Sunidhi Chauhan

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Sunidhi Chauhan is a professional singer based out of the finance capital of India, New Delhi. Born in Delhi, the playback singer began performing in local gatherings at the age of four and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the movie, Shastra (1996). During the year, she won the first singing reality show, Meri Awaz Suno, and rose to prominence after recording ‘Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi’ from Mast (1999), eventually winning the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent and nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer as well. Her second breakthrough song ‘Mehboob Mere’ was released in 2000, for which she received another Filmfare nomination. Throughout her career, she performed mostly item songs and was described by the media as the ‘Queen of Item Songs’. Chauhan won her third Filmfare nomination with the song 'Dhoom Machale' (2004) followed by two more nominations during the next year for ‘Deedar De’ and ‘Kaisi Paheli’. 2006 was one of the most triumphant years in her career, where she was bestowed with her first Filmfare Award for her rendition of the song ‘Beedi’ and further two nominations for ‘Aashiqui Main’ and ‘Soniye’. The following year, she was prominently recognized for the title songs of Sajnaaji Vaari and Aaja Nachle (2007), both critically and commercially well-received. Chauhan received her 12th Filmfare nomination with ‘Chor Bazaari’ (2009) and ‘Dance Pe Chance’ (2008). 2010 marked her international singing debut, where she was featured in the song called Heartbeat, alongside Enrique Iglesias. During same the year, she received her second Filmfare Award with the item song ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’ (2010) and was nominated for international styled carnival song ‘Udi’ (2010).