# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malkit-singh
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:43:09.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malkit-singh"
name: "Malkit Singh"
slug: "malkit-singh"
description: "Malkit Singh, MBE is an England-based Punjabi bhangra singer. Born in Hussainpur and raised in Nakodar, he moved to Birmingham in 1984. Singh was the first Punjabi singer to be honoured with an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. He is most famous for the songs \"Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha\", \"Tootak Tootak Tootiyan\", \"Kurri Garam Jayee\", \"Dekh li vilyait\", \"Chal Hun\", and \"Jind Mahi\", the latter two from the soundtrack to the popular film Bend It Like Beckham."
tagline: "Indian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew_Scheer_celebrated_Indian_Independence_Day_(44177059821)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.243524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MalkitSinghMBE"
    handle:    "MalkitSinghMBE"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1054087/"
    handle:    "nm1054087"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.malkitsingh.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/52734"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "مالكيت سينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malkit_Singh"
    title: "Malkit Singh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malkit_Singh"
    title: "Malkit Singh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%98"
    title: "ਮਲਕੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF%DA%BE"
    title: "ملکیت سنگھ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a81b764-c59a-42c6-a273-9015bae6c366"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3695398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140680"
    title: "Malkit Singh"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump