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Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, musician

Tapan Chowdhuryতপন চৌধুরী
Chowdhury in 2015
Background information
Born	7 January Chittagong, Bangladesh
Genres	Modern (Adhunink) Pop Rock Rabindra Sangeet Lalon Geeti Folk
Occupations	Singer musician songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, harmonium
Years active	1973–present

Musical artist

Tapan Chowdhury (born 7 January) is a Bangladeshi singer. He is a former member of the musical group Souls and is known for his modern (Adhunik) songs. He won Best Male Singer in 1st Meril-Prothom Alo Awards in 1998.

Career

Chowdhury was trained by Ustad Priyadaranjan Sen, Ustad Mihirlala and Pandit Sanjit Dey. He started his career with Souls towards the end of 1973 and worked for the band for 20 years. He was one of the biggest contributor to Souls, being the main vocalist of the first five albums. Later, he started to work as a solo singer. He performed as a playback singer for more than 300 films.

Personal life

He is married to Soma Chowdhury and has a son, Satyam, with her.

References

শুভ জন্মদিন তপন চৌধুরী (in Bengali). Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
"Joyous depiction of the mentally challenged". The Daily Star. 3 August 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
ফিরছেন তপন চৌধুরী. bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 February 2019.
"Tapan Chowdhury, Sharalipi's new duet released". Daily Sun. September 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় তপন চৌধুরীর গান. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 23 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
Shazu, Shah Alam (27 September 2010). "Music is now global". The Daily Star.
^ "Tapan Chowdhury performs at IGCC". The Daily Star. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
"Looking back at the pioneering bands of Bangladesh". hifipublic.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020.
"মন্ট্রিয়লে তপন চৌধুরীকে নিবেদন করে জমজমাট সংগীতসন্ধ্যা". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 3 June 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

v t e Meril-Prothom Alo Award for Best Male Singer
Tapan Chowdhury (1998) Andrew Kishore (1999) Andrew Kishore (2000) Asif Akbar (2001) Asif Akbar (2002) Asif Akbar (2003) Asif Akbar (2004) Asif Akbar (2005) Habib Wahid (2006) Balam (2007) Habib Wahid (2008) Habib Wahid (2009) Habib Wahid (2010) Arfin Rumey (2011) Habib Wahid (2012) Asif Akbar (2013) James (2014) Tahsan Rahman Khan (2015) Imran Mahmudul (2016) James (2017) Imran Mahmudul (2018)

Meril-Prothom Alo Award for Best Male Singer

v t e Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet
Main artist	Rabindranath Tagore
Other artists	Abdul Ahad Adity Mohsin Amiya Tagore Asha Bhosle Babul Supriyo Banani Ghosh Chanchal Khan Chinmoy Chattopadhyay Debabrata Biswas Dwijen Mukherjee Hemant Kumar Fahmida Nabi Indrani Sen Indranil Sen Jaganmoy Mitra Jayati Chakraborty Kaderi Kibria Kavita Krishnamurti Kishore Kumar Kalim Sharafi Kabir Suman Lopamudra Mitra Kanika Banerjee Malati Ghoshal Mohiuzzaman Chowdhury Manna Dey Mita Haque Nilima Sen Pankaj Mullick Papia Sarwar Purba Dam Rajeshwari Datta Rezwana Choudhury Bannya Rupankar Bagchi Shaan Sagar Sen Sailajaranjan Majumdar Samina Chowdhury Santidev Ghosh Sayed Hasan Tipu Subinoy Roy Suchitra Mitra Sumitra Sen Shayan Chowdhury Arnob Srabani Sen Srikanto Acharya Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta Tanjina Toma Tapan Chowdhury Tapan Mahmud

Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet

Main artist

Rabindranath Tagore

Other artists

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