Artist Biography
Daler Singh Born 18 August 1967, better known as Daler Mehndi, is an Indian singer, songwriter, author and record producer. He has helped to make Bhangra popular worldwide, as well as Indian pop music independent of Bollywood music. He is best known for his dance songs, voice, turban and long, flowing robes.
Renowned as King of Pop, Daler Mehndi has given various hits and some of the most famous songs that he sang were Bolo Ta Ra Ra and Tunak Tuank Tumba. Mehndi took lessons of classical music but diverted from classical music to pop music. He started his full-fledged music career in 1995 with his first album Bolo Ta Ra Ra. He composed this song with tunes based on those given to him by his mother. His song became so popular that within four months of its release, Five lakh copies were already sold and in all 2 crore copies, making him the best-selling non-soundtrack album in Indian music history.
He has also done thousands of shows across the globe and has garnered millions of fans all over. Besides singing he has also appeared in some Bollywood movies in a guest appearance. He has sung some of the famous Bollywood songs in the late 1990s and early 2000.
Mehndi is a great philanthropist and has established an NGO named Daler Mehndi Green Drive which helps to make a clear Environment in the Capital. He has also donated a huge sum of money to the green drive, he also built 16 houses in Gujarat after an earthquake which struck there in 2000. He also did a concert series in Pakistan, free of cost to raise funds for the quake victims.
Daler Mehndi was born into the Mirasi community at Patna, Bihar. In 1991, he formed his own group, comprising his brothers, cousins and friends. In 1994, he was awarded the Voice of Asia International Ethnic and Pop Music Contest in 1994 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
