Shaan (singer)

Early years in musical career

Shaan began his career singing jingles for advertisements. Along with jingles, began to sing remixes and cover versions.^[10] His first recorded song was "A Te Apple Kheye", which was released in 1977.

Shaan released his first album It's Time To Dance in 1987. Later in 1990, he first collaborated with Bally Sagoo to record the track titled "Mele Wich Aaye" and featured in Bally Sagoo's debut album Wham Bam.^[11] The following year, they recorded another track titled "Nakhro De Nakhre" that appeared in Sagoo's second album Star Crazy.^[12]

Shaan and his sister signed up with Magnasound recording company and recorded a few successful albums, including the hit album Naujawan (1996) followed by Q-Funk.^[13][14] Before that, he recorded his first English song "Heads Over Heels" in the album Stylebhai in 1994 and his first Hindi song "Silsile", featuring Shweta Shetty was recorded in 1995 as a part of the album Shweta - The New Album. Later in 1997, Shaan released Love-Ology after this, which was his first independent solo album. In 2000, he sang a superhit song "Tanha Dil" (transl. Lonely heart) from his second independent solo album Tanha Dil.^[15] In the same year, he also sang his first Assamese song "Hatore Aanguli" that appears on the album Mann.

In 2002, he won the MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist India for best solo album for his album Tanha Dil. One year later, Shaan released his third independent solo album Aksar, which was successful and contained songs featuring international stars such as Blue, Melanie C and Samira Said. For both the albums Tanha Dil and Aksar, all the songs were sung by Shaan, composed by Ram Sampath and written by both Shaan and Ram Sampath.^[16]

He released Tomar Aakash in 2004, a Bengali album, along with his sister and featuring his father's unreleased songs.^[17] In 2006, he released a song with MLTR, "Take me to your heart". The song appears on his fourth independent solo album Tishnagi, which is produced by Ranjit Barot and engineered by Ashish Manchanda.^[18]

Career in playback singing

Shaan made his playback singing debut in 1999 in the movie Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi where he sung two songs in the film. The song "Musu Musu Hasi" instantly struck a chord among the viewers and was very relatable to the youth.^[19][20]

In 2023, Shan performed at a musical concert in Boston, organised by the Jay-Ho! The concert highlighted how music can bring people together, creating a joyful and entertaining atmosphere. It also demonstrated the strong affection and loyalty that Boston residents have for Shaan and his music.^[21]

He recorded a song for the Bengali feature film Network which is composed by Dabbu.^[22]

In 2023, Shaan recorded a romantic song composed by Pritam for Shah Rukh Khan in Dunki.^[23]

Work as host and judge

Shaan first appeared the television show Channel V Music Awards as a guest host with his sister in 1996. Later, he mainly hosted the television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee TV between the years 2002 to 2006.^[10]

Shaan has been a judge on many talent shows.^[24] Shaan is a team captain, judge and mentor on STAR Plus's Music Ka Maha Muqqabla for the team Shaan's Strikers.^[25] Shaan appeared as a judge in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li'l Champs 2014^[6] and The Voice India Kids 2016.^[7] In 2015 and 2016, Shaan was the winning coach in each of the first two seasons of The Voice. He appeared as a judge in the second and fourth season of the Bengali reality show Super Singer.

Films

Along with singing, Shaan made his debut as an actor where he acted in the film Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence, also starring Raveena Tandon. His songs have appeared in the films, Zameen and Hungama.

Television