# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/panjabi-mc
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:23:50.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/panjabi-mc"
name: "Panjabi MC"
slug: "panjabi-mc"
description: "Rajinder Singh Rai, known professionally as Panjabi MC, is a British-Indian recording artist, rapper, record producer and DJ. He is best known for the worldwide bhangra 2002 hit \"Mundian To Bach Ke\", which sold 10 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. Among other songs, he also gained acclaim with the 2003 release \"Jogi\". AllMusic has called him \"one of the most prominent names in bhangra\"."
tagline: "English musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/London_Mela_2010%2C_Panjabi_MC_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-02-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.73868266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/panjabimc1"
    handle:    "panjabimc1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/PanjabiMC1%3Fvinfo"
    handle:    "PanjabiMC1?vinfo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1381338/"
    handle:    "nm1381338"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.panjabi-mc.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%83"
    title: "پانچابى مك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "পাঞ্জাবি এমসি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%83%BCMC"
    title: "パンジャービーMC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%90%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%AE.%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%80."
    title: "ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਐੱਮ.ਸੀ."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjabi_MC"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B4_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5"
    title: "พานจาบิ เอ็มซี"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fbab6da8-e1e4-4927-b669-502a6e37a8d6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346896"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2526110"
    title: "Panjabi MC"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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