Let’s take a look at some lesser known facts about Sonu Nigam on his birthday:

He began his singing career 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 “. From then on, Nigam accompanied his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin hisBollywood singing career at the age of 19.He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.

He has not only sung in Hindi but in several languages, including Kannada, Oriya, Assamese, Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu and Nepali.

He has released pop albums in Hindi, Oriya, Chhattisgarhi, Punjabi and Kannada and acted in a few movies.

He has also composed the music of films including Sooper Se Ooper and Jal in collaboration with percussionist Bickram Ghosh.