This is a list of Nepalese singers and musicians.

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Bhakta Raj Acharya Bhakta Raj Acharya ( ne, भक्तराज आचार्य ) (born on 1999 B.S or 1942 A.D), commonly referred to as ''Bhajan Shiromani'', is one of the great and popular Nepali singer and music-composer. Widely known as one of the great ...

* Milan Amatya *

Yogeshwar Amatya Yogeshwar Amatya (born Yogeshwor Prasad Amatya, 3 April) is a Nepali singer, musician, producer, actor, social activist, and photographer. He has sold more than 1 million records, making him one of Nepal's best-selling music artists and the b ...

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* Tilak Bam Malla * Devika Bandana *

Tika Bhandari Tika Bhandari ( ne, टीका भण्डारी) is a Nepalese song composer and singer of Nepali music. He has composed music for over 500 Nepali modern songs and has released a total of 23 music albums. He is best known for composing ...

Nabin K Bhattarai Nabin K Bhattarai ( ne , नविन के भट्टराई; born March 14, 1972) is a Nepali singer, songwriter, and composer. Education Nabin Bhattarai studied at Budhanilkantha School Budhanilkantha School, often referred to as B ...

Om Bikram Bista Om Bikram Bista () is popular musician, singer and composer of Nepalese music field. He is son of writer Daulat Bikram Bista. He is considered "King of Pop" in Nepal. He competed in "All Nepal Music Competition" at the age of 10 years. He also p ...

Babu Bogati Babu Bogati ( ne, बाबु बोगटी) is a pop singer and actor from Nepal. He has also played in several television shows. He started off his career as a singer. He featured his first song called ''Maya Ko Aauti Chino''. After that he ...

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* Rohit John Chhetri * Nalina Chitrakar

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* Karna Das *

Koili Devi Koili Devi Mathema (c. 1929–2007) was the first woman lyricist as well singer and composer in the Nepali music industry. She is also referred to as 'Cuckoo bird', a title derived from the meaning of her name 'Koili' in Nepali. It is apt with the ...

* Tara Devi *

Ani Choying Dolma Ani Choying Drolma (born 4 June 1971), also known as Choying Dolma and Ani Choying (''Ani'', "nun", is an honorific), is a Nepalese Buddhist nun of Tibetan origin and musician from the Nagi Gompa nunnery in Nepal. She is known in Nepal and throug ...

* Sunita Dulal

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Jhalak Man Gandarbha Jhalak Man Gandarbha (झलकमान गन्धर्व) (29 July 1935 – 23 November 2003) was one of the most significant Nepali folk singers. He was known for popularising Gaine Geet or Gandarbha Sangeet, a popular type of folk s ...

* Atithi Gautam K. C * Bhumika Giri *

Narayan Gopal Narayan Gopal Gurubacharya ( ne, नारायणगोपाल गुरबाचार्य) (4 October 1939 – 5 December 1990), known professionally as Narayan Gopal and N. Gopal was a prominent popular singer and composer of Nepali mus ...

Amrit Gurung Nepathya ( ne, नेपथ्य, also spelled as Nepathaya) is a Nepalese folk rock band that was formed in the early 1990s by three students from Pokhara while studying in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepathya was formed by Deepak Rana, Bhim Poon and A ...

Ciney Gurung Ciney Gurung ( ne, सिने गुरुङ) is a singer, composer, and songwriter originally from Kurseong, Darjeeling and lives in Nepal now. She began her career with the hit songs "Timro Mayama" and "Mann". In 2009, Radio Kantipur named ...

Khem Raj Gurung Khem Raj Gurung was a Nepali musician and singer. Many of his songs such as "Wari Jamuna Pari Jamuna" and "Bhanchhan Budapakhale" were the biggest chartbusters of their time. He was known for singing traditional and cultural songs which had mor ...

Kishor Gurung Kishor Gurung ( ne, किशोर गुरुङ) is a Nepalese guitarist and ethnomusicologist. Biography Kishor Gurung comes from a musical family; the first instrument he played was the tabla drums. When he decided to learn the guitar ...

Mausami Gurung Mausami Gurung, ( ne, मौसमी गुरुङ) is a popular singer, songwriter of Nepal. Childhood Gurung is the eldest daughter of Naina Singh Gurung and Chini Maya Gurung-Ciszar. She has two siblings, a brother and a sister. She w ...

Prakash Gurung Prakash Gurung is musician and singer of Nepalese music. He got inspired by his friends in his early childhood to enter into creating music. He was born and raised in Darjeeling, the place where he got chance to learn music from prominent musician o ...

* Sukmit Gurung

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Bacchu Kailash Bachchu Kailash ( ne, बच्चु कैलाश) (born 30 July 1938) is a singer, composer and lyricist of Nepali Music. He displayed virtuoso with his songwriting skills in which his lyrics often provoked a subject from a different persp ...

Nati Kaji Amrit Lal Shrestha (25 December 1925 – 2 November 2003), better known as Nati Kaji (), was a Nepali singer and songwriter. Kaji was a prominent music director and singer of his time having composed and sung such evergreen songs as Nepali Hami ...

Mallika Karki Mallika Karki ( ne, मल्लिका कार्की) is a Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रि� ...

Ram Prasad Khanal Ram Prasad Khanal ( ne, रामप्रसाद खनाल) is a Nepalese musician, distinguished class singer, and folk-music activist. He has worked for the growth and development of Nepali folk music for decades. He is an author, journal ...

Pramod Kharel Pramod Kharel ( ne, प्रमोद खरेल; born 6 November 1979) is a Nepalese singer. He is a versatile singer of the Nepali music industry. He has recorded more than 2000 songs of different genres. He is a coach in ''The Voice of Nep ...

* Kamal Khatri

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Raju Lama Raju Lama ( ne, राजु लामा; born 16 March 1978) is a Nepalese singer-songwriter and an Everester. He is the main singer of the musical band Mongolian Heart. His work involves songs in Nepali, Tibetan, Tamang and other languages. L ...

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* Muna Thapa Magar *

Bishnu Majhi Bishnu Majhi ( ne, विष्णु माझी; born 1986) is a Nepalese folk singer. The highest paid singer in Nepal, she has recorded over 5,000 songs in a career spanning 15 years, including "Sital Dine Pipal Sami Chha", "Driver Dai Man P ...

* Tilak Bam Malla *

Kunti Moktan Kunti Moktan (; ne, कुन्ती मोक्तान) (born 11 July 1962) is a Nepali singer. She is classically trained and sings Nepali folk and modern songs. She is best known for her folk–pop songs such as ''Choli Ramro'', ''Nis ...

Zascha Moktan Zascha Moktan ( ne, ज़स्चा मोक्तान; born 23 December 1981) is a Nepalese-German singer, pianist and guitarist. Career Born in New Delhi, India to a Nepalese father and a German mother, Moktan moved to Germany at the a ...

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* Natikaji

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Anju Panta Anju may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Anju, a character in ''The Legend of Zelda'' series * Anju Maaka, a character in the ''Chibi Vampire'' series *''Anchu Sundarikal'' (or ''Anju Sundarikal''), a 1968 Malayalam film People * Anju (given ...

Raju Pariyar Raju Pariyar ( ne, राजु परियार; born 30 June 1960) is a singer from Nepal. He has recorded more than 15,000 songs as of 2015. Early and personal life Pariyar was born in the village of Gausahar which is located in Lamjung Di ...

Sugam Pokharel Sugam Pokharel (Nepali:सुगम पाेखरेल) is a Nepalese singer, music composer, songwriter, and radio jockey known for his contribution towards Nepali pop music. His first solo recording, ''Mero Sansaar'' (2001), became a top sell ...

* Bednidhi Poudel *

Prem Dhoj Pradhan Prem Dhoj Pradhan (6 June 1938 – 6 May 2021) was a Nepalese musician. He was a singer, composer, and regional playback singer. He sang in the two major languages of Nepal: Newari and Nepali. He was also known as the Golden Voice and King of R ...

* Adrian Pradhan

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Bartika Eam Rai Bartika Eam Rai ( ne, वर्तिका एम राई) is a Nepalese born-American singer-songwriter based in New York City. In 2016, Rai burst onto public consciousness with the release of her debut album, ''Bimbaakash''. Rai has releas ...

Dhiraj Rai Dhiraj Rai ( ne, धीरज राई) also known as ''Stage King'' is a singer, musician and songwriter from Khotang, Nepal. Rai's first recorded song is ‘Luki Luki’. Career Rai started his career in 1990. Generally, his songs are based ...

Rajesh Payal Rai Rajesh Payal Rai ( ne, राजेश पायल राई) (born 30 September 1975) is a Nepalese singer and actor. he is known as a singer in the Nepali music industry. He has done playback singing for more than 1500 hundred Nepali movi ...

Sabin Rai Sabin Rai ( ne, सबिन राई) is a Nepali singer and lyricist who is called as the Bryan Adams of Nepal because of the voice. His first successful single was "Komal Tyo Timro" from the album ''Sataha''. Although his song "Ekai Aakash ...

* Shambhu Rai *

Phatteman Rajbhandari Phatteman Rajbhandari (November 28, 1936 – September 9, 2013), an iconic voice in Nepali music, was a popular vocalist and musician of Nepal known for prominent songs such as "Marna Baru Garho Hunna", "Banai Khayo Dadelo Ley", "Yesto Pani H ...

* Gyanu Rana *

Sashi Rawal Sashi Rawal ( ne, शशि रावल) is a Nepali pop singer. She became popular with the song called ''Chahana sakiyo bahana sakiyo'' which was written and composed by Kali Prasad Baskota from her first album ENTRANCE released in 2007. She ...

Nima Rumba Nima Rumba is a singer, lyricist, musician, and actor from Nepal. Some of his popular songs are ''Block Hill'', ''Huri Bataas'', ''Samjhera Ti din Haru'', ''Aau Aauna'', and ''Preeti Basyo''. Personal life Nima was born in Subarnapur, Parsa ...

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* Shiva Shankar *

Deep Shrestha Deep Shrestha ( ne, दीप श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepalese singer and musician. Deep Shrestha is one of the coaches in ''The Voice of Nepal'' Season 1 (2018) and 2 (2019). "Jhaskiyecha Maan Mero", "Biteka Kura Le" and "Ma Ta Door Dekhi A ...

* Narayan Bhakta Shrestha *

Nirnaya Shrestha Nirnaya Shrestha ( ne, निर्णय श्रेष्ठ),known professionally as Nirnaya Da' NSK, is a Nepalese rapper and songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics fo ...

Prakash Shrestha Prakash Shrestha is a Nepali singer. He has recorded 1000 songs and released 12 albums in the form of cassettes and CDs. He has more than 500 performances nationally and internationally. He has lent his voice to playback songs in more than 150 N ...

Seturam Shrestha Seturam Shrestha ( ne, सेतुराम श्रेष्ठ) (1891-1941) was a Nepalese musician, singer and composer. He was an important figure in the development of modern music in Nepal at the beginning of the 20th century, and has been ...

Sushma Shrestha Poornima Shrestha (born 6 September 1960 as Sushma Shrestha), is an Indian playback singer. Starting as a child singer, she later reinvented into a leading playback singer in Hindi Film Industry, Bollywood during the 1990s. She started her ...

* Manila Sotang *

Abhaya Subba Abhaya Subba ( ne, अभाय सुब्बा) is a Nepalese singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the front woman of the rock band Abhaya & the Steam Injuns. She is a former RJ of Times FM and Hits FM, and is famous for her pro ...

* Phiroj Shyangden

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Arun Thapa Arun Thapa Magar (born January 1952– 22 July 1999) was a Nepali singer and songwriter. In 2003, according to an international poll conducted by BBC, more than half-a million people from 165 countries voted his composition ''Reetu haruma timi h ...

Dharmaraj Thapa ''Janakavi Keshari'' Dharmaraj Thapa (''जनकवि केशरी'' धर्मराज थापा) (1924 - 14 October 2014 ) was one of the most significant Nepali folk singers. He is most famous for his songs "Hariyo Danda Maathi (ह ...

Pranil L Timalsena Pranil L Timalsena (Nepali: प्रनिल तिमल्सिना) is a Nepali singer and rapper. Girish-Pranil He started his musical career with Girish Khatiwada (NepHop) as the duo "GP-GirishPranil" in the 1990s. Their first song w ...

* Ram Man Trishit * Ram Thapa *

Robin Tamang Robin Tamang (1968 – 4 July 2023) was a Nepalese singer, musician, actor and founder of rock band Robin and The New Revolution. He was also an actor, and has acted in various Nepalese films. He was well-known for playing the character of Yama ...

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* Sajjan Raj Vaidya

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Navneet Aditya Waiba Navneet Aditya Waiba is an Indian Nepali-language folk singer and the daughter of the late Hira Devi Waiba, the pioneer of Nepali folk music. Navneet and younger brother Satya Aditya Waiba (producer/manager) are the only artists in the Nepali ...

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* Visan Yonjan

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

Nepalese music

Singers Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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