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Sonu Kakkar
Person · female · India · Rishikesh · born 1979 · recording since 2008
Indian playback singer and songwriter
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Also known as 索努·卡卡尔
Timeline
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Don't Touch Me!
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
Biography
Sonu Kakkar is an Indian playback singer, songwriter and television personality. She is the elder sister of Bollywood singers, Neha Kakkar and Tony Kakkar. Sonu Kakkar was born in Rishikesh on October 20, 1979 in Uttarakhand. One of her most popular songs is Madari which she performed in Coke Studio with Vishal Dadlani. It was composed by Clinton Cerejo. Sonu Kakkar's recent songs include 'Sun Baliye' sung by Gajendra Verma, Sonu Kakkar. The music video features Gajendra Verma And Apoorva Arora.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 13 | 31.9th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:16
1Don't Touch Me4:112Jeena5:033Pardesi3:454Chana Chana Chann Chann4:105Bhool Ja4:436Jhumke Gira Re3:427Tanha Tanha4:368Dum Pe Maro Dum4:06
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Chandni RaateinSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:571Chandni Raatein3:57 | 26 March 2021 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Sonu Kakkar head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 13 | 31.9th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/064bc852-059d-4b76-99ef-013383d54990discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/064bc852-059d-4b76-99ef-013383d54990core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949606seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Kakkarbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonu_Kakkar
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Indian playback singers — rank #175
Sonu Kakkar | 2002–present | Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q949606 · MusicBrainz: 064bc852-059d-4b76-99ef-013383d54990
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