Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani singer who is considered one of the greatest performers of qawwali, a Sufi Muslim devotional music characterized by simple melodies, forceful rhythms, and energetic improvisations that encourage a state of euphoria in the listener.
Known as the Bob Marley of Pakistan, or the Elvis of the East, Ustad Nusrat is credited with taking the tradition to the international stage and garnering the respect of a new generation of Qawwali lovers that has reached far beyond the Islamic world.
“We had discovered an artist that was out of this world,” he added. “Nusrat lived for music, and the world is benefiting from it today.”
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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born on 13 October 1948 in Lyallpur, Punjab, Pakistan [now Faisalabad, Pakistan]. He was a music artist and composer, known for 2012 (2009), Blood Diamond (2006) and Natural Born Killers (1994).
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has 235 songs with the most popular being Sanson Ki Maala Pe Simrun Main, Tere Bin Nahin Lagda and Tu Kuja Man Kuja.
From his beginnings in the 1960s until his death in 1997, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was regarded as the world’s foremost master of qawwali, a style of Sufi devotional singing famed for its hypnotic intensity.
Nusrat fateh ali khan Two decades later, each of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s works reminds us of what we can never achieve in eons to come