He was awarded India’s third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2003. He has sung in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Sindhi and Nepali languages. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of modern Ghazal singing and regarded as most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music. Popularly known as “The Ghazal King” he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal singer Chitra Singh, in the 1970s and 1980s, as the first ever successful duo act (husband-wife) in the history of recorded Indian music. Jagjit Singh ( Punjabi: ਜਗਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Hindi: जगजीत सिंह) ( born February 8, 1941) is a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur. Jagjit Singh performing at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 12 September 2008 Courtesy: HAE Live UKĬomposer, Singer, Music Director, Activist, EntrepreneurĮMI, HMV, Saregama, Universal Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Polydor, TIPS, Venus, T-Series For other uses, see Jagjit Singh (disambiguation).
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