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'', '' Carry On Jatta 2'', ''

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'' and

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winning '' Harjeeta''. Her song

is the first Indian song to reach 1 billion views on YouTube.

Career

Career Beginnings

After completing her schooling from Jammu, she moved to

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but didn't get to perform on the college stage. Famous music director Gurmeet Singh was in her contact already through whom she got to meet Paviter Pitta, a well known songwriter in the industry. At the same time he was looking for a new talent for his songs and through Gurmeet Singh he met Mannat whose magical voice sealed the deal for him. He would later go on to pen many of her songs including her official debut single which was "Sari Raat Nachna", December 2015. The song's music was given by R Guru. This was not really her first song as she had recorded many unreleased movies, though this helped her achieve a wider audience and recognition and she went on to collaborate with many recognised names of the industry like J star.

Breakthrough

Noor gained widespread popularity after she sang the title track of the film ''Laung Laachi'' which garnered critical acclaim. This song made her a household name. She contributed her voice to other tracks on the soundtrack for the movie. She has also sung many Punjabi songs such as "Makeup" and "Reshmi Chunni". She has also supported Punjabi singer

Ammy Virk Amninderpal Singh Virk, better known as Ammy Virk, is an Indian singer, actor and producer associated with Punjabi Music and subsequently in Punjabi and Hindi films. He started the production house Villagers Film Studio and a distribution compa ...

on his concert tour,"Background Tour" in Australia.

Influences

Her musical influences and role models are mostly female singers. She has stated her admiration for

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female singer Alka Yagnik and has admitted to be one of her greatest fans as she grew up listening to her songs. She also counts Punjabi singers like

Jaspinder Narula Jaspinder Narula ( pa, ਜਸਪਿੰਦਰ ਨਰੂਲਾ; born 14 November 1970) is an Indian singer of playback, classical and Sufi music. She is known for her work in Hindi and Punjabi cinema. In 2021 she was selected by BJ Sam the Ni ...

and the legendary

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as her artistic influences.

Television

Discography

Film songs

Punjabi

Hindi

Non-Film Songs

As featured artist

References

External links

* * Living people 1991 births Punjabi-language singers Punjabi singers Indian women singers Punjabi people {{India-singer-stub