Badshah
BIOGRAPHY
Badshah was born on 19th November 1985 into a Punjabi family in Delhi. Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, better known by his stage name Badshah. He is an Indian Rapper, Music Producer, Composer, Lyricist, Film Producer & Record Producer who best-known for his rapping in Punjabi, Bollywood, and Haryanvi songs. His father is from Haryana and in his own words, “I have a lot of Haryana in me”. He did his schooling from Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi where he used to perform on his school choir. His initial wish was to become an IAS Officer. He obtained his engineering degree from PEC University of Technology in Chandigarh. It was during his college time that he decided to be a musician and shifted his focus entirely to be a musician in future. His wife’s name is Jasmine. Basically she is form UK.
CAREER
Badshah started his career in 2006 alongside Yo Yo Honey Singh in his band Mafia Mundeer. For six long years, he continued working with YoYo Honey Singh. He split from Honey in 2012 and released his independent Haryanvi song Kar Gayi Chull, which was later adopted into the 2016 Bollywood movie, Kapoor & Sons. Besides Honey Singh, he has been associated with several other pop artists like DiljeetDosanjh, Raftaar, GippyGrewal and Aastha Gill among others. Though he made his debut as a playback singer with the Punjabi film Bikkar Bai Sentimental in 2013 but the song which earned him widest recognition is "Abhi Toh Party ShuruHui Hai" from the Hindi film Khoobsoorat in 2014. After the release of this song, he became an overnight star. His track “DJ WaleyBabu” received 7.1 million views within a month of its release on YouTube. He launched his first track in 2006 with famous rapper & singer Honey Singh. He also appeared in Bollywood soundtracks for films like film “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya”, “Khoobsurat”, also collaborated with artist such as GippyGrewal, DiljeetDosanjh, ManjMusik, Raftaar and Aastha Gill.
DISCOGRAPHY
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Year |
Song |
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2012 |
"Saturday Saturday" (Indeep Bakshi featuring Badshah) |
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2013 |
Proper Patola (Diljit Dosanjh featuring Badshah) |
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2014 |
"Chull" (Fazilpuria featuring Badshah) |
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"Bandook" (with Raxstar) |
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2015 |
"Desi Hiphop" (Manj Musik featuring Roach Killer, Raxstar, Humble the Poet, Big Dhillon, Badshah, Sarb Smooth, Raftaar) |
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"DJ Waley Babu" (featuring Aastha Gill) |
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"Wakhra Swag" (with Navv Inder) |
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"Baaki Baatein Peene Baad" (Arjun Kanungo featuring Badshah) |
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"Vroom Vroom" (Simranjeet Singh featuring Badshah) |
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2016 |
"Saturday Saturday (Khul Jaaye Masti)" (featuring Arjun Kanungo & Aastha Gill) |
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"Lover Boy" (Shrey Singhal featuring Badshah) |
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"RayZR Mera Swag" (featuring Aastha Gill) |
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"Garrari Pitbull Te" (Gurinder Rai featuring Badshah) |
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"Driving Slow" |
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"Move Your Body" (with Sean Paul) |
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2017 |
"Pop the Bottle" (with Vishal–Shekhar and Akasa Singh) |
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"Mercy" |
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2018 |
"KareJa" (featuring Aastha Gill) |
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"Buzz" (featuring Aastha Gill) |
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"Heartless" (featuring Aastha Gill) |
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"Nain" (featuring Aastha Gill) |
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"Aashiq Awaara" (featuring Sunidhi Chauhan) |
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"She Move It Like" |
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2019 |
"Har Ghoont Mein Swag" (featuring Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani) |
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"Paagal" |
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| 2019 | Saaho |
| 2019 | Kamaal |
| 2019 | Dabangg 3 |
| 2019 | Good Newwz |
| 2020 | Street Dancer 3D |
| 2020 | Badshah & Payal Dev: Toxic |
| 2020 | Indoo Ki Jawani |
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
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Award ceremony |
Category |
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10th Mirchi Music Awards |
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) |
Rapper Badshah is a celebrated Indian rapper known for his Hindi, Punjabi, Haryanvi and English melodies. Badshah genuine name is Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, however he is better known by his stage name Badshah. He wound up prevalent in Bollywood with his celebrated soundtrack for the movies ‘Khoobsurat’ and ‘Humpty Sharma ki Dulhania’. He began his vocation with different renowned Indian rapper Yo Honey Singh and propelled his first tune with him in 2006.
