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| Birth Name: | Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia | ||
| Birth Date: | 1985 11, df=y | ||
| Birth Place: | Delhi, India | ||
| Alma Mater: | Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh | ||
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Aditya Prateek Singh (born 19 November 1985), known professionally as Badshah (also stylised as badboyshah), is an Indian rapper, songwriter, music producer, television personality and businessman. Badshah has his songs in Hindi, English, Punjabi and Harayanvi languages. Badshah has brought underground sounds to the mainstream with remarkable impact. Badshah has since made significant contributions to Indian hip-hop and rap music and Bollywood music. His notable works in Bollywood films include Kar Gayi Chull from Kapoor and Sons, Garmi from Street Dancer 3D, Naina from Crew, Proper Patola from Namaste England.
His debut commercial song DJ Waley Babu went on to be a massive hit gaining over 50 Million views in 24 hours of release. He has also collaborated with international artists such as Jbalvin and Tainy for the song "Voodoo[1] " which also has a guest verse from Lil Baby.
Badshah has appeared as judge on MTV Hustle, Indian Idol, Dil Hai Hindustani, and India's Got Talent.
Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodiya was born in Delhi. His father, from Delhi, was a government officer & businessman, and his mother, from Punjab, was a teacher. He has a younger sister named Aprajita Singh.[2] [3]
He completed his schooling from Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, Delhi where he performed with his school choir.[3] Prior to becoming a full-time musician he enrolled as a student of civil engineering at the Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh, where he was exposed to new Punjabi music which prompted him to take on rap writing.[4] [5] [6] [7]
He started his career in the music industry with the name "Cool Equal", but then changed his name to Badshah on his senior associate Yo Yo Honey Singh's advice.[8] He further is known for his catchphrase "it's your boy Badshah", often stylized as "Ish yo boy Baad-uh-sh-aa-ah".
In November 2006, He produced a first song "Soda Whiskey", and this song became scary hit.
Then in January 2011, He produced a song "Paanch Begam" with Yo Yo Honey Singh, Raftaar, Alfaaz and J Star
On 7 August 2020, the rapper released a classic pop and hip-hop album namely, 'The Power of Dreams of a Kid' which had eight tracks and includes features from the artists namely Lisa Mishra, Sikander Kahlon, Fotty Seven, Bali and Music Producer Andy Grewal. The mastering and mixings of the album was done by Aditya Dev.[9] His 2019 song "Paagal" reached 74.8 million views on YouTube within 24 hours, setting the record for the most-viewed video in 24 hours on YouTube.,[10] YouTube did not confirm the record. Badshah's label then Sony Music, confirmed that they had used the help of advertisements from Google ad sense to promote the song.
An explanation for YouTube not acknowledging the record was that Badshah's record label Sony Music India had purchased advertisements from Google and YouTube that embedded the video or directed fans to it in some way. However, it has emerged that this is a common practice in the global music industry, and that similar practices had previously been used by the record labels of previous record holders such as Ariana Grande and Blackpink. This has cast doubt on some of the 24-hour viewership records on YouTube.[11]
His song "Genda Phool" was released by Sony Music India in 2020. It had mixing with a Bengali folk song "Boro Loker Biti Lo". Ratan Kahar, a Bengali artist, claimed to be the original writer and composer of the folk song.[12] Though Badshah later released a statement saying that it was a traditional Baul folk song which was not copyrighted, since folk music does not fall under copyright protections and is thus in the public domain.[13]
He again collaborated with Jacqueline Fernandez in the song Pani Pani, the song is sung by Aastha Gill along with him.[14] The song has been viewed more than 1 Billion times on YouTube. He further released the Bhojpuri version of the song by collaborating with Khesari Lal Yadav. He rapped in the song in Bhojpuri language. The Bhojpuri version got more than one million views in less than an hour and became the first Bhojpuri song to do so.[15]
He released his third studio album Ek Tha Raja on 18th March 2024. Which was a massive commercial success with over 280 Million streams on spotify as of October 2024. It included feature verses from several artists including Raftaar, Karan Aujla, Ikka, Dino James, Nora Fatehi, Raga, Seedhe Maut, Aastha Gill, Arijit Singh, MC Stan, Kr$na and many more.
Badshah married Jasmine Masih in 2012; In January 2017, they had a daughter together named Jessemy Grace Masih Singh.[16] [17] They divorced in 2020.[18]
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| Year | Movie | Song | Singer(s)/co-singer(s) | Composer(s) | Language | Label | Ref. | |
| 2014 | Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania | "Saturday Saturday" | Akriti Kakkar, Indeep Bakshi | Sharib-Toshi | Hindi | Sony Music India | ||
| Fugly | "Dhup Chik" | Aastha Gill, Raftaar | Raftaar | T-Series | ||||
| Khoobsurat | "Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai" | Aastha Gill | Badshah | |||||
| 2015 | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | "Selfie Le Le Re" | Vishal Dadlani, Nakash Aziz, Pritam | Pritam | ||||
| ABCD 2 | "Vande Mataram" | Daler Mehndi, Tanishka Sanghvi and Divya Kumar | Sachin–Jigar | Zee Music Company | ||||
| Second Hand Husband | "Bad Baby" | Gippy Grewal | ||||||
| All Is Well | "Chaar Shanivaar" | Vishal Dadlani, Armaan Malik | Amaal Mallik | T-Series | ||||
| Jazbaa | "Aaj Raat Ka Scene" | Shraddha Pandit | Badshah | Zee Music Company | ||||
| Vedalam | "Aaluma Doluma" | Anirudh Ravichander | Tamil | Sony Music India | ||||
| 2016 | Sanam Re | "Akkad Bakkad" | Neha Kakkar | Badshah | Hindi | T-Series | ||
| Teraa Surroor | "Teri Yaad" | Himesh Reshammiya | HR Musik Limited and T-Series | |||||
| Kapoor & Sons | "Kar Gayi Chull" | Fazilpuria, Sukriti Kakar, Neha Kakkar | Amaal Mallik, Badshah | Sony Music India | ||||
| "Let's Nacho" | Benny Dayal | Nucleya, Benny Dayal | ||||||
| Sultan | "Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai" | Vishal Dadlani, Shalmali Kholgade, Ishita, Neeti Mohan | Vishal–Shekhar | YRF Music | ||||
| Baar Baar Dekho | "Kala Chashma" | Amar Arshi, Neha Kakkar, Indeep Bakshi | Badahah, Prem-Hardeep | Zee Music Company | ||||
| Ae Dil Hai Mushkil | "The Breakup Song" | Arijit Singh, Jonita Gandhi and Nakash Aziz | Pritam | Sony Music India | ||||
| Shivaay | "Bolo Har Har Har" | Mithoon, Mohit Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh Megha Sriram Dalton, Anugrah and The Vamps | Mithoon | T-Series | ||||
| 2017 | OK Jaanu | "The Humma Song" | A. R. Rahman, Jubin Nautiyal, Shashaa Tirupati, Tanishk Bagchi | A.R. Rahman, Tanishk Bagchi, Badshah | Sony Music India | |||
| Badrinath Ki Dulhania | "Tamma Tamma Again" | Bappi Lahiri, Anuradha Paudwal | Tanishk Bagchi | T-Series | ||||
| Noor | "Move Your Lakk" | Diljit Dosanjh, Sonakshi Sinha | Badshah | |||||
| Mubarakan | "Mubarakan (Title Track)" | Juggy D, Yash Narvekar, Sukriti Kakar | Rishi Rich, Badshah | |||||
| Bhoomi | "Trippy Trippy" | Neha Kakkar, Benny Dayal, Brijesh Shandilya | Sachin–Jigar | |||||
| 2018 | Blackmail | "Happy Happy" | Aastha Gill | Badshah | ||||
| Veere Di Wedding | "Tareefan" | Badshah | Qaran | Zee Music Company | ||||
| Nawabzaade | "Tere Naal Nachna" | Sunanda Sharma | Badshah | T-Series | ||||
| Stree | "Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe" | Nikhita Gandhi, Sachin–Jigar | Sachin–Jigar | |||||
| Loveyatri | "Aakh Lad Jaave" | Asees Kaur, Jubin Nautiyal | Tanishk Bagchi | |||||
| Namaste England | "Bhare Bazaar" | Vishal Dadlani, Payal Dev, B Praak | Rishi Rich, Badshah | Sony Music India | ||||
| "Proper Patola" | Diljit Dosanjh, Aastha Gill | Badshah | ||||||
| Villain | "Bholey Baba" | Nikhita Gandhi | JAM8 | Bengali | SVF Entertainment | |||
| 2019 | Aladdin | "Sab Sahi Hai Bro" | Badshah | Hindi | Disney India | |||
| Khandaani Shafakhana | "Koka" | Jasbir Jassi, Dhvani Bhanushali | Tanishk Bagchi | T-Series | ||||
| "Sheher Ki Ladki" | Tulsi Kumar | |||||||
| "Saans To Le Le" | Rico | Badshah | ||||||
| Saaho | "Bad Boy" | Neeti Mohan | ||||||
| Telugu | ||||||||
| Benny Dayal, Sunitha Sarathy | Tamil | |||||||
| Malayalam | ||||||||
| Dabangg 3 | "Munna Badnaam Hua" | Kamaal Khan, Mamta Sharma | Sajid–Wajid | Hindi | ||||
| Good Newwz | "Chandigarh Mein" | Harrdy Sandhu, Asees Kaur, Lisa Mishra | Tanishk Bagchi | Zee Music Company | ||||
| 2020 | Street Dancer 3D | "Garmi" | Neha Kakkar | Badshah | T-Series | |||
| Indoo Ki Jawani | "Heelein Toot Gayi" | Aastha Gill | ||||||
| 2021 | Red Notice | "Bach Ke Rehna" | Jonita Gandhi, DIVINE, Mikey McCleary | R. D Burman, Divine, Mikey McCleary, Badshah | Netflix India | [19] | ||
| 2022 | Cirkus | "Aashiqui" | Amrita Singh | Badshah, Hiten Kumar | T-Series | |||
| Dhaakad | "She's On Fire" | Nikhita Gandhi | Badshah | Zee Music Company | [20] | |||
| 2023 | Bloody Daddy | "Issa Vibe" | Payal Dev | Badshah, Aditya Dev | Times Music | |||
| Jawan | "Faratta" | Arijit Singh, Jonita Gandhi | Anirudh Ravichander | T-Series | ||||
| Sukhee | "Nasha" | Badshah, Chakshu Kotwal, Afsana Khan | Badshah, Hiten | |||||
| "Nasha (Badshah Version)" | ||||||||
| Farrey | Ghar Pe Party Hai" | Badshah, Aastha Gill, Mellow D | Sachin–Jigar | Zee Music Company | ||||
| 2024 | Crew | "Naina" | Badshah, Diljit Dosanjh | Raj Ranjodh | Tips Music | |||
| "Khwabida" | Badshah | Bharg-Rohit | ||||||
| Ishq Vishk Rebound | "Gore Gore Mukhde Pe" | Udit Narayan, Badshah, Nikhita Gandhi | Badshah, Hiten | |||||
| Baby John | "Get Ready" | Harrdy Sandhu, Badshah, Sukriti Kakar | Badshah | |||||
In 2019, Badshah began his acting career through the film Khandaani Shafakhana where he plays the role of a music superstsar who helps and supports the protagonist in the movie. He also had few other cameo appearances and works in movies mentioned here
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Khandaani Shafakhana | Gabru Ghaatak | Debut film | [21] | |
| 2015 | Jazbaa | Badshah | Cameo appearance in the song 'Aaj Raat ka Scene Bana De' | ||
| 2019 | Veere Di Wedding | Badshah | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2019 | Bala | Badshah | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2019 | Good Newwz | Badshah | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2022 | Ek Villain Returns | Badshah | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2023 | Crew | Badshah | Cameo appearance | ||
| 2024 | Sunny Sanskaari Ki Tulsi Kumari | Mr. Gabru | Filming |
| Year | Show | Broadcaster | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2023 | India's Got Talent | Sony | |
| 2022–2023 | MTV Hustle | MTV | |
| 2024-present | "Indian Idol" | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Award ceremony | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filmfare Awards | Best Playback Singer- Male | Tareefan | |||
| PTC Punjabi Film Awards | Best Punjabi Music of The Year | Wakhra Swag by Navv Inder ft. Badshah | [22] | ||
| 10th Mirchi Music Awards | Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) | "Mercy" from O.N.E (Album) | [23] | ||
| Brit Asia TV Music Awards 2017 | Best Bollywood Act | [24] |