B21 comprises brothers Bally and Bhota Jagpal. The duo — originally a trio with
Jassi Sidhu
Jassi Sidhu (born 1978, Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a Bhangra singer and the former lead singer of bhangra band B21. He split from the group, declaring that they would "never, ever reconcile" and that "(B21 was) nothing more than a glorifi ...
, who left the band in 2002 — take their name from the
Handsworth postcode in
Birmingham
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,
England
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.
Discography
"Darshan", which was featured in ''
Bend It Like Beckham
''Bend It Like Beckham'' (also known as ''Kick It Like Beckham'') is a 2002 sports comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, and Guljit Bindra. The film stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Knight ...
'' and included on the film's soundtrack album and on the album ''Made in England''.
[An instrumental of "Darshan" was used in the opening ceremony of the ]Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
held in the UK 2002.
Solo albums by Bally Jagpal
Awards
*2014
Brit Asia TV Music Awards (Birmingham)
** Best Album for ''12B''
*2003
UK Asian Music Awards
The UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, was an awards show that was held annually in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2012. The awards show has been produced and broadcast by B4U Music since 2008. Awards winners were dec ...
(London)
**Best Band B21 (Bhota Jagpal & Bally Jagpal)
*2000 Asian Pop Awards (Birmingham)
**Best Selling Album Dark & Dangerous (Bally Jagpal)
**Best Song Aja Soneya (Bally Jagpal)
*1999 Toor Films International Awards
**Best Music Producer Bally Jagpal
*1998 Movie Box Records (Birmingham)
**Exceeding Sales Of 25,000 B21
*1998 Movie Pageant Awards (London)
**Best Newcomers B21
**Best Selling Album ''Live and Direct'' (Bally Jagpal)
*1998 Student Poll Awards (Leicester)
**Best Newcomers B21
**Best Album B21
*1998 Pop Awards (Birmingham)
**Best Newcomers B21
**Best Up-coming B21
**Best Song Bally Jagpal ("Nakhre Bin Soni Temi")
References
External links
Official website
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Bhangra (music) musical groups
Punjabi musical groups
Musical groups from Birmingham, West Midlands
English Sikhs
People from Jalandhar
Musical groups established in 1996
Sibling musical duos
English musical duos