Alobo Achümi (born 6 May 1984), known professionally as Alobo Naga, is an Indian singer and songwriter from

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. He rose to fame with his debut album, ''Road of a Thousand Dreams''. He has hosted his talk show, ''The Alobo Naga Show,'' since July 2021.

Early life

Alobo Naga was born on 6 May 1984 in

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, Nagaland to a

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family. He did his schooling from Charity School, Kohima, Assembly of God School, Dimapur & Greenwood Higher Secondary School and completed his

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from

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. He later attended

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from 2004 to 2007. In 2008, he left his full-time job at a construction firm and began studying music.

Career

In 2010, he formed Alobo Naga & The Band (ANTB) and launched his first album in Nagaland. The band rose to fame in 2011 with their video single "Painted Dreams". It premiered in August 2011 on VH1. Later that year, Alobo Naga & The Band started touring the world. His second album, ''Kini'' was launched in 2017. On 25 February 2019, mobs who were protesting (against the Arunachal Government's decision to provide permanent residence certificates to non-Arunachal Pradesh

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residents) set ablaze his band's vehicle containing all their musical instruments at the venue of the Itanagar International Film Festival (IIFF). Protesters burnt several other vehicles and buildings. He was among the many other artists from other northeastern states who were in

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to perform at the 1st Itanagar International Film Festival.

Personal life

On 20 March 2022, Alobo Naga in his Instagram post announced his engagement with Kiniholi Jakha, a former flight attendant for

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. On 21 October 2022, they married at the

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Chümoukedima Chümoukedima (), formerly spelled Chumukedima, is a municipality in the Chümoukedima District of the Indian state of Nagaland. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Nagaland after Dimapur and Kohima. Chümoukedima was designated as th ...

Awards

* Winner of Best Rock Song of The Year, Best Rock Band of the Year, Best Producer of the year – ‘Painted Dreams’ at Nagaland State Music Awards 2011 * Best Rock Band Nomination – Artist Aloud.com 2011 * Winner of Best Folk Fusion song for “Kumsujulo” at Nagaland Music Award 2011 * In 2012, his band's music video "Painted Dreams" won the Best Indian Act at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA). * Top 30 Vocalist from India 2014 * Winner of Best Song (Chasing Ghosts), Best English Song (Wolo), Best Artist of North East India at the Artist Aloud Music Awards 2018 * Winner of Indihut Artist of the year 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 * Governor's Award for excellence in the field of Music (2015) * Nominated for Best Pop Artist for Radio City Freedom Awards 5 * Nominated for Best Male, Best Song, Best English Song & Best Dance Music at AAMA 2018 * Alobo Naga won three Awards at the 2018 Artist Aloud Music Awards.

Discography

Solo Studio albums

* ''Road of a Thousand Dreams'' (2010) * ''Kini 2'' (2017)

Singles

* Painted Dreams (Dub Step Version) ft. DJ Ina (2012) * Laughter & Tears (Single) 7th Sept 2013 * All We Have is Now – single (2014) collaborated with Tim Palmer * Anthem Song for North East United FC (ISL) with various artiste from North East India * Chasing Ghosts (2016) * Never Let You Go (OST October) * Ningu Kumtsü (Single) – 2018 * Choro Küpi (Single) – 2018 * Kikimiye Le (Single) - 2020 * Together We Can (Milikena Hatabo) – 2020 * Last Train (Single) – 2020 * Wolo (Single) -2021 * My Pomegranate Girl (Single)- 2021

Others

* ''Yesterday Today Forever (Various Artiste)'' (2001) * ''Summer Jam'' (2003) * ''Achumis'' (2003) * ''Icons'' (Various Artiste) (2008) * ''Kohima Komets Anthem'' (2012) * ''General Election Theme Song'' (2013) * ''Painted Dreams'' (2010) * Beyond: OST of Bollywood Movie “Beyond” * Pal: OST, Te Amo (Bollywood) * The Anushree Experiment (OST) * 2 a.m. at lokhandwala (OST)

Filmography

Web show

*''The Alobo Naga Show'' (2021,

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Film scoring

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Tours and gigs

* Opened for Hoobastank, Shillong * Opened for MLTR, Delhi * Opened for Jennifer Batten, Guitarist of Michael Jackson * Opened for Petra (John Schlitt ) * Fringe Festival Scotland UK * Military Tattoo Festival Edinburgh, UK * Handshake Concert Jakarta, Indonesia * Obama's Pub Festival, Singapore * Tawadang, Singapore * Hongkong * Kuwait * Bangladesh * Macau * Kenyetta University, Nairobi, Kenya * Moi university Eldoret Kenya * Goan Institute Nairobi Kenya * Dar e salem university Tanzania * Dodoma University Tanzania * Hornbill Festival 2011–2014 * North East Fashion Festival 2013, NSIC Ground Delhi * VH1 Band Festival, Someplace else, Kolkata 2014 * Bluefrog Mumbai 2015 * Octave Festival Goa 2015 * Mati Ki Rang Festival 2015 * Karbi Youth Festival 2015 * Itanagar Statehood day Festival 2015 * Naga Fest Mumbai 2015 * Rock Show Aizawl 2015 * NorthEast Song & dances festival, Indra Gandhi Stadium Delhi 2015 * Kokrajhar Bodoland Rock Fest 2015 * NH7 Weekender 2016, Shillong * Radio City Freedom awards 2016 * The Big Bang Festival 2016 * Spring Festival 2016 * HardRock Café Mumbai 2016 * HardRock Café Delhi 2016 * North East Carnival Bangalore * Phoenix City, Bangalore * Turquoise Cottage, Delhi * Christmas Concert, Siri Fort Auditorium Delhi * North East Festival, IGNCA Ground * Free Handed Concert * Hindu College Fest, Delhi University * Jamia Milia Islamis University Fest, New Delhi * Glorio Deo Concert, Thyagraj Stadium Delhi * Naga Fest Talkatora stadium Delhi * Tamchon Trophy, Ambedkar Stadium Delhi * Naga Fest * Great Escape Festival, Uttarkhand * Break Free Tour (Live jam) * Sophie @ Sunshine Goa * Furtados Goa * 100 Pipers Free Bird Music Festival Hyderabad * WORME Festival, Kolkata * Shillong Autumn Festival * Turquoise Cottage, New Delhi * Talkotara Stadium, New Delhi * Club Rhino, Gurgaon * Someplace Else, Kolkata * KINK, Noida * Fireball Guwahati * Live Jam, New Delhi * IIT Alcheringa, Guwahati * Kini tour Diphu * TC Delhi * K Boulevard Delhi * HRC Mumbai * HRC Pune * Kini tour Manipur : Churachandpur, Imphal, Ukhrul, Senapati

References

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