Artist Birtday :	12/03/1983 (Age 41)
Born In :	Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation(s) :	Singer Songwriter Composer Actor
Genres :	Pop, Sad, Romantic, Rock,

Atif Aslam Biography:

Muhammad Atif Aslam is a Pakistani playback singer and actor. He has recorded numerous chart-topping songs in both Pakistan and India and is known for his vocal belting technique. He predominantly sings in Urdu and Hindi, but has also sung in Bengali. Due to the status of his consistently successful chart-topping songs, he is often regarded as one of the all-time best playback singers in the Indian and Pakistani music industries. In 2008, Aslam received the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, the fourth-highest civilian honour award from the Pakistani government as well as numerous Lux Style Awards.

Atif Aslam Singer:

Early Life:

Atif Aslam was born in a Punjabi Muslim family in Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He went to Kimberley Hall School in Lahore until 1991, when he moved to Rawalpindi and continued his studies at St. Paul’s Cambridge School in Satellite Town. In 1995, Aslam returned to Lahore where he continued his studies at a Divisional Public School and College (DPSC) branch. He proceeded to attend Fazaia Inter College for his HSSC from 1999 to 2001, and later went to PICS to pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer science. In an interview, Atif revealed that his ambition around this time was to become a professional cricketer.

Singing Career:

Atif Aslam has stated that he had no initial formal training in music, and was disinterested in the thought of pursuing a musical career over one in sports. It was not until his college days that he began to actively take part in various musical competitions and eventually was encouraged by his friends to establish himself in the music industry. He has said that the works of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan were one of his very first musical inspirations.

2020s:

In 2020, Tips released 10-year-old song “Woh Mere Bin”. He also sang Zong advertisement song “Aik Naya Khaab”.

In April 2020, he recited Azaan shortly after which Coke Studio released Asma-ul-Husna in May 2020, recited by Atif Aslam and produced by Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan as an expression of solidarity with humanity amid COVID-19 pandemic. It features voices from the universe recorded by NASA, thirty three backing vocalist from across the globe and the sound of Daf with pronunciation supervised by Hafiz Idrees giving it the feat of having 4M views in just four days on YouTube and as of July 2020, it received over 13M views.

International tours:

His first international tour was in the US and Canada with Rhythm Dhol Bass and Annie Khalid.

Atif at Antaragni in 2008
Aslam then made his solo debut concert in New Jersey in Summer Beats 2008 at Sovereign Bank Arena, which also featured Kailash Kher, Richa Sharma and Amanat Ali. After a solo debut concert in New Jersey, Aslam returned with his band and special guests to Queens Colden Center, New York to perform on 2 July 2010.

Two years later, Aslam returned to the US. Collaborating with vocalist Shreya Ghoshal, their March 2010 tour originally had 10 shows announced in US and Canada. However, the response inspired the organizers to put shows in six more cities.

Hollywood:

Five songs from Aslam’s first two albums “Jal Pari” and “Doorie” were featured in two films. From first album 3 songs “Yakeen”, “Ehsaas”, and “Aadat” were featured in Ramin Bahrani’s 2005 film Man Push Cart which has won international awards and was praised by the critics. Two other songs from second album “Doorie” and “Maula”, were selected in 2010 for the soundtrack of the Spanish Beauty, the Hindi version of the 2005 Mexican film La mujer de mi hermano directed by Ricardo de Montreuil. He then sang two songs; “Bol Ke Lab Azaad Hain” and “Mori Araj Suno”, in Mira Nair’s 2012 film The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Television:

Aslam appeared as the captain of Team Pakistan in a singing talent show called Sur Kshetra which was shot and broadcast from Dubai, where Indian and Pakistani contestants competed against each other. At the end of the show, Nabeel Shaukat Ali from Atif’s team won the contest.

On 19 April 2017, he hosted the 16th Lux Style Awards ceremony, and it was the first time he was seen hosting the ceremony of Lux Style Awards.

He along with Meesha Shafi, Fawad Khan and Shahi Hasan was also on the judge panel of a nationwide talent show Pepsi Battle of the Bands; emceed by PepsiCo Pakistan from July to September 2017.

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