Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Pakistani vocalist, musician, composer and singer

It is Edit

music director (1948-1997)

Ustad

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

NFAK

Khan performing at the Royal Albert Hall

Born|

Pervez Fateh Ali Khan

(1948-10-13)13 October 1948

Lyallpur, Punjab, Pakistan

Died| 16 August 1997(1997-08-16) (aged 48)

London, England

Burial place| Jhang Road Graveyard, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Other names| Shahenshah-e-Qawwali
King of Kings of Qawwali
Occupations|

* Singer
* songwriter
* musician
* music director

Spouse|

Naheed Nusrat

(m. 1979)​

Children| 1
Parent|

* Fateh Ali Khan (father)

Relatives|

* Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (nephew)
* Rizwan-Muazzam (a group containing two of his nephews)

Musical career
Genres|

* classical
* folk
* world
* Punjabi

Instrument(s)|

* Vocals
* harmonium
* tabla

Years active| 1964 – 1997
Labels|

* Real World
* OSA
* EMI
* Virgin Records

Musical artist

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan PP (Punjabi: نصرت فتح علی خان; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi devotional music.[1] Often called the "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (the King of Kings of Qawwali),[2][3] he is considered by The New York Times to be the greatest qawwali singer of his generation.[4] He was described as the fourth greatest singer of all time by LA Weekly in 2016.[5] He was known for his vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.[6][7][8][9] Khan is widely credited with introducing qawwali music to international audiences. He was also a master in Hindustani classical music.[10]

Born in Lyallpur (Faisalabad), Khan had his first public performance at the age of 15, at his father's chelum. He became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971, and brought his unique style of sargam, khayal, and rhythm to his family's legacy.[11] He was signed by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England, in the early 1980s. Khan went on to release movie scores and albums in Europe, India, Japan, Pakistan, and the U.S. He engaged in collaborations and experiments with Western artists, becoming a well-known world music artist. He toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries.[12] In addition to popularising qawwali music, he also had a profound impact on contemporary South Asian popular music, including Pakistani pop, Indian pop, and Bollywood music.[12][13][14]

## Biography[edit]

### Early life and career[edit]

Khan was born into a Punjabi Muslim family[15][16] in Lyallpur (modern-day Faisalabad), Punjab, Pakistan, in 1948. His family originates from Basti Sheikh Darvesh, who settled in Jalandhar, Punjab in present-day India. His ancestors learned music and singing there and adopted it as a profession.[17] He was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and qawwal. Khan's family, which included four older sisters and a younger brother, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, grew up in central Faisalabad. The tradition of qawwali in the family had passed down through successive generations for almost 600 years.[18] Initially, his father did not want Khan to follow the family's vocation. He had his heart set on Nusrat choosing a much more respectable career path and becoming a doctor or engineer because he felt qawwali artists had low social status. However, Khan showed such an aptitude for and interest in qawwali, that his father finally relented.[19]

In 1971, after the death of his uncle Mubarak Ali Khan, Khan became the official leader of the family qawwali party and the party became known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan & Party. Khan's first public performance as the leader of the qawwali party was at a studio recording broadcast as part of an annual music festival organized by Radio Pakistan, known as Jashn-e-Baharan. Khan sang mainly in Urdu and Punjabi and occasionally in Persian, Braj Bhasha, and Hindi. His first major hit in Pakistan was the song Haq Ali Ali, which was performed in a traditional style and with traditional instrumentation. The song featured restrained use of Khan's sargam improvisations.[20]

### Later career[edit]

In the summer of 1985, Khan performed at the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival in London.[21] He performed in Paris in 1985 and 1988. He first visited Japan in 1987, at the invitation of the Japan Foundation. He performed at the 5th Asian Traditional Performing Art Festival in Japan.[22] He also performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, in 1989, earning him admiration from the American audience.[23]

Khan, throughout his career, had great understanding with many south Asian singers such as Alam Lohar, Noor Jehan, A. R. Rahman, Asha Bhosle, Javed Akhtar, and Lata Mangeshkar.

In the 1992 to 1993 academic year, Khan was a Visiting Artist in the Ethnomusicology department at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States.[24]

In 1988, Khan teamed up with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ, which led to Khan being signed to Gabriel's Real World label. He would go on to release five albums of traditional qawwali through Real World, along with the more experimental albums Mustt Mustt (1990), Night Song (1996), and the posthumous remix album Star Rise (1997).[25]

In 1989, commissioned by Oriental Star Agencies Ltd in Birmingham UK, Khan collaborated at Zella Recording Studios with composer Andrew Kristy and producer Johnny Haynes on a series of 'fusion' tracks which propelled Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party into the Channel 4 Christmas Special of "Big World Café." While in the UK in 1989, Khan and party performed Sikh devotional music at a Sikh Gurdwara in Slough, continuing a tradition of Muslims performing hymns at Sikh temples.[26]

Further to this in 1990, the BBC devoted an entire program on Network East to this collaboration, and Big World Café subsequently invited Khan, Andrew Kristy and violinist Nigel Kennedy to perform Allah Hoo live on the show. A live UK tour containing these new fusion tracks was made in 1990.

Khan's experimental work for Real World, which featured his collaborations with the Canadian guitarist Michael Brook, spurred on several further collaborations with a number of other Western composers and rock musicians. One of the most noteworthy of these collaborations came in 1995, when Khan grouped with Pearl Jam's lead singer Eddie Vedder on two songs for the soundtrack to Dead Man Walking. Khan also provided vocals for The Prayer Cycle which was put together by Jonathan Elias, but died before the tracks could be completed. Alanis Morissette was brought in to sing with his unfinished vocals. In 2002, Gabriel included Khan's vocals on the track "Signal to Noise" on his album Up.

Khan's album Intoxicated Spirit was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in 1997. That same year, his album Night Song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.[27]

Khan contributed songs to, and performed in, several Pakistani films. Shortly before his death, he composed music for three Bollywood films, which includes the film Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, in which he also sang for "Koi Jaane Koi Na Jaane" on-screen with the lead pair, and "Zindagi Jhoom Kar." He also composed music for Kartoos where he sang for "Ishq Da Rutba", and "Bahaa Na Aansoo", alongside Udit Narayan. He died shortly before the movie's release. His final music composition for Bollywood was for the movie Kachche Dhaage where he sang in "Iss Shaan-E-Karam Ka Kya Kehna." The movie was released in 1999, two years after his death. The two singing sisters of Bollywood, Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar sang for the songs he composed in his brief stint in Bollywood. He also sang "Saya Bhi Saath Jab Chhod Jaye" for Sunny Deol's movie Dillagi. The song was released in 1999, two years after Khan's death. He also sang "Dulhe Ka Sehra" from the Bollywood movie Dhadkan which was released in 2000.

Khan contributed the song "Gurus of Peace" to the 1997 album Vande Mataram, composed by A. R. Rahman, and released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of India's independence. As a posthumous tribute, Rahman later released an album titled Gurus of Peace which included "Allah Hoo" by Khan. Rahman's 2007 song "Tere Bina" for the film Guru was also composed as a tribute to Khan.[28]

## Shaukat Khanum Hospital fundraising event[edit]

Khan was the main performer at Imran Khan's charity appeal concert at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel on December 3, 1992[29] to raise funds for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, a cancer hospital built in Imran's mothers name which provides free services.[30]

Other celebrities were also in the audience including Peter Gabriel, Elizabeth Hurley, Mick Jagger, and Amitabh Bachchan.[31]

## Death[edit]

Khan was overweight in his later years; various reports stated that he weighed over 137 kilograms (300 pounds). He had been seriously ill for several months, according to a spokesperson at his U.S. label, American Recordings.[32] After travelling to London from his native Pakistan for treatment for liver and kidney problems, he was rushed from the airport to the Cromwell Hospital in London, where he died of a sudden cardiac arrest on 16 August 1997, aged 48.[33] His body was repatriated to Faisalabad, and his funeral was a public affair. His wife, Naheed Nusrat, moved to Canada after the death of her husband, where she died on 13 September 2013 in Mississauga, Ontario.[34][35] Khan's musical legacy is now carried forward by his nephews, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Rizwan-Muazzam.

## Awards and titles[edit]

Khan is widely considered to be the most important qawwal in history.[36][37] In 1987, he received the President of Pakistan's Award for Pride of Performance for his contribution to Pakistani music.[24][38] In 1995, he received the UNESCO Music Prize.[39][40] In 1996 he was awarded Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival for exceptional contribution to the art of cinema.[41] In the same year, Khan received the Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes.[42] In Japan, he was also remembered as the Budai or "Singing Buddha."[43]

In 1997, he was nominated for two Grammy Awards, for Best Traditional Folk Album and Best World Music Album.[27] In 1998, he was awarded PTV Life Time Achievement Award.[44] As of 2001, he held the Guinness World Record for the "Most Qawwali Recordings", having recorded over 125 qawwali albums before his death.[45] In 2005, Khan posthumously received the "Legends" award at the UK Asian Music Awards.[46] Time magazine's issue of 6 November 2006, "60 Years of Asian Heroes", lists him as one of the top 12 artists and thinkers in the last 60 years.[47] He also appeared on NPR's 50 great voices list in 2010.[48] In August 2010 he was included in CNN's list of the twenty most iconic musicians from the past fifty years.[49] In 2008, Khan was listed in 14th position in UGO's list of the best singers of all time.[50]

Many honorary titles were bestowed upon Khan during his 25-year music career. He was given the title of Ustad (the master) after performing classical music at a function in Lahore on the anniversary of his father's death.[51]

Khan was listed at position 91 on Rolling Stone's 200 Best Singers Of All Time list, which was published on January 1, 2023.[52]

He was called the ‘Singing Buddha’ in Tokyo, ‘The Voice of Paradise’ in Los Angeles, ‘Quintessence of the Human Voice’ in Tunis, ‘The Spirit of Islam’ in London, ‘Pavarotti of the East’ in Paris, ‘Emperor of Qawwali’ (Shahenshah - e - Qawwali) in Lahore.[53]

## Tributes, legacy and influence[edit]

Faisalabad Arts Council's auditorium named after Khan

Khan is often credited as one of the progenitors of "world music."[54] Widely acclaimed for his spiritual charisma and distinctive exuberance, he was one of the first and most important artists to popularize qawwali, then considered an "arcane religious tradition", to Western audiences.[54] His powerful vocal presentations, which could last up to 10 hours, brought forth a craze for his music all over Europe. Alexandra A. Seno of Asiaweek wrote:[55]

> Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's voice was otherworldly. For 25 years, his mystical songs transfixed millions. It was not long enough ... He performed qawwali, which means wise or philosophical utterance, as nobody else of his generation did. His vocal range, talent for improvisation and sheer intensity were unsurpassed.

Jeff Buckley cited Khan as a major influence, saying of him "He's my Elvis", and performing the first few minutes of Khan's "Yeh Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai" (including vocals) at live concerts.[56][57] Many other artists have also cited Khan as an influence, such as Nadia Ali, Zayn Malik, Malay,[58] Peter Gabriel,[59] A. R. Rahman,[60] Sheila Chandra,[61] Alim Qasimov,[62] Eddie Vedder, and Joan Osborne, among others.[63] His music was also appreciated by singers such as Mick Jagger, socialites such as Parmeshwar Godrej, actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Trudie Styler,[64] Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins,[63] and authors such as Sam Harris, who cited Khan as one of his favourite musicians.[65]

Paul Williams picked a concert performance by Khan for inclusion in his 2000 book The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: a 'top-40' list, in which he devotes a chapter each to what he considers the top 40 artistic achievements of the 20th century in any field (including art, movies, music, fiction, non-fiction, science-fiction).[66] The Derek Trucks Band covers Khan's songs on two of their studio albums. Their 2002 album Joyful Noise includes a cover of "Maki Madni", which features a guest performance by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Khan's nephew. 2005's Songlines includes a medley of two of Khan's songs, "Sahib Teri Bandi" and "Maki Madni." This medley first appeared on the band's live album Live at Georgia Theatre (2004).[67]

In 2004, a tribute band called Brooklyn Qawwali Party (formerly Brook's Qawwali Party) was formed in New York City by percussionist Brook Martinez to perform the music of Khan. The 13-piece group still performs mostly instrumental jazz versions of Khan's qawwalis, using the instruments conventionally associated with jazz rather than those associated with qawwali.[68]

In 2007, electronic music producer and performer Gaudi, after being granted access to back catalogue recordings from Rehmat Gramophone House (Khan's former label in Pakistan), released an album of entirely new songs composed around existing vocals. The album, Dub Qawwali, was released by Six Degrees Records. It reached no. 2 in the iTunes US Chart, no. 4 in the UK and was the no. 1 seller in Amazon.com's Electronic Music section for a period. It also earned Gaudi a nomination for the BBC's World Music Awards 2008.[69]

On 13 October 2015, Google celebrated Khan's 67th birthday with a doodle on its homepage in six countries, including India, Pakistan, Japan, Sweden, Ghana, and Kenya,[70] calling him the person "who opened the world's ears to the rich, hypnotic sounds of the Sufis." "Thanks to his legendary voice, Khan helped bring 'world music' to the world," said Google.[71][72]

In February 2016, a rough mix of a song recorded by Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998 called "Circle of the Noose" was leaked to the internet. Guitarist Dave Navarro described the song saying, "It's pop in the sense of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, hook. I really love it and we use a loop of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. It's really nice. The best way I can describe it is it's like pepped- up '60s folk with '90s ideals, but I would hate to label it as folk because it's not, it moves."[73]

The 2018 book The Displaced Children of Displaced Children (Eyewear Publishing) by Pakistani American poet Faisal Mohyuddin includes the poem "Faisalabad", a tribute to Khan and to the city of Khan's birth. "Faisalabad" includes a number or references to Khan, including the excerpt, "There are no better cures for homesickness / than Nusrat's qawwalis, / except when you're a mother / and you find comfort in the unfolding / hours of a child's existence." The poem was first published by Narrative Magazine in Spring 2017.[74]

### Popular culture[edit]

"Tere Bin Nahin Lagda"

From Sorrows Vol. 69 (1996). The song inspired several remixed/cover versions, and featured in several films.

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One of Khan's famous qawwali songs, "Tere Bin Nahin Lagda"[75] ("I am restless without you"),[76] appeared on two of his 1996 albums, Sorrows Vol. 69[77] and Sangam (as "Tere Bin Nahin Lagda Dil"), the latter a collaborative album with Indian lyricist Javed Akhtar;[78] Sangam sold over 1 million copies in India.[79] Lata Mangeshkar recorded a cover version called "Tere Bin Nahin Jeena" for Kachche Dhaage, starring Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan and Manisha Koirala.[75] Composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Kachche Dhaage soundtrack album sold 3 million units in India.[80] British-Indian producer Bally Sagoo released a remix of "Tere Bin Nahin Lagda", which was later featured in the 2002 British film Bend It Like Beckham, starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley.[76] A cover version called "Tere Bin" was recorded by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan with Asees Kaur for the 2018 Bollywood film Simmba, starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan.[81]

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's music had a big impact on Bollywood music, inspiring numerous Indian musicians working in Bollywood since the late 1980s. For example, he inspired A. R. Rahman and Javed Akhtar, both of whom he collaborated with. However, there were many hit filmi songs from other Indian music directors that plagiarised Khan's music.[12][82] Viju Shah's hit song "Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast" in Mohra (1994) was plagiarised from Khan's popular qawwali song "Dam Mast Qalandar."[12]

Despite the significant number of hit Bollywood songs plagiarised from his music, he was reportedly tolerant towards the plagiarism.[82][83] In one interview, he jokingly gave "Best Copy" awards to Viju Shah and Anu Malik.[84] In his defense, Malik claimed that he loved Khan's music and was actually showing admiration by using his tunes.[83] However, Khan was reportedly aggrieved when Malik turned his spiritual "Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo" into "I Love You, I Love You" in Auzaar.[82] Khan said "he has taken my devotional song Allahu and converted it into I love you. He should at least respect my religious songs."[83]

His music also appears on soundtracks for Hollywood films such as The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Dead Man Walking (1995).[82]

## Discography[edit]

Main article: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan discography

Year  | Title  | Label

|
|

1988  | In Concert in Paris, Vol 1 | Ocora
Shahen-Shah | Real World/CEMA
1990  | Mustt Mustt
(Collaboration with Michael Brook) | Real World/CEMA
1991  | Magic Touch | OSA
Shahbaaz | RealWorld/CEMA
The Day, the Night, the Dawn, the Dusk | Shanachie Records
1992  | Devotional Songs | Real World
Love Songs | EMI
Mighty Khan Vol 23 - Allah Hoo, Mast Nazron Se, Jana Jogi De Naal (collaboration with Andrew Kristy, Johnny Haynes) | OSA
1993  | Ilham | Audiorec
Traditional Sufi Qawwalis: Live in London, Vol. 2 | Navras Records
1994  | Pakistan: Vocal Art of the Sufis, Vol 2 – Qawwali | JVC
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party | Real World
The Last Prophet | Real World
Traditional Sufi Qawwalis: Live in London, Vol. 4 | Navras Records
1995  | Revelation | Interra/Intersound
Back to Qawwali | Long Distance
1996  | In Concert in Paris, Vol. 3–5 | Ocora
Qawwali: The Art of the Sufis | JVC
Night Song | Real World
Dead Man Walking: The Score | Columbia/Sony
Intoxicated Spirit | Shanachie Records
Mega Star | Interra
Bandit Queen | Milan Records
The Prophet Speaks | M.I.L. Multimedia
Sangam | EMI
1997  | Live in India | RPG
Akhian | M.I.L. Multimedia
Live in New York City | M.I.L. Multimedia
Farewell Song: Alwadah | M.I.L. Multimedia.
In Concert in Paris, Vol 2 | Ocora
Oriente/Occidente: Gregorian Chant & Qawwali Music | Materiali Sonori
1998  | Allah & The Prophet | Ex Works
Star Rise: Remixes | EMI
Live at Royal Albert Hall | M.I.L. Multimedia
Missives from Allah | BCD
Imprint: In Concert
(Selections from the concert of 23 January 1993 at Meany Hall, University of Washington in Seattle,
during Khan's residency at their ethnomusicology program.) | Hi Horse Records
1999  | Peace | Omni Parc
Live at Islamabad, Vol 1–2 | M.I.L. Multimedia
Passion | NYC Music
Visions of Allah | Ex Works
Swan Song | Narada Productions
2000  | Jewel | MoviePlay
Live in London, Vol 3 | Navras Records
2001  | Opus | Vanstory
The Final Studio Recordings | Legacy/Sony
Pukaar: The Echo | Navras Records
The Final Moment | Birdman Records
2002  | Body and Soul | Real World/CEMA
Sufi Qawwalis | Arc Music
2004  | Allah Hoo | Saregama
Aur Pyar Ho Gaya | Saregama.
Ishq Da Rutba | Saregama
Kartoos | Saregama
Main Aur Meri Awargi | Saregama
Ye Jo Halka | Saregama
2005  | Nami Danam | JVC
2006  | Pukaar: The Echo | Navras Records

### Sales[edit]

The following are known sales of records with songs credited to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, either as a vocalist, composer, or special thanks.

Credited  Year  | Title  | Sales  | Ref | Region(s)

|
|
|
|

1996  | Sangam | 1,000,000  | [85] | India
1997  | Only One | 6,000,000  | [86] | Worldwide
Vande Mataram | 2,000,000  | [87]
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya | 1,500,000  | [88] | India
"Afreen Afreen"  | 500,000  | [89]
1999  | Kachche Dhaage | 3,000,000  | [88] | India
2000  | Dhadkan | 4,500,000  | [90]
2007  | Guru | 1,150,000
| Total known sales  | 19,650,000  |  | Worldwide

The following are known Indian sales of Bollywood soundtrack albums featuring copied versions of songs originally composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, without crediting him.

Uncredited  Year  | Title  | Sales  | Ref

|
|
|

1994  | Mohra | 8,000,000  | [91][92]
1995  | Yaraana | 2,000,000  | [88][13]
1996  | Raja Hindustani | 11,000,000  | [88][13]
Auzaar | 2,200,000  | [88][82]
1997  | Judaai | 2,000,000  | [88][13]
Koyla | 1,800,000  | [88][14]
| Total known sales  | 27,000,000  |

## See also[edit]

* Punjab portal
* Biography portal
* Pakistan portal

* List of Pakistani musicians
* List of Pakistani qawwali singers
* Filmi qawwali

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## Further reading[edit]

* Ahmed Aqil Rubi (1992). Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: A living legend . Words of Wisdom
* Baud, Pierre-Alain (2008). Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Messenger of Qawwali. Editions Demi-Lune. A biography of Nusrat.
* Varun Soni (2014). Natural Mystics: The Prophetic Lives of Bob Marley and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Figueroa Press. Depicts Religious aspects of Artists lives, and how they used technology.
* Baud, Pierre Alain (2015). Nusrat: The Voice of Faith. Harper Collins India. A biography of Nusrat.

## External links[edit]

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* Article with brief 1993 interview (edwebproject.org)
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* NPR Audio Report: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: The Voice Of Pakistan
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at IMDb

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Albums|

* Mustt Mustt
* The Day, the Night, the Dawn, the Dusk
* Devotional Songs
* Night Song
* Star Rise

Related topics|

* Discography
* Fateh Ali Khan
* Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan
* Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
* Rizwan-Muazzam
* Dildar Hussain

* Category

Awards for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts

1950s|

* Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1958)
* Zainul Abedin (1958)
* Hafeez Jalandhri (1958)
* Professor Abdus Salam (1958)

1960s|

* Roshan Ara Begum (1960)
* Fateh Ali Khan (Qawwali singer) (1960)
* Tassaduq Hussain (1960)
* Sadequain (1962)
* Mehdi Ali Mirza (1962)
* Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (1962)
* Ahmed Mohiuddin (1962)
* Allah Bakhsh (1963)
* Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi (1963)
* Noor Jehan (1965)
* A.S.M. Qamarul Hasan (1965)
* Zubaida Agha (1965)
* Ferdausi Begum (1965)
* Sharif Khan Poonchwaley (1965)
* Imtiaz Ali Taj (1965)
* Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1966)
* Shakir Ali (1966)
* Khwaja Moinuddin (1966)
* Ayat Ali Khan (1966)
* Ustad Haji Mohammad Sharif (1967)
* Munshi Raziuddin (1967)
* Rafi Peer (1967)
* Ali Imam (1968)
* Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (1968)
* Amanat Ali Khan(1969)
* Bade Fateh Ali Khan (1969)
* Leila Arjumand Banu (1969)
* Umeed Ali Khan (1969)
* Mohammad Kibria (1969)
* Anna Molka Ahmed (1969)

1970s|

* Ismail Gulgee (1970)
* Farida Khanum (1970)
* Naheed Niazi (1970)
* Muslehuddin (1970)
* Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan (1971)
* S. M. Ikram (1971)
* Iqbal Bano (1974)
* Salamat Ali Khan (1977)
* Munir Sarhadi (1978)
* Ahmed Parvez (1978)
* Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan (1978)
* Sabri Brothers (1978)
* Ibn-e-Insha (1978)
* Faiz Mohammad Baloch (1979)
* Khamiso Khan (1979)
* Kishwar Sultan (1979)
* Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Sitar Nawaz) (1979)
* Ghulam Ali (1979)
* Alam Lohar (1979)
* Mureed Buledi (1979)
* Misri Khan Jamali (1979)
* Pathanay Khan (1979)
* Mohammad Azam Chishti (1979)
* Ashfaq Ahmed (1979)
* Nabi Bakhsh Baloch (1979)

1980s|

* Mohammad Qavi Khan (1980)
* Ustad Khyal Muhammad (1980)
* Allan Faqir (1980)
* Sohail Rana (1980)
* Khalid Iqbal (1980)
* Aazar Zubi (1980)
* Malika Pukhraj (1980)
* Muhammad Juman (1980)
* Qari Shakir Qasmi (1981)
* Nasir Jahan (1981)
* Mansoor Tabish (1981)
* Qari Syed Ali Sharfuddin Yemni (1981)
* Nanhe Ali Khan (music performer))(1981)
* Roohi Bano (1981)
* Alexander Robert (1981)
* Mai Bhagi (1981)
* Mirza Adeeb (1981)
* Uzma Gillani (1982)
* Qari Ubaidur Rehman (1982)
* Talat Hussain (1982)
* Tufail Niazi (1982)
* Reshma (1982)
* Arsh Muneer (1983)
* Ustad Nazar Hussain (1983)
* Atta Shad (1983)
* Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (1984)
* Begum Khurshid Mirza (1984)
* Abida Parveen (1984)
* Muhammad Ali (1984)
* Sayed Nafees al-Hussaini, Nafees Raqam (1985)
* Ustad Chhote Ghulam Ali Khan (1985)
* Bundu Khan (1985)
* Mehdi Hasan (1985)
* Shaukat Hussain (1985)
* Qari Ghulam Rasool (1985)
* Siddiq Ismail (1985)
* Abid Ali (1985)
* Syed Mehmood Ali (1985)
* Sabiha Khanum (1986)
* Shahzad Khalil (1986)
* Suraiya Multanikar (1986)
* Firdous Jamal (1986)
* Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan(1986)
* Azhar Lodhi (1986)
* Riaz Batalvi (1986)
* Amjad Islam Amjad (1987)
* Ustad Abdul Majeed Dehlvi (1987)
* Haseena Moin (1987)
* Aadil Salahuddin (1987)
* Sain Akhtar Hussain (1987)
* Qari Izhar Ahmed Thanvi (1987)
* Shaista Zaid (1988)
* Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1988)
* Mustafa Qureshi (1988)
* Muzaffar Warsi (1988)
* Qazi Wajid (1988)
* Ustad Kabir Khan (1989)
* Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (1989)
* Musarrat Nazir (1989)
* Shafi Mohammad Shah (1989)
* Kamal Ahmed Rizvi (1989)
* Jameel Bismil (1989)
* Bushra Ansari (1989)
* Ameer Khan (1989)
* Amjad Hussain (1989)
* Ustad Salamat Ali Khan (1989)
* Aziz Mian (1989)
* Talish (1989)
* Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak (1989)
* Jamil Naqsh (1989)
* Enver Sajjad (1989)

1990s|

* Salim Nasir (1990)
* Daud Kamal (1990)
* Khalid Hameed Baig (1990)
* Shaukat Ali (1990)
* Ustad Sadiq Ali Khan Mando (1990)* Ustad Hamid Ali Khan (1990)
* Ustad Fateh Ali Khan (Gwalior gharana) (1990)
* Mushtaq Gazdar (1990) * Ahmed Saeed Nagi (1990)
* Qari Mohammad Fida (1990)
* Parveen Shakir (1990)
* Iftikhar Arif (1990)
* Ibrahim Jalees (1990)
* Jamiluddin Aali (1991)
* Khursheed Alam known as Gohar Qalam (1991)
* Khayyam Sarhadi (1991)
* Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi (1991)
* Ata ul Haq Qasmi (1991)
* Nayyar Ali Dada (1992)
* Shakeel (Yousuf Kamal) (1992)
* Noor Mohammad Lashari (1992)
* Tariq Aziz (1992)
* Mustansar Hussain Tarar (1992)
* Pervez Malik (1992)
* Jawed Iqbal (1992)
* Mian Ijazul Hasan (1992)
* Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman (1992)
* Munir Niazi (1992)
* Naseem Hijazi (1992)
* Mian Sheheryar (1992)
* Waheed Qureshi (1993)
* Ismail Shahid (1993)
* Saeed Akhtar (1993)
* Ali Ejaz (1993)
* S.H. Hashmi (1993)
* Syed Manzoorul Kaunain (1993)
* Qari Syed Buzurg Shah Al-Azhari (1993)
* Agha Nasir (1993)
* Farooq Qaiser (1993)
* Bashir Mirza (1994)
* Ahmad Bashir (1994)
* Shahid Jalal (1994)
* Qari Mohammad Younus (1994)
* Qari Syed Ali Abid Naqvi (1994)
* Mehr Abdul Haq (1994)
* Nisar Bazmi (1994)
* Hamid Ali Bela (1994)
* Zareena Baloch (1994)
* Anwar Maqsood (1994)
* Shujaat Hashmi (1994)
* Qateel Shifai (1994)
* Zamir Niazi (1994))
* Tufail Hoshiarpuri (1994)
* Nahid Siddiqui (1994))
* Laeeq Ahmed (1994)
* Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1994)
* Allah Rakha (sarangi) (1995)
* Ustad Talib Hussain Khan (1995)
* Colin David (1995)
* Shoaib Hashmi (1995)
* Rauf Khalid (1995)
* Laila Shahzada (1995)
* Hajra Masroor (1995)
* Khursheed Ahmad (1996)
* Mashooq Sultan (1996)
* Safeerullah Lehri (1996)
* Afzal Ahsan Randhawa (1996)
* Qari Noor Mohammad (1996)
* Rubina Khalid (1996)
* Fatima Surayya Bajia (1996)
* Sehba Akhtar (1996)
* Mohammad Ali Shah (surgeon) (1996)
* Ahmed Ghulam Ali Chagla (1997)
* Nadeem Baig (1997)
* Abdul Hameed (1997)
* Masroor Anwar (1997)
* Akhtar Chanal Zahri (1998)
* Mumtaz Mirza (1998)
* Suhrab Faqir (1999)
* Dilawar Figar (1999)
* Salima Hashmi (1999)
* Anwar Masood (1999)
* Anita Ghulam Ali (1999)
* Zafar Iqbal (poet) (1999)
* Khalid Abbas Dar (1999)
* Khatir Ghaznavi (1999)
* Mujahid Kamran (1999)
* Raza Mir (1999)

2000s|

* Amjad Parvez (2000)
* Sharif Kunjahi (2000)
* Kamaluddin Ahmed (2001)
* Athar Shah Khan Jaidi (2001)
* Jameel Fakhri (2002)
* Nazia Hassan (2002)
* Deena M. Mistri (2002)
* Askari Mian Irani (2002)
* Himayat Ali Shair (2002)
* Shoaib Mansoor (2002)
* Jilani Kamran (2002)
* Iftikhar Ahmad (2003)
* Ada Jafri (2003)
* Syed Afzal Hussain (2003)
* Syed Munawwar Saeed (2003)
* Abdul Aziz Baloch (2003)
* Ghulam Mustafa (2003)
* Majeed Khan (sarangi player) (2003)
* Muneeza Hashmi (2003)
* Muhammad Ali Siddiqui (2003)
* Imdad Hussaini (2003)
* Muhammad Usman Diplai (2004)
* Yousuf Khan (actor) (2004)
* Mahtab Akbar Rashdi (2004)
* Chishty Bin Subh-o-Mujahid (2004)
* Navid Shahzad (2004)
* Salahuddin Toofani (2004)
* S. M. Naqi (2004)
* Haji Atta Muhammad (2004)
* Moin Niazi (2004)
* Shahida Parveen (2004)
* Tina Sani (2004)
* Niaz Ahmed (2004)
* Samiur Rahman (2004)
* Tariq Rahman (2004)
* Rais Khan (2005)
* Arif Lohar (2005)
* Rangeela (2005)
* Muhammad Mansha Yaad (2005)
* Shabnam Shakeel (2005)
* Abdul Rauf Rufi (2005)
* Khawaja Najmul Hassan (2005)
* Amir Adnan (2006)
* Asghar Nadeem Syed (2006)
* Arshad Mehmood (2006)
* Arfa Karim (2006)
* Nayyar Kamal (2006)
* Tassawar Khanum (2006)
* Ustad Badar uz Zaman (2006)
* Ustad Qamar uz Zaman (2006)
* Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (2006)
* Zehra Nigah (2006)
* Khalida Hussain (2006)
* Ghazi Sial (2006)
* Nayyara Noor (2006)
* Masood Akhtar (2006)
* Aftab Iqbal Shamim (2006)
* Naheed Akhtar (2007)
* Shaan (2007)
* Asad Amanat Ali Khan (2007)
* Hamid Ali Khan (2007)
* Faakhir Mehmood (2007)
* Munnu Bhai (2007)
* Munni Begum (2008)
* Akhtar Munir (2008)
* Gopal Das (2008)
* Haji Mehr Ali (2008)
* Haji Sher Ali (2008)
* Nahid Raza (2008)
* Gul Bahar Bano (2008)
* Mujahid Hussain (2008)
* Rasheed Malik (2008)
* Sultana Siddiqui (2008)
* Abdul Karim Balouch (2008)
* Abdul Qadir Junejo (2008)
* M. Hanif Raza (2008)
* Nasreen Askari (2008)
* Shafqat Amanat Ali (2008)
* Mansoor Rahi (2008)
* Tari Khan (2008)
* Noorul Huda Shah (2008)
* Rasheed Naz (2009)
* Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan (2009)
* Muhammad Younus Khan (2009)
* Emanuel Philip (2009)
* Rehana Siddiqui (2009)
* Shabbir Hussain (2009)
* Manzoor Hussain (2009)
* Parveen Nazzar (2009)
* Javaid Tufail Niazi (2009)
* Babar Ali Niazi (2009)
* Hajra Mansoor (2009)
* Behroze Sabzwari (2009)
* Obaidullah Baig (2009)
* Khalifa Muhammad Irshad Beg (2009)
* Naseem Sultan (2009)
* Ghous Bux Brohi (2009)
* Sahib Dino Mallah (2009)
* Satish Chandra Anand (2009)
* Rubeena Malik (2009)
* Badar Munir (2009)
* Muhammad Gul (2009)
* Mehnaz Hyat (2009)
* Abdul Qadir (2009)
* Ghayyur Akhtar (2009)
* Aslam Farrukhi (2009)
* Ali Moeen Nawazish (2009)

2010s|

* Afzal Tauseef (2010)
* Musarrat Misbah (2010)
* Rabia Zuberi (2010)
* Zulfiqar Ali (2010)
* Mahmood Shaam (2010)
* Hameed Akhtar (2010)
* Fahmida Riaz (2010)
* Shahid Nadeem (2010)
* Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo (2010)
* Masood Mufti (2010)
* Masood Ashar (2010)
* Habib-ur-Rehman (2011)
* Khalida Inayat Noor (2011)
* Khan Tehsil (2011)
* Abdul Rahim Nagori (2011)
* S. Amjad Bukhari (2011)
* S. B. John (2011)
* S.H. Qasim Jalali (2011)
* Samina Ahmad (2011)
* Sohail Ahmed (2011)
* Ustad Hussain Bukhsh Gullu (2011)
* Khalid Ahmad (2011)
* Ustad Muhammad Alam (2011)
* Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan (Late) (2011)
* Wazir Afzal (2011)
* Zafar Kazmi (Late) (2011)
* Moin Akhter (2011)
* Sahira Kazmi (2012)
* Mohsin Gillani (2012)
* Nauman Ijaz (2012)
* Saba Hameed (2012)
* Jawed Sheikh (2012)
* Meera (2012)
* Rahat Naveed Masud (2012)
* Lutfullah Khan (2012)
* Tahira Syed (2013)
* Muhammad Ajmal Khan (2013)
* Alamgir (2013)
* Shahida Mini (2013)
* Naghma (2013)
* Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema (2013)
* Cecil Chaudhry (2013)
* Shahid Abdullah (2014)
* Ustad Shafiquz Zaman Khan (2014)
* Aurangzeb Leghari (2014)
* Nazir Leghari (2014)
* Ayub Khawar (2014)
* Mir Mohammad Ali (TV comedian) (2015)
* Ayesha Haroon (2015)
* Saleem Kausar (2015)
* Saba Qamar (2016)
* Waseem Abbas (2016)
* Wajahat Masood (journalist) (2016)
* Gulab Chandio (2016)
* Nathoo Khan (2016)
* Khalid Butt (2016)
* Sarmad Khoosat (2017)
* Humaira Channa (2017)
* Ghazi Salahuddin (2017)
* Rashid Mehmood (2017)
* Shakir Shuja Abadi (2017)
* Zulfiqar Bhutta (2017)
* Aslam Pervaiz (2018)
* Ghulam Haider (musician) (2018)
* Amin Hafeez (2018)
* A. Nayyar (singer) (2018)
* Bilqees Khanum (2018)
* Rauf Parekh (journalist) (2018)
* Amanullah (comedian) (2018)
* Nighat Chaudhry (classical dancer) (2018)
* Nighat Butt (2018)
* Zareen Panna (2018)
* Ishrat Fatima (newsreader) (2019)
* Reema Khan (2019)
* Arshad Sharif (journalist) (2019)
* Nasir Adeeb (2019)
* Shabbir Jan (2019)
* Iftikhar Thakur (2019)

2020s|

* Deeba (2020)
* Ghulam Mohiuddin (2020)
* Sahir Ali Bagga (2020)
* Waris Baig (2020)
* Ghulam Abbas 2020
* Saieen Zahoor (2020)
* Fareed Ayaz (2020)
* Sarmad Sehbai (2021)
* Resham (2021)
* Khalid Masud Gondal (2021)
* Hafeez Tahir (2023)
* Sangeeta (2023)
* Sher Miandad Khan (2023)
* Ustad Tafu (2023)
* Anjuman (2023)

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Special Awards from Nigar Awards

Special Awards|

| 1965–1967|

* Noor Jehan (1965) (for 1965 war-time national songs)
* Sohail Hashmi (1966) (for film 'Jaan Pehchaan')
* Master Rufi (1966) (for film 'Lori')
* Allauddin (1966) (for film Badnaam)
* Sabiha Khanum (1967) (for film 'Devar Bhabi')
* Anwar Hussain (1967) (for film 'Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah')

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1968–1970|

* Kamal (1968) (for film Behan Bhai)
* Rani (1968) (for film 'Mera ghar meri jannat')
* Babu Jugnu (1968) (for film Mera Ghar Meri Jannat)
* Shabnam (1969) (for film Andaleeb)
* Firdous (1969) (for film Chan Veer)
* Ejaz (1969) (for film Dilan De Sauday)
* A. J. Kardar (1969) (for film 'Qasam us waqt ki')
* Habib Wali Mohammad (1970) (for singing 'Aashian jal gaya')
* M. Ajmal (1970) (for film 'Heer Ranjha')
* Deeba (1970) (for film 'Sajna Door Daya')

1971–1975|

* Firdous (1971) (for film 'Aansu')
* Aliya Begum (1971) (for film 'Mastana Mahi')
* Sultan Rahi (1971) (for film 'Babul')
* Munawar Zarif (1971) (for film 'Ishq Deewana')
* Rangeela (1972) (for film 'Meri Zindagi hai naghma')
* Akhlaq Ahmed (1974) (for singing 'Sawan Aayae Sawan jaayae')
* Sabiha Khanum (1975) (for film 'Ek gunah aur sahi')
* Babra Sharif (1975) (for film Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat)
* Ghulam Mohiuddin (1975) (for film Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat)

1976–1978|

* Roohi Bano (1976) (for film 'Insaan aur Farishta')
* Sangeeta (1976) (for film 'Society Girl')
* Alamgir (1977) (for singing in Aaina)
* Shahzeb (1977) (for film Aaina)
* Mumtaz (1978) (for film 'Haider Ali')
* Ghulam Mohiuddin (1978) (for film 'Mutthi bhar chaawal')

1979–1983|

* Ashar (1979) (for film 'Aag')
* Nazir Chan (1979) (for film 'Miss Hong Kong')
* Diana Kristina (1980) (for film 'Bandish')
* Faisal Rehman (1980) (for film 'Nahin Abhi Nahin')
* Master Khurram (1981) (for film 'Qurbani')
* Rangeela (1982) (for film 'Naukar tay malik')
* Master Shahbaz (1983) (for film 'Kabhi alvida na kehna')
* Sangeeta (1983) (for film 'Sona Chandi')

1984–2000|

* Aslam Pervaiz (1984) (for film 'Miss Colombo')
* Mohammad Ali (1984) (for films 'Doorian' and 'Bobby')
* Kaveeta (1985) (for film 'Jeenay nahin doon gi')
* Faisal Rehman (1985) (for film 'Naraz')
* Meera (1999) (for film Mujhe Jeene Do)
* Anjuman (1999) (for film Chohdrani)
* Shehzad Roy (1999) (for singing)
* Reema (2000) (for film Mujhe Chand Chahiye)
* Babar Ali (2000) (for film 'Mehndi Waley Hath')

For 30 Years of Excellence|

* Noor Jehan (1981)
* Sabiha Khanum (1981)
* Shabab Kiranwi (1981)
* Anwar Kamal Pasha (1981)
* Sudhir (1981)
* Aslam Pervaiz (1981)
* Asha Posley (1982)
* Meena Shorey (1982)
* Nazir (1982)
* Azad (1982)
* Saqi (1985)

Millennium Award|

* Muhammad Ali (1999)
* Zeba (1999)
* Yousuf Khan (1999)
* Nadeem (1999)
* Qateel Shifai (1999)
* Badar Munir (1999)
* Umer Sharif (1999)
* Rangeela (1999)
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* Neelo (1999)
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* Sharif Nayyar (1999)
* Umer Shareef (1999)

Ilyas Rashidi Gold Medal|

* Shamim Ara (1999)
* Zeba (2002)
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Honorary gold medal awarded|

* Sabiha Khanum (2000)

Legend awards|

* Waheed Murad (2002)

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* Kamal (2000)
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* Habib (2002)
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