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Rahat Fateh Aali Khan
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan born 9 December 1974 is a Pakistani musician, primarily of Qawwali, a devotional music of the Muslim Sufis. -
The biggest and highest paid singer
Khan is one of the biggest and highest paid singers in Pakistan. He is the nephew of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan and also, grandson of Qawwali singer Fateh Ali Khan. -
Playback singer in Bollywood
He debuted as a playback singer in Bollywood with the movie Paap (2003), in the song "Mann Ki Lagan". -
Television
He judged the show, Chhote Ustaad alongside Sonu Nigam. He was also one of the judges on the singing reality show Junoon, premiered on NDTV Imagine in 2008. -
Career
In April 2012 Rahat Fateh Ali toured in the UK, performing at Wembley Arena and the Manchester Arena, playing to a combined audience of over 20,000 people and creating a record of maximum ticket-sales. -
Album
The song "Zaroori Tha" from the album Back 2 Love (2014) became the first original non-film music video from the Indian subcontinent to cross 100 million views after two years, and 200 million views within three years of its release. -
Nobel Peace Prize Concert
Rahat Fateh Ali became the first Pakistani to perform at any Nobel Prize concert, when he was invited to the concert at 2014[ Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.] He performed Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's most memorable qawwali "Tumhe Dillagi" and "Mast Qalandar", and he also sang "Aao Parhao" . -
Indian TV program
Rahat Fateh Ali had appeared in MTV Unplugged (India) in 2016. -
Coke Studio
Rahat Fateh Ali has appeared in four seasons of the Pakistani musical show Coke Studio. He first appeared in season 1, where he collaborated with singer Ali Azmat for the track "Garaj Baras". -
Coke studio
In season 9, he sang "Afreen Afreen" along with Momina Mustehsan which has garnered more than 300 million views on YouTube, becoming the first Pakistani song to cross that mark. -
List of awards
Rahat Fateh Ali has won 4 Lux Style Awards, 4 UK Asian Music awards, nominated for 4 times in Filmfare Awards, 4 times in IIFA Awards and 4 nominations in Mirchi Music Awards.