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Hit is a 2003 compilation album of songs by British musician Peter Gabriel. It reached #29 in the UK album charts and #100 in the US. Disc one is labelled Hit and disc two Miss, reflecting the first disc's containing several of Gabriel's biggest-selling singles.

The two-disc set is different in the UK and US because of the second disc. The second disc in the US spans fourteen songs by Gabriel, whilst the UK second disc features fifteen songs. Only some of these appeared on the US version. The UK version collects at least one track from every studio album by Gabriel, including soundtracks, except for Birdy, which is the only album not represented by a track.

The album is an alternative to Shaking the Tree, Gabriel's previous greatest hits album that was outdated at the time of Hit's release by thirteen years. Gabriel has not released any greatest hits albums since.

Track listing[link]

All songs written by Peter Gabriel, except as indicated.

Disc One[link]

1. "Solsbury Hill" (from Peter Gabriel 1 aka Car, 1977) – 4:23
2. "Shock the Monkey" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 3:59
3. "Sledgehammer" (from So, 1986) – 4:59
4. "Don't Give Up" (from So, 1986) – 5:55
5. "Games Without Frontiers" (from Peter Gabriel 3 aka Melt , 1980) – 3:57**
6. "Big Time" (from So, 1986) – 4:28
7. "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" (Gabriel, Neil Sparkes, Karl Wallinger) (new track) – 5:26
8. "Growing Up" (Tom Lord-Alge Mix) (from Up, 2002) – 4:48
9. "Digging in the Dirt" (from Us, 1992) – 5:15
10. "Blood of Eden (Radio edit)" (from Us, 1992) – 5:06
11. "More Than This (Radio edit)" (from "Up", 2002) – 4:33
12. "Biko" (from Peter Gabriel 3 aka Melt, 1980) – 6:58
13. "Steam" (from Us, 1992) – 6:02*
14. "Red Rain" (from So, 1986) – 5:39
15. "Here Comes the Flood (1990 version)" (from Shaking the Tree, 1990) – 4:32

*While labelled as the radio edit in the liner notes, "Steam" is actually the same length as its album version.
**This is the single release with a more radio-friendly repeat of the line "Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle" from the first chorus.

Disc Two (US edition)[link]

1. "San Jacinto" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 6:31
2. "I Don't Remember" (from Peter Gabriel 3, 1980) – 4:32
3. "The Rhythm of the Heat" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 5:19
4. "Love to Be Loved" (from Us, 1992) – 5:17
5. "I Grieve" (from Up, 2002) – 7:25
6. "Family Snapshot" (from Peter Gabriel 3, 1980) – 4:29
7. "In Your Eyes" (from So, 1986) – 5:29
8. "The Drop" (from Up, 2002) – 3:04
9. "The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix)" (from Soundtrack from The Red Planet, 2000) – 4:04
10. "Lovetown" (from Soundtrack from Philadelphia, 1993) – 5:21
11. "Father, Son" (from OVO, 2000) – 4:55
12. "Signal to Noise" (from Up, 2002) – 7:33
13. "Downside Up" (Live) – 5:33
14. "Cloudless" (from Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence, 2002) – 4:48

Disc Two (UK edition)[link]

1. "San Jacinto" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 6:31
2. "No Self Control" (from Peter Gabriel 3, 1980) – 3:55
3. "Cloudless" (from Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence, 2002) – 4:48
4. "The Rhythm of the Heat" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 5:18
5. "I Have the Touch (Robbie Robertson Mix)" (from Soundtrack from Phenomenon, 1996) – 4:19
6. "I Grieve" (from Up, 2002) – 7:24
7. "D.I.Y." (from Peter Gabriel 2, 1978) – 2:38
8. "A Different Drum" (from Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, 1989) – 4:47
9. "The Drop" (from Up, 2002) – 3:02
10. "The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix)" (from Soundtrack from The Red Planet, 2000) – 4:06
11. "Lovetown" (from Soundtrack from Philadelphia, 1993) – 5:23
12. "Father, Son" (from OVO, 2000) – 4:58
13. "Signal to Noise" (from Up, 2002) – 7:35
14. "Downside Up" (Live) – 5:32
15. "Washing of the Water" (from Us, 1992) – 3:54

Charts[link]

Album

Certifications[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Hit (disc 1) at MusicBrainz
• Hit (disc 2: Miss) at MusicBrainz
• Hit (disc 2: Miss) at MusicBrainz

Look up hit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Hit may mean to strike someone or something to cause physical harm.

Hit or HIT may also refer to:

In business[link]

• Hitachi, Ltd. (New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol)
• Hongkong International Terminals Ltd.
• Heavy Industries Taxila, a military complex in Pakistan
• Hit Fm, various radio stations
• A brand of biscuits by German food company Bahlsen
• Hit (drink), a Venezuelan carbonated soft drink

Computing and the internet[link]

• Hit (internet), a single request for a file from a web server
• HITS algorithm, a means to rank web pages in search results
• Human Intelligence Task, see Amazon Mechanical Turk

Education[link]

• Hanze Institute of Technology, The Netherlands
• Harbin Institute of Technology, China
• Haryana Institute of Technology, India
• Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India
• Hokkaido Institute of Technology, Japan
• Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
• Hunter Institute of TAFE, Australia

Science and medicine[link]

• Health information technology
• Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, low platelet counts due to the administration of heparin
• Hibernation induction trigger, a substance found in the blood of hibernating animals
• Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence, in fluid dynamics

Places[link]

• Hīt, Iraq, a town
• Hīt District, a district centered on the Iraqi town

Language[link]

• Hit (pronoun) in Old English, "it" in Modern English
• ISO 639 code for the Hittite language

Entertainment[link]

• HIT Entertainment, British television production company formerly called Henson International Television
• H.I.T. (TV series), a South Korean drama miniseries
• Hit!, a 1973 crime film
• The Hit (film), a 1984 crime film

Music[link]

• Hit record
• Hit single, a song that makes a country's sales charts or hit parade
• Hit Records, a defunct record company based in Nashville, Tennessee
• Hit Records (Croatia), a record label based in Zagreb
• Hit (album), by Peter Gabriel
• "Hit", a song by Guided by Voices from the 1995 album Alien Lanes
• "Hit", a single by The Wannadies from the 1997 album Bagsy Me
• "Hit", a single by The Sugarcubes from their 1992 album Stick Around for Joy

Slang[link]

• A contract killing
• A single dose in recreational drug use
• Having sexual intercourse

Sport[link]

• Hit (baseball), when a player reaches base by putting the ball into play without a fielder committing an error
• High intensity training, a form of strength training

See also[link]

• HITS
• Hits (disambiguation)
• Hit FM

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Early record albums were packages of 78 RPM records in book form

An album may be understood as a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution, however the concept is found in printed music dating into the early nineteenth century in works by composers such as Schumann and Mendelssohn.^[1] The word derives from the Latin word for list.^[2]

Today, with the vinyl record no longer being used as the primary form of distribution, the term "album" can still be applied to any sound recording collection, such as those on compact disc, MiniDisc, Compact audio cassette, and digital or MP3 albums.^[3] Cover art is also considered an integral part of the album. Many albums also come with liner notes and inserts giving background information or analysis of the recording, reprinted lyrics, images of the performers, or additional artwork and text.^[4] These are now often found in the form of CD booklets.^[5]

History and Formats[link]

Vinyl records[link]

Two vinyl records with inner and outer album sleeves

Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album. If a pop or rock album contained tracks released separately as commercial singles, these were often traditionally placed in particular positions on the album.^[3] A common configuration was to have the album led off by the second and third singles, followed by a ballad. The first single would lead off side 2. In the past many singles (such as the Beatles' "Hey Jude" and Bob Dylan's "Positively 4th Street") did not appear on albums, but others (such as the Beatles' "Come Together" and Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone") were part of an album released concurrently. Today, many commercial albums of music tracks feature one or more singles, which are released separately to radio, TV or the Internet as a way of promoting the album. ^[6]Albums have also been issued that are compilations of older tracks not originally released together, such as singles not originally found on albums, b-sides of singles, or unfinished "demo" recordings.^[3]

Album sets of the past were arranged "in sequence" for phonographs equipped with record changers. In the case of a two-record set, for example, sides 1 and 4 would be printed on one record, and sides 2 and 3 on the other. The consumer would then stack the two records onto a spindle equipped with an automatic record changer by stacking the record with side 1 on the bottom and the record with side 2 directly on top of it. The record containing side 1 would then automatically drop onto the turntable, and the tone arm containing the stylus needle would automatically play the album's side 1. When that side was finished, the tone arm would swing back to allow the record containing side 2 to drop down on top of the record containing side 1 and automatically begin to play. When that was done, the consumer would pick up the stack of records that have already played, flip them over (as a stack, without rearranging), and put them back on the spindle. Sides 3 and 4 would play in sequence without further intervention from the consumer.^[3]Record changers persisted throughout the LP era, but were discontinued after it was discovered that the stacking up of records had the potential to warp them.^[3]

Compact cassette[link]

A blank compact cassette tape and case

The Compact Cassette was a popular medium for distributing pre-recorded music in the late 1970's through to the 1990's. The very first "Compact Cassette" was introduced by Philips in August of 1963 in the form of a prototype.^[7] Compact cassettes became especially popular during the 1980's after the advent of the Sony Walkman, which allowed the person to personally control what they listen to.^[8][7] The Walkman was convenient because of its size, the device could fit in most pockets and often came equipped with a clip for belts or pants.^[7] The compact cassette used doubled-sided magnetic tape to distribute music for commercial sale.^[7][9] The music is recorded on both the "A" and "B" side of the tape, with cassette being "turned" to play the other side of the album.^[7]

Compact disc[link]

A compact disc within an open 'Jewel Case'

The Compact Disc's format effectively replaced both the vinyl record and the cassette, to become the standard for the commercial mass-market distribution of music albums.^[10] The CD is a digital data storage device which permits digital recording technology to be used to record and play-back the recorded music.^[9][10]

Length[link]

According to the rules of the UK Charts, a recording counts as an "album" if either it has more than four tracks or lasts more than 25 minutes.^[11] Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as "mini-albums" or EPs.^[12] Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yes's Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. Other artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder refer to their own releases under 30 minutes to bake as "albums" despite the normal distinction.

If an album becomes too long to fit a single vinyl record or CD, a recording artist may make the decision to release a double album where two vinyl LPs or compact discs are packaged together in a single case, or a triple album containing three LPs or compact discs.

Recording artists who have an extensive back catalog will often re-release several CDs in one single box with a unified design, often containing one or more albums, or a compilation of previously unreleased recordings. These are known as box sets. Some musical artists have also released more than three compact discs or LP records of new recordings at once, in the form of boxed sets, although in that case the work is still usually considered to be an album.

See also[link]

Look up album in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Music albums

• Album cover
• Concept album
• Compact Disc
• Extended play
• Liner notes
• List of albums
• Long play
• Release (music)
• Single (music)

References[link]

Adnan Sami
Background information
Birth name	Adnan Sami Khan
Born	(1973-08-15) 15 August 1973 (age 38) London, United Kingdom
Genres	Pakistani music, Indian music, classical, jazz, pop rock
Occupations	Singer, musician, composer, actor, television presenter
Instruments	Singing, piano
Years active	1990–present

Adnan Sami Urdu: عدنان سمیع; (born 15 August 1973) is a British-born Pakistani Canadian ^[1] singer, musician, pianist,^[2][3] actor and composer^[4][5]. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in Mumbai, India.^[6][7] His style merges Asian and Western music styles and instrumentation and ranges from classical to jazz to modern pop-rock.^{[citation needed]}

Early life and education[link]

Born in 1973 to Naureen and Arshad Sami Khan, Sami was brought up and educated in London, United Kingdom.^[8][9] His father Arshad was a pilot with the Pakistan Air Force and a Pakistani diplomat. Sami attended Rugby School.^[10][11] He had played the piano since the age of five.^[12][13] Sami began taking lessons from Pandit Shivkumar Sharma when visiting India during his school vacations.^[8] Indian singing legend Asha Bhosle spotted talent in a ten-year-old Sami at an R D Burman concert in London, and encouraged him to take up music as a career.^[14][15]

As a teenager, Sami, when performing on the sitar at a programme in Stockholm, was noticed by Keyboard Magazine as being the fastest man on keyboard in Asia.^[8] Sami went on to learn Indian classical music from Mahraj Khatak,^[16] a Pakistani classical singing teacher and dancer. At the age of sixteen, Sami was approached to write a song for famine-hit Ethiopia for which he won a special award from UNICEF.^[3]

He graduated from King's College^[17] and became the first person to play Indian classical music on the electric piano.

Career[link]

He had his first solo album Raag Time in 1991-92. The song from his album "Kisi Din Teri Yaad" was the title track "Jab Chandani Barh Kar" of his first album. In 1994, he composed music for a film for the first time. The Pakistani film, in which Adnan was the lead actor with his wife Zeba and famous Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle did the playback, Sargam, was a blockbuster.^[18] However, the authorities banned Asha's voice from the soundtrack which disappointed Adnan. He then had to re-record these songs with Hadiqa Kiyani.^[18] To date Sargam is the only film Adnan acted in. After unsuccessfully trying to make it to the restrictive Pakistani pop scene in 1997, in 2000, Asha Bhosle teamed up with him to release a collection of love songs named Kabhi to Nazar Milao.^[19] The music was also composed by Adnan. According to Adnan, this was a "dream come true" for him.^[8] The album became an instant blockbuster^[20] and topped the Indipop charts^[6] for most of 2001.^[21][22] According to BusinessWeek, the album sold 2 million copies in India.^[23]

Two songs from the album, "Kabhi To Nazar Milao", whose music video featured model Aditi Gowitrikar^[24] and Lift Karaa De whose music video starred the popular Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan,^{[citation needed]} became immensely popular at that time. The videos were shot by Anil Mehra who had shot popular Hindi films, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan.^[15] Looking at the immense success of that album, Magnasound and Adnan released an album Always Yours which was a remix version of numbers from that album.^[25]

He soon became a sensation, which led Hindi filmmaker Boney Kapoor to invite him to give music for his film.^[20] This was the beginning for him composing and singing songs for Hindi films very successfully of even the top Hindi film producers of the time like Yash Chopra and Subhash Ghai. Due to the immense popularity of his music videos and live performances, he had even begun getting acting offers at this time.^[15][26]

The song, "Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob", from the Hindi film, Ajnabee (2001) sung by Adnan also became a rage^[27] and was a superhit.^[22] Screen Magazine called him the pop personality of the year in 2001.^[22]

In 2002, Pepsi Foods made Adnan its brand ambassador in India, a contract which involved hosting a series of live music concerts across cities as well as Adnan featuring in ads for Pepsi products.^[28] According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, no Pakistani artist had managed to gain as much popularity in India as Sami had.^[29] According to an article in the Indian newspaper The Times of India, Sami was the most successful face in non-film music in India at that time.^[15]

His second studio album, Tera Chehra, was released in October 2002^[30] to critical eulogies even as his first album was still selling.^[15] The music videos for this album were shot by Binod Pradhan who had shot the popular Hindi film Devdas, directed by Bela Sehgal^[31] (director of Devdas Sanjay Leela Bhansali's sister) and featured popular Bollywood stars Rani Mukerji in the title track, Amitabh Bachchan in the track "Kabhi Nahi", who also sang the duet with Adnan^[15][30] and actress Mahima Chaudhry in another song.^[31] The title track was written by famous Hindi movie lyricist Sameer.^[30] According to the Screen Magazine, it was the only successful pop album of the year.^[32]

Saathiya (2002) brought him the opportunity to work with maestro A. R. Rahman in the form of "Aye Udi Udi", which he was looking forward to. According to Screen Magazine, the song was the highlight of the album.^[33] Rediff.com called him the "reigning king of Indipop" in early 2003 based on the sales of his albums in the past two years.^[31]

His most successful albums have been Kabhi To Nazar Milao (with Asha Bhosle) and Tera Chehra,^[34] and his music videos usually have had a host of Bollywood stars in them, including Namrata Shirodkar ("Bheegi Bheegi Raat"), Mahima Chaudhry, Raveena Tandon, Rani Mukerji ("Tera Chehra"), Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Amisha Patel ("O Meri Jaan"), Bhumika Chawla ("Maahiya"), Dia Mirza ("Pal Do Pal") and most famously, Amitabh Bachchan ("Kabhi Nahi")^[34][35]

Since 2003, he has sung for a few Tamil movies like Boys, Aayutha Ezhuthu composed by A.R. Rehman. The songs, "Boom Boom" from Boys^[36] and "Nenjamellam Kadhal" from Aayitha Ezhuthu, were hits. He also sang for the Tamil and Telugu versions besides the Hindi version of songs from the movie Yuva (2004) whose music was also composed by A. R. Rahman. Besides Rahman, he also worked together with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, singing hit Tamil songs "Oh Intha Kadhal" from Satham Podathey and "Oru Kal" from Siva Manasula Sakthi, which got very popular and widely noticed. He sang the song "Chanchadi Adi Urang Nee" in the Malayalam movie called Makalkku.^{[citation needed]} He has also sang for a Kannada film. His first Kannada song, "Don't Worry Madabeda" for the film Super Star starring Upendra was a big hit.^{[citation needed]} He also worked with music composers Devi Sri Prasad and MM Keeravani singing songs in Telugu films Varsham, Chatrapathi, Shankar Dada MBBS and 100% Love.

In 2006, he took a sabbatical, and reportedly lost over 70 kg,^[37] to make a comeback in April 2007 with a new album Kisi Din. In 2007, he sang the soundtrack of the hit Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love. He composed film music for Shaurya (2008).^[38] His last film music composition was in 2010 for Sadiyaan

In 2011, Sami started judging the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs.^[39]

Personal life[link]

Adnan Sami was married to Zeba Bakhtiar^[40] for a short period (2nd marriage,^[41] separated in 1996^[42]/1997^[43]) from whom he had a son Azaan Khan.^[43] After their separation, Adnan allegedly abducted their son and took him to Dubai after the Lahore High Court awarded custody rights to Zeba.^[42]

In May 1998, Zeba alleged that Pakistani and UAE officials were not co-operating with her in her bid to gain custody of her son from Adnan.^[42] She took the custody of Azaan by appealing in a Canadian court.^[44] Canadian immigration officials "stormed" Adnan's home, arrested him and "whisked away" his son who was handed over to his mother, Zeba.^[45] According to Adnan, this forced him to cancel millions of dollars worth of concerts and other recording obligations.^[45] Adnan's father, Arshad Sami Khan, filed a defamation suit against Zeba and her family claiming that during the hearing, he and his family members were defamed.^[44]

According to Sami, this was when he began to gain weight by using food for comfort and getting more depressed and this became a vicious cycle and by June 2006, he weighed 206 kilos.^[46]

In 2001, Sami fell in love with and married Dubai-based Sabah Galadari^[47] his third marriage^[41] and her second.^[48] This relationship also called quits a year-and-a-half later.^[47] According to Adnan, Sabah left him because he was obese.^[49] He also claimed that they were married for 10 years.

Around 2001, Sami, who was then based in Dubai, unsuccessfully attempted to acquire Indian citizenship.^[50] After failing to acquire Indian citizenship, he attempted to acquire Canadian citizenship^[3] and was successful in getting it.

In 2002, Adnan filed an appeal for the custody of his son Azaan in a Pakistani court by claiming that Zeba had obtained the custody of Azaan by "misleading the Canadian court through false and ill-founded allegations against him".^[44] Soon after, the two agreed to reconcile and settle the issue out of court after years of legal battles.^[51] Adnan agreed to let Zeba have custody but wanted access to Azaan. But it did not work out and in 2004, he sued the Canadian government for $30 million in connection with the immigration raid that had ended with his son "being whisked away".^[45][52] According to Sami, he won the case.^[49]

In 2004, Sami revealed himself as a huge fan of S D Burman and R D Burman.^[2]

In 2005, Adnan suffered from lymphoedema and developed an abscess in the knee. He was in intensive care, had to undergo a risky surgery and was in bed for three months.^[41][53]

In June 2006, Adnan weighed 206 kilograms (450 lb) and according to him, his doctor said he was giving him just six months to live. By diet, exercise and will-power, Adnan lost 107 kg (240 lb) weight in 9 months.^[46]

In 2008, Adnan's wife Sabah returned to Mumbai, remarried and began staying with Adnan.^[48]

On 30 January 2009, Adnan's wife Sabah registered a case against Adnan at the Oshiwara police station accusing him of physical and mental torture after they had a violent fight.^[48] Adnan was summoned to the police station and warned against misbehaving with his wife in future. According to Adnan, Sabah is making a claim to his flat in Lokhandwala and did not allow his father to return to it. He said he was planning to fight in court with his wife.^[49] Adnan also said that his wife was unkind to his son from a previous marriage, Azaan. Sabah has said that their troubles began soon after remarriage and that Adnan was suffering from alcoholism which "increased by the day" and would often indulge in violence against her.

According to her, on one occasion, Adnan drank so much alcohol that he fell down in the bathroom and they had to cancel a show in London. She has also said that he abused and apologised to her and it became a pattern and that she loved him "so much".^[48] Adnan Sami violated the law of India by buying immovable property without permission. Naresh Kadyan, Chairman — PFA Haryana asked the Mumbai Police to lodge FIR against Adnan Sami u/s 420, 120-B IPC along with other relevant sections of the law of the land.

Adnan married for the third time on 3 April 2010, with an Afghan origin German national woman, Roya Faryabi.^[54][55] Roya works as Project Manager for a US-based company, operating in Germany. According to media, Adnan first met Roya in India and proposed to her after some time, while Roya says that she always liked Adnan and he is the best match for her.^[55]

Awards and accolades[link]

Sami has won many international awards, including the Nigar Award,^[56] the Bolan Academy Award,^[56] and the Graduate Award.^[30] He was given a special award by UNICEF for the song he wrote for famine-hit Ethiopia as a teenager and a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote and performed for Africa^[30]

A review of his piano solo performance on Channel 4, UK, in Keyboard Magazine acknowledged him as the "Keyboard Discovery of The 90s".^[30][57]

In 2001, he was awarded the Breakthrough Artist of the Year by MTV.^[31][58]

He was invited to be a member of the jury of the prestigious music festival Voice of Asia competition, held annually at Almaty, Kazakhstan - the jury comprises top music composers of the world.^{[citation needed]} Sami was featured in a documentary, commissioned by the Foreign and Common Wealth Office of Great Britain, about ten people from the Indian subcontinent, who have influenced the Asian culture in the UK over the last fifty years.^[59] Swedish and British radio and television have often referred to him as the fastest keyboard player in the world.^[14][60] Sami has performed for prestigious music festivals to sold-out stadia of his solo concert tours all over the world in over forty countries.^[30] In summer 2003, he became the only Asian artist to have sold out, Wembley Stadium, London, for two consecutive nights, which won him a place in the Limca Book of Records.^[61][62]

As a classical concert pianist, Sami has had the honour of giving "Group" Royal Command performances before the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan.^[57][63]

In 2008, he was presented the Naushad Music Award by Andhra Pradesh Department of Culture, at Hyderabad.^[64][65] In 2008 he also won "Best International Act" at the UK Asian Music Awards.^[66]

Discography[link]

Badaltay Mausam (1997) was re-released in India as Kabhi To Nazar Milao (2000).

Filmography[link]

As an actor[link]

• Sargam (1995)

As a playback singer[link]

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Year	Film	Songs	Co singers
1995	Sargam	Aae Khuda, aae Khuda, jis nay ki justuju
		Suhani rutt ayi, mann jhoomay	Hamid Ali Khan, Hadiqa Kiyani
		Pall do pall kay hayn andheray
		Bheega hua mousam pyara
		Chamki kiran, khilay purwa	Hamid Ali Khan
		Kab sey khili ho (Classic music vs Pop music)	Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak, Hadiqa
		Kya hay, yeh uljhan kya hay...?	Hadiqa Kiyani
		Zara Dholki bajao Gorio	Asha Bhosle
		Pyar bina jeena nahin jeena	Hadiqa Kiyani
		Barse Badal, dil mein halchal	Hadiqa Kiyani
2001	Ajnabee	Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar	Kuch Pyar Bhi Kar
	Deewaanapan	Nach Nach Nach	Falguni Pathak, Sukhwindher Singh
2002	Junoon	Aankhon Ne Kiya Ishara - Duet	Kavita Subramaniam
		Aankhon Ne Kiya Ishara-Male
	Ab Ke Baras	Mujhe Rab Se Pyaar	Anuradha Sriram
	Awara Paagal Deewana	Ya Habibi	Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan
	Chor Machaaye Shor	Ishqan Ishqan - Karsan Sargathiya	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Shakti: The Power	Dil Ne Pukara	Alka Yagnik, Ravindre Sathe, Prakash
		Hum Tum Mile
	Pyaasa	Tere Pyaar Ka Chhaya	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Annarth	Bewafa Bar Mein	Pinky, Preeti
	Kehtaa Hai Dil Baar Baar	Indian Se Aaia
	Karz: The Burden of Truth	Aashiqui Ban Ke	Kavita Subramaniam
	Saathiya	Aye Udi Udi Udi
2003	Love at Times Square	Aaja Aaja
		Raat Hai Jawan
	Calcutta Mail	Kahan Pe Meri Jaan	Pamela Jain
	Chori Chori	Ruthe Yaar Nu	Sabri Brothers
	Koi... Mil Gaya	Jadoo Jadoo	Alka Yagnik
	Boys	Boom Boom	Sadhana Sargam
	Joggers' Park	Ishq Hota Nahin Sabke Liye	Zameer Kazmi
	Janasheen	Nashe Nashe Mein Yaar	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Sssshhh..?	Dheere Dheere Hua	Alka Yagnik
2004	Plan	Kaise Kaise	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Tum – A Dangerous Obsession	Kyun Mera Dil Tujhko Chaahe
	Muskaan	Yaad Aayee
	Yuva	Baadal	Alka Yagnik
	Aayutha Ezhuthu Tamil	Nenjam Ellam	Sujatha Mohan
	Chot (Aaj Isko, Kal Tere Ko)	Pani Re Pani	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Shankar Dada MBBS Telugu	Ye Jilla	Kalpana
	Naach	Ishq Da Tadka	Sonu Kakkar
	Aitraaz	Gela Gela Gela	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Sullan Tamil	Kilu Kiluppana	Premji Amaran, Pop Shalini
2005	Sehar	Palken Jhukaao Na	Alka Yagnik
	Page 3	Mere Wajood
	Jurm	Nazrein Teri Nazrein
	Lucky: No Time for Love	Shayad Yahi To Pyar Hai	Lata Mangeshkar
		Sun Zara
	Waqt: The Race Against Time	Apne Jahanke	Sonu Nigam
	Koi Mere Dil Mein Hai	Bahon Mein Nahin Rehna	Asha Bhosle
	Garam Masala	Kiss Me Baby
	Mahanandi Telugu	Katthilaanti Ammayi	Kamalakar, Sujatha[disambiguation needed ]
	Makalkku Malayalam	Chanjadiyaadi
2006	Rehguzar	Allah Hu
	Taxi No. 9211	Meter Down
		Meter Down (Rock N Roll Mix)	Remix By Guru Sharma
	Kachchi Sadak	Khwaja Mere Khwaja
	Khosla Ka Ghosla	Sayane Hai Janaab
		Ab Kya Karenge Bhaiya
	Jaan-E-Mann	Udh Jaana?	Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan
		Udh Jaana? - Club Mix	Kunal Ganjawala, Sunidhi Chauhan
2007	Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love	Dil Kya Kare
	Soundarya Kannada	Sneha Preethi
	Yogi Telugu	Gana Gana Gana	Sudha[disambiguation needed ]
	Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule	Cheli Chamaku	Anushka Manchanda, Swetha
	Life in a... Metro	Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si
	Shankar Dada Zindabad	Bhoogolamantha	Gopika Poornima
	Darling	Saathiya	Tulsi Kumar
		Saathiya (Remix)	Tulsi Kumar
	Dhamaal	Chal Na Che Shor Machlein	Shaan
		Dekho Dekho Dil Ye Bole	Shaan
		Miss India Martee Mujhpe	Amit Kumar
	Satham Podathey Tamil	O Indha Kaadhal	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	No Smoking	Jab Bhi Ciggaret (Jazz)
	Taare Zameen Par	Mera Jahan	Auriel Cordo, Ananya Wadkar
	Return of Hanuman	Blackhole
2008	Shaurya	Dheere Dheere	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Dheemaku Kannada	Suryaane
	Superstar	Don't I Love Or Do I Love U	Sunidhi Chauhan
	U Me Aur Hum	Jee Le	Shreya Ghoshal
		Phatte	Sunidhi Chauhan
		Dil Dhakda Hai	Shreya Ghoshal
	Tahaan	Jee Lo
	Khushboo	Kyon Hai Mujhe Lagta
		Tum Jo Mile Humko
		Kyon Hai Mujhe Lagta - remix
	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai	Awaara Dil
	Kidnap	Haan Ji
	Gumnaam – The Mystery	Ishq Ne Kitna	Shreya Ghoshal
2009	Jayeebhava Telugu	Zindhagi	Andriya
	Siva Manasula Sakthi Tamil	Oru Kal
2010	Dulha Mil Gaya	Akela Dil, Akela Dil (Remix)	Anushka Manchanda
	My Name Is Khan	Noor E Khuda Tu Kaha Chhupa Hai	Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal
	Click	Click Click Click Click	Shamir Tandon
	Sadiyaan	Taron Bhari Hai Ye Raat Sajaan	Sunidhi Chauhan
	Ek Second... Jo Zindagi Badal De?	Hota Hai Har Faisala Ek Second Mein
		Hota Hai Har Faisala Ek Second Mein - remix
	Chikku Bukku Tamil	Vizhi Oru Paadhi	Sujatha[disambiguation needed ]
2011	100% Love Telugu	Infatuation
	Oosaravelli Telugu	Nenante
2012	Ishq Telugu	Oh Priya Priya	Nithya Menen