He was eliminated by audience polling, finishing in sixth place. Singh's musical career began when his guru Rajendra Prasad Hazari, who felt that ' Indian classical music was a dying tradition', insisted him to leave his hometown and participate in the reality show Fame Gurukul (2005) at the age of 18. He idolized musicians like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Zakir Hussain and Anand Chatterjee, and enjoyed listening to Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar, and Manna Dey. Growing up, he listened to Mozart, Beethoven and Bengali classical music. At the age of three, he started training under the Hazari brothers, and at the age of nine, he got a scholarship from the government for training in vocals in Indian classical music.

Birendra Prasad Hazari taught him Rabindra Sangeet (songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore) and pop music.

He was taught Indian classical music by Rajendra Prasad Hazari and trained in tabla by Dhirendra Prasad Hazari. According to him he 'was a decent student, but cared more about music' and his parents decided to train him professionally. He studied at Raja Bijay Singh High School and later at the Sripat Singh College, a University of Kalyani affiliate. His maternal uncle played the tabla, and his mother also sang and played the tabla. His maternal aunt trained in Indian classical music, and his maternal grandmother used to sing. He began his music training at a very young age at home. His paternal family came from Lahore during the Partition. Early life Īrijit Singh was born on 25 April 1987 in Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal to Kakkar Singh, a Punjabi Sikh father and Aditi Singh, a Bengali Hindu mother. He was the most followed Asian soloist on Spotify. He was declared the most-streamed Indian artist of 20 by Spotify. He is considered one of the greatest singers of his generation. Singh began his career when he participated in the contemporary reality show, Fame Gurukul in 2005, but didn't receive widespread recognition before the release of ' Tum Hi Ho' and ' Chahun Main Ya Naa' in 2013. The recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards, he has recorded songs in several Indian languages and has established himself as one of the leading playback singers of Bollywood. Arijit Singh (born 25 April 1987) is an Indian singer and music composer.

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