Adnan Sami facts for kids
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Adnan Sami
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Sami in 2016
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| Birth name | Adnan Sami Khan |
| Born | 15 August 1971 London, England |
| Origin | England |
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Piano, keyboard, guitar, accordion, saxophone, violin, drums, bongos, congas, bass guitar, electric guitar, tabla, dholak, harmonium, harpsichord, santoor, sitar, sarod, percussion
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| Years active | 1986–present |
Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is a famous Indian singer, musician, and composer. He is also a talented actor and pianist. Adnan Sami performs many types of music, including Indian and Western styles. He sings in several languages like Hindi, Urdu, and English.
He has received the Padma Shri award, which is one of India's highest honors for people who have done amazing things. His favorite instrument is the piano. People say he was the first musician to play Indian classical music on the piano. A magazine called Keyboard even called him the fastest keyboard player in the world!
Adnan Sami grew up and went to school in the United Kingdom. He used to be a citizen of Canada. In 2016, he became an Indian citizen. His father was a Pakistani Air Force veteran and diplomat. His mother was from Jammu and Kashmir in India.
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Early Life and Music Journey
Adnan Sami was born in London, England, on 15 August 1971. He spent his childhood and studied in the United Kingdom. His father was a Pakistani Pashtun, and his mother was Indian. Adnan's father was a pilot and later an ambassador for Pakistan.
Adnan went to Rugby School in the UK. After that, he studied law at King's College London. He also became a lawyer from Lincoln's Inn in England.
He started playing the piano when he was only five years old. By the age of nine, he had already written his first song! He learned Indian classical music from a famous musician named Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. When he was ten, the well-known Indian singer Asha Bhosle saw him perform. She told him he should become a musician.
As a teenager, Adnan played the piano on a TV show in Sweden. The Keyboard magazine called him the fastest keyboard player in the world. When he was sixteen, he wrote a song to help people in Ethiopia who were suffering from famine. UNICEF gave him a special award for this song.
Adnan Sami has won many awards during his 32-year career. He is the youngest person to receive the Naushad Music Award for excellent music. He was also a judge for the "Voice of Asia" music competition in Kazakhstan.
Music Career Highlights
Adnan Sami released his first song, "Run for His Life," in 1986. It was in English and was made for UNICEF. This song became number one in the Middle East. He had three more number-one songs after that.
His first album, The One & Only (1989), featured classical piano music. He released his first singing album, Raag Time, in 1991.
In 2000, Adnan Sami worked with Asha Bhosle on an album called Kabhi to Nazar Milao. This album was a huge hit in India. It stayed at the top of the music charts for a long time.
His next album, Tera Chehra, came out in 2002. It was also very popular. Famous Bollywood actors like Rani Mukerji and Amitabh Bachchan appeared in his music videos. Tera Chehra became the best-selling album in India in 2002. It also became the best-selling Indian album ever in the U.S. and Canada.
Adnan Sami has composed music for many Hindi films. These include Lucky: No Time for Love and Dhamaal. He has also sung many popular songs for movies.
Working in Films
In 1994, Adnan Sami started composing music for films. He composed music and acted in the Pakistani film Sargam in 1995. The famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle also sang in this movie. Sargam was very successful. It was the first time an Indian singer was featured in a Pakistani album.
Because his music videos and live shows were so popular, he started getting offers to act in movies. He also began composing and singing for top Hindi film producers like Yash Chopra.
In 2015, he sang a special song called "Bhar Do Jholi Meri" for the film Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He also appeared in the movie.
Health Journey
In 2005, Adnan Sami had some health problems. He had a swelling condition and an infection in his knee. This made him take a break from his music career.
In 2006, he decided to focus on his health. He worked hard and lost a lot of weight, about 130 kilograms (286 pounds). This was a big change in his life.
Concert Performances
Adnan Sami is a very skilled classical concert pianist. He has performed for kings and queens, like the King of Sweden and King Hussein of Jordan. He has also played for many world leaders.
He has performed in music festivals and sold-out concerts in over forty countries around the world.
TV Shows
In 2008, Adnan Sami hosted an Indian music game show called Bol Baby Bol on Star TV. Before that, in 2005, he was a judge on a singing competition called Super Singer. In 2011, he returned as a judge on the popular singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs.
Awards and Special Recognition
Adnan Sami has received many international awards. These include the Nigar Award and the Bolan Academy Award. UNICEF gave him a special award for a song he wrote for Ethiopia when he was a teenager. He also received a United Nations Peace Medal for a song he wrote about Africa.
A British TV channel called him the "Keyboard Discovery of the 90s" after his piano performance. In 2001, MTV named him the "Breakthrough Artist of the Year."
Many radio and TV stations in Sweden and Britain have called him the fastest keyboard player in the world. In 2003, he made history by selling out London's Wembley Stadium for two nights in a row. He was the only Asian artist to do this, and it earned him a place in the Limca Book of Records.
In 2020, he received the Padma Shri award from the Indian government. This is India's fourth-highest civilian honor for his contributions to the arts.
Working with Brands
In 2002, the company Pepsi Foods chose Adnan Sami to be their brand ambassador in India. This meant he would promote Pepsi products and host concerts for them. He is the only artist in Asia and Europe to have promoted both Pepsi and Coca-Cola.
Personal Life
Adnan Sami first married actress Zeba Bakhtiar in 1993. They had a son named Azaan Sami Khan. They later divorced.
He moved to India in 2001 and has lived there since.
In 2001, he married Sabah Galadari from Dubai. This marriage also ended in divorce. In 2008, they remarried but divorced again after a year.
In 2009, his father passed away. Adnan said this was the "biggest blow" in his life because they were very close.
On 29 January 2010, Adnan Sami married Roya Sami Khan. She is the daughter of a retired diplomat. They met in India. On 10 May 2017, they had a daughter named Medina Sami Khan.
In 2015, Adnan Sami asked to become an Indian citizen. He had lived in India for many years, which made him eligible. In late 2015, the Indian government approved his request. He officially became an Indian citizen on 1 January 2016.
Filmography
As an Actor
- Sargam (1995)
- Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)
As a Music Director and Composer
- Sargam (1995)
- Love at Times Square (2003)
- Lucky: No Time for Love (2005)
- Dhamaal (2007)
- Mumbai Salsa (2007)
- Khushboo (2008)
- 1920 (2008)
- Shaurya (2008)
- Daddy Cool (2009)
- Sadiyaan (2010)
- Chance Pe Dance (2010)
Images for kids
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Sami in 2016
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Adnan Sami at the release party for his album Kisi Din
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Sami being awarded Padma Shri, around 2021
See also
In Spanish: Adnan Sami para niños
