Guru Randhawa

Biography

Gursharanjot Singh "Guru" Randhawa (born 30 August 1991) is an Indian singer, songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi, bhangra, indi-pop and Bollywood music. Guru Randhawa's debut song was "Same Girl×Same Girl5 December 2012 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Same Girl3:24" in collaboration with Arjun. He is known for his songs "Lahore×Lahore10 December 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Lahore3:54", "Ishare Tere×Ishare Tere24 July 2018 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Ishare Tere3:09", "Slowly Slowly", and "Tere Te".

Biography

Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa was born on 30 August 1991, in Noorpur, Dera Baba Nanak tehsil, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, India. He started by doing small shows in Gurdaspur and then began performing in Delhi, at small parties and functions. While staying in Delhi, Randhawa completed his MBA. He was named "Guru" by the rapper Bohemia who would shorten his full name while on stage.

2012–2014: Beginnings

Randhawa started his music journey in December 2012 with a song named "Same Girl×Same Girl5 December 2012 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Same Girl3:24" with Arjun who was the first person to take Randhawa in his own video. However, the song was not so successful for both artists.
At the beginning of 2013, Randhawa released his first single named "Chhad Gayi" on YouTube with the label of Speed Records. His elder brother, Ramneek helped him financially to release this song. Later in 2013, he launched his first album Page One×Page One17 November 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Dardan Nu3:382Khali Bottlan2:383Na Na Na Na Na3:574Billo on Fire3:435Southall4:326I Like You ( Main Tainu Ohna )4:137My Jugni3:098Modern Thumka3:119Maa4:5210Pyar Waale Test3:57 and released three songs from the album. "Dardan Nu", "I Like You" and "Southall" were the respective songs. Randhawa launched many songs but none of them became much popular to take Randhawa to heights. 2014 was also not special for him. He released the remaining songs from the Page One album but did not get success. The songs were "Khali Bottlan", "My Jugni", "Maa", "Na Na Na Na Na", "Pyaar Wale Test", "Modern Thumka", and "Billo On Fire".

2015–2016: Popular in cultures

Bohemia, who was a well-wisher of Randhawa, requested T-Series to launch the young artist on their channel. Then they collaborated on the song "Patola". This song gathered more than 368 Million views across YouTube. "Patola" also got the award for best Punjabi Duo. Further, he sang with Ikka Singh in the songs "Outfit" and "Khat". In 2016, Randhawa gave four blockbuster songs. He released "Yaar Mod Do×Yaar Mod Do20 January 2016 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Yaar Mod Do3:28" with Millind Gaba again on the label T-Series in January. The motive of the project was to show true friendship and it did and collected more than 252 million YouTube views. In April, Randhawa dropped the song "Tu Meri Rani" on his own YouTube channel. This song also featured the rapper, Haji Springer. One of his most popular songs, "Suit" was released in 2016. It was Randhawa's second collaboration with Arjun. It currently holds 478 million views on YouTube. In September, he collaborated with Rajat Nagpal and released a song named Fashion on T-Series. The song holds more than 254 million views on YouTube currently.

2017–present

In 2017, Randhawa released an emotional track named "Taare" in January. The track performed average on YouTube and the song's music video was trolled for allegedly plagiarising Zayn Malik's song "It's You". Randhawa made his Bollywood singing debut in the Indian movie Hindi Medium. His track "Suit" was recreated in the film as "Suit Suit".
He sang in the 2017 Indian Premier League opening ceremony. Later in 2017, his two tracks appeared in Bollywood movies. His old track "Tu Meri Rani" was recreated in the Hindi film Tumhari Sulu and an original track named "Lagdi Hai Thaai" was also released in the movie Simran in collaboration with Jonita Gandhi.
His two most-viewed songs, "High Rated Gabru×High Rated Gabru4 July 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1High Rated Gabru3:33" and "Lahore×Lahore10 December 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Lahore3:54", have over 1.1 billion and 1 billion views on T-Series' official YouTube channel respectively. In 2018 "Lahore" won Track of the Year at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards, where Randhawa also won Best Male Act. His first international collaboration was "Slowly Slowly" featuring Pitbull, released on 19 April 2019. The song's music video received 38 million views on YouTube within 24 hours, becoming one of the world's all-time most-viewed music videos in 24 hours.
In 2019, Randhawa produced the Punjabi language film Tara Mira starring Ranjit Bawa and Nazia Hussan, directed by Rajiev Dhingra.
In 2020, Randhawa made his second international collaboration "Surma Surma" with British artist Jay Sean.
In the year 2020, Randhawa's old track "Lahore" was presented as "Lagdi Lahore Di" in the movie 'Street Dancer 3D' in collaboration with Sachin–Jigar and Tulsi Kumar. During the Corona pandemic, he released a soothing track named 'Satnam Waheguru×Satnam Waheguru5 May 2020 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Satnam Waheguru10:02' with Vee. He was also featured in a music video for the track "Mueve La Cintura" by Pitbull with Tito El' Bambino, which is included in Pitbull's album Libertad 548. This was his second collaboration with Pitbull. Randhawa's popularity rose immensely after his Bollywood debut in the film Hindi Medium and the release of the pop ballad "Lahore" in 2018. He was featured in a cover story by Rolling Stone India, which stated, "If you've missed him on the charts, you've heard him on the radio".
In 2021, he released "Mehendi Wale Haath×Mehendi Wale Haath14 January 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Mehendi Wale Haath3:30", followed by "Doob Gaye×Doob Gaye30 April 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Doob Gaye4:46", which became very popular, crossing 50 million views, 3 days after its release. In December, his song "Dance Meri Rani" became an instant hit and has garnered over 240 million views on YouTube as of May 2023.
In 2022, he released "Punjabiyan Di Dhee×Punjabiyan Di Dhee4 March 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Punjabiyan Di Dhee3:13", "Tera Saath Ho×Tera Saath Ho24 March 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Tera Saath Ho3:19" and few other songs. The song "Designer" with Yo Yo Honey Singh, garnered more than 21 million views on YouTube within the first 24 hours and was a hit.
In 2026, he released the single, "Fine Shyt×FINE SHYT6 August 2026 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1FINE SHYT2:18", which received widespread backlash and trolling for its lyrics and the portrayal of women in the music video for the song. Earlier, his 2025 song "Azul" had received similar criticism for its objectionable portrayal of teenage girls in the music video for the song.

Media

Randhawa was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Men at No. 23 in 2018.
He was also ranked in the Chandigarh Times Most Desirable Men at No. 4 in 2019 and No. 6 in 2020.

Recreated songs

Guru Randhawa's Bollywood debut "Suit Suit" in the 2017 film Hindi Medium, was a remake of his and Arjun's track.
His song "Tu Meri Rani" was recreated by him and Rajat Nagpal for the 2017 film Tumhari Sulu as "Ban Ja Rani".
His song with Bohemia, "Patola", was recreated by him as a wedding song in the 2018 film Blackmail.
His most viewed song "High Rated Gabru×High Rated Gabru4 July 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1High Rated Gabru3:33" was recreated by him in the 2018 film Nawabzaade.
His single "Outfit" was recreated by him and music producer Aditya Dev in the 2019 film Ujda Chaman.
His popular track "Lahore×Lahore10 December 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Lahore3:54" was recreated by him, in collaboration with the composer duo Sachin–Jigar in the 2020 film Street Dancer 3D.
Punjabi MC's song "Morni Banke" was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi featuring vocals from Guru and Neha Kakkar in the 2018 film Badhaai Ho.
Jassi Sidhu's song "Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui", from his 2004 album Aashiqui, was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi, featuring vocals from Guru Randhawa and Zahrah S. Khan for the 2021 film Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui.