Badshah (rapper)

Badshah
Badshah
	Badshah
Born	Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia; 19 November 1984; Delhi, India
Other names	Badboyshah; Bad Boy;
Alma mater	Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh
Occupations	Rapper; Singer; Lyricist; Composer; Music Producer; Film Producer; Actor; Entrepreneur; Philanthropist;
Television	MTV Hustle; India's Got Talent; Dil Hai Hindustani;
	Musical career
Genres	Pop; rap; desi hip hop; Bollywood; hip hop; synthwave; freestyle; hardcore rap;
Labels	T-Series; Zee Music Company; Sony Music Entertainment; Tips; YRF Music; Universal Music Group;

Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, professionally known as Badshah, is an Indian rapper-singer, songwriter, and producer. Badshah's music style is diverse encompassing Indian pop, hip-hop, rap, synthwave, underground rap, pop rap and hardcore rap music. He has his songs in Hindi, English, Punjabi and Harayanvi languages. He is currently signed with Universal Music Group. He has contributed to several Bollywood movies including Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Veere Di Wedding, Bala, Namaste England, Kapoor and Sons, Crew,Crew Good Newz and Khoobsurat.

His commercial debut single, "DJ Waley Babu" featuring Aastha Gill, was ranked number one on the Indian iTunes and spotify charts within 24 hours of the release. The song crossed 10 million views on YouTube within 30 hours. In 2016, he collaborated with Navv Inder on "Wakhra Swag" which won the 2016 Punjabi Music Awards for best duo/group and most popular song of the year award. He has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 in 2017, 2018 and 2019 as one of the highest-paid celebrities in India and as the only rapper in the list.

As of 2020, three of his songs appeared on World Digital Song Sales chart by Billboard.

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