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Arooj Aftab was born on 11 March, 1985 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is a Pakistani musician (born 1985). Discover Arooj Aftab's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?

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Occupation Composer · singer · producer · editor
Age 39 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 11 March, 1985
Birthday 11 March
Birthplace Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Nationality Saudi Arabia

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1975

On the 75th diamond jubilee anniversary of Pakistan, President Arif Alvi awarded Aftab the Pride of Performance Award, Pakistan's most prestigious award for excellence in the field of art and music.

Aftab was born to Pakistani parents expatriated in Saudi Arabia.

When she was about 10 years old, they returned to their native Lahore, Pakistan.

She taught herself the guitar and gradually acquired her singing style while listening to Billie Holiday, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Mariah Carey, and Begum Akhtar.

At that time, Aftab lived in a country where access to Western online platforms was difficult, and the infrastructure for independent music was lacking.

1985

Arooj Aftab (born March 11, 1985) is a Pakistani singer, composer, and producer.

A Grammy Award-winning artist, she has worked in various musical styles and idioms, including jazz and minimalism.

Aftab was nominated for the Best New Artist award and won the Best Global Music Performance award for her song "Mohabbat" at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in April 2022.

She became the first-ever Pakistani artist to win a Grammy Award.

2000

In this context, however, she promoted her music in Pakistan, being one of the first musicians to use the Internet in the early 2000s; her renditions of "Mera Pyaar" and "Hallelujah" went viral and launched the Pakistani indie scene.

2005

Aftab moved to the United States at the age of 19 in 2005 and earned a degree in music production and engineering at Boston's Berklee College of Music.

2010

She moved to New York in 2010 and began working as an editor and scoring films.

Since her graduation in 2010, Aftab has lived there, being part of the city's jazz and "new music" scene.

2011

In April 2011, Aftab was included in the "100 Composers Under 40" selection launched by NPR and WQXR-FM's Q2 (a contemporary classical music internet radio station).

2014

Aftab's first album, Bird Under Water, was released independently in 2014.

2015

It received critical acclaim from David Honigmann of the Financial Times, who gave the album four out of five stars in March 2015.

2017

She worked as an editor on the documentary Armed With Faith (2017), winning a 2018 Emmy Award afterward.

2018

Her second album, Siren Islands, was released on June 12, 2018, through New Amsterdam Records.

NPR included the album in their "Favorite Electronic and Dance Music of 2018" list.

The New York Times listed the song "Island No. 2", which represented the album, in their "25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018" list.

In mid-July 2018, the song "Lullaby", taken from Bird Under Water, was ranked number 150 on the NPR's "200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women" list.

In 2018 she opened for Mitski at The Brooklyn Steel.

In 2022, Aftab performed at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts's Temple of Dendur, and at The Broad's 2022 Summer Happenings series.

Aftab's music has been described as a blend of jazz fusion, jazz, electronica, neo-Sufi, folk, Hindustani classical, classical music, indie pop, minimalism, and acoustic music.

Aftab told the Los Angeles Times that she had aspired that Vulture Prince would "transcend boundaries".

2020

In 2020, Aftab sang, among other vocalists, on Residente's Latin Grammy Award-winning single "Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe".

That year, she composed the music for the Student Academy Award-winning film Bittu (narrative category) by Karishma Dube.

An anticipated release, Aftab's third studio album, Vulture Prince, was released on April 23, 2021, via New Amsterdam Records.

Thematically, the album discusses stories of people, relationships, and lost moments and is dedicated to the memory of her younger brother, Maher.

Vulture Prince received praise from publications such as Pitchfork, NPR, and the Al Jazeera English-language news channel.

Barack Obama selected the song "Mohabbat" from this album as one of his summer playlist favorites for 2021.

"Mohabbat" was called one of the best songs of 2021 by Time and The New York Times.

Vulture Prince was named the best album of 2021 by Netherlands newspaper de Volkskrant, topping their year-end list.

Brenna Ehrlich ranked the album sixth on Rolling Stone's "Best Music of 2021" staff list.

It was ranked number twenty by The Guardian on their list of the "50 best albums of 2021", and Laura Snapes named Aftab "[t]he year's biggest musical revelation".

While Vulture Prince did not rank on the Los Angeles Times' top ten "Best Albums of 2021", it was, however, included on their "15 deserving albums" list.

In late 2021, Aftab signed with Verve Records.

Arooj Aftab became the first Pakistani artist to perform at Grammys.

Aftab has performed at notable music venues such as the Barbican, the Chan Centre, the Lincoln Center, the Andy Warhol Museum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, The Kitchen, (Le) Poisson Rouge, and the Museum of Modern Art.

She has also performed at international music festivals such as Coachella, Glastonbury, Primavera Sound Barcelona, Roskilde Festival, Big Ears Festival, The Ecstatic Music Festival, the San Francisco Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Pitchfork Music Festival and the Newport Folk Festival.