Mehdi Hassan
426 Albums

Birth name	18 July 1927 Luna, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, British India
Died	13, June 2012 (aged 84) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Genres	Classical music ghazal playback singing filmi
Occupation(s)	1957–1999 (retired)
Website	mehdihassan.com

Mehdi Hassan Khan (Urdu: مہدی حسن ‎‎; 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. One of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing,^[1][2] he is famously known as the "King of Ghazal" or the "Shahanshah-e-Ghazal". Known for his "haunting" baritone voice,^[3] Mehdi Hassan is credited with bringing ghazal singing to a worldwide audience. Born to a musical family, he influenced generations of singers from diverse genres, from Jagjit Singh^[4] to Sonu Nigam.^[5] He earned numerous awards and accolades in his career and remained a leading singer of film industry along with the other contemporary playback singer Ahmed Rushdi.