Humaira Channa

Humaira Channa
Genres	Film playback singer, folk singer
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1987-present

Humaira Channa, also known as Humera Channa (born Lahore),^[1] is a record 6 Nigar Award winning film playback singer from Pakistan. She has won 3rd most Nigar Awards in history, ranked only after Noor Jehan and Mehnaz. She rose to fame in the early 1990s.^[1] She sings in Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki and Sindhi languages. She has sung over a thousand songs in her career until 2016.

Career

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.

Television

Channa has sung the title songs for the following television dramas.

Rishtay Mohabbaton Kay-Hum TV 2009 ^[2]
Shikan- PTV 2010 ^[3]
Kash Aisa Ho ARY TV 2013 ^[4]

Awards and recognition

Nigar Award winner in (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997) for the best female film playback singer.

References

1 2 Humaira Channa Retrieved 28 Feb 2016
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irq6mF_-TQc, Retrieved 28 Feb 2016
↑ https://tune.pk/video/3788785/shikan-drama-ost-on-ptv, Retrieved 28 Feb 2016
↑ http://www.dramapakistani.net/kaash-aisa-hoo-overview/, Retrieved 28 Feb 2016

External links

Humaira Channa at the Internet Movie Database, Humaira Channa 'Filmography', Retrieved 28 Feb 2016

Nigar Award for Best Female Playback Singer

1959–1960	Noor Jehan (1959) Naseem Begum (1960)

1961–1980	Naseem Begum (1961) Mala (1962) Naseem Begum (1963) Naseem Begum (1964) Mala (1965) Noor Jehan (1966) Noor Jehan (1967) Runa Laila (1968) Noor Jehan (1969) Runa Laila (1970) Noor Jehan (1971) Tahira Syed (1972) Nayyara Noor (1973) Naheed Akhtar (1974) Naheed Akhtar (1975) Noor Jehan (1976) Mehnaz (1977) Mehnaz (1978) Mehnaz (1979) Mehnaz (1980)

1981–2000	Mehnaz (1981) Mehnaz (1982) Mehnaz (1983) Mehnaz (1984) Mehnaz (1985) Humaira Channa (1986) Mehnaz (1987) Mehnaz (1988) Humaira Channa (1989) Mehnaz (1990) Humaira Channa and Noor Jehan(1991) Noor Jehan and Tarannum Naz (1992) Humaira Channa and Shamsa Kanwal (1993) Humaira Channa and Shamsa Kanwal (1994) Hadiqa Kiani and Saira Nasim (1995) Shazia Manzoor and Saira Nasim (1996) Humaira Channa and Azra Jehan (1997) Shazia Manzoor and Saira Nasim (1998) Mehnaz and Azra Jehan (1999) Saima Jehan and Saira Nasim (2000)

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