The tradition of qawwali in the family had passed down through successive generations for almost 600 years. Khan's family, which included four older sisters and a younger brother, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, grew up in central Faisalabad. He was the fifth child and first son of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and qawwal. His ancestors learned music and singing there and adopted it as a profession. His family originates from Basti Sheikh Darvesh, who settled in Jalandhar, Punjab in present-day India. Khan was born into a Punjabi Muslim family family in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, in 1948. In addition to popularising qawwali music, he also had a big impact on contemporary South Asian popular music, including Pakistani pop, Indian pop and Bollywood music. He toured extensively, performing in over 40 countries. He engaged in collaborations and experiments with Western artists, becoming a well-known world music artist.
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Khan went on to release movie scores and albums in Europe, India, Japan, Pakistan and the U.S. He was signed by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England, in the early 1980s. He became the head of the family qawwali party in 1971. īorn in Lyallpur (Faisalabad), Khan had his first public performance at the age of 15, at his father's chelum. He belonged to the Qawwal Bacchon Gharana ( Delhi gharana) extending the 600-year old qawwali tradition of his family, Khan is widely credited with introducing qawwali music to international audiences.
He was known for his vocal abilities and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours.
He was described as the 4th greatest singer of all time by LA Weekly in 2016. He is considered by The New York Times to be the greatest Sufi singer in the Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi languages, and one of the greatest qawwali singers in history he is often referred to as "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" (the King of Kings of Qawwali).
In 1993, the late American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley described Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as ‘my Elvis.Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( Urdu: نصرت فتح علی خان) (born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani vocalist, musician, composer and music director, primarily a singer of qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music. The latter was nominated for a Grammy, and was described by Billboard as ‘a work of great beauty… an album for the ages, defying genre and solidifying Khan’s stature as one of the world’s pre-eminent singers.’ ‘Seminal’ is a word which often gets overused when describing great works of art but it is directly applicable to two of the albums he recorded for Real World Records, both of which were collaborations with Michael Brook: 1990’s Mustt Mustt and 1996’s Night Song. His vocals appeared on soundtracks to films directed by Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone and Tim Robbins. In his lifetime he collaborated with many Western musicians, including Peter Gabriel, Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s legacy has enraptured millions across the globe with his magnificent and haunting voice. Qawwali is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia, particularly in areas with a historically strong Muslim presence, such as southern Pakistan and parts of North India.
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