Shahin Badar
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Shahin Badar is a singer and songwriter
who is best known in Europe
and North America
for her vocals on The Prodigy
's single Smack My Bitch Up
. It earned her a Double Platinum award
.http://www.shahinbadar.com/
, England
to parents from Bangladesh
, Shahin Badar spent her formative years growing up in Kuwait
, United Arab Emirates
.
From a tender age, she showed a natural vocal talent for music. Inspired by her mother Zohra Ahmed and encouraged by her teachers, she developed a powerful blend of Arabic and Indian
vocals. This genre is reflected in her music today. With a sound that has now become her trademark Shahin sings in English
, Arabic
, Bengali
and Indian languages.
She returned to England to continue her schooling at Gilbert Grammar School. Upon leaving she took up a respectable position in Customs and Excise.
and TV soundtrack
s. Her vocals have also featured on showing such as the UK Music Hall of Fame
, Bollywood
films Yuva
and Zubeidaa
, the theatrical trailer for Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
, Charlie's Angels
, US sitcoms North Shore
and Kevin Hill
, and Sky News
broadcasts.
Badar has worked with musicians and producers such as A. R. Rahman
, Liam Howlett
, Tim Deluxe, Fraser T. Smith
, Indian Ropeman, Jah Wobble
, Twista
and Juliet Lewis. She supported 50 Cent
and worked with director Ang Lee
on the film The Hulk
.
Several of Badar's collaborations have charted in the UK Charts
top ten singles, Independent, Dance, Radio and Bhangra charts with inclusions on three The Prodigy
UK No.1 albums: The Fat of the Land
, Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned, and Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005
.
Badar's vocal and written work has featured in adverts for Scottish Widows
, Tongues on Fire and ZEE Cine Awards
.
, Creamfields
, Oxegen, Glastonbury Festival
, Ibiza Rocks
, Global Gathering
, World of Music, Arts and Dance
, Respect Festival
, Essentials Festival, and Mystery Land in Holland.
She was the face of Europe
's biggest mela
, the Bradford International Festival
2002 and headlined the UK's biggest one day carnival, the Luton International Carnival 2000.
. She was one of the Asian celebrity faces for the NSPCC
's Asian Child Helpline in addition to being the Asian celebrity support for the RNID
Don't Stop The Music campaign (for the deaf and hard of hearing).
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2010
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Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
who is best known in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
for her vocals on The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
's single Smack My Bitch Up
Smack My Bitch Up
"Smack My Bitch Up" is a song by The Prodigy, released as the band's twelfth single on 17 November 1997. It was the third and final single from the album The Fat of the Land....
. It earned her a Double Platinum award
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
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History
Born in ColchesterColchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
to parents from Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, Shahin Badar spent her formative years growing up in Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
.
From a tender age, she showed a natural vocal talent for music. Inspired by her mother Zohra Ahmed and encouraged by her teachers, she developed a powerful blend of Arabic and Indian
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
vocals. This genre is reflected in her music today. With a sound that has now become her trademark Shahin sings in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
and Indian languages.
She returned to England to continue her schooling at Gilbert Grammar School. Upon leaving she took up a respectable position in Customs and Excise.
Contributions
Her vocal contributions feature in over 50 international filmFilm
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and TV soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s. Her vocals have also featured on showing such as the UK Music Hall of Fame
UK Music Hall of Fame
The UK Music Hall of Fame was an awards ceremony to honour musicians, of any nationality, for their lifetime contributions to music in the United Kingdom. The Hall of Fame started in 2004 with the induction of five founder members and five more members selected by a public televote, two from each...
, Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
films Yuva
Yuva
Yuva , originally titled Howrah Bridge is a feature film directed by Indian director Mani Ratnam and released in 2004. Simultaneously made in Hindi and Tamil , the prime objective of the movie was to motivate educated Indian youths to enter politics.The film tells the stories of three young men...
and Zubeidaa
Zubeidaa
Zubeidaa is a 2001 Indian film directed by Shyam Benegal and written by Khalid Mohammed. It stars Karisma Kapoor, Rekha, Manoj Bajpai, Surekha Sikri, Rajit Kapoor, Lillete Dubey, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, and Shakti Kapoor...
, the theatrical trailer for Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is a 2003 action film directed by Jan de Bont, and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. It is a sequel to the 2001 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider...
, Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels (film)
Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu as three women working for a private investigation agency...
, US sitcoms North Shore
North Shore (TV series)
North Shore is an American prime-time soap opera that aired on Fox every Monday at 8 p.m. EST for seven months in 2004 and 2005...
and Kevin Hill
Kevin Hill
Kevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season.-Synopsis:The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin...
, and Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
broadcasts.
Badar has worked with musicians and producers such as A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
, Liam Howlett
Liam Howlett
Liam Paris Howlett known as Liam Howlett , is a member of the English band The Prodigy, occasional DJ, and a music producer.-Life and career:...
, Tim Deluxe, Fraser T. Smith
Fraser T. Smith
Fraser T. Smith is an English record producer, songwriter, mix engineer and guitarist....
, Indian Ropeman, Jah Wobble
Jah Wobble
Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums...
, Twista
Twista
Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...
and Juliet Lewis. She supported 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
and worked with director Ang Lee
Ang Lee
Ang Lee is a Taiwanese film director. Lee has directed a diverse set of films such as Eat Drink Man Woman , Sense and Sensibility , Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon , Hulk , and Brokeback Mountain , for which he won an Academy...
on the film The Hulk
Hulk (film)
Hulk is a 2003 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name. Ang Lee directed the film, which stars Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner, as well as Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte...
.
Several of Badar's collaborations have charted in the UK Charts
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
top ten singles, Independent, Dance, Radio and Bhangra charts with inclusions on three The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
UK No.1 albums: The Fat of the Land
The Fat of the Land
The Fat of the Land is the third studio album by The Prodigy. The album was released by XL Recordings on 30 June 1997 and on 1 July 1997 in the United States by Maverick Records...
, Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned, and Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005
Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005
Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005 is a singles collection from the UK band The Prodigy. It was released on 17 October 2005, and entered the UK album chart at #1 on 23 October.-Formats and singles:The record is available in four versions:...
.
Badar's vocal and written work has featured in adverts for Scottish Widows
Scottish Widows
Scottish Widows plc is a life, pensions and investment company located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. Its product range includes life assurance, pensions, investments and savings...
, Tongues on Fire and ZEE Cine Awards
Zee Cine Awards
The Zee Cine Awards or "ZCA" for short is an awards ceremony for the Hindi film industry. It was first held in 1998 in Mumbai. Since then, it has gained substantial popularity as a notable awards ceremony to the Indian population as well as to the viewers of Zee Network.In 2004, the ZCA went...
.
Performance
Badar has headlined various UK festivals, and has performed in countries such as Switzerland, Singapore, Sweden, France, Belgium, Norway, Russia, Ireland, India, and at events such as Radio One LiveBBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert is a series of albums by Windsong International* BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert * BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert * BBC Radio One Live in Concert...
, Creamfields
Creamfields
Creamfelds is a large dance music festival featuring DJs and live acts. It is held annually on the August Bank Holiday weekend in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, just outside of Liverpool where it had previously been held for a number of years. It is renowned for being headlined every year by the...
, Oxegen, Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
, Ibiza Rocks
Ibiza Rocks
Ibiza Rocks is a summer-long festival of live music that has run annually in San Antonio, Ibiza since 2005. Normally the festival consists of seventeen consecutive weekly Wednesday night concerts in the courtyard of the Ibiza Rocks Hotel...
, Global Gathering
Global Gathering
GlobalGathering is an annual dance music festival by Angel Music Group. Festivals are held in countries such as the UK, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and feature leading electronica artists from across the globe...
, World of Music, Arts and Dance
World of Music, Arts and Dance
WOMAD is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance.-History:...
, Respect Festival
Rise: London United
Rise is a free anti-racism music festival held in London, England from 1996 to present. Originally organised as an anti-racism festival by the Trades Union Congress , it was revived as such by the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. In June 2008, the Greater London Authority, under newly...
, Essentials Festival, and Mystery Land in Holland.
She was the face of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
's biggest mela
Mela
Mela is a Sanskrit word meaning 'gathering' or 'to meet' or a Fair. It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gathering and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sports. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were of great importance...
, the Bradford International Festival
Infest (festival)
Infest is an annual three day music festival held at the University of Bradford Union in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synthpop and power noise...
2002 and headlined the UK's biggest one day carnival, the Luton International Carnival 2000.
Charity work
Badar has launched special events and endorsed charitable causes such as London's first Children's Hospice Week for the Richard House Trust in Canary WharfCanary Wharf
Canary Wharf is a major business district located in London, United Kingdom. It is one of London's two main financial centres, alongside the traditional City of London, and contains many of the UK's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest , One Canada Square...
. She was one of the Asian celebrity faces for the NSPCC
NSPCC
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a United Kingdom charity campaigning and working in child protection.-History:...
's Asian Child Helpline in addition to being the Asian celebrity support for the RNID
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Action on Hearing Loss, formerly known as The Royal National Institute for Deaf People is a charitable organization working on behalf of the UK's 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people. The head office of RNID is in Islington, Central London . Its President is Lord Ashley of Stoke. The Chief...
Don't Stop The Music campaign (for the deaf and hard of hearing).
Awards and nominations
Shahin has received recognition of her work from various awarding bodies through short-listings and nominations, in addition to this her performance and written work is also included in projects that have secured major awards(*).1996
- "Jind Meriyeh": UK Bhangra chart No. 4
1997
- Mercury Music Prize: Nomination
- The ProdigyThe ProdigyThe Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
's album "The Fat of the LandThe Fat of the LandThe Fat of the Land is the third studio album by The Prodigy. The album was released by XL Recordings on 30 June 1997 and on 1 July 1997 in the United States by Maverick Records...
" went to No. 1 in the UK and received a Double Platinum award. Badar received a copy of the award for her contribution to the album.
1998
- Asian Pop and Media Awards: Best Female nomination
1999
- Ethnic Multicultural Media AwardEMMAEMMA is an Organization which raises awareness of discrimination through media campaigns, social networking, and the EMMA Awards....
- Best Newcomer - Nominated finalist - Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Nominated finalist
2000
- Asian Pop Awards: Best Female vocalist
- NetAsia: Shortlist nomination
2002
- Alhamra Muslim News Award for Excellence: Short-listed finalist
- Asian Women Of Achievement Awards Arts & Culture: Short-listed finalist
2004
- BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
Pete TongPete TongPeter "Pete" Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is known worldwide by fans of electronic music for hosting programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records, and for...
: Essential Selection Tune Of The Week - "Mundaya" - BBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian NetworkBBC Asian Network is a British radio station serving those originating from and around the Indian subcontinent. The music and news comes out of the main urban areas where there are significant communities with these backgrounds. The station has production centres in Birmingham, Leicester and London...
: Tune of the Week - "Queen of OPunjab" - BBC Asian Network: Tune of The Week - "Yeh Rog"
- Mundaya: Dance chart top 10
2005
- Desi XpressDesi XpressDesi Xpress was a weekly national entertainment newspaper, published in the United Kingdom by Urban Media Limited.-Background:Desi Xpress was first launched in the Midlands region in England in September 2004 before becoming national in September 2005.The entertainment weekly catered predominantly...
: Artiste of the Week - Asian Achievers Award - Shortlist
- 4 The Muzik: UK Bhangra chart No. 3 "Gal Lagja" (vocal performance)
2006
- Asian Achievers Award - Nomination
- Channel SChannel SChannel S is a UK-based, free-to-air television channel targeting the British Bangladeshi community. The channel was established on 16 December 2004, by Mahee Ferdous Jalil - a Bangladeshi businessman in London. On Sky it had a timesharing deal with ATN Global, and then in 2005 it started to...
Community Award - Music Category
2007
- India International Friendship SocietyIndia International Friendship SocietyThe India International Friendship Society is a prominent – though not the only – voluntary organisation seeking to strengthen the ties between India and the international Indian diaspora in the hopes of utilising their potential for the benefit of the country, and at the same to build bridges of...
- Glory of India award
2010
- UK Asian Music AwardsUK Asian Music AwardsThe UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, is an award show that is held annually in the United Kingdom since 2002. It is presented by B4U Music since 2008...
- Best Female Alternative Act nomination
Discography
| Title | Year | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jind Meriyeh | 1996 | Single | |
| Destiny | 1996 | Album | Keda Records |
| Jouleh Jouleh | 1999 | Single | EMI Records EMI Records EMI Records is the flagship record label founded by the EMI company in 1972 and launched in January 1973 as the successor to its Columbia label. The EMI label was launched worldwide... |
| Laila | 2007 | Album | Series 8 |
| Laila Remix's | 2009 | Album | Imprint Records |
| Leley Mera Dil | 2011 | Single | Keda Records |
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Collaborations
| Title | Year | Performed by | Written by | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smack My Bitch Up Smack My Bitch Up "Smack My Bitch Up" is a song by The Prodigy, released as the band's twelfth single on 17 November 1997. It was the third and final single from the album The Fat of the Land.... |
1997 | The Prodigy The Prodigy The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s... and Shahin Badar |
The Prodigy | XL Recordings XL Recordings XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire... , Maverick Records Maverick Records Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:... |
| 66 Meters | 1999 | Indian Ropeman | Shahin Badar and Indian Ropeman. | Skint Records Skint Records Skint Records is a Brighton based dance music record label owned by JC Reid, Tim Jeffery and Damian Harris. It was created as a sublabel of Loaded Records, also founded by Reid and Jeffery... |
| Hayati | 2002 | Jah Wobble Jah Wobble Jah Wobble is an English bass guitarist, singer, poet and composer. He became known to a wider audience as the original bass player in Public Image Ltd in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but left the band after two albums... |
Shahin Badar | 30 Hertz Records |
| Mundaya (The Boy) | 2004 | Tim Deluxe | Shahin Badar and Tim Deluxe | Underwater Records |
| Get Up Get Off | 2004 | The Prodigy | Shadin Badar, Twista Twista Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds... and Juliette Lewis Juliette Lewis Juliette Lewis is an American actress and musician. She gained international fame for her role in the 1991 thriller Cape Fear for which she was nominated for both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress... |
XL Recordings, Maverick Records, Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... , Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.... |
External links
- Shahin Badar official homepage
- Exclusive Shahin Badar interview DESIblitz.com
- discogs.com: Shahin Badar -- Discography listing.
- BritBangla | British Bengali Success Stories - Shahin Badar
- British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2010 p33, Shahin Badar