Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, also known by his initials NFAK, was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director, primarily associated with qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music from Pakistan and India. He ranks as one of the most influential South Asian singers of all time. Widely recognised as the "Shahanshah-e-Qawwali", he has been recognised as one of the 50 Great Voices by NPR and 200 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.
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Background
- Born in
- Faisalabad
- Awards
- 🏆 Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize🏆 Nigar Awards🏆 Pride of Performance🏆 Lux Style Awards
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Trending topics shown first"When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with Allah, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Muhammad, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am…"
"A man learns all his life, and dies the day he thinks that he has learnt everything."
"The musical instuments may be western but my voice never wavers away from my own ragas. it is good to make experiments and I do a lot of them but my thoughts always round the centre and that centre is…"
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1948
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Birth1997
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