Top 25 Punjabi Singers of all time

Babbu Maan came to limelight in 1999 with song "Tu Meri Miss India". His third album "Saaun Di Jhadi" released in 2001 was a highly successful album and it sold over 10 million copies in India alone. "Singh Better Than King" was successful album and it sold more than 25 million copies in India.

Gurdas Maan was born in Punjab, India. He is a well-known Bhangra and folk specialist and was interested in music from an early age. Maan came to national notice in India with the Doorsharshan recorded song ‘Dil Da Mamla Hai.’ He went onto record more than thirty albums and writing over 300 hundred tracks.

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu is popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala. He started his career with writing the lyrics of the song "License" sung by Ninja and began his singing career on a duet song titled "G Wagon". He moved to Canada later and gained wide attention with his track "So High".

Kuldeep Manak was generally regarded as one of the best Punjabi singer in the world in 1980s. In his early career he became the baadshah of kaliyan. His most known tracks were gadeya millade sohne yaar, tere tille ton and dulleya ve tokra. Manak learned music under Ustad Khushi Muhammad Qawwal in village Bhuttiwala at Muktsar.

Apart from being singer Amrinder Gill is also an actor, songwriter, and film producer. He has been named for ten PTC Punjabi Film Awards winning 6 including 3 for Best Actor and 2 for Best Playback singer. Gill recorded his first tune for Jalandhar Doordarshan program Kala Doria. He came into the spotlight with his track “Paigam”, trailed by melodies like “Daru”, “Madhaania”, “Khedan De Din”.

Diljit Dosanjh works and is succesfull in both Punjabi and Hindi cinema. Dosanjh released his first collection Ishq Da Uda Ada in 2004 with Finetone Cassettes, a division of T-Series. Consistently trying different things, Dosanjh’s style is the subject of examination from a number of critics. Dosanjh grew up learning in music from Gobinder Singh Alampuri and Kartar Singh,and his underlying work mirrored their style. His later work with Honey Singh introduced an alternate style to his music.

Amar Singh Chamkila was a folk singer who would regale rural Punjab with his raw, witty and controversial lyrics. He was known as "The Elvis of Punjab". He commonly wrote songs about extra-marital relationships, coming of age, drinking and drug use. He earned a controversial reputation, with his detractors regarding his music obscene and his supporters regarding it a truthful commentary on Punjabi culture and society.

Surindar Singh Mann better known as Sharry Mann is an Indian playback singer and film actor. He is best known for his hit album Yaar Anmulle which put his name out in the Punjabi music industry. He performed the 3 Peg Punjabi hit song.

Harrdy Sandhu is an Indian singer and actor. His first notable song was Soch and his debut movie was Yaaran Da Katchup. Sandhu's profile was raised when Akshay Kumar decided to remake Soch for the movie Airlift. His song Backbone crossed 200 million views on Youtube and another song "Naah" is very popular among the youngsters.

Milind Gaba is famous for his songs like Nazar Lag Jayegi , She Don't Know, Main Teri Ho Gyi Aa, Zindagi Di Paudi,Nah, Beautiful and Dilli Shehar . He has worked with Punjabi language singer Guru Randhawa in the song Yaar Mod Do.

Hirdesh Singh commonly known by his stage name Yo Yo Honey Singh or Honey Singh is an Indian music composer, rapper, pop singer and film actor. He started out as a session and recording artist, and became a bhangra music producer. Later, he got success with his music and started making songs for Bollywood films. Currently, he is one of the most paid artist in the Indian music industry.

Amninderpal Singh Virk popularly known as Ammy Virk started his singing career with a single track which went on to become very popular. His other songs including "Yaar Amli" and "Jatt Da Sahara" made him popular in the Punjabi music industry globally. His first album "Jattizm" was released in 2013 which got the "Best Album of The Year" award in PTC Music Awards. His most popular song is “Qismat” was released in 2017.

Satinder Sartaaj is an Indian singer, songwriter, actor and poet of Punjabi language films and songs.He gained fame with his hit song "Sai". Since then his popularity has seen a constant surge among the Punjabi diaspora with his shows being held in many countries across the world. He made his film debut as Maharaja Duleep Singh in The Black Prince in 2017.

Jass Manak is an Indian Punjabi singer-songwriter. He is known predominantly for the songs "Prada", "Suit Punjabi", "Lehanga", "Viah" and "Boss". His single "Lehanga" has featured on the UK Asian Music Chart and also the Global YouTube weekly chart.

Baljit Singh Padam popularly known as Dr. Zeus, is a British music composer, singer and music producer. He rose to fame in 2003 with his song "Kangna", which was voted the best song on BBC Asian Network in the same year. His other hits are "Don't Be Shy" and "Jugni Ji", which won the best single award in 2012.

Gursharanjot Singh Randhawa known as Guru Randhawa is famous for his songs like "Lahore", "Patola", "High Rated Gabru", "Daaru Wargi", "Raat Kamal Hai", "Suit", "Ban Ja Rani", "Made In India", "Ishare Tere", "Tere Te", "Fashion", "Downtown" and "Slowly Slowly". Guru Randhawa's Bollywood debut Suit Suit in the 2017 film Hindi Medium was a remake of his and Arjun's track.

Garry Sandhu is an Indian singer, songwriter and actor known for his work in Punjabi music. He made his singing debut in 2010 with song "Main Ni Peenda" and acting debut with the film Romeo Ranjha (2014). He has given so many hits to industry including Illegal Weapon, Yeah Baby, Banda Ban Ja, Excuses etc. In 2019, his song "Yeah Baby" was released in a bollywood film De De Pyaar De as "Hauli Hauli".

Surjit Bindrakhia was an Indian singer. He was known for his unique voice and hekh, in which he sings a note continuously in one breath. His biggest hits include Meri Nath Dig Paye, Dupatta Tera Satrang Da, Lakk Tunoo Tunoo, Bas Kar Bas Kar, Mukhda Dekh Ke, Tera Yaar Bolda, and Jatt Di Pasand. Surjit is considered to have one of the greatest voices in Bhangra.

Sukshinder Shinda is a British Indian playback singer songwriter and bhangra Record producer from England. Since releasing his first professional recording in 1993, Dhol Beat Ek, Shinda has produced or collaborated on more than 200 albums, including all of Jazzy B's releases and the majority of Amrinder Gill's..

Daler Mehndi made Bhangra as well as Indian pop music popular worldwide independent of Bollywood music. His famous songs are Bolo Ta Ra Ra, Dardi Rab Rab, Ho Jayegi Balle Balle, Tunak Tunak Tun to name a few. The music he created in late 90s is still popular around the world.

Following few singers missed out of top 20 narrowly:

> Jazzy B (Canada)
> Jassi Gill (India)
> Gippy Grewal (India)
> Ranjit Bawa (India)
> Sukhe (India)