Humaira Channa
Pakistani singer
Humaira Channa, also known as Humera Channa (born on 22 Jun 1966 at Hyderabad), is a 6 Nigar Award-winning film playback singer from Pakistan. She has won the 3rd highest number of Nigar Awards in history, ranked only after Noor Jehan and Mehnaz.
Early life and career
Channa was born in a Sindhi Muslim family. She entered the Pakistani entertainment industry influenced by her father who was a filmmaker. She first sang for her father's film at the age of nine. Then she was given an opportunity to sing folk songs of Sufi Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai on Pakistani television, Karachi.
She rose to fame in the early 1990s. She sings in Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki and Sindhi languages. She has sung over a thousand songs in her career until 2016.
Initially Humaira Channa was a substitute singer for Naheed Akhtar during the 1980s, after Naheed Akhtar decided to get married and retire from the Pakistani film industry.
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