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Revision as of 03:48, 20 September 2006 by 82.44.218.25 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Abrar-ul-Haq (Urdu/Punjabi: ابرار الحق) (Abrar is also spelled as Ibrar) is a Pakistani pop, bhangra and folk singer. On his first album "Billo De Ghar" his name appears as simply "Abrar". His best-known work is the song "Billo De Ghar". Before becoming a singer, he was a teacher at Lahore's Aitchison College.
Life
He was born on July 21 in Faisalabad. Like many other young Pakistani artists, Abrar has kept his year of birth secret from public in order to hide his age.
He got his initial eduaction from Gujrat and Rawalpindi. Took his Bachelor's degree from Sir Syed College (Rawalpindi) and acquired Master's degree in social sciences from Quaid-i-Azam University (Islamabad).
He joined Aitcheson College’s permanent faculty in 1996. He had to quit teaching to pursue his carreer in pop music; although he considers the day he joined Aitcheson College the proudest day of his life.
He primarily sings in Punjabi which is the main language of bhangra genre, language of most populated province of Pakistan and Abrar's native language. He sings in Urdu too. His popular single "Sanu Tere Nal" is in English and Punjabi.
Abrar's first single "Billo De Ghar" was an instant hit along with his album. According to his web site more than 16 million copies of his debut album have been sold.
Music and style
Abrar's music is sometimes considered of bhangra genre, however, three genres, pop, rock and bhangra overlap in his musical work. His most popular songs are in Punjabi language, although, he has sung almost equal number of Urdu songs which are parts of all of his albums.
His Urdu language songs have not gained that kind of popularity which has been earned by his Punjabi work. It is partly because of the vast difference of his style in these two languages. His most Punjabi songs are upbeat, and lyrics are very down to earth representing Pakistani culture with a humorous touch and clever sarcasm. On the other hand his Urdu music is mostly sad, romantic and patriotic. In some of his Urdu songs, he has copied some Urdu classics of Pakistani music.
He is often compared to Indian bhangra singers because of his popularity in India. Most Indian Punjabi songs tend to celebrate the province of Punjab and its culture but Abrar's music lacks this style. The reasons behind this are of political nature. In Indian Punjab the political and cultural circumstances are quite different from those of Pakistani Punjab. In Pakistan, Punjab is a dominant province, therefore, music focusing Punjab can be seen politically provocative in other provinces.
Although, beat is an essential part of Abrar's music but he choses his melodies very carefully and always tries to keep them consistent with the beat. He writes most of his song
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