Salma Akhter

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Salma Akhter
সালমা আক্তার
Birth nameMoushumi Akhter Salma
Born (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 34)
Origin Naogaon, Rajshahi, Bangladesh [1]
GenresLalon Geeti, Palli Geeti
InstrumentVocal
Years active2006–present
Spouses
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(m. 2011;div. 2016)​
Sanaullah Nur Sagar
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(m. 2018)​

Moushumi Akhter Salma [2] (born 1 January 1991), commonly known as Salma Akhter, is a Bangladeshi folk singer. She rose to fame in 2006 after winning the second season of "Closeup 1 Tomakei Khujchhey Bangladesh", a television series broadcast on NTV. [3]

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Early life

She was born in the village of Gangarampur, Daulatpur Upazila, Kushtia District, Khulna Division.[ citation needed ]

Music career

At the age of four, she began to receive music lessons from Baul Shafi Mandal, who taught her to sing in the classical and folk music traditions. She has also been a student of Ustad Sanjib Dey.

In 2006, at the age of twelve, she became the winner of the second season of the reality TV show Closeup One . [4]

She has released a number of records. Her first single, Baniya Bondhu, was released while she participated in Closeup One.

She performs Bengali folk songs, such as the works by the 18th century mystic Lalon, as well as modern Bengali songs.

She has also performed internationally. [5]

Personal life

In 2010, she married Shibli Sadique, a businessman and the incumbent member of parliament from Dinajpur-6 constituency. [2] [6] The couple has a daughter. They got divorced in November 2016. [2] She re-married in 2018, and has another daughter in her second marriage. [7]

Awards

Discography

Solo Albums
AlbumYear
Baniya Bondhu2006
Bondhu Aiyo Aiyo2007
Poraner Bondhu2008
Matir Tara2009
Bondhu Ailana2010
Binodini2010
Brindabon2011
Prfemer Janaza2012
Shopno Uraila2015
Anuraager Ghorey2016
Mon Majhi2017
Rongila Baroi2020
Noya Daman2021

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References

  1. ↑ Khalid-Bin-Habib (5 January 2007). "New voices, unadulterated popularity". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Zahid Akbar (15 January 2017). "আজ-স্নেহা-আর-আমি-একই-পেশাক-পরবো"-77305 "আজ স্নেহা আর আমি একই পোশাক পরবো" ["Today me and Sneha will wear the same dress"]. The Daily Star (in Bengali). Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. ↑ ‘মেয়ের মুখের দিকে তাকালেই শিবলিকে মিস করি’. Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 14 January 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Singer Salma shows 'unprecedented love' to Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul". Daily Sun. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "'Salma set to head out for London'". The Daily Srar. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  6. ↑ মেয়ের জন্মদিনে সালমা [Salma at her daughter's birthday]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 29 December 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  7. ↑ ফের মা হলেন সালমা. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 7 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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