22 Facts About Nusrat Fateh Ali

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director.

Nusrat Fateh Ali was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi devotional music.

Nusrat Fateh Ali was described as the fourth greatest singer of all time by LA Weekly in 2016.

Nusrat Fateh Ali was known for his vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.

Nusrat Fateh Ali became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971, and brought his unique style of sargam, khayal, and rhythm to his family's legacy.

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Nusrat Fateh Ali was signed by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England, in the early 1980s.

Nusrat Fateh Ali toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries.

Nusrat Fateh Ali's ancestors learned music and singing there and adopted it as a profession.

Nusrat Fateh Ali was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and qawwal.

Nusrat Fateh Ali had his heart set on Nusrat choosing a much more respectable career path and becoming a doctor or engineer because he felt qawwali artists had low social status.

Nusrat Fateh Ali first visited Japan in 1987, at the invitation of the Japan Foundation.

Nusrat Fateh Ali performed at the 5th Asian Traditional Performing Art Festival in Japan.

Nusrat Fateh Ali performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, in 1989, earning him admiration from the American audience.

Nusrat Fateh Ali would go on to release five albums of traditional qawwali through Real World, along with the more experimental albums Mustt Mustt, Night Song, and the posthumous remix album Star Rise.

Nusrat Fateh Ali sang "Saya Bhi Saath Jab Chhod Jaye" for Sunny Deol's movie Dillagi.

Nusrat Fateh Ali sang "Dulhe Ka Sehra" from the Bollywood movie Dhadkan which was released in 2000.

Nusrat Fateh Ali had been seriously ill for several months, according to a spokesperson at his US label, American Recordings.

Nusrat Fateh Ali's body was repatriated to Faisalabad, and his funeral was a public affair.

Nusrat Fateh Ali was given the title of Ustad after performing classical music at a function in Lahore on the anniversary of his father's death.

Nusrat Fateh Ali performed qawwali, which means wise or philosophical utterance, as nobody else of his generation did.

Nusrat Fateh Ali's music was appreciated by singers such as Mick Jagger, socialites such as Parmeshwar Godrej, actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Trudie Styler, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins, and authors such as Sam Harris, who cited Khan as one of his favourite musicians.

Nusrat Fateh Ali's music appears on soundtracks for Hollywood films such as The Last Temptation of Christ, Natural Born Killers and Dead Man Walking.