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Jassi Sidhu

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Biography

Jassi Sidhu is the former lead singer of British Asian bhangra band B21. He split from the group, declaring that they would "never, ever reconcile" and that "(B21 was) nothing more than a glorified mime act", quoting differences between himself and Bally Jagpal.

He has released three solo albums to date. Reality check in 2003, No Strings Attached in 2005 and The New Adventures of Jassi Sidhu in 2008.

Sidhu was born and raised in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, and now has a blossoming solo career having toured many countries since going solo from the US to the Far East.

Since departing from B21, Jassi Sidhu has released 3 solo albums and one Greatest Hits album. His debut album titled "Reality Check" was released in 2003 and contained 10 brand new songs. This release landed him a place in India, it was the first step for him to cement his name as a solo act. The album contained 7 songs and 3 remixes. Some would argue that it has the "b21" sound left over as he had used the left over beats.

His second album called "No Strings Attached" was released in 2005 and also contained 10 brand new songs. This time round Jassi Sidhu thought out of the box and created a rock ballet type of song called honkeh. The album was fairly successful and it did help him get more people to take him seriously as a solo artists however it was not as good as his original debut.

The Greatest Hits album was filled with 8 songs. Jassi sidhu had redone three of the songs, Chandigarh, Din raat and Bhabi e.g. changing the music etc. the other 5 songs had the same music but saw Jassi Sidhu resinging them.

Jassi Sidhus latest offering was called "Ke Kehne" and was released in 2008. This album has 10 new songs and 2 remixes. This time, we see Jassi team up with Mr "MBE" Malkit Singh the guy who has had lots of hits in the past. Jassi Sidhu also teams up with producer and friend Rishi Rich as well as the man behind the smash hit Tharti Hilde and Sher Punjabi Mr Aman Hayer.

In April, 2009, Jassi Sidhu released, Just See (Jassi) What Happened?, an album comprising of all his hits in live version recorded in the studio. It also came with a bonus DVD.

On 17th April, 2009, Jassi announced on his twitter account that he has started working on his new album.

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BBC Reviews Really Simple Syndication

  1. Jassi What Happened? 2009

    Jassi What Happened?

    Reviewed by Jon Lusk

    Jassi Sidhu has become one of the UK's most popular Bhangra artists
  2. The New Adventures Of Jassi Sidhu 2008

    The New Adventures Of Jassi Sidhu

    Reviewed by Dipps Bhamrah

    It's one of the best Bhangra albums of 2008.

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