Armaan Malik


Armaan Malik is an Indian singer, songwriter, record producer, performer and an actor. He is known for his singing in Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, English & Punjabi. A finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. Armaan advanced to eighth place with public votes. He is the brother of composer Amaal Mallik. Previously represented by Universal Music India, he is now signed on by T-Series. He has also signed with Arista Records. His first on-screen appearance was in the film Kaccha Limboo in the year 2011.
He was born in Mumbai to music composer Daboo Malik and Jyothi Malik. Daboo Malik is the brother of music director and singer Anu Malik.
He is youngest singer to win two debut awards at Global Indian Music Awards and best playback singer award at Big Star Entertainment Awards in 2015.
The singer also featured as a coach on an Indian reality show, The Voice India, and became the youngest coach/judge in the history of Indian singing reality show.
Billboard.com announced on 12 March 2020 that Armaan has signed with Arista Records for his first official English-language single, "Control," out 20 March 2020.

Career

Armaan Malik has dubbed for My Name Is Khan for the English boy and also lent voice for the character Salim in the radio version of Slumdog Millionaire for BBC Radio 1. In 2014, Armaan sang "Tumko Toh Aana Hi Tha", "Love You Till The End " and the "Title Track" for Salman Khan's movie Jai Ho. Apart from singing, Malik and his music composer brother Amaal Mallik also featured in the beginning of Jai Ho in the song "Love You Till The End". In that year, he sang "Naina" with Sona Mohapatra for the film Khoobsurat and "Auliya" for Ungli.
In 2015, he sang "Main Hoon Hero Tera" for Hero, "Kwahishein" for Calendar Girls & "Tumhe Aapna Banane Ka" for Hate Story 3 under elder brother Amaal Mallik's composition. The latter one he sang with Neeti Mohan. He also sang another song for Hate Story 3 titled "Wajah Tum Ho" under Baman's composition. He also sang a single "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon" under Amaal's composition. He was awarded Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent in that year.
In 2016, he sang for the films Mastizaade, Sanam Re, Kapoor & Sons, Azhar, Do Lafzon Ki Kahani and "Sab Tera" with Shraddha Kapoor for Baaghi under Amaal's composition. He sang "Foolishq" with Shreya Ghoshal for Ki & Ka, he worked with Jeet Gannguli for the song "Mujhko Barsaat Bana Lo" for Junooniyat and also sang his first Bengali song "Dhitang Dhitang" for Love Express under Jeet's composition. He was the lead singer of the film . He sang four songs for Hindi soundtrack and three songs for Tamil soundtrack of that film under Amaal's composition. He sang "Sau Asmaan" with Neeti Mohan for Baar Baar Dekho and "Ishaara" for Force 2 under Amaal's composition. He sang "Tum Jo Mille" for Saansein, "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Reprise" and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga Remake" for Wajah Tum Ho. The latter one was composed by Meet Bros and the last two songs, he sang with Tulsi Kumar. He sang a single "Pyaar Manga Hain Remake" with Neeti Mohan. He also lent his voice for the title track of Star Paarivar Awards 2016 with Palak Muchhal and Meet Bros under Meet Bros composition.
In 2017, he sang two singles "Aa Jana Ferrari Mein" and "Paas Aao Na" under Amaal's composition. He also sang a single "Kehta Yeh Pal Pal Remake". He worked with Gourav-Roshin for "Haare Ram Remake" and Mannan Shah for "Tere Dil Mein". Both the songs were made for the film Commando 2. He sang for Noor, Chef and Golmaal Again under Amaal's composition. He sang two songs for Sweetiee Weds NRI, 'Shiddhat' & 'O Saathi'. He worked with Arko Pravo Mukherjee first time for the latter one. He sang two Bengali songs in 2017. One is the title track of Ami Je Ke Tomar and "Ele Chupi Chupi" for Amar Aponjon. He also sang for Mubarakan, Tera Intezaar and Tumhari Sulu.
In 2018, he sang a single "Ghar Se Nikalte Hi" under Amaal's composition. He worked with Tanishk Bagchi first time for the title track of Dil Juunglee. He also sang "Baadnamiyaan" for Hate Story 4 under Baman's composition. He also sang for films including Nirdosh, October, and 102 Not Out. He sang for the films Baazaar and Sanju. However, the songs were dropped from the album due to some changes in script. He lent his voice for the Hindi soundtrack of 2.0, which is the most expensive Indian film made to date. The soundtrack of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman and the film was released in 2018.
In 2019, he lent his voice for the movie Amavas, "Jab Se mera Dil" with Palak Muchhal for the movie Amavas, "Dil Me Ho Tum" for the movie Why Cheat India, "Kyun Rabba" for the movie Badla. The singer also got feature as a coach on an Indian reality show The voice and became the youngest coach/judge in the history of Indian singing reality shows. He sang "Chale Aana" in De De Pyaar De composed by Amaal and lyrics by Kunaal Verma. The song was well received by the audience in general. The singer has also lent his voice for Mena Massoud as Aladdin, in the Hindi version of the American musical fantasy Aladdin. In addition he also sung the songs in the Hindi for the film The Lion King. He also sang for the film "Kabir Singh", under the composer Vishal Mishra for the song "Pehla Pyaar". His version was not included in the film, because Vishal's version was preferred by the director of the Film. Pehla pyaar was heavily loved by the audience and it was said to be his return with a soaring range, beautiful fallsettos and a "different" Armaan altogether.
On 12 March 2020, Billboard announced Armaan's first English single under Arista Records, "Control." "To write and release English music has been my dream for as long as I can remember, and I couldn't have found a better family than Arista Records to be starting this new journey with," said Armaan. "There's no better feeling than to know that I’m in such good hands with an executive like David Massey, who truly believes in me, this project and also shares the same vision as me about global music," he added. He also released another english single quickly following the former called "Next 2 me" which was highly appreciated amongst audience. On July 8th,2020 another single was released under the name of Zara Thehro, alongside "Tulsi Kumar", composed by his brother "Amaal Malik" under the label "T-series". The song is being well received by the audience and has marked the first proper hindi single of Armaan in 2020.

Television

Awards and nominations

YearSong/AlbumAwardCategoryResult
2015"Naina" – KhoobsuratMirchi Music AwardsUpcoming Male Vocalist of The Yearrowspan=2
2015"Bas Is Pal Mein"Mirchi Music AwardsIndie Pop Song of the Year-
2015Auliya – UngliGlobal Indian Music Academy AwardsBest Debutant Award – Film
2015Tumhe Apna Banane Ka – Hate Story 3Kalakar AwardsJagjit Singh Award – Best Rising Singer
2015Armaan – AlbumGlobal Indian Music Academy AwardsJagjit Singh Award – Best Music Debut
2015Tumhe Apna Banane Ka – Hate Story 3Big Star EntertainmentMost Entertaining Singer – Male
2015Main Hoon Hero Tera – HeroStardustBest Playback Singer – Male
2016New Music TalentFilmfareRD Burman Award
2016Main Rahoon Ya Na RahoonGlobal Indian Music Academy AwardsBest Music Video
2016Main Hoon Hero TeraLions Gold AwardsBest Playback Singer
2016"Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon"Mirchi Music AwardsIndie Pop Song of the Year
2017"Bol Do Na Zara"Lions Gold AwardsBest Playback Singer
2017"Sariyagi Nenapide" – Mungaru Male 2South Indian International Movie AwardsBest Male Playback Singer Kannada
2018"Ondu Malebillu" – ChakravarthyFilmfare Awards SouthBest Male Playback Singer – Kannada
2018"Hello" – HelloFilmfare Awards SouthBest Male Playback Singer – Telugu
2018"Ninnila Ninnila" – Tholi PremaFilmfare Awards SouthBest Male Playback Singer – Telugu
2019Theher JaaSonyMix Audience Music AwardsBest Playback Singer
2020Pehla PyaarMirchi Music AwardListener's Choice - Album Of The Year
2020The YouTuber with the best music covers and originalsThe BollywoodLife.com Awards 2020Best Musician On Youbtube
2020Chale AanaDadasaheb Phalke AwardBest Playback Singer