patriotic songs.