In an interview, Aslam revealed that his ambition around this time was to become a singer. He first competed on stage, and won, at the age of 15 before singing in various talent contests.[12] He also wanted to be a cricketer, being afast bowler, and was selected for thePakistan under-19 team, but he didn't go ahead as his parents wanted him to become a doctor.[13]
Aslam was a member of the groupJal. He released his first songAadat withGoher Mumtaz. After separating from Jal, Aslam released his first album titledJal Pari in 2004 which became an instant hit.[14]
Aslam's second albumDoorie was released in 2006. Aslam's third albumMeri Kahani released in 2008 was nominated in7th Lux Style Awards in the category "Best Album". Album's song "Hangami Halaat" nominated in 2009 in "MTV Music Awards" in the category "Best Rock Song".[citation needed] His debut song in Bollywood is "Woh Lamhe" fromZeher movie in 2005. He also sang "Aadat - Juda Hoke Bhi" fromKalyug movie the same year and "Tere Bin" fromBas Ek Pal movie in 2006.
In 2008, he recorded "Pehli Nazar Mein" and "Bakhuda Tumhi Ho" fromRace andKismat Konnection, respectively. "Pehli Nazar Mein" won him an IIFA Award.[15][16]
In 2011, he sang a song from the filmF.A.L.T.U, titled "Le Ja Tu Mujhe". The same year, he sang two songs "Hona Tha Pyar" and "Kaho Aaj Bol Do" withHadiqa Kiani for the film Pakistani filmBol in which he was cast as the lead role.[17][18] In this year, he recorded two songs for the filmTere Naal Love Ho Gaya, "Tu Muhabbat Hai" and "Piya O Re Piya".[19][20]
In 2012, he recorded two songs "Bol Ke Lab Azaad Hain" and "Mori Araj Suno" for the Hollywood filmThe Reluctant Fundamentalist.
He also performed in Coke Studio's Season Five titled "Charka Nolakha", "Rabba Sacheya" and "Dholna".[21][22][23]
On 22 April 2012, Atif Aslam became the first Pakistani to perform in London'sO2 Arena[24] a concert spectacular to promote love, peace, and unity among Pakistan and India. Aslam performed for four hours. This was followed up by shows inManchester andGlasgow.[25][26]
In 2012, he was invited for three concerts at theWorld Trade Centre in Dubai. This was followed by his debut concert inBangkok at the Centara Convention Centre on 6 October 2012.[27]
On 2 November 2012, he performed his first public concert inMalaysia. In December 2012, Aslam was named among top performers ofDubai for 2012.[citation needed]
Aslam is the first artist from Asia, and the second artist afterBryan Adams, who was permitted to perform inside the Dashrath Rangasla National Football Stadium inKathmandu,Nepal.[28][29]
In April 2013, Aslam performed for the first time at theLG Arena inBirmingham[30] following which he became the first artist from Asia to perform twice at London's O2 Arena. Also in concert at the O2 were Bollywood starsShaan,Malaika Arora Khan &Bipasha Basu.[31]
"Main Rang Sharbaton Ka" was nominated atWorld Music Awards in 2014 for "Best Song".[32][33][34][35] "Main Rang Sharbaton Ka" fetched several awards and multiple nominations for him.[36] "Zameen Jaagti Hai" and "Tu Khaas Hai" were released in Pakistan. In 2014, he recorded 2 songs for the filmEntertainment, "Tera Naam Doon" and "Nahi Woh Saamne". Both songs were composed bySachin-Jigar with lyrics written by Priya Panchal. He also sangQMobile Noir i10 advertising song "Dil Se Dil" andEtisalat advertising song "Faasle".
He worked with Sachin-Jigar for the song "Jeena Jeena" for the filmBadlapur,[37] The song "Jeena Jeena" topped various charts and was one of the biggest hits of 2015, which also got him a nomination for the Filmfare award for best playback singer.[38][39] That same year he also recorded "Dil Kare" forHo Mann Jahaan.[40][41]
Aslam's rendition of "Tajdar-e-Haram" reached 540 million views onYouTube in July 2020,[citation needed] originally released in 2015, it became the first video to origin in Pakistan to achieve the record.[citation needed] TheQawwali song, originally sung bySabri Brothers, was released on 15 August 2015 inCokeStudio Season 8 and has been viewed in 186 countries across the world. Also, it is Aslam's first individual video on YouTube to make the record.[42]
Aslam worked with musician Arko Pravo for the songTere Sang Yaara fromRustom (2016) which topped "Bollywood Life" chart, got nominated for "Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer".[43][44][45] Atif worked withMithoon on four versions of the song "Mar Jaayen" fromLoveshhuda in 2016, penned by Sayeed Qaudri.
"Dil Dancer" from the movieActor in Law released, which earned him LUX Award for best playback singer.[46][47] He sang "Yaariyaan" song with Ali Zafar, composed by Sahir Ali Bagga which released on 2016Defence Day.[48] He collaborated with Maher Zain for the song "I'm Alive" and sang "Jal Pari" for the advertisement ofHuawei Honor 5X.[49][50]
At the start of 2017, "Hoor" song fromHindi Medium was released.[51] After which, the romantic song "Baarish" fromHalf Girlfriend composed by Tanishk Bagchi[52] and the ballad song "Musafir" fromSweetie Weds NRI were released. Romantic song "Darasal" composed byJAM8 released the same year. Two Ballad songs "Main Agar" fromTubelight and "Jaane De" fromQarib Qarib Singlle, respectively, were out, composed by Pritam and Vishal Mishra respectively.[53] In December 2017, "Dil Diyan Gallan" fromTiger Zinda Hai released, composed byVishal–Shekhar and lyrics byIrshad Kamil. The song had garnered over 670M views on YouTube as of January 2021.[54][55] His first Bengali song "Mithe Alo" from Cockpit film was also released.
The same year, "Pehli Dafa" starring Aslam andIleana D'Cruz was released, which was a composition ofShiraz Uppal.[56] A single "Younhi" written by Atif himself released on Atif's birthday, which featured Aslam and Nicolli Dela Nina.[57] "Noor-e-Azal"Hamd released, sung by Aslam andAbida Parveen, a composition of Shani Arshad. He also sangISPR song "Kabhi Percham Main", which was released on 2017 Defence Day.[58]
"Thaam Lo from Parwaaz Hai Junoon" was also released during the same year, which earned him the LUX Award for the best playback Singer.[69] He sang "Humain Pyaar Hai Pakistan Se", released on 2018 Defence Day. "12 Bajay" was released in December 2018.
The song "Kinna Sona" became a topic of controversy as it was originally recorded by Aslam for the filmMarjaavaan, but the track was replaced at the last minute by Indian singerJubin Nautiyal.[78] The song was a mix-and-match blended cover with heavy inspirations from PakistaniSufi Islamic Qawwali music that was sung byNFAK. In June 2020, T-Series released the original cover sung by Aslam on YouTube, but was forced to remove it and immediately issued an apology after a threat-laced campaign led by variousright-wingIndian nationalist figures and parties such as theMaharashtra Navnirman Sena.[79][80][81]
In 2020, Atif released "Woh Mere Bin".[82] He also sang Zong advertisement song "Aik Naya Khaab".[83]
In April 2020, he recitedAzaan shortly after which Coke Studio released"Asma-ul-Husna" in May 2020, recited by Atif Aslam and produced byZulfiqar Jabbar Khan as an expression of solidarity with humanity amid theCOVID-19 pandemic. It features voices from the universe recorded byNASA, thirty three backing vocalist from across the globe[84] and the sound ofDaf with pronunciation supervised by Hafiz Idrees[85] giving it the feat of having 4M views in four days on YouTube and as of December 2021, it has received over 50M views. Atif Aslam worked for an ad ofInfinix Mobile Zero 8.[86][87][88][89] "Kadi Te Hans" released on 20 November 2020 by VELO Sound Station which got 2.5M views in two days of its release.[90]
After a solo debut concert in New Jersey in 2008, Aslam returned with his band and special guests toQueens Colden Center, New York for a performance on 2 July 2020. He continued to tour the world with headline performances at theRoyal Albert Hall in London, alongsideJay Sean.[citation needed]
On 26 February 2021, Atif released the song "Raat" which was a poem byMunir Niazi.[94][95][96] A tribute toMusarrat Nazir "Chale To Kat Hi Jayega" premiered on 19 March 2021 and received 14 million views in 3 days.[97][98] On 26 May 2021, Times Music released Atif's Unreleased song "Jee Len De" from the MovieRomeo Akbar Walter (RAW) starring 'John Abraham'. Atif released the song Rafta rafta[99] on 21 July 2021. On 24 October 2021, Coke Studio released his new song "Cricket Khidaiye"[100] with Faris Shafi and Talal Qureshi on the occasion of T-20 World Cup 2021.
On 25 January 2022, Atif Aslam along with Aima Baig performed PSL National Anthem, the song titled as "Agay Dekh".[101]
On 27 October 2022, Atif Aslam's "Moonrise" was released, featuringAmy Jackson. In an interview atCapital Talk withHamid Mir, Atif revealed an untitled Bengali song that would be released soon.[102] Some unreleased songs of Atif Aslam that were replaced by other Bollywood artists includes "Chashni".[103]
On 15 November 2024, Atif Aslam unveiled "Borderless World", a music programme to promote musical talent globally. Atif explained thatBorderless World has been in the making for over a year.[104] On 4 January 2025, Atif officially launched the first season of "Borderless world".[105] The first song called "Peeran" is officially released on 4 January 2025. The second song called "Umeedon Ki" is officially released on 17 January 2025.
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