Miss Pooja
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.jpg) Miss Pooja at Canada's Wonderland (2009) |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gurinder Kaur Kainth |
| Born | December 4, 1980 |
| Genres | Religious, Hip Hop |
| Occupations | Singer, Actress |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Associated acts | Geeta Zaildar, Manjit Rupowalia, Preet Brar, Rai Jujhar, Roshan Prince |
| Website | http://www.misspooja.org |
Miss Pooja (Punjabi: ਮਿਸ ਪੂਜਾ (Gurmukhi), مِس پُوجا (Shahmukhi), मिस पूजा (Devanagari)) is an Indian singer. She was born on 4 December 1980 as Gurinder Kaur Kainth. Before she embarked on her professional singing career, she received a Master's degree in music and worked as a music teacher in Patel Public School in Rajpura, India. She chose Miss Pooja as her professional name because "Pooja" was her childhood nickname.
She is widely regarded as having revived Punjabi duet songs. During the late 1980s to the early 21st century, Punjabi duet songs were often given second place by DJs. However, Miss Pooja's duets often get played at the top of the party. She has become the largest-selling female bhangra artist in India and overseas. A partial reason for her success is the rapid increase in the number of songs that she continues to record. She has released duets with more than 70 different male singers.
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Career
Miss Pooja started her career with Darshan Khella and released the album Jaan to Piyari; it was released in January 2006. Since then she has recorded duets with other artists on over 2,000 songs and released over 350 albums.[1]
Miss Pooja toured the United States in 2006. In 2007 a Miss Pooja live session was broadcast in the UK on BBC Asian Network. In 2008 she toured the United Kingdom with Canadian bhangra singer Jazzy B.
In 2009 Miss Pooja won Best International Act at the UK Asian Music Awards.[2]
In 2010 she won Best International Album for her album Romantic Jatt.[3]
In 2011 she was nominated for Tanveer Dhami's International Act and Best International Album (for Panjaban)[4] and ended up winning Best International Act.
Discography (Solo)
| Year | Album | Record label |
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| 2011 | Locking better the detentions[citation needed] | Kamlee Records LTD/Planet Recordz/Speed Records |
| 2011 | The Miss Pooja Project: Volume 2 | Underground/ParasiteDARK Records |
| 2010 | Golden Girl | Goyal Music |
| 2010 | The Miss Pooja Project: Volume 1 | Underground/ParasiteDARK Records |
| 2009 | Romantic Jatt | MovieBox/Planet Recordz/R&P Records/Speed Records |
| 2008 | Miss Pooja in Desi Mood | Goyal Music |
| 2008 | Miss Pooja Top 10 All Time Hits Vol. 5 | Simran Music Industries |
| 2008 | Miss Pooja: Live in Concert | Speed Records |
| 2008 | On Full Speed 2 | Goyal Music |
| 2007 | Queen of Duets | Lucky Star |
| 2007 | Top 10 All Time Hits | Simran Music Industries |
Duo Collaboration
| Year | Album |
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| 2011 | Don't Touch Me with Lucky Rureke Jugni with Ranjit Teji Touch Karda with Dharmvir Thandi Nagni with Shami Samplay Hathiyaar with Shinda Shonki Good Morning with Davinder Brar Dildaar with Jaspal Maan |
| 2010 | Pajero with Veer Sukhwant Pind Wal Gera with K. Kashmir Jeep with Harry Mirza Dafa Hoja with Foji Ruttan with Bai Amarjit |
| 2009 | Mitran Di Vaari with Pulla Labhna Prince N Pooja with Roshan Prince Oh Kudi with Juglee J Saadgi with Rai Jujhar Doriya with Kuldeep Rasila Wrong Number with Gurvinder Brar Homegrown with Punjabi by Nature Pub Te Club with Preet Brar |
| 2008 | Poodna Returns with Preet Brar |
| 2007 | Hero with Bai Amarjit Patrol 2 with Preet Brar |
| 2006 | Ke Tere Karke with Preet Brar Safari with Kuldeep Rasila |
Religious
| Year | Album | Record label |
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| 2011 | Guru Arjan Dev Ji[citation needed] | T-Series |
| 2010 | Satgur Hoye Dayal | T-Series |
| 2010 | Kurbaniyaan | T-Series |
| 2010 | Saare Kar Lou Eka Begumpura Vasauna | T-Series |
| 2008 | Nimaneya Di Laaj | T-Series |
| 2008 | Ek Onkar | T-Series |
Filmography
| Year | Film | Label |
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| 2011 | Kurri Patole Wargi[citation needed] | Music Waves |
| 2010 | Kabaddi Once Again (playback singer) | T-Series |
| 2010 | Channa Sachi Muchi | Tips |
| 2010 | Panjaban: Love Rules Hearts | Eros |
See also
References
- ^ Sembhi, Jas. "Miss Pooja tours UK". Desiblitz. http://www.desiblitz.com/content/miss-pooja-tours-uk. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
- ^ Sehmbi, Jas (2009-03-05). "UK Asian Music Awards 2009 Winners". DESIblitz. http://www.desiblitz.com/content/uk-asian-music-awards-2009-winners. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
- ^ "BBC - Asian Network - BBC Asian Network AMA 2010 - Winners". bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/events/ama2010/winners/. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "Jay Sean, Mumzy Stranger and Miss Pooja Nominated at the 2011 UK AMAs - on desihits.com". desihits.com. http://www.desihits.com/news/view/2011-uk-ama-nominations-20110202. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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