Bilal Saeed

Bilal Saeed (Punjabi, ; born 12 December 1988) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, music producer and composer. He is best known for his singles "12 Saal", "Adhi Adhi Raat " and 'Teri Khair Mangdi", the latter of which was also used in the 2016 Bollywood film Baar Baar Dekho.

Early life Bilal Saeed was born in Sialkot, Punjab, to a Punjabi Muslim family. He began his career as a music composer and song writer. He gained popularity through his debut single "12 Saal" in 2011 and "Adhi Adhi Raat" (also known as Oooo meme song ) in 2012.

Career In 2012, he released his new single "Mahi Mahi" and debut album "Twelve" which received two nominees at PTC Punjabi Music Award for Best Non Residents Punjabi Album and Best Non Resident Punjabi Vocalist. Later in December 2014, he composed a tribute song "Maan" on Peshawar Attack (Black Day Pakistan, 16 December 2014), to condemn the attackers of APS School, Peshawar. He also released a single "Kaash (A Wish)" in 2015 which topped the iTunes Chart. He made his Bollywood debut in 2015 by composing soundtrack of the film Ishqedarriyaan with Jeet Ganguly and Jaidev Kumar. He released another single in 2016, "Paranday", followed by "Blah Blah Blah" featuring Punjabi rapper Young Desi in August 2016. In 2016, the remake of his song "Khair Mangdi" featured in Karan Johar's Bollywood movie Baar Baar Dekho. In September 2016, he made his Lollywood debut by composing a song "Chulbul" for Pakistani Film Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay. In January 2017, Bilal Saeed released "No Makeup", which featured Bohemia. Later in 2017, he released another single "Twinkle Twinkle" along with Young Desi in August. In early November he released another single "Suroor" with Neha Kakkar on 3 November. His 2012 song, "Adhi Adhi Raat" has a lyric which has become a meme sensation in 2019. In November 2019 Bilal released another single, "Baari", feat Momina Mustehsan under One Two Records. In November 2020, Bilal Saeed released the sequel of "Baari", feat Momina Mustehsan named "Uchiyaan Deewara" under One Two Records.

Controversy In 2021, a video of Bilal Saeed fighting with his brother and proceeding to kick and punch him, went viral on social media.

Discography

Albums Year Album Record Label Co-Singer(s) Writer(s) Composer(s) 2012 Twelve DMC Records Dr Zeus, Young Fateh, Shortie, Hannah Kumari

Singles

Film

Awards and nominations

PTC Punjabi Music Award for Best Pop Vocalist

PTC Punjabi Music Award for Best Non Residents Punjabi Album

Pakistani Music and Media Awards for Best International Act

Brit Asia Music Award for Best Single UK 2020

PISA Award for the Best Song of the Year(2019)