Armaan Malik (born 22 July 1995) is an Indian singer, songwriter, record producer, voice-over artist, and actor. He is known for his singing in multiple Indian languages. He is the brother of music composer Amaal Mallik. Previously represented by Universal Music India and T-Series, he is now represented by Arista Records.[1][2][3] He also owns a record label called Always Music Global in partnership with Warner Music India.[3] His first on-screen appearance was in the film Kaccha Limboo in 2011.[4]
Armaan Malik was born in Mumbai on 22 July 1995, to Daboo Malik (musician) and Jyoti Malik. His elder brother Amaal Malik is also a well-known musician.
Malik has dubbed for My Name Is Khan for the English boy and also lent voice for the character Salim in the radio version of Slumdog Millionaire for BBC Radio 1.
2009-2019 Playback singing, first album and singles
In 2014, he made his debut as a playback singer singing "Tumko Toh Aana Hi Tha" in the Hindi-language movie Jai Ho. The movie featured two more songs, "Love You Till The End (House Mix)" and the title track, "Jai Ho" also sung by him.[8][9] Apart from singing, Malik and his music composer brother Amaal Mallik also featured in the beginning of Jai Ho in the song "Love You Till The End". In the same year, he sang "Naina" with Sona Mohapatra for the film Khoobsurat[10] and "Auliya" for Ungli.[citation needed]
In 2014, he released his debut album, Armaan.[11][12]
In 2015, Malik sang "Main Hoon Hero Tera" for Hero, "Kwahishein" for Calendar Girls and "Tumhe Aapna Banane Ka" for Hate Story 3 which his brother Amaal Malik composed. The latter one he sang with Neeti Mohan. He also sang another song for Hate Story 3 titled "Wajah Tum Ho" under Baman's composition. He sang "Yaar Indha Muyalkutti" by D Imaan. He also sang a single "Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon" under Amaal's composition. He was awarded Filmfare R. D. Burman Award for New Music Talent in that year.[citation needed]
In 2016, Malik sang for the films Mastizaade, Sanam Re, Kapoor & Sons, Azhar, Do Lafzon Ki Kahani and "Sab Tera" with Shraddha Kapoor for Baaghi under Amaal's composition. He sang "Foolishq" with Shreya Ghoshal for Ki & Ka, he worked with Jeet Gannguli for the song "Mujhko Barsaat Bana Lo" for Junooniyat and also sang his first Bengali song "Dhitang Dhitang" for Love Express under Jeet's composition. He was the lead singer of the film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story. He sang four songs for Hindi soundtrack and three songs for Tamil soundtrack of that film under Amaal's composition. He sang "Sau Asmaan" with Neeti Mohan for Baar Baar Dekho and "Ishaara" for Force 2 under Amaal's composition. He sang "Tum Jo Mille" for Saansein, "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Reprise" and "Dil Mein Chupa Lunga Remake" for Wajah Tum Ho. The latter one was composed by Meet Bros and the last two songs, he sang with Tulsi Kumar. He sang a single "Pyaar Manga Hain Remake" with Neeti Mohan. He also sang the title track of Star Paarivar Awards 2016 with Palak Muchhal and Meet Bros under Meet Bros composition.[13]
In 2019, he lent his voice for two songs including "Jab Se Mera Dil" with Palak Muchhal for the movie Amavas, "Dil Me Ho Tum" for the movie Why Cheat India, "Kyun Rabba" for the movie Badla. Malik also got featured as a coach on the Indian version of the reality show The Voice becoming the youngest Indian singer to be a coach on the show. He sang "Chale Aana" in De De Pyaar De composed by Amaal and written by Kunaal Verma. The song was well received by the audience in general. Malik voiced the titular character in the Hindi-dubbed version of Disney's Aladdin, a live action remake of the 1992 movie, Aladdin.[14]
2020-present: English language singles and continued playback singing
Malik signed with Arista Records on 12 March 2020, under which he released his first English-language single, "Control" on 20 March of the same year.[14] "Control" won the Best Indian Act at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards, and was later certified platinum in India.[15][16]
In 2020, Malik became the first artist to hit No. 1 on the Top Triller Global Billboard charts twice.[17] Just a few weeks later, he released his second English single, "How Many," which celebrates his heritage by using an Indian tabla on the beat.[18] He said it was "quite daunting to re-introduce" himself to the global music industry as he started making songs in English, and believes that more Indian artists will push themselves to worldwide success in the future.[18]
On 28 August 2023, Malik announced his engagement to his partner of six years, Aashna Shroff. On 28th December 2024, Armaan and Aashna Shroff got married in an intimate ceremony in Mahabaleshwar blending tradition and their unique styles.[25]
^Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
