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| Born | حمیرا چنا (1966-02-26)February 26, 1966 (age 59) |
| Occupation(s) | Film playback singer,folk singer |
| Years active | 1987 – present |
| Awards | Pride of Performance Award by thePresident of Pakistan (2017) 6Nigar Awards in 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1997 |
Humaira Channa, also known asHumera Channa (born on 22 Jun 1966[1] atHyderabad), is a 6Nigar Award winning film playback singer fromPakistan. She has won 3rd most Nigar Awards in history, ranked only afterNoor Jehan andMehnaz.
Humaira Channa was born in aSindhiMuslim family. She entered the Pakistani entertainment industry influenced by her father who was already a filmmaker. She first sang for her father's film at the age of nine.[2] Then she was given an opportunity to sing folk songs of SufiShah Abdul Latif Bhittai onPakistani television, Karachi.She rose to fame in the early 1990s. She sings inUrdu,Punjabi,Saraiki andSindhi languages. She has sung over a thousand songs in her career until 2016.
Initially Humaira Channa was a substitute singer forNaheed Akhtar during the 1980s, afterNaheed Akhtar decided to get married and retire from thePakistani film industry. In 2017, some of the iconic playback singers of Pakistan were complaining about lack of work provided to them due to introduction of new trends in Pakistani film industry where the emphasis now is on pop musicians and music bands instead of film songs that these playback singers used to sing.[3][4]
Humaira Channa has gone on concert tours to the United States, Canada,United Arab Emirates,Bangladesh and across Europe.[5]
Humaira Channa has sung the title songs for the following television drama series:
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