ISLAMABAD: The 14th death anniversary of the pioneer of pop music in South Asia, Nazia Hassan is being observed today across the country.
The Queen of Pop in South Asia was died of lung cancer at the age of 35 on August 13, 2000.
Nazia Hassan was fifteen when she did the playback for Zeenat Aman in ‘Qurbani’ (1980). The song “Aap Jaisa Koi” became a chartbuster instantly and made her a legend and pop icon in South Asia, where she is admired and loved even today, years after her death.
Nazia’s father Basir Hassan was a Karachi based businessman and her mother Munizeh Basir was a well known social worker.
Her debut album Disco Deewane (1981) also charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up until that time.
Nazia Hassan, along with her brother Zohaib Hassan, went on to sell over 60 million records worldwide.
Nazia was the first Pakistani to win a Filmfare Award and remains the youngest winner of a Filmfare Award in the category of Best Female Playback Singer to date when she was 15. Hassan is a recipient for the Pride of Performance, Double Platinum Award and Golden Discs Awards.
In 2007, Ahmad Haseeb created a documentary A Music Fairy in a tribute to Nazia Hassan which was screened at Kara Film Festival and University of Ankara.
Nazia began singing during the late 1970s, when she appeared on several television shows on PTV as a child artist. Her professional career started at the age of fifteen when she provided the lead vocals for the song Aap Jaisa Koi from the 1980 film Qurbani.
The song was a huge success in India and despite Nazia being a Pakistani, she gained overnight fame there.
Nazia’s third album, Young Tarang was released in 1984. Her fourth album, Hotline was released in 1987. ‘’Aa Haan’’ was the most popular song of the album.
In 1991, Nazia and her brother Zoheb recorded her fifth album, Camera Camera. Before the album’s release, Nazia and Zoheb announced during a launching ceremony that it would be their last album. After the album’s release, the South Asian Pop Queen left her singing career.
Nazia was a lawyer by education. And also held a degree in Business Administration and Economics at the Richmond American University in London.
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