Landing increasingly high-profile soundtrack work under the direction of the likes of A. In 2009, he found his niche as a playback singer, with his first notable hit later coming in the form of “Duaa”, a Mirchi Award-winning contribution to the 2012 film Shanghai. After signing to Tips for an LP which never saw the light of day, Singh returned to reality TV as a participant in 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil, winning the show and investing his prize money into a new recording studio. Acutely aware of classical music’s declining commercial appeal, he crossed over to pop music in 2005, making a name for himself aged eighteen as a contestant on TV talent show Fame Gurukul. Born April 25th, 1987 in Jiaganj, West Bengal, Singh was brought up as a tabla player and student of classical music, receiving a government scholarship at just nine years old to train as a singer. Indian singer-songwriter and record producer Arijit Singh is best known today as a playback singer, having recorded a vast oeuvre of hits for actors to lip-sync to in Bollywood box office smashes.
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