Sonu Nigam, who is one of the most versatile singers of the Indian film industry, began his singing career at the age of three, and his early career involved singing songs of singing legend Mohammad Rafi.

THE SINGING superstar Sonu Nigam turns 38 today. Sonu Nigam is celebrating his birthday in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya with his family, because of his concert. Sonu Nigam, who was born on July 30, 1973, in Faridabad, has given his voice for many leading actors and given numerous hits in the last two decades. He was trained by Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan.

Sonu Nigam began his singing career at the age of three, and earlier started his career with the songs of singing legend Mohammad Rafi and released "Rafi Ki Yaadein" collection in his early years. However, as a professional singer, he was highly recognised for his first successful song "Sandese Aate Hain," in Border in 1997 and for which he was nominated for the - Best Male Playback Singer in the Filmfare Awards.

Sonu Nigam, who is one of the most versatile singers of Indian film industry, has sung romantic, rock, sad, patriotic and other songs of various genres, and also given his melodious voice in many Indian languages including Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, English, and Marathi besides Hindi.

Sonu Nigam has struck a chord with the youth icon of today, Britney Spears, in a song that is a fusion of east meeting west. The song, I Wanna Go, is a current chart topper on international charts.

For the social cause Sonu has sung a song titled "Papa I'm sorry" relating to the cause of HIV / AIDS. He also performed during the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in Dhaka earlier this year.

In his career, Sonu Nigam has won many awards in his career including Filmfare, National Film Awards, other major cine awards, MTV Style Awards, Annual Central European Bollywood Awards, Lions Gold Award, Indian Television Academy Award, etc.

Once again very Happy Birthday Sonu Nigam and we wish for your bright future ahead.