Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an indian singer, music director and actor. He sings predominantly in Hindi and Kannada language films but has also sung in Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Nepali, Malayalam, Tulu and other Indian languages.Nigam has also released a number of non film albums and acted in some Hindi films.He is known as the “Modern Rafi” after his idol Mohammad Rafi.Sonu Nigam was born on 30 July 1973 to Agam Kumar Nigam and Shobha Nigam in the city of Faridabad, Haryana. His father was from Agra and his mother was from Garhwal. His sister Teesha Nigam is also a professional singer.Nigam began singing at the age of four, when he joined his father Agam Kumar Nigam on stage to sing Mohammed Rafi's song "Kya Hua Tera Wada". Nigam began accompanying his father on his singing appearances at weddings and parties. He moved to Mumbai with his father to begin his Bollywood singing career at the age of 19.He was trained by Hindustani classical singer Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.
