India’s singing heartthrob Armaan Malik is all set to ring in his 26th birthday tomorrow on 22 July. From starting his journey as a child artist to being a judge of a reality show, the famous Bollywood playback singer has seen it all. The popular singer turns a year older tomorrow but he has already bestowed the Indian music industry with a slew of blockbuster songs.
Armaan Malik is not just popular in Hindi cinema but has sung in multiple languages like English, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Urdu, Punjabi, and Malayalam as well. His fans refer to him as the ‘Prince of Romance’. But the singing sensation started his career on a rough patch. In 2006, he got eliminated from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs, a popular reality TV show in the 8th position. But destined to rule the Bollywood music industry, the young talent rose to fame soon when he was signed with Arista Records and got his first-ever on-screen appearance in the 2011 film Kaccha Limboo.
Brother of composer Amaal Mallik and son of Daboo Malik, a popular music composer in the Indian music industry, Armaan Malik is the youngest singer to have received two debut awards at the Global Indian Music Awards and also as the best playback singer at the Big Star Entertainment Award in 2015.
Not just that, he is the youngest singer who has received the RD Burman Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
But unlike popular belief, Armaan stepped into his career as a child artist who gave his vocals for the song Mere Buddy in the film Bhootnath. At the age of 18, Armaan released his first solo album named ‘Armaan’ under the label Universal Music and quickly proved that he is a man of multiple talents.
In 2015, Armaan went on to lead the hearts of millions after he lent his voice for the soulful pop track Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon, featuring Esha Gupta and Emraan Hashmi. The singer initially wanted to open up a restaurant but life took its chance and he chose music!
Apart from singing, he loves to play guitar and piano, and the young star apparently hates reading newspapers. His huge fan base is not just restricted to India but overseas and is commonly referred to as Armaanians!
The 25-year-old testifies the fact that age is not a boundary if you have talent. With series of hits under his cover, Armaan has proved that sky is the limit for him. To celebrate his birthday, here are some of the songs that the popular Bollywood singer has blessed his fans with. If not yet, then listening to these ten tracks will surely make you fall in love with him.