110 Facts About Arijit Singh

Arijit Singh was conferred upon the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2025.

Arijit Singh made his Hindi cinema debut in 2011 with the song "Phir Mohabbat" for the film Murder 2.

Arijit Singh received wider recognition with the release of "Tum Hi Ho" from Aashiqui 2 in 2013, which earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

Arijit Singh was declared the most-streamed Indian artist of 2020,2021,2022,2023 and 2024 by Spotify.

Arijit Singh was born on 25 April 1987 in Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal to Kakkar Singh, a Punjabi Sikh father and Aditi Singh, a Bengali Hindu mother.

Arijit Singh began his music training at a very young age at home.

Arijit Singh studied at Raja Bijay Singh High School and later at the Sripat Singh College, a University of Kalyani affiliate.

Arijit Singh was taught Indian classical music by Rajendra Prasad Hazari and trained in tabla by Dhirendra Prasad Hazari.

Arijit Singh idolised musicians like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Zakir Hussain and Anand Chatterjee, and enjoyed listening to Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar, and Manna Dey.

Arijit Singh's musical career began when his guru Rajendra Prasad Hazari, who felt that "Indian classical music was a dying tradition", insisted him to leave his hometown and participate in the reality show Fame Gurukul at the age of 18.

Arijit Singh was eliminated by audience polling, finishing in sixth place.

Arijit Singh participated in another reality show 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil and won.

Arijit Singh chose to move to Mumbai in 2006 to freelance, staying in a rented room in the Lokhandwala area of the city.

Arijit Singh became a music producer and began composing music and singing pieces for advertisements, news channels and radio stations.

Arijit Singh started with singing scratches in the Telugu Film Industry with the 2010 film Kedi with the song "Neeve Na Neeve Na" composed by Sandeep Chowta.

In 2011, Arijit Singh made his Bollywood musical debut with the Mithoon composition, "Phir Mohabbat" from Murder 2, which though he recorded in 2009 was released in 2011.

Arijit Singh sang the song "Uska Hi Banana" for Chirantan Bhatt in 1920: Evil Returns.

Glamsham in its review of the song "Uska Hi Banana" wrote that Arijit Singh had sung the song intensely, emotionally and passionately and at a very high pitch.

Arijit Singh's breakthrough came in Aashiqui 2 where he was a lead and key vocalist and came to prominence with the release of the song "Tum Hi Ho" from the movie.

Arijit Singh performed two tracks from Main Tera Hero and the song "Raat Bhar" from Heropanti for Sajid-Wajid.

Arijit Singh rendered three re-mixed songs: Amit Trivedi's "Hungama Ho Gaya", a song for Yaariyan and Sharib-Toshi's "Samjhawan" for Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.

Arijit Singh sang two songs on Sharib-Toshi's Zid and on three tracks for Pritam Chakraborty's Holiday which was arranged by Singh himself.

Arijit Singh made his Tamil debut in 2015 with the song "Neeye Vaazhkai Enbena" from the film Pugazh.

Arijit Singh provided vocals for the Dance song "Sooraj Dooba Hain" from Roy, which was composed by Amaal Mallik and written by Kumaar.

Arijit Singh worked again with Amaal Mallik on the song "Khwaishein" from Calendar Girls.

Arijit Singh sang "Baatein Ye Kabhi Na" for Gannguli and "Tu Har Lamha" for Bobby-Imran.

Arijit Singh collaborated with Gannguli on two other projects; "Teri Khushboo" for Mr X and the title track for Hamari Adhuri Kahani.

Besides recording soundtracks, Arijit Singh released his second promotional single during the year.

In 2015, Arijit Singh recorded a romantic duet titled "Sooiyan", written by Irshad Kamil and Amit Trivedi, with Chinmayi Sripaada for the Bollywood film Guddu Rangeela.

In early 2016, Arijit Singh sang "Yeh Fitoor Mera" written by Swanand Kirkire and composed by Amit Trivedi.

Arijit Singh made his Gujarati debut with the song "Satrangi Re" from the film Wrong Side Raju.

Arijit Singh was the key vocalist on the Raaz Reboot soundtrack and sang "Lo Maan Liya" composed by Jeet Ganguly written by Kausar Munir from it.

Arijit Singh sang the haunting melody "Raaz Aakhein Teri" and "Yaad Hain Na" from the same film.

Arijit Singh sang the duet "Dharkhaast" from the film, Shivaay with Sunidhi Chauhan, composed by Mithoon and lyrics penned by Sayeed Quadri.

Arijit Singh sang "Channa Mereya", which garnered over 110 million views.

Arijit Singh rendered another chartbuster hit "Nashe Si Chadh Gayi" from Befikre.

Arijit Singh sang "Naan Un Azhaginilae", a blissful romantic track along with Chinmayi in May 2016, for the Tamil film 24, featuring Suriya and Samantha.

Arijit Singh sang "Naina" from Dangal at the end of 2016.

Arijit Singh rendered "Alvida" from the film Rangoon, which the Deccan Chronicle praised in its review of the movie.

Arijit Singh sang the song "Roke Na Ruke Naina", composed by Amaal Mallik and written by Kumaar from the film Badrinath Ki Dulhania, and the chorus song "Namami Brahmaputra" composed by Papon and dedicated to the river Brahmaputra which flows in Assam and has high cultural, economic and social importance for the northeast Indian and Assamese people.

Arijit Singh sang "Haareya" from the movie Meri Pyaari Bindu.

Arijit Singh sang "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga", composed by Mithoon, with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir from the soundtrack of Half Girlfriend.

Arijit Singh sang "Pal Bhar" which is a reprise and extended version of song from Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga.

Arijit Singh was the lead vocalist on the film Raabta singing "Ik Vaari Aa", composed by Pritam, lyrics are penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

Arijit Singh lent his vocals and played acoustic guitar with Roland Fernandes for the song "Lambiyaan si Judaiyaan" composed by JAM8 and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, on the film's soundtrack.

Arijit Singh sang "Tera Hoke Rahoon" song composed by of JAM8, with lyrics by Bipin Das in the movie Behen Hogi Teri.

Arijit Singh sang "O Saathi", with the music composed and lyrics written by Mithoon from the Hindi film Shab, and the dance song "Main Tera Boyfriend" with Neha Kakkar.

Arijit Singh sang for Shah Rukh Khan and performed the dance song "Beech Beech Main" from the film Jab Harry Met Sejal with additional vocals provided by Shefali Alvares and Shalmali Kholgade, as well as "Hawayein", composed by Pritam and written by Irshad Kamil.

Arijit Singh sang "Jaana Ve" and "Aaj Zid" for Aksar 2.

Arijit Singh sang "Main Hoon Saath Tere" from Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana, and besides singing he made an appearance in the music video of the song "Pal", featured in the film Monsoon Shootout.

In 2018, Arijit Singh sang "Aaj Se Teri" for the film Pad Man, composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Kausar Munir.

Arijit Singh sang "Binte Dil" for the film Padmaavat written by AM Turaz and composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Arijit Singh sang another chartbuster titled "Subah Subah" for the film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety with Prakriti Kakar, composed by Amaal Mallik and written by Kumaar as well as "Tera Yaar Hoon Main".

Arijit Singh sang for the films Dil Juunglee, 3 Storeys, Hichki, Raazi, Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran, Veere Di Wedding, 102 Not Out, Baazaar and Karwaan.

Arijit Singh rendered "Khairiyat" from the film Chhichhore composed by Pritam and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.

Arijit Singh has sung a song in a Bengali film, Love Aaj Kal Porshu.

On 18 July 2020, Arijit Singh announced his upcoming venture in making non-film music under the banner "Oriyon Music".

Arijit Singh released his first single "Rihaa" under his banner Oriyon Music on 4 October 2020; along with the Bengali version "Mukto Kore Dao" on 10 October 2020; with the Hindi lyrics written by Shloke Lal and the Bengali lyrics written by Arijit Singh himself.

Arijit Singh sang the songs "Aabaad Barbaad" and "Hardum Humdum" from Ludo.

On 12 March 2020, Arijit Singh revealed that he will be composing music for the film Pagglait under his banner Oriyon Music, making it his first time venture as a music composer in Bollywood.

Arijit Singh sang "Tumse Bhi Zyada" from the movie Tadap, composed by Pritam and lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil.

Arijit Singh lent his voice for the song "Mere Yaara" from 83.

Arijit Singh sang for other films like Sooryavanshi and Bhuj: The Pride of India etc.

Arijit Singh sang "Kesariya" and a duet "Deva Deva" with Jonita Gandhi from the movie Brahmastra.

Arijit Singh had sang 3 songs from the movie "Laal Singh Chaddha" and 2 songs in the extended version of the Laal Singh Chaddha album.

Arijit Singh sang "Apna Bana Le", composed by Sachin-Jigar and penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya from the movie "Bhediya".

Arijit Singh had sung for other movies like Gangubai Kathiawadi, Samrat Prithviraj, Shamshera, Raksha Bandhan, Thank God, etc.

Arijit Singh sang "Chedkaniyan" for Shehzada, along with Nikhita Gandhi, composed by Pritam and written by Shloke Lal and IP Singh.

Arijit Singh sang "Chaleya" along with Shilpa Rao and "Faraatta" with Jonita Gandhi and Badshah, both composed by Anirudh Ravichander for Jawan.

Arijit Singh composed and sang the Theme Song of 2023 Durand Cup along with Divine.

Arijit Singh sang "Oonchi Oonchi Deewarein" and "Blue Hai Paani Paani" from Yaariyan 2.

Arijit Singh sang the song "Mein Parwaana" from the movie Pippa.

Arijit Singh has described his voice as "nasal" and believes that it matches with all the actors.

Arijit Singh has said that he would most like to explore the classical music style.

Arijit Singh is most commonly known for his romantic songs and was associated with the tag "romantic singer".

Arijit Singh is happy with the songs that come his way and tries to do his best.

Arijit Singh insists on the presence of lyricists during recording sessions for a better understanding of the relevance of the words and feelings behind a song.

Arijit Singh has said his favourite lyricists are Irshad Kamil, Sayeed Quadri, and Amitabh Bhattacharya.

Arijit Singh has shared his fondness for singer Kishore Kumar, while citing Mohit Chauhan and Atif Aslam as inspirations with whom he is often compared.

Arijit Singh has idolised Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Arijit Singh and Mehdi Hassan.

Arijit Singh has often been portrayed by the Indian media as a "small-town boy who made it big".

Arijit Singh enjoys listening to retro songs by singers Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle and the classical and ghazal songs along with the music of Coldplay.

Arijit Singh expressed his desire to work with artist Norah Jones someday as he loves her music.

Arijit Singh says he is uncomfortable with all the attention that fame has brought.

Arijit Singh is an educated musician, he understands his Sargam, and he has got depth.

In 2014, Arijit Singh married Koel Roy, a childhood friend and a neighbour of his, shortly after both divorced their former partners.

Arijit Singh says apart from being a singer, he is a badminton player, a writer, a movie freak and a documentary maker.

Arijit Singh is an ardent football fan, and a Manchester United fan.

Arijit Singh has expressed a wish to sing the anthem for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Arijit Singh was awarded the Wizcraft Honour for the Best Live Performer, and was one of the top 10 artists from across the world to be featured at The SSE Arena, Wembley in the SSE Live Awards 2016.

Arijit Singh has been awarded Padma Shri-2025 by the government of India.

Arijit Singh has received five Mirchi Music Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, a Stardust Award, five IIFA Award, five Zee Cine Awards and four Screen Awards.

Arijit Singh received Filmfare awards for five consecutive years from 2016 to 2020.

Arijit Singh received nine awards from ten nominations for the song "Tum Hi Ho" from 2013 film Aashiqui 2.

Arijit Singh won the award in the category of "The Best Male Singer" for the song "Tum Hi Ho" in 2014.

Arijit Singh was named the most popular artist of 2014 by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment after winning an online poll conducted by music streaming website hungama.

Arijit Singh was nominated for the 60th Filmfare Awards, held in 2015 under Best Male Playback Singer category for two songs "Mast Magan" and "Suno Na Sangemarmar".

Arijit Singh was voted online as the Best Male Singer by the readers of the IBN Live for the song "Muskurane".

Arijit Singh won Best Male Playback Singer award at the 61st Filmfare Awards, held in 2016 for the rendition of the song "Sooraj Dooba Hain".

In late 2016, Arijit Singh received his first Stardust Award for Best Playback Singer for the song "Channa Mereya".

Arijit Singh won the award for the song "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil".

Arijit Singh received a couple of nominations under Male Playback Singer category for "Channa Mereya" and "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil film in various award ceremonies in late 2016 and 2017.

Arijit Singh won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Tum Hi Ho" in 2014.

Arijit Singh won the award in the category of Best Male Singer for the song "Tum Hi Ho" in 2014.

Arijit Singh had won IBN Live Movie Award for the song "Muskurane" in the Best Playback Singer category.

Arijit Singh won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Sooraj Dooba Hain" in 2016.

Arijit Singh was awarded the Best Male Playback Singer award for the song at the Zee Cine Awards in 2017.

At the 23rd Star Screen Awards, Arijit Singh was awarded the title of Best Male Playback Singer for his rendition of the song "Zaalima" and songs of Jagga Jasoos.

Arijit Singh was awarded the Best Male Playback Singer for his rendition of the song "Ae Watan" from the film Raazi at the International Indian Film Academy awards.

Arijit Singh is awarded Filmfare award for best male playback singer for the song "Kalank" from the movie Kalank, with this he won the award for a record five consecutive times and six times overall.