The Life and Works of Yo Yo Honey Singh
Honey Singh (born Hirdesh Singh on 15 March 1983 in Delhi), better known by his stage name Yo Yo Honey Singh,[1] is an Indian rapper, music producer, singer and film actor. He started as a session and recording artist, and became a Bhangra producer. He has also begun to produce music for Bollywood films.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Family life
3 Promotion
4 Career
4.1 Bollywood
4.2 Acting
5 Controversy
6 Discography
6.1 Singles
6.2 Film Soundtrack
7 Filmography
8 Awards
9 References
10 External links
Early life
Singh was born on 15 March 1983 in Delhi.[3] His birth name is Hirdesh Singh. He studied music at the Trinity School in the United Kingdom.[4][5]
Family life
Singh had earlier denied the reports of him being married and claim that wedding photos being circulated on internet were not of a real wedding.[6] However he recently admitted to have been married.[7]
Promotion
Honey Singh and Diljit Dosanjh 's song Lak 28 Kudi Da reached No 1 in BBC Asian Download Charts in May 2011. The song was released a promotional track for Diljit Dosanjh 's film Lion of Punjab.[8]
Honey Singh has received the ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for his song Glassi and the PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth and PTC Punjab Best Music Director 2011.[9]
It has been reported that he has been paid the highest fee ever for a Bollywood song (as of 2012) of ₹7 million (US$120,000) for a song in the films "Cocktail" and "Mastan".[10]
Yo! Yo! Honey Singh tops the chart of trending videos of 2012.[11] He earns two places on YouTube 's list of top 10 trending videos of 2012.[12] His song Brown Rang makes it to top spot and High Heels, in collaboration with Jaz Dhami, takes fourth spot.[13]
Career
It is reported that Honey Singh prefers to sing in his native language Punjabi and Hindi rather than English.[14] The Punjabi album International Villager was released on 11 November 2011 (11-11-11).[15] The track Gabru from
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Family life
3 Promotion
4 Career
4.1 Bollywood
4.2 Acting
5 Controversy
6 Discography
6.1 Singles
6.2 Film Soundtrack
7 Filmography
8 Awards
9 References
10 External links
Early life
Singh was born on 15 March 1983 in Delhi.[3] His birth name is Hirdesh Singh. He studied music at the Trinity School in the United Kingdom.[4][5]
Family life
Singh had earlier denied the reports of him being married and claim that wedding photos being circulated on internet were not of a real wedding.[6] However he recently admitted to have been married.[7]
Promotion
Honey Singh and Diljit Dosanjh 's song Lak 28 Kudi Da reached No 1 in BBC Asian Download Charts in May 2011. The song was released a promotional track for Diljit Dosanjh 's film Lion of Punjab.[8]
Honey Singh has received the ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for his song Glassi and the PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth and PTC Punjab Best Music Director 2011.[9]
It has been reported that he has been paid the highest fee ever for a Bollywood song (as of 2012) of ₹7 million (US$120,000) for a song in the films "Cocktail" and "Mastan".[10]
Yo! Yo! Honey Singh tops the chart of trending videos of 2012.[11] He earns two places on YouTube 's list of top 10 trending videos of 2012.[12] His song Brown Rang makes it to top spot and High Heels, in collaboration with Jaz Dhami, takes fourth spot.[13]
Career
It is reported that Honey Singh prefers to sing in his native language Punjabi and Hindi rather than English.[14] The Punjabi album International Villager was released on 11 November 2011 (11-11-11).[15] The track Gabru from
References: Jump up ^ Priyanka Srivastava (7 July 2012). "Delhi 's Yo Yo croons up a storm in Bollywood". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 8 January 2013. Jump up ^ Vineet Gill (1 January 2013). "Rapper 's concert scrapped after online protest over 'obscene ' lyrics". TOI. Retrieved 8 January 2013. Jump up ^ Bhattacharya, Budhaditya (28 December 2012). "Yo! Yo! Honey Singh was to 2012 what Dhanush was to 2011.". The Hindu (Chennai, India). Jump up ^ Honey Singh paid highest fee for song. Hindustan Times (2 May 2012). Retrieved 4 May 2012. Jump up ^ Yo-Yo Honey Singh becomes the costliest Bollywood singer. Daily Bhaskar (2 May 2012). Retrieved 4 May 2012. Jump up ^ PTC Music Awards 2011 List of Awards Winners. Cinepunjab.com (18 November 2011). Retrieved 3 January 2012. Jump up ^ Lebara Mobile UK Asian Music Awards (UKAMA 2012) Results chakdey.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012. ^ Jump up to: a b PTC Punjabi Film Award (PTCPFA 2013) Results. Retrieved 22 March 2013. Jump up ^ [2] Yo Yo Honey Singh wins MTV EMA . Retrieved 14 January 2014] Jump up ^ Rajput, Satender (19 December 2013) Jump up ^ Tanna, Amrita (20 January 2014). "Global Indian Music Awards (GiMA) 2014: Winners list". Retrieved 29 January 2014.