Armaan Malik

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Armaan Malik
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Born (1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 28)
Education Jamnabai Narsee School
Alma mater Berklee College of Music
Occupation Playback SingerSongwriterRecord ProducerGuitaristVoice-overactorMusic composer
Known for
  • Butta Bomma & Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon
  • First Indian singer-songwriter to be featured on the Times Square Billboard in New York City.
  • First Indian artist to perform on GRAMMYs Global Spin series.
Partner(s)Aashna Shroff (2017-present; engaged)
Parent(s) Daboo Malik, Jyothi Malik
Awards Filmfare R. D. Burman Award (2016), MTV Europe Music Awards (2020 & 2022)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
Years active2007–present
Labels
Website https://shop.armaanmalik.com/

Armaan Malik (born 22 July 1995) is an Indian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, voice-over artist, and actor. He is known for his singing in multiple languages, including Hindi, Telugu, English, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu and Malayalam. In 2006, he took part in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs but was eliminated after finishing in 8th position . He is the brother of music composer Amaal Mallik. Previously represented by Universal Music India and T-Series, he is now represented by Arista Records. [1] [2] [3] He has his own record label called Always Music Global in partnership with Warner Music India. [3] His first on-screen appearance was in the film Kaccha Limboo in 2011. [4]

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Early life

Armaan Malik was born in Mumbai on 22 July 1995, to Daboo Malik (musician) and Jyoti Malik. His elder brother Amaal Malik is also a well-known musician.

Personal life

On 28 August 2023, Malik announced his engagement to his partner of six years, Aashna Shroff. [5]

Career

2006-2008: Career beginnings and Bollywood debut

Malik started singing at the age of 4. He competed on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs in 2006, eventually finishing 8th. [6] Later he learnt Indian classical music for 10 years. Malik made his debut as a child singer in Bollywood in 2007 with "Bum Bum Bole" in Taare Zameen Par , under the musical direction of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. [7] [8]

Malik has dubbed for My Name Is Khan for the English boy and also lent voice for the character Salim in the radio version of Slumdog Millionaire for BBC Radio 1.

2009-2019 Playback singing, first album and singles

In 2014, he made his debut as a playback singer singing "Tumko Toh Aana Hi Tha" in the Hindi-language movie Jai Ho . The movie featured two more songs, "Love You Till The End (House Mix)" and the title track, "Jai Ho" also sung by him. [9] [10] Apart from singing, Malik and his music composer brother Amaal Mallik also featured in the beginning of Jai Ho in the song "Love You Till The End". In the same year, he sang "Naina" with Sona Mohapatra for the film Khoobsurat [11] and "Auliya" for Ungli .[ citation needed ]

In 2014, he released his debut album, Armaan. [12] [13]

In 2015, Malik sang "Main Hoon Hero Tera" for Hero , "Kwahishein" for Calendar Girls and "Tumhe Aapna Banane Ka" for Hate Story 3 which his brother Amaal Malik composed. The latter one he sang with Neeti Mohan. He also sang another song for Hate Story 3 titled "Wajah Tum Ho" under Baman's composition. He sang "Yaar Indha Muyalkutti" by D Imaan. He also sang a single "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon" under Amaal's composition. He was awarded Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent in that year.[ citation needed ]

In 2016, Malik sang for the films Mastizaade , Sanam Re , Kapoor & Sons , Azhar , Do Lafzon Ki Kahani and "Sab Tera" with Shraddha Kapoor for Baaghi under Amaal's composition. He sang "Foolishq" with Shreya Ghoshal for Ki & Ka , he worked with Jeet Gannguli for the song "Mujhko Barsaat Bana Lo" for Junooniyat and also sang his first Bengali song "Dhitang Dhitang" for Love Express under Jeet's composition. He was the lead singer of the film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story . He sang four songs for Hindi soundtrack and three songs for Tamil soundtrack of that film under Amaal's composition. He sang "Sau Asmaan" with Neeti Mohan for Baar Baar Dekho and "Ishaara" for Force 2 under Amaal's composition. He sang "Tum Jo Mille" for Saansein , "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Reprise" and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga Remake" for Wajah Tum Ho . The latter one was composed by Meet Bros and the last two songs, he sang with Tulsi Kumar. He sang a single "Pyaar Manga Hain Remake" with Neeti Mohan. He also sang the title track of Star Paarivar Awards 2016 with Palak Muchhal and Meet Bros under Meet Bros composition. [14]

In 2019, he lent his voice for two songs including "Jab Se Mera Dil" with Palak Muchhal for the movie Amavas , "Dil Me Ho Tum" for the movie Why Cheat India , "Kyun Rabba" for the movie Badla . Malik also got featured as a coach on the Indian version of the reality show The Voice becoming the youngest Indian singer to be a coach on the show. He sang "Chale Aana" in De De Pyaar De composed by Amaal and written by Kunaal Verma. The song was well received by the audience in general. Malik voiced the titular character in the Hindi-dubbed version of Disney's Aladdin, a live action remake of the 1992 movie, Aladdin. [15]

Malik has also voiced Mena Massoud as Aladdin, in the Hindi version of the American musical fantasy Aladdin . In addition, he has also sung the songs in Hindi for the film The Lion King . He also sang for the film Kabir Singh , under the composer Vishal Mishra for the song "Pehla Pyaar". In same year, he sang two songs for Yeh Saali Aashiqui , one for films like Article 15, Pranaam, Pati Patni Aur Woh and Hindi soundtrack of Pailwaan .[ citation needed ]

2020-present: English language singles and continued playback singing

Malik signed with Arista Records on 12 March 2020, under which he released his first English-language single, "Control" on 20 March of the same year. [15] "Control" won the Best Indian Act at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards, and was later certified platinum in India. [16] [17]

In 2020, Malik became the first artist to hit No. 1 on the Top Triller Global Billboard charts twice. [18] Just a few weeks later, he released his second English single, "How Many," which celebrates his heritage by using an Indian tabla on the beat. [19] He said it was "quite daunting to re-introduce" himself to the global music industry as he started making songs in English, and believes that more Indian artists will push themselves to worldwide success in the future. [19]

In 2020, he sang one song for Hindi soundtrack of Darbar , Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl and Khuda Haafiz . In 2021, he lent his voice for one track of Saina , Koi Jaane Na , 99 Songs , Bell Bottom , Thalaivii, Bhoot Police and Velle.[ citation needed ]

He was featured on the A. R. Rahman single "Meri Pukaar Suno", released in June 2021, which was sung by an ensemble that included K.S.Chithra, Sadhana Sargam, Shreya Ghoshal, Asees Kaur, Shaasha Tirupati and Alka Yagnik. [20] In September 2021, Malik teamed up with Daboo Malik, Amaal Mallik and Kunaal Vermaa for his new single "Barsaat". [21]

In 2022, Malik teamed up with Arista Records for his new English single "You", for which he won the Best India Act at the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards. [22] [23] He lent his voice for films like Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 , Major, Ardh . He released his Hindi single "Nakhrey Nakhrey" and "Rehna Tere Paas". [24] He was also featured on a remix of the Ed Sheeran song 2step (song), which released on 7 June 2022. [25]

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Awards and nominations

Armaan Malik awards and nominations
Totals [lower-alpha 1]
Wins19
Nominations23
Note
  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
YearAwardSong/AlbumCategoryResult
2015 Mirchi Music Awards "Naina" – Khoobsurat Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year Nominated
"Bas Is Pal Mein"Indie Pop Song of the Year
Global Indian Music Academy Awards Auliya – UngliBest Debutant Award – FilmWon
Global Indian Music Academy Awards Armaan – AlbumJagjit Singh Award – Best Music DebutWon
Big Star Entertainment Tumhe Apna Banane Ka – Hate Story 3Most Entertaining Singer – MaleWon
Stardust Awards Main Hoon Hero Tera – HeroBest Playback Singer – MaleWon
2016 Filmfare R. D. Burman Award New Music TalentRD Burman AwardWon
Global Indian Music Academy Awards Main Rahoon Ya Na RahoonBest Music VideoWon
Mirchi Music Awards "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon"Indie Pop Song of the YearWon
2017 South Indian International Movie Awards "Sariyagi Nenapide" – Mungaru Male 2 Best Male Playback Singer KannadaWon
15th Santosham Film Awards "Emo Emo" - Katamarayudu Best Male Playback SingerWon
2018 Filmfare Awards South "Ondu Malebillu" – Chakravarthy Best Male Playback Singer – Kannada Won
Filmfare Awards South "Hello" – Hello Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu Nominated
Filmfare Award South "Ninnila Ninnila" – Tholi Prema Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu Nominated
2020 Mirchi Music Awards "Pehla Pyaar"Listener's Choice - Album of the YearWon
MTV Europe Music Awards [17] "Control" Best Indian Act Won
2021 Mirchi Music Awards [26] Not MentionedSmule's Most Jammed ArtistWon
Mirchi Music Awards South "Butta Bomma"Viral Song Of The Decade (Telugu)Won
South Indian International Movie Awards Ninna Raja NaanuBest Playback Singer (Male) (Kannada)Nominated
South Indian International Movie Awards "Butta Bomma"Best Playback Singer (Male) (Telugu)Won
Cinegoers Association Awards
Lokmat Most Stylish AwardsSpecial AwardLokmat Most Stylish Singer Award (Male)Won
2022 Indian Television Academy Awards Mujhe Pyaar Pyaar HaiBest SingerWon
Indian Independent Music AwardsControlBest Pop Song (Consumer Category)Won
Beautiful IndiansSpecial AwardThe Voice Of A GenerationWon
Star Maa Parivaar AwardSpecial AwardIconic Singer Of The DecadeWon
South Indian International Movie Awards Neenade NaaBest Playback Singer (Male)Won
The Clef Music AwardNakhrey NakhreyBest Artist (Pop)Won
MTV Europe Music Awards You Best Indian Act Won

Discography

Studio Albums

Filmography

Kaccha Limboo (2011) as Armaan

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