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Jassa Dhillon

Indian singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ106449973 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jaspal Singh Dhillon, known professionally as Jassa Dhillon, is an Indian singer, rapper and songwriter associated with Punjabi music. His song "Talja" has featured on the UK Asian Music Chart and also the Global YouTube weekly chart. Dhillon started his career along with his labelmate Gur Sidhu under label 'Brown Town Music'.

Early life and education

Dhillon was born 7 November 1999 in Assandh, in the Karnal district, Haryana, to Ranbir Singh Dhillon and Harjinder Kaur. He is a Dhillon Jat Sikh. He graduated from JPS Academy.

Music career

Dhillon works in a variety of music styles, including Punjabi, Pop, Bhangra, Romantic and Hip Hop. Dhillon was launched by Nav Sandhu with "Pyar Bolda," a single released in October 2019 under banner of Brown Town Music. In December 2019, his song "Jhanjhar" was released by Brown Town Music. In January 2021, he announced his debut album "Above All" with Gur Sidhu as music producer on the album.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jassa Dhillon” is indian singer. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jassa, Dhillon and Indian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2019, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1999-11-07. For this dossier, Jassa, Dhillon and Indian is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q106449973. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2019 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jassa Dhillon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.