In 1997, he sang the patriotic song " Sandese Aate Hai" from the movie " Border" and performed the Nadeem-Shravan-composed song "Yeh Dil Deewana" in " Pardes" in the same year, both of which were highly successful. His song "Accha Sila Diya" for the film " Bewafa Sanam", gave him greater success.
He began hosting the hugely popular TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma in 1995. 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. Nigam had changed his name to Sonu Niigaam citing numerology beliefs, but later decided to go back to his birth name. He married Madhurima Mishra on 15 February 2002. He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19. Nigam began accompanying his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. Nigam began singing at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's song "Kya Hua Tera Wada". He also has another sister Meenal Nigam who is a Bengaluru-based yoga practitioner. His sister Teesha Nigam is also a professional singer. His father was from Agra and his mother was from Garhwal. Sonu Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam in the city of Faridabad, Haryana.
Sonu Nigam with wife Madhurima Nigam at Rakesh Roshan's birthday, 2017
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