Prem Dhillon

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Prem Dhillon
Prem Dhillon Majha Block.jpg
2020
Background information
Birth namePremjeet Singh Dhillon
Born (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29)
Amritsar, Punjab, India
OriginPunjab, India
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2018–present
Labels
  • Sidhu Moose Wala
  • Thug Life Records
  • Speed Records
Website Prem Dhillon on Instagram

Premjeet Singh Dhillon (born 4 January 1995) is an Indian singer and songwriter associated with Punjabi music. Dhillon is best known for singles "Boot Cut", "Old Skool" and "Majha Block".

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Personal life

Premjeet Singh Dhillon was born to Punjabi Sikh parents Kuldeep Singh Dhillon and Bhagwant Kaur on 4 January 1995 in Amritsar, Punjab. [1] [2] He married his longtime girlfriend Harmanjeet Kaur Rai on 22 January 2024. [1]

Music career

Dhillon started his music career with the single "Chan Milondi", which was released in March 2018. [3] Later, his "Patt Tenu" from " Mr & Mrs 420 Returns" was released in August 2018. In 2019, his single "Positive Jatt" was released. In September 2019, he finally got his breakthrough with single "Boot Cut", released by Sidhu Moose Wala. [4] As of October 2020, the song has been viewed over 37 million times on YouTube. [5] In January 2020, his single "Old Skool" was released, which also featured punjabi rappers, Sidhu Moose Wala and, Nseeb. The song was viewed over a million times within hours of its release on YouTube, [6] and peaked at number 16 in Apple Music India daily charts. [7] The song was ranked at number 52 in Global, [8] 23 in India, [9] 6 in Australia, [10] in Canada, [11] and 2 in New Zealand on YouTube music charts. [12] On the BBC's Asian music chart, the song entered top 20, and became Dhillon's first song to reach the chart. [13] In April 2020, he released the single "Jatt Hunde Aa", which debuted at number 38 on Apple Music chart in India. [14] Its music video was released in June 2020.

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Limitless
  • Release date: 25 October 2023
  • Label: Prem Dhillon
  • Music: San-B, Rass, The Kidd, Snappy
  • No. of tracks: 7
  • Format: digital download, streaming

Extended plays

TitleEP details
No Lookin' Back
  • Release date: 11 August 2022
  • Label: Prem Dhillon
  • Music: The Kidd,San B,Snappy
  • No. of tracks: 5
  • Format: digital download, streaming
Archives
  • Release date: 9 December 2022
  • Label: Prem Dhillon
  • Music: Inder, Opi Music, ProdGK
  • No. of tracks: 6
  • Format: digital download, streaming

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsMusicLabelAlbum
NZ
Hot

[15]
UK
Asian

[16]
UK
Punjabi
"Chan Milondi"2018Harz AedenPrem Dhillon
"Patt Tenu"Jay KLokdhun Punjabi Mr & Mrs 420 Returns soundtrack
"Positive Jatt"2019Dope PeppzDope Peppz
"Bootcut"San BSidhu Moose Wala
"Old Skool" (featuring Nseeb and Sidhu Moose Wala)202019 [17] The Kidd
"Jatt Hunde Aa"San B
"Badmashi"Prem Dhillon
"Liv In" (featuring Barbie Maan)30The KiddSidhu Moose Wala
"Majha Block"San B
"Just a Dream"2021Opi Music

Lyrics: Jagjit

"Seen from Far"Gill SaabPrem Dhillon
"Lost Love"Ikky MusicThug Life Records
"Copyright"SnappySpeed Records
"Parahune"
(with Amrit Maan)
7 [18] San BSidhu Moose Wala
"Behind Barz"Opi Music5911 Records
"Mere Wala Jatt"San BSpeed Records
"Shah Ji"19 [19] SnappyPrem Dhillon
"Moon Bound"Opi Music

Lyrics:Bir Singh

"G Loss"Snappy
"U Next"San B
"All Aces" (with Blamo featuring TOI)202227 [20] Byg Byrd
"Dreams Unfold"38 [21] 18 [22] Opi Music

Lyrics: Jagjit

Melody House
"Blackia"San BPrem Dhillon
"Wait & Watch"Desi CrewTimes Music‘Babbar’ soundtrack
"Mob n Love"Opi MusicPrem Dhillon
"Blame"San B T series
"Ain't Died in Vain"SnappyPrem Dhillon
"OG"27 [23] 27 [24] 20 [25] San BNo Lookin’ Back EP
"26 Blvd"3334
"Nah They Can't"3435Snappy
"Never Again"
"Move On"InderArchives EP
"Stargaze"Opi Music
"Let Go"ProdGK
"Baba Garja Ji Baba Botta Ji (Vaar)"2023Snappy
"Damn Daddy"202433RASS
"BHAU"2024Snappy

Film soundtracks

FilmYearTitleMusicLabel
Mr & Mrs 420 Returns 2018Patt TenuJassi KatyalLokdhun
Babbar2022Wait & WatchDesi CrewBamb Beats

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