The tradition of qawwali in the family had passed down through successive generations for almost 600 years. Khan's family, which included four older sisters and a younger brother, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, grew up in central Faisalabad. He was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and qawwal. His ancestors learned music and singing there and adopted it as a profession. His family originates from Basti Sheikh Darvesh in Jalandhar, Punjab in present-day India. Khan was born into a Punjabi Muslim family family in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, in 1948.
In addition to popularising qawwali music, he also had a big impact on contemporary South Asian popular music, including Pakistani pop, Indian pop and Bollywood music. He toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries. He engaged in collaborations and experiments with Western artists, becoming a well-known world music artist.
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Khan went on to release movie scores and albums in Europe, India, Japan, Pakistan and the U.S. He was signed by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England, in the early 1980s. He became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971. īorn in Lyallpur (Faisalabad), Khan had his first public performance at the age of 15, at his father's chelum. He belonged to the Qawwal Bacchon Gharana ( Delhi gharana) extending the 600-year old qawwali tradition of his family, Khan is widely credited with introducing qawwali music to international audiences. He was known for his vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.
He was described as the 4th greatest singer of all time by LA Weekly in 2016.
He is considered by some to be the greatest Sufi singer in the Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu language, and one of the greatest qawwali singers in history he is often referred to as "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (the King of Kings of Qawwali). Reaching the hearts of fans across many cultures, Rahat’s hit song “Zaroori Tha” has over 1 billion YouTube views, and his concerts sell out around the world.Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani vocalist, musician, composer and music director primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. He was trained from a young age by his father, the Qawwali musician Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, and his uncle, the legendary Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. In addition to performing some of the best songs in Hollywood, Bollywood (India), and Lollywood (Pakistan), Rahat continues an incredible 600-year family legacy of classical and Sufi singing. If you have questions about tickets from Worldstar Entertainment, please call 73 or 20Ī special evening with the popular Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. If you have questions about tickets purchased from njpac or ticketmaster, please call 888.696.5722.
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