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Abbas Ali Khan

Abbas Ali Khan

Sahibzada Abbas Ali Khan (born 23 November 1978), better known as Abbas Ali Khan is Pakistani singer, songwriter and music producer from Islamabad. [2] [3] Abbas has released two independent albums "Sun Re" and "Tamaam Alam Mast". [4]

Abbas Ali Khan
Native nameعباس علی خان
BornSahibzada Abbas Ali Khan
(1978-11-23)23 November 1978(age 39)
Karachi, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materPreston University, The City School
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Music composer
Years active2006–present
Home townIslamabad
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
TitleRukn-ud-Daulah Shamsher Jang Bahadur
Spouse(s)Nosheen Abbas (First Wife), Lalarukh Abbas (Second Wife)
ChildrenEshal Abbas (Elder Daughter) Ayaan Ali Khan (Son)
Parent(s)
  • Nawabzada Musharraf Ali Khan (father)
RelativesMoazzam Ali Khan (brother)
FamilyMandal-i-Nousherwani Family and Nawab of Karnal
Musical career
Genres
  • Pop
  • Classical
  • Sufi
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
Labels
  • Coke Studio
Associated acts
  • Humaira Channa
  • Abida Parveen
  • Ustad Fateh Ali Khan
  • Sajjad Ali
  • Asrar
  • Rahma Ali

Early life and career

Abbas was born on 23 November 1978 in Islamabad, Pakistan hails from the family of Nawab of karnals and is the great grandson of Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan-First Prime Minister of Pakistan. He joined a local band "Amadeus" at the age of fourteen and wrote his first song "Qadam Say Qadam" in 1987. [5] Abbas received training of Classical music from Fateh Ali Khan and began his career as a music composer. "My guru Ustad Fateh Ali Khan has been an exception in this regard. He taught me whatever I could absorb, which is why I was able to bridge intuition with influence," said Abbas. [6] [7] He released his debut independent album "Sun Re" in 2006 by which he gained popularity as a solo musician. He remained inactive for few years and made his comeback in 2012 with a single "Per Main Hun Ruka Sa" which received nomination at 1st Hum Awards for Best Solo Artist. [8] [9] Abbas joined Coke Studio in 2014 and released his second independent album "Tamaam Alam Mast" (Entire Universe in Ecstasy) in the same year. [10] He told in an interview that the album is a Sufi album with kalams in Urdu and Persian. The album was also nominated at 14th Lux Style Awards for "Album of the Year". [2] Abbas has done background score for the films *Dekh Magar Pyar Se * (2015) and *Jalaibee * (2015). [2] [2] He will also give background score to the upcoming film *Azad *.

Nominations

YearNominee/workAwardResult
2012"Per Main Hun Ruka Sa"1st Hum Award for Best Solo ArtistNominated
2013"Bolay"2nd Hum Award for Best Solo ArtistNominated
2015"Tamam Alam Mast"14th Lux Style Award for Best AlbumNominated

Discography

Albums

No.AlbumSinger/ComposerYearNotes
Sun ReAbbas Ali Khan2006debut
Tamaam Alam MastAbbas Ali Khan2014nominated for Lux Style Award

Filmography

No.FilmYearNotes
*Dekh Magar Pyar Se *2015background score
*Jalaibee *2015background score
*Azad *TBAbackground score
*Chalay Thay Sath *2017background score

References

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