Lehmber Hussainpuri (pronounced ; born 17 July 1977) is an Indian
Bhangra singer.
Life
Lehmber Hussainpuri was born on 17 July 1977 in his village
Hussainpur
Hussainpur is a census town in Jalandhar district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Punjab (India), Punjab. It is situated in Jalandhar II Tehsil. The village code is 030405.
Demographics
According to Census 2011 informatio ...
. He now resides in Deol Nagar
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...
City. On May 31, 2021, Lehmber was accused of assaulting his wife and kids. An organisation called the Punjab Women's Commission helped his family in resolving the issue.
Career
Lehmber Hussainpuri and Kaka Bhainiawala both have similar vocals and were introduced by Music Pearls Ludhiana. From 2008 to 2010, songs such as ''Mera Mahi Tu Pateya'', featured on Jeeti's ''Serious Duets'', ''Gulaab'' featured on DJ H's ''Reloaded'', and ''Dil Lagee'' featured on North American group Dhol Beat International's ''Absolut Bhangra 4'', continued to top charts.
On 28 April 2010, it was announced that MovieBox Records had acquired Serious Records.
July 2010 passed by without any further announcement by MovieBox regarding the delay or any new release date. Hussainpuri, after a long break from the limelight, gave insight into his upcoming projects in an interview. He said, "Besides my solo album, I have a devotional album also coming out this year." He also stated that for his next solo project he was trying his hand singing qawwalis and songs which address a social cause, quite a different approach to his usual fast-beat party tunes. Lastly, he mentioned that he was heading towards Bollywood. He said, "
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has expressed his desire to work with me and we shall come out together with a project soon."
Hussainpuri also featured on the soundtrack of the Hindi film ''
Mausam'' on the song "Mallo Malli" with
Hard Kaur
Taran Kaur Dhillon (born 29 July 1979), known by her stage name Hard Kaur, is an Indian rapper and hip hop singer; as well as playback singer and actress in Bollywood.
Early life
Hard Kaur was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India on 29th July ...
.
In May 2011, after a longer than anticipated break, Hussainpuri returned to the UK in true "Lehmber-style" - by releasing a major dance-floor hit. The smash hit "Matha Tekhiya" was featured on
Bups Saggu
Bups Saggu is a British Bhangra DJ, music producer and singer based in Wolverhampton, England.
Early life and education
Saggu was born in Wolverhampton, England. He learned to play the tabla at the local gurdwara. He has a degree in accounting ...
's debut album ''Redefined'' and instantly became a hit.
On 21 October 2011, after a 5-year hiatus since his last solo effort
Chalakiyan, Hussainpuri released his new album ''
Folk Attack 2'' on Serious Records. It featured production from Hussainpuri's regular collaborators
Jeeti and
Kam Frantic
Kaam (Gurmukhi: ਕਾਮ ''Kāma'') in common usage, the term stands for 'excessive passion for sexual pleasure' and it is in this sense that it is considered to be an evil in Sikhism.
In Sikhism it is believed that Kaam can be overcome ...
as well as
Bhinda Aujla,
Sukhi Chand, and
Panjabi By Nature. The first single from the album, "Jatt Pagal Karte" (produced by Jeeti) was released 14 October 2011 and was followed by "Pulli Phirdi" (produced by Kam Frantic) on 4 November 2011.
In an interview, Hussainpuri mentioned how he has done a total of 6 songs with Bollywood producer
Pritam
Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. A ...
, a few songs with other Bollywood producers, and 21 total songs for Punjabi Movie Industry, in order to expand his market.
As part of BBC Asian Network's Bhangra Britain season (April 2014) to find the greatest Bhangra anthem, Hussainpuri's classic "Das Ja" was selected as ''Third Best UK Bhangra Song of All-Time''. A panel of experts shortlisted 50 songs from the 1970s onwards, celebrating four decades of British Bhangra sounds.
After a summer 2014 chart-topper, "Make It Clap" with
Jags Klimax, Hussainpuri released a follow-up to one of the biggest UK bhangra tracks of all time, "Das Ja". "Das Ja 2", released 12 years after the original was featured on
DJ Sanj
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's album ''Hype'', once again had Lehmber at the helm but this time around was produced by roadshow DJs,
DNA. In 2020 he made a comeback with Manke (2).
Discography
Official albums
Singles
Compilations, religious albums, and foreign releases
Film soundtracks
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussainpuri, Lehmber
1977 births
Living people
Bhangra (music) musicians
Indian Sikhs
Musicians from Punjab, India
Punjabi singers
Indian male singers
Punjabi-language singers
Punjabi people
Musicians from Amritsar
People from Amritsar district