Atif Aslam is a Pakistani pop singer and film actor, and makes cameo appearances in Bollywood
films.
His debut as an actor was in the 2011 film Pakistani movie Bol by ShoMan.
He has recorded numerous chart-topping songs, and is known for his vocal belting technique.
Atif is the youngest recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, one of Pakistani civilian decorations.
Early life Atif was born into a Muslim family in Wazirabad,
Pakistan.
He began his education in kindergarten at Kimberley Hall School, Larkana.
In 1991 he moved to Rawalpindi where he continued his studies in St. Paul's Cambridge School,
Satellite Town, Rawalpindi.
Atif returned to Lahore in 1995 where he continued his studies in Divisional Public School, Lahore.
He continued onwards to his FSC in Punjab College where he graduated with a Bachelor's
degree.
Debut Even though Atif always admired Nusrat Fateh
Ali Khan and Abida Parveen.
his first love was for cricket and he dreamed of representing his nation as a cricketer.
He was a fast bowler and his passion for the sport saw him being selected for the national
Under 19 cricket team trials.
At one stage Atif was training to represent his country in the U-19 World Cup.
Spurred on by his friends he began to sing in public during his days in college and recorded
his first single "Aadat" with his pocket money.
Within a matter of weeks "Aadat" went viral online and soon he became a household name
on the basis of just that one song.
On 17 July 2004 the first album titled Jal Pari.
by Atif Aslam was released.
Several songs from his debut album such as "Bheegi Yaadein", "Ehsaas", "Mahi Ve", "Ankhon
Sey" along with the title track "Jalpari" went on to become major hits and charted across
countries in the subcontinent.
Following the success of Jal Pari, he released two more solo albums, "Doorie" & "Meri Kahani".
Both albums were massive successes.
According to Tips music his solo albums have sold more than 9 million units globally.
Within a span of three years he recorded over two dozen chartbusters for top Bollywood films
and for his work on the movie Race, was nominated for the Filmfare Award.
He continues to work on top productions and his growing popularity has seen filmmakers
create special music videos to promote their films with his songs.
Following sold out concerts throughout his country the demand to watch Atif Aslam perform
live grew across the world.
He began to tour internationally with performances in the US and Canada with RDB and Annie Khalid.
Atif then made his solo debut concert in New Jersey in Summer Beats 2008 at Sovereign Bank
Arena.
After a sold out concert in New Jersey, Atif returned with his band and special guests
to Queens Colden Center, New York to perform on 2 July 2010.
Taking over the production Atif produced the event with special sound and light design
to support his concert.
Two years later Atif Aslam returned to the US.
Collaborating with female vocalist Shreya Ghoshal their March 2010 tour originally had
10 shows announced in US and Canada.
However the response inspired the organizers to conduct shows in six more cities.
The next month, Atif Aslam made his debut in South America with a performance at Anthony
Nesty Sports Hall, Suriname in South America.
The world touring continued with Atif Aslam performing with Sunidhi Chauhan for the first
time at Hershey Centre, Mississauga followed by another show at Oracle Arena, San Francisco,
Oakland in July 2011 during their USA & Canada tour.
In September 2011 he performed in New York.
Atif continued to tour the world with headline performances at Royal Albert Hall in London.
He followed that with dates across major concert venues in the UK in 2010.
On 22 April 2012 Atif Aslam became the first man from his country to perform in London's
O2 Arena a concert spectacular to promote love, peace & unity among India and Pakistan.
Atif performed for four hours on The O2 Arena stage.
This was then followed up by shows in Manchester & Glasgow.
In 2012 he was invited for three concerts at the World Trade Centre in Dubai.
This was followed with his debut concert in Bangkok at the Centara Convention Centre on
6 October 2012.
Atif Aslam then returned to performing in 10 major cities of Pakistan during his Jazz
Jazba Generation Tour where backstage footage of Atif Aslam behind the scenes during the
tour, his interactions with his fans and intimate look at the man behind the star was filmed
for the first time.
On 2 November he performed his first public concert in Malaysia.
In December 2012, Atif was named among top performers of Dubai for 2012 alongside Pitbull,
Enrique Iglesias, Il Divo, Gotye, Evanescence & Swedish House Mafia.
A few weeks earlier, Atif Aslam became the first man from Asia, and the second artist
after Bryan Adams, to be permitted to perform inside the Dashrath Rangasla – National
Football Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal.
With 25,000 crowd his concert in Nepal was also a great success.
Atif once again returned to Dubai for multiple concerts in 2013 at the world famous Atlantis
resort Dubai.
He also earlier shared stage with upcoming talent Shalmali Kholgade in Dubai.
In April 2013, Atif performed for the first time at the LG Arena in Birmingham t 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 stars Shaan, Malaika Arora Khan & Bipasha Basu.
Hollywood Atif has three songs featured in the American
independent film, Man Push Cart which has won international awards and was praised by
critics.
He then sung two songs in Mira Nairs film The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
His two more songs 'Doorie' and 'Maula' from his second album Doorie have been picked up
in 2010 for the soundtrack of the Hindi Version of a Mexican film La mujer de mi hermano directed
by Ricardo de Montreuil.
Acting career Atif made his acting debut in the 2011 Pakistani
movie Bol.
He has also made special appearances in film songs.
Television Atif appeared as a captain of Team Pakistan
in a singing talent show called Sur Kshetra which was shot and broadcast from Dubai where
Indian and Pakistani contestants were competing against each other.
Atif's team won in this competition.
Discography
Albums Promotional singles
Hollywood songs Bollywood and Indian film songs
Lollywood songs Collaborative songs
Pakistani drama Soundtrack Coke Studio Pakistan
Filmography Actor
Awards See Also
Jal Goher Mumtaz
Music of Pakistan List of Pakistani pop singers
References
External links Official website
Official Facebook Official Twitter
Atif Aslam at the Internet Movie Database