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Honey Singh

Also known as Yo! Yo! Honey Singh

Born March 15, 1984 (age 28) Hoshiarpur

Origin Punjab, India

Genres Desi Hip Hop, Punjabi, Bhangra, R&B

Occupations Rapper, Singer, Music Producer and Actor

Years active 2006–present

Labels Mafia Mundeer

Associated acts Alfaaz, J- Star, Money Aujla

Website YoYoHoneySingh.com www.facebook.com/YOYOhoneysingh www.twitter.com/asliyoyo

Honey Singh (also known as Yo Yo Honey Singh[1]) is a Punjabi rapper, music producer, singer and film actor. He started as a session and recording artist, and became a Bhangra producer. He has also begun to produce music for Bollywood films.[2]

Contents [hide] 1 Promotion 2 Early life 3 Career 3.1 Bollywood 4 Controversy 5 Discography 5.1 Singles 5.2 Film Soundtrack 6 Filmography 7 Awards 8 References 9 External links

Promotion Honey Singh and Diljit Dosanjh 's song Lak 28 Kudi Da reached No 1 in BBC Asian Download Charts in May 2011. The song was released a promotional track for Diljit Dosanjh 's film Lion of Punjab.[3] Honey Singh has received the ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for his song Glassi and the PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth and PTC Punjab Best Music Director 2011.[4] It has been reported that he has been paid the highest fee ever for a Bollywood song (as of 2012) of 70 lakh (US$127,400) for a song in the film Mastaan.[5] Yo! Yo! Honey Singh tops the chart of trending videos of 2012.[6] He earns two places on YouTube 's list of top 10 trending videos

References: 5.^ "Honey Singh paid highest fee for song". Hindustan Times. May 2, 2012. 6.^ "Honey Singh: The sound of 2012". NDTV. Dec 28, 2012. 7.^ "Yo! Yo! Honey Singh was to 2012 what Dhanush was to 2011.". The Hindu. Dec 28, 2012. 8.^ "Yo! Yo! Honey Singh tops the chart of trending videos of 2012". India Today. Dec 28, 2012. 10.^ Priyanka Srivastava (7 July 2012). "Delhi 's Yo Yo croons up a storm in Bollywood". DailyMail. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 11.^ Vineet Gill (1 January 2013). "Rapper 's concert scrapped after online protest over 'obscene ' lyrics". TOI. Retrieved 8 January 2013. 14.^ Asian Network – The Official Asian Download Chart – The Official Asian Download Chart. BBC (2012-02-18). Retrieved on 2012-02-23. 15.^ itune chart position. Music-chart.info (2011-12-20). Retrieved on 2012-01-03. 19.^ Honey Singh paid highest fee for song. Hindustan Times (2012-05-02). Retrieved on 2012-05-04. 20.^ Yo-Yo Honey Singh becomes the costliest Bollywood singer. Daily Bhaskar (2012-05-02). Retrieved on 2012-05-04. 34.^ PTC Music Awards 2011 List of Awards Winners. Cinepunjab.com (2011-11-18). Retrieved on 2012-01-03. 37.^ Lebara Mobile UK Asian Music Awards (UKAMA 2012) Results chakdey.com Retrieved on 2012-12-01.