Famous Singers from Bangladesh
- Photo:
- flickr
- CC0
Abdul Latif
Abdul Latif (1927 ā 27 February 2005) was a Bangladeshi singer, musician, and lyricist. He was the initial composer of the Bengali language movement song, "Amaar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February". He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1997 and Independence Day Award in 2002 by the Government of Bangladesh.- Photo:
- Photo:
- Wikimedia Commons
- CC-BY
Altaf Mahmud (Bengali: ą¦ą¦²ą¦¤ą¦¾ą¦« ą¦®ą¦¾ą¦¹ą¦®ą§ą¦¦; 23 December 1933 ā September 1971) was a musician, cultural activist, and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was also a language activist of the Language Movement and composer of "Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano", the famous song written to commemorate the event.- Age: Dec. at 40 (1930-1971)
- Birthplace: Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Ayub Bachchu (Bengali pronunciation: [aeĢÆub batŹtŹu]; 16 August 1962 ā 18 October 2018) was a Bangladeshi rock guitarist, composer and singer-songwriter, who was the founder of the Bangladeshi rock band LRB and earned success as the lead singer and the lead guitarist of the band. Born in Patiya, Bachchu came to Chittagong with his family in the early 1970s. He formed his first band "Ugly Boys" in 1977, while studying in high school and joined in rock band Feelings (Now known as Nagar Baul) as the guitarist the same year. He played in the band from 1977 to 1980. In 1980, he joined Souls where he played for ten years and appeared in four studio albums including Super Souls (1982), College Er Corridore (1985), Manush Matir Kachakachi (1987) and East and West (1988). In 1991, he left the band to form his own band LRB, where he was the vocalist and guitarist for 27 years, until his death in 2018. He released the first ever double album: LRB I and LRB II in 1992, with the band. LRB's third studio album Shukh, which featured "Cholo Bodle Jai", one of the greatest rock songs in Bangladesh. He also received well success as a solo artist. His first solo album Rokto Golap was released in September 1986. He got his breakthrough by releasing albums like Moyna (1988) and Koshto (1995) which received well success. He released only one instrumental rock album in his career: Sound of Silence (2007), which is the first ever instrumental album in Bangladesh. Bachchu released several best selling-albums with LRB, and as a solo performer. Bachchu is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist of Bangladesh.The Top Tens ranked him second on their list of "Top 10 Greatest Guitarists of Bangladesh", only behind Ibrahim Ahmed Kamal of Warfaze. He is sometimes referred to as "the guitar god" by his fans. He has won six Meril Prothom Alo Awards, one Citycell-Channel I Music Award with LRB and won the Bachsas Awards in the Best Male Vocal category in 2004. In 2017, he won the Tele Cine Lifetime Achievement Award. Bachchu married his girlfriend Ferdous Ayub Chandana on January 31, 1991, with whom he had a daughter, Fairuz Saffra Ayub and a son, Ahnaf Tazwar Ayub. In October 2018, Bachchu died of cardiac failure in his own residence in Dhaka, six years after he was suffering of lung ailment. He gave his last performance in Rangpur City two days before his death. He was buried in Chaitanya Goli in Chittagong, beside his mother's grave.
- Age: 62
- Birthplace: Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- East-West Center
- Flickr
Azam Khan
Mahbubul Haque Khan (28 February 1950 ā 5 June 2011), best known as Azam Khan, was a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, record producer, and lead singer for the rock band "Uchcharon". He was also a freedom fighter. He took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. He is considered to be one of the greatest artist in the history of Bangladeshi popular music.Khan was born and raised in Dhaka. He was interested in music since his childhood. He started his music career there with the group "ą¦ą§ą¦°ą¦¾ą¦Øą§ą¦¤ą¦æ ą¦¶ą¦æą¦²ą§ą¦Ŗą§ ą¦ą§ą¦·ą§ą¦ ą§ (Trinity Artist Group)" in 1967. He attended in the 1969 mass uprising, against the Pakistani army. In 1971, inspired by his father, he and his brothers took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh. He was trained in Meghaloy, India. He fought in the Sector 2, under Major Khaled Mosharraf. In mid-December, 1971 he came back from the camps and started his music career again. He found the pioneering rock band "Uchcharon", along with his friends Nilu (lead guitars) and Mansoor (rhythm guitars), Sadek (drums). They first appeared on Bangladesh Television in 1972. They got commercial success with the hit "ą¦°ą§ą¦² ą¦²ą¦¾ą¦ą¦Øą§ą¦° ą¦¬ą¦øą§ą¦¤ą¦æą¦¤ą§ (In the Slum Beside the Rail Line)" in 1975. Releasing more hit songs in the 1970s, like "ą¦ą¦²ą¦¾ą¦² ą¦ ą¦¦ą§ą¦²ą¦¾ą¦² (Alal and Dulal)", "ą¦øą¦¾ą¦²ą§ą¦ą¦¾ ą¦®ą¦¾ą¦²ą§ą¦ą¦¾ (Saleka Maleka)" and "ą¦Ŗą¦¾ą¦Ŗą¦”ą¦¼ą¦æ ą¦ą§ą¦Ø ą¦¬ą§ą¦ą§ą¦Øą¦¾? (Why Doesn't Papri Understand?)". Khan died in June 2011 from oral cancer in Dhaka. His contribution to the music industry, brought him the second highest civilian honour award "Ekushe Padak", which he was awarded posthumously in 2019 and also the honorific nickname "The Rock Guru", which he is mostly called by his fans.- Age: Dec. at 61 (1950-2011)
- Photo:
- Photo:
Tishma
Tishma is a rock singer, songwriter, pianist, musician, music composer and music producer in Bangladesh. She is also known as the "Rock Princess of Bengal" by fans. She plays a variety of musical instruments such as piano, guitar, keyboard, and drums, and is Bangladesh's first and only female music composer and music producer. She is an innovator in Bangladeshi popular music and is noted for introducing changes in the pop music arena in her country.- Birthplace: Bangladesh
- Bappa Mazumder (Bengali: ą¦¬ą¦¾ą¦Ŗą§ą¦Ŗą¦¾ ą¦®ą¦ą§ą¦®ą¦¦ą¦¾ą¦°) is a singer from Bangladesh, lyricist and composer. Bappa is famous for his Bengali romantic compositions, some of which have been performed with his band, Dalchhut. He is a son of a music couple, the classical maestro Ustad Barin Mazumder and Ila Mazumder.Mazumder has also composed more than a thousand musical numbers for other musicians. In recent times, Bappa has recorded and performed with Fahmida Nabi, (Ek Muthho Gaan). Along with singing, writing and composing, Bappa also has worked as an anchor, namely on The One, a musical talk show on Channel One, a channel that came to a close in 2010. His seventh solo album Din Bari Jaay was released in 1 February 2007, was a massive hit. Eighth solo album Shurjosnane Chol released in 2008, also a hit. ninth solo album Beche Thak Shobuj released in (2012). Tenth solo album Janina Kon Montorey was also a hit, released in 2014). Ek Mutho Gan 2, was released in February 2010.
- Age: 51
- Birthplace: Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Metaweb (FB)
- Fair use
Bhanu Bandopadhyay
Bhanu Bandyopadhyay (born as Samyamoy Bandyopadhyay; 26 August 1920 ā 4 March 1983) was an Indian actor, known for his work in Bengali cinema. He acted in over 300 movies, in numerous plays and performed frequently on the radio.- Age: Dec. at 62 (1920-1983)
- Birthplace: Bikrampur
- Photo:
- Photo:
Habib Wahid (born October 15, 1979) is a Bangladeshi composer, musician and singer. He works on modern Pop music, EDM and a fusion of traditional Bengali folk music with contemporary techno and urban beats. His music is mainly influenced by British Bangladeshis, while he was living in the UK as a student. He is the son of the 1970s singer Ferdous Wahid. He has also produced music in Indian Bengali movies. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the film Projapoti (2011).- Age: 45
- Birthplace: Gulshan Thana, Bangladesh
- Photo:
Haider Hussain
Haider Hussain may refer to: Haider Hussain (singer-songwriter), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter Haider Hussain (field hockey) (born 1979), Pakistani field hockey player- Photo:
- Metaweb (FB)
- Public domain
James
Faruq Mahfuz Anam (born 2 October 1964), best known by his stage name James, is a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer and a bollywood playback singer . He is the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the rock band "Feelings" (now known as Nagar Baul), which he founded in 1977. James was born and raised in Naogaon. But, he grew up in Chittagong City.James has also led a successful solo career, with hit albums like "ą¦ ą¦Øą¦Øą§ą¦Æą¦¾ (Ananya)" (1989), "ą¦Ŗą¦¾ą¦²ą¦¾ą¦¬ą§ ą¦ą§ą¦„ą¦¾ą¦Æą¦¼? (Where Will You Run to?)" (1995), "ą¦¦ą§ą¦ą¦ą¦æą¦Øą¦æ ą¦¦ą§ą¦ą¦ ą¦ą¦°ą§ą¦Øą¦¾ (Don't Regret)" (1997), "ą¦ ą¦æą¦ ą¦ą¦ą§ ą¦¬ą¦Øą§ą¦§ą§ (Okay, My Friend)" (1999). He sang in four Bollywood films, including Gangster (2006), Woh Lamhe (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007), Warning (2013).James rose to mainstream fame in the 1990s as the frontman of Feelings, which is one of the "Big Three of Rock", who were responsible for developing and popularizing hard rock music in Bangladesh, along with LRB and Ark. Feelings is considered to be the pioneer of psychedelic rock in Bangladesh. He is often referred by the name "Guru".- Age: 60
- Birthplace: Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- flickr
- CC0
Kalim Sharafi
Kalim Sharafi (8 May 1924 ā 2 November 2010) was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer. He gave his ideas in several publications regarding politics, culture, and Tagore. He is regarded as one of the best Rabindra Sangeet singers in the subcontinent.- Age: Dec. at 86 (1924-2010)
- Birthplace: West Bengal, India
- Photo:
Khan Ataur Rahman
Khan Ataur Rahman (known as Khan Ata; 11 December 1928 ā 1 December 1997) was a Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer. He became renowned for his role in the film Jibon Theke Neya (1970). He received Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film Sujon Sokhi (1975) and Danpite Chhele (1980). He was awarded Ekushey Padak posthumously in 2003 by the Government of Bangladesh.- Age: Dec. at 68 (1928-1997)
- Birthplace: Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Monica Yunus
Monica Yunus
Monica Yunus (born 1979) is an American operatic soprano who has performed with many opera companies and music ensembles. Reviewers from US dailies, The New York Times, the Charleston City Paper and the Palm Beach Daily News have described her voice as "especially winning", "utterly captivating" and "a voice destined for super-stardom" respectively. Her voice's performance range lies from a low A (A3) to a high F (F6). She performed regularly at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 2003-2014; appearing in several broadcasts of Metropolitan Opera Live in HD.- Age: 46
- Birthplace: Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Nishita Barua
Nishita Barua
- Photo:
Rezwana Choudhury Bannya
Rezwana Choudhury Bannya is a Bangladeshi singer. She is an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet, the songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore. She has won many awards including Bangladesh's highest civilian award the Independence Day Award (2016).- Birthplace: Rangpur District, Bangladesh
- Runa Laila (born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer. She is one of the best-known singers in South Asia. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and she also made a pair with him after replacing another singer Mala. Her playback singing in films ā The Rain (1976), Jadur Banshi (1977), Accident (1989), Ontore Ontore (1994), Tumi Ashbe Bole (2012), Devdas (2013) and Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou (2014) - earned her seven Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer.
- Age: 72
- Birthplace: Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Metaweb (FB)
- Fair use
Sachin Dev Burman (1 October 1906 ā 31 October 1975) was an Indian music director and singer. A member of the Tripura royal family, he started his career with Bengali films in 1937. Later he began composing for Hindi movies, and became one of the most successful and influential Bollywood film music composers. S D Burman composed music for over 100 movies, including Hindi and Bengali films. Apart from being a versatile composer, he also sang songs in light semi-classical and folk style of Bengal. His son Rahul Dev Burman was also a celebrated music composer for Bollywood films. S.D. Burman's compositions have been sung by leading singers of the period including Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar, Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum. Mukesh and Talat Mahmood have also sung songs composed by him. He has himself sung about 14 Hindi and 13 Bengali film songs.- Age: Dec. at 69 (1906-1975)
- Birthplace: Comilla, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Metaweb (FB)
- Public domain
Sabina Yasmin
Sabina Yasmin (Bengali: ą¦øą¦¾ą¦¬ą¦æą¦Øą¦¾ ą¦ą¦Æą¦¼ą¦¾ą¦øą¦®ą¦æą¦Ø; born 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 12 times. She has recorded more than 1,500 songs for films and over 10,000 songs in total.Yasmin was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1984 and Independence Day Award in 1996 by the Government of Bangladesh.- Age: 70
- Birthplace: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Shafin Ahmed (born February 14) is a Bangladeshi rock bassist, singer-songwriter, record producer and politician. He is the lead singer, songwriter and bassist for the Bangladeshi rock band Miles, where he and his elder brother Hamin Ahmed joined, in 1984.Born in the city of Kolkata, Ahmed is the youngest son of Indian classical music singer Kamal Dasgupta and Bangladeshi singer Firoza Begum. Their family was traditionally a musical family. He started his musical career at the age of 9. They moved to Dhaka in the early 1970s. He was exposed to rock and roll music in the mid-1970s, when he went to London for higher education. He joined Miles in 1984, as the lead singer and bassist.
- Birthplace: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Metaweb (FB)
- Public domain
Shakila Zafar
Shakila Zafar (born February 28) is a Bangladeshi well-known singer. She works in Bangladeshi media for a very long time. In her career, She sang many songs.- Age: 63
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Metaweb
- CC-BY
Shimul Yousuf
Shimul Yousuf (born 24 March 1957) is a Bangladeshi actress, director and singer.- Age: 68
- Birthplace: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Metaweb (FB)
- Public domain
Shuvro Dev is a Bangladeshi musician.- Age: 65
- Birthplace: Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- flickr
- CC0
Sabrina Porshi
Sabrina Porshi is a Bangladeshi singer. Sabrina Porshi's career began when she became 2nd runner up in a Music telnet hunt show, Channel i "Khude gaan raj", in 2008. Porshi's first song recording was for a movie in 2009 arranged by "Khude Gaan Raj" team.- Birthplace: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- user uploaded image
Asif Akbar
Asif Akbar (born 25 March 1972) is a Bangladeshi pop singer. He releases solo, duet and mixed albums and also sings for Bangladeshi cinema. His latest album, Jaan Re, is available online after he decided to release all of his songs in all possible methods to prevent piracy. He received the Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Singer (Male) for five consecutive years and the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his performance in the film Rani Kuthir Baki Itihash (2006).- Age: 53
- Birthplace: Bangladesh, Comilla
- Photo:
- Photo:
Shayan Chowdhury (Bengali: ą¦¶ą¦¾ą¦Æą¦¼ą¦Ø ą¦ą§ą¦§ą§ą¦°ą§), known as Arnob (ą¦ ą¦°ą§ą¦£ą¦¬), is a Bangladeshi musician, singer and composer.- Age: 46
- Birthplace: Bangladesh
- Photo:
- flickr
- CC0
Momtaz Begum
Momtaz Begum (Bengali: ą¦®ą¦®ą¦¤ą¦¾ą¦ ą¦¬ą§ą¦ą¦®; born 5 May 1974) is a Bangladeshi singer and the former two times member of the Parliament of Bangladesh. Referred to as "The Music Queen," she has recorded around 700 songs in her career spanning four decades. Momtaz has performed concerts across Bangladesh, in Britain and in the United States. She has performed numerous events for the Bangladeshi diaspora communities, in particular in London, where she is very popular during the Baishakhi Mela- Birthplace: Singair Upazila, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Wikimedia Commons
- CC-BY
Firoza Begum
Firoza Begum (28 July 1930 ā 9 September 2014) was a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer. She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1979 by the Government of Bangladesh.- Age: Dec. at 84 (1930-2014)
- Birthplace: Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Metaweb
- CC-BY
S.I Tutul
- Photo:
- Photo:
- flickr
- CC0
Farida Parveen
Farida Parveen (born 31 December 1954) is a Bangladeshi folk singer. Referred to as "the Queen of Lalon song," she received Ekushey Padak in 1987 and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the film Andho Prem (1993) in 1993.- Age: 70
- Birthplace: Natore District, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- dux
- Flickr
Hridoy Khan
Hridoy Khan is a film score composer.- Birthplace: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Metaweb (FB)
- Public domain
Moushumi Akhter Salma (known as Salma Akhter) is a Bangladeshi folk singer. She rose to fame in 2006 after winning the second season of "Closeup 1 Tomakei Khujchhey Bangladesh", a television series broadcast on NTV.- Age: 34
- Birthplace: Bangladesh, Kushtia District
- Photo:
- Photo:
Khaled 'Bassbaba' Sumon
Saidus Salehin Khaled Sumon (born 8 January, 1973), is a Bangladeshi rock singer-songwriter, composer, bassist, record producer and founder of the Bangladeshi rock band Aurthohin. He has been the only constant member of the band since 1998 and has appeared in all the albums of the band.Sumon was born and raised in Dhaka. He started learning bass at the age of 15. He first auditioned for rock band Feelings in 1990 at the age of 16 and joined the band that year. He had played in 11 bands by the age of 19. In 1997, he joined Warfaze and has appeared in the hit album "ą¦ ą¦øą¦¾ą¦®ą¦¾ą¦ą¦æą¦ (Antisocial)" (1998). In 1999, he released his first solo album "ą¦øą§ą¦®ą¦Ø ą¦ ą¦ ą¦°ą§ą¦„ą¦¹ą§ą¦Ø (Sumon and Aurthohin)" and in the same year he formed the band Aurthohin. He is mostly known for his slapping and tapping style in bass playing and is considered to be the most influential and the greatest bassist in the country. His style of playing bass and success in music has earned him the title "Bassbaba (Father of Bass)".- Age: 52
- Birthplace: Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Photo:
- flickr
- CC0
Nilufar Yasmin
Nilufar Yasmin (13 February 1948 ā 10 March 2003) was a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet, Rajanikanta Geeti, Dwijendra Geeti and Atul Prasdi genre. She was the fourth of five Yasmin sisters of Bangladesh music. Her siblings are Farida Yasmin, Fauzia Yasmin, Nazma Yasmin, and Sabina Yasmin. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2004 by the Government of Bangladesh. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her performance in the film Shuvoda (1986).- Age: Dec. at 54 (1948-2003)
- Birthplace: Kolkata, India
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Metaweb
- CC-BY
Pritom Ahmed
Pritom Ahmed is a famous and successful Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, and music composer. In Bangladesh he is the only singer with 12 solo albums of his own lyrics and composition. His music focuses on religious equality, class stratification, contemporary urban life, socio-economic, political domination, 2013 Shahbag protests and ruling of Bangladesh.- Age: 49
- Photo:
- Photo:
- Wikimedia Commons
- CC-BY
Nolok Babu
Nolok Babu (Bengali: ą¦Øą§ą¦²ą¦ ą¦¬ą¦¾ą¦¬ą§) is a Bangladeshi singer. He won the first CloseUp1 competition (an adaptation of Pop Idol), a TV show to decide the best new young singer based on voting and participation.- Photo:
- Photo:
Muhin
Muhin Khan (Bengali: ą¦®ą§ą¦¹ą¦æą¦Ø) also known as Muhin is a Bangladeshi singer. He participated in the 2006 CloseUp1 Tomakei Khujchhe Bangladesh musical talent TV show. Despite widespread predictions he would win, Muhin placed second to Salma.His style of music is known as Adhunik Bangla, with the word 'adhunik' meaning 'modern' in Bengali. He was originally signed to the Sangeeta record label and released his first album, Tomar Jonno, written and produced in conjunction with Bappa Mazumder, in 2008. The album included the hit track "Ektai Prokalpo". His album Ghum Ashe Na was released in late 2011. Music videos to two of the tracks were released to promote the album, "Ghum Ashe Na" and "Shopno". In January 2017, a fifth studio album, tentatively titled Kolijai Lagerey, was announced for a February release. The album will be released through his own production company, Golpo Entertainment. The first promotional music video is being produced in conjunction with Masum Hossain of Souls.In addition to frequent live performances, Muhin has also dabbled in acting, appearing in a TV drama.In recent years, Muhin has also become a successful playback singer in Bangladeshi cinema.
