List of Punjabi singers
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This is an alphabetical list of notable Punjabi Singers and other vocal artists from East & West Punjab
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

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  • Abrar-ul-Haq
    Abrar-ul-Haq
    Abrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". Before becoming a singer, he was a geography teacher at the Aitchison College in Lahore.- Life :Abrar has kept the year of his birth a secret, so as to not reveal his age...

  • Alam Lohar
    Alam Lohar
    Muhammad Alam Lohar was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan.He died in 1979 in an accident. He is also credited with popularizing the term and song Jugni.-Early life:...

  • Amar Singh Chamkila
    Amar Singh Chamkila
    Amar Singh Chamkila was a controversial Punjabi singer, songwriter, and musician. His detractors lamented the vulgarity in his songs while his fans relished their sensual appeal. He was also among the major Punjabi live stage performers or Akhara singers...

  • Anamika
    Anamika
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  • Arif Lohar
    Arif Lohar
    Arif Lohar is a Pakistani folk singer. He usually sings with native musical instrument resembling tongs . His folk music is representative of traditional folk heritage of the Punjab...

  • Aman Hayer
    Aman Hayer
    Amandeep Singh Hayer, better known as Aman Hayer, is a British Asian music artist and producer, born and based in the United Kingdom. The Bhangra producer, lyricist, director, musician and singer has worked on numerous albums since 2002...

  • Apache Indian
  • Amrinder Gill
    Amrinder Gill
    -Career:Born and raised in village Boorchand Amritsar, Punjab, Amrinder Gill has become a firm favorite with the new generation of Punjabi music fans with his laid back style, up-market video and catchy Punjabi pop tracks, while having a hold over Desi lovers with his range of emotional songs...

  • Arvind Kumar
  • Asa Singh Mastana
    Asa Singh Mastana
    Asa Singh Mastana was a Punjabi musician and singer, best known for lending his voice to the hit Bollywood film Heer...

  • Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi
    Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi
    Attaullah Khan Niazi Esakhelvi is a Pakistani Pride of Performance award-winning musician from Isakhel, Mianwali, Punjab. He is traditionally considered a Seraiki artist, but most of his music albums are in either Punjabi or Urdu...

  • Alfaaz
    Alfaaz
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  • H-Dhami
    H-Dhami
    Hartinder Dhami better known as H-Dhami is a successful British-Indian bhangra act signed in 2007 to Rishi Rich Productions , a joint partnership between Rishi Rich and entertainment entrepreneur Waleed Jahangir...

  • Hadiqa Kiyani
    Hadiqa Kiyani
    Hadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, and philanthropist.Kiani rose to fame in 1995 with her debut album Raaz. Kiani received instant fame and was nominated and won numerous awards in Pakistan as well as International awards. Since her debut, she has released five albums, all receiving...

  • Hans Raj Hans
    Hans Raj Hans
    Hans Raj Hans is an Indian Punjabi language singer.Early lifeHans was born in Shafipur, a village near Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He is the second son of Late Sardar Arjan Singh Ji and Mata Ajit Kaur Ji . Hans had no musical history in his family, yet he began singing at a young age. Hans...

  • Harbhajan Maan
  • Harjit Harman
    Harjit Harman
    Harjit Harman is a famous Punjabi singer. He belongs to village Doda near Nabha, Punjab.-Career:Although Harjit is active on the Punjabi music since 1999, he had to wait till 2002 to find fame with his solo album Zanjeeri...

  • Harshdeep Kaur
    Harshdeep Kaur
    Harshdeep Kaur is an Indian playback singer known for her Sufi songs.-Biography:Harshdeep Kaur was born on 16 December 1986 in a Sikh family in Delhi and inherited music from her father, Savinder Singh, who owns a factory of musical instruments. Apart from studying, she started learning music at...


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  • Jagjit Singh
  • Jaspal Bhatti
    Jaspal Bhatti
    Jaspal Singh Bhatti is an Indian television personality famous for his satirical take on the problems of the common man...

  • Jaspinder Narula
    Jaspinder Narula
    Jaspinder Narula is a noted Punjabi singer and Bollywood playback singer, who shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. Her other notable films are Mission Kashmir,...

  • Jasbir Jassi
    Jasbir Jassi
    Jasbir Jassi |Punjab]], India) is a Punjabi singer and actor. he has released eight albums, his first pop album being Dil Le Gayee, released in 1998.-Biography:...

  • Jassi Sidhu
    Jassi Sidhu
    Jassi Sidhu is a Bhangra singer and the former lead singer of British Asian bhangra band B21. He split from the group, declaring that they would "never, ever reconcile" and that " nothing more than a glorified mime act", quoting differences between himself and Bally Jagpal.He has released three...

  • Jaswinder Brar
    Jaswinder Brar
    Jaswinder Brar , born as Jaswinder Kaur Brar to a Jatt-Sikh family in Mandi Kalanwali, is a renowned Punjabi folk singer of the Eastern Punjab, having amazing voice. She sings Punjabi folk and Pop music, but know for her Lok Tatths...

  • Jawad Ahmad
    Jawad Ahmad
    Jawad Ahmad is a Pakistani singer. Jawad first captured Pakistan's attention as a person who called attention to the transcendental existence of God through the song '"Allah Meray Dil kay Andar" which most say showed a way to inner peace...

  • Jazzy B
    Jazzy B
    Jaswinder Singh Bains, more popularly known as Jazzy B, is a Punjabi language bhangra singer-songwriter. He was born on April 1, 1975 in Durgapur, Nawanshahr, Punjab, India. When he was 5 years old, his family moved to Vancouver, Canada. He has released 12 studio albums, including two religious ones...

  • Juggy D
    Juggy D
    Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal, better known by his stage name, Juggy D, is a British Indian singer from Southall, London, England.-Music:...

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  • Kanth Kaler
  • Kamal Heer
    Kamal Heer
    -Compilations:-Music videos:-Videography:-Concerts/Tours:-Other:-Awards and nominations:-External links:* * *...

  • Kiran Ahluwalia
    Kiran Ahluwalia
    Kiran Ahluwalia is an Indo-Canadian singer who publicly performs her own musical arrangements of ancient Persian and Punjabi Ghazals, or poems....

  • Kuldeep Manak
  • Kulwinder Dhillon
    Kulwinder Dhillon
    Kulwinder Dhillon was an award-winning, internationally famous popular Punjabi Indian singer. He belonged to the village of Pandori Ladha Singh near Mahilpur in Hoshiarpur district. He died at the age of 32 in a car accident on 19 March 2006, on the Phagwara-Banga road, near Behram village, Punjab...


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  • Manmohan Waris
    Manmohan Waris
    Manmohan Waris is an award-winning Indian Punjabi folk/pop singer. Manmohan Waris was born in Halluwal, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. He is the elder brother of Sangtar & Kamal Heer...

  • Mika Singh
  • Malkit Singh
    Malkit Singh
    Malkit Singh MBE born in 1962 in village Hussainpur, Jalandhar, and raised in Nakodar, Jalandhar, Punjab. He is a famous foreign based Punjabi bhangra singer. Malkit Singh has become the first Punjabi singer to be honoured by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London with the award of...

  • Master Saleem
    Master Saleem
    Master Saleem sometimes referred as Saleem Shahzada is an Indian singer from Punjab, known for his work as a playback singer in Bollywood films, like Heyy Babyy , Dostana and Love Aaj Kal...

  • Miss Pooja
  • Mona Singh
    Mona Singh
    Mona Singh is an Indian model and television actress, known for playing the leading role in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin and winning many celebrity reality shows. She also appeared in a key role in 3 Idiots.-Early life:...

  • Mukhtar Sahota
    Mukhtar Sahota
    Mukhtar Sahota is a British Music Composer/Producer popularly associated with the group Sahotas. Born into a musical family, Mukhtar plays multiple instruments, all of which are self taught....


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  • Sardool Sikander
    Sardool Sikander
    Sardool Sikander is a Punjabi folk singer, sometimes called "The King of Bhangra" making his first appearances on radio and television in the early 1980s with his introductory album, "Roadways Di Laari". He has appeared in numerous films as an actor and musician. He also acted in a handful of...

  • Satinder Sartaj
  • Satinder Satti
    Satinder Satti
    Satinder Satti is a household name in Punjab as TV anchor, actress, poet, dancer and a singer, too.-Career:Satinder Satti is certainly a multi-faceted personality. She holds a degree in Masters of law from GNDU...

  • Shamshad Begum
    Shamshad Begum
    Shamshad Begum is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and watched Devdas 14 times...

  • Shazia Manzoor
  • Shingara Singh
    Shingara Singh
    Shingara Singh is a Punjabi singer and freelance radio/television presenter living in Leicester.He began his career by singing in the group called Shingar. He is most famous for the song "Accident Ho Gayi", 1990. He then went to work on Sabras Radio followed by local appearances on Vaisakhi Radio...

  • Soni Pabla
    Soni Pabla
    Soni Pabla was an Indian-born musician who sang Punjabi songs and is considered one of the best Indo-Canadian singers of all time.Soni Pabla was born and raised in Bilaspur a village near Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India. He belonged to the Saini community of Punjab. Soni Pabla moved to Toronto, Canada...

  • Sukhbir
    Sukhbir (musician)
    Sukhbir Singh is a Bhangra singer. He is often referred to as the "Prince of Bhangra". His Bhangra music varied from fusion to pure Punjabi at times.-Early life:...

  • Sukhshinder Shinda
    Sukhshinder Shinda
    Sukshinder Shinda is a bhangra record producer and singer–songwriter. Since releasing his first professional recording in 1993, Dhol Beat Ek, Shinda has produced or collaborated on more than 200 albums, including all of Jazzy B's releases and the majority of Amrinder Gill's...

  • Sukhwinder Singh
    Sukhwinder Singh
    Sukhwinder Singh, Born as Sukhi Singh Lubana is an Indian singer best known for working as Bollywood playback artist. Singh is famous for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The song, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se, was composed...

  • Surinder Shinda
    Surinder Shinda
    Surinder Shinda is an Indian singer of bhangra music with traditional Punjabi roots, who is considered a "grandfather of modern Punjabi music", and has been described as "legendary". He has had numerous hit songs including Putt Jattan De, Truck Billiya, Balbiro Bhabhi, Kaher Singh Di Mout and...

  • Surjit Bindrakhia
    Surjit Bindrakhia
    Surjit Bindrakhia 15 April 1962 – 17 November 2003 was a Punjabi Bhangra singer. He was known for his hekh, in which he sings a note continuously in one breath. His hits include Dupatta Tera Satrang Da, Bas Kar Bas Kar, Tera Yaar Bolda, and Jatt Di Pasand. Surjit is considered to have one...

  • Surinder Kaur
    Surinder Kaur
    Surinder Kaur , was an Indian singer and songwriter. She sang mainly Punjabi folk-songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre and later was known as the ‘Nightingale of Punjab’; she also sang some Hindi movie songs, between 1948-1952.In an illustrious spanning nearly six...

  • Surj Sahota
    Surj Sahota
    Surj Sahota is the lead singer/song-writer and music producer of the band Sahotas whose work combines the Bhangra genre with Pop, House, Reggae and Rock, focusing on vocal styles and sounds...

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