Jaswinder Brar | |
Birth Name: | Jaswinder Kaur Brar |
Birth Place: | Kalanwali Mandi District Sirsa (Haryana) |
Genre: | Bhangra, folk, pop, religious |
Occupation: | Singer |
Years Active: | 1990–present |
Jaswinder Brar is an Indian folk singer who sings in Punjabi language. She sings Punjabi folk and Bhangra and known as the Folk Queen. She is known for her stage shows and is called Akharheya Di Rani.[1] She is specially known for her Lok Tatths. She started her career with the album named "Keemti Cheez" in 1990.
She got married on 2000 to Ranjit Singh Sidhu [2] and took a break for about two years from singing while she had given birth to a daughter named Jashanpreet Kaur
Among her awards, she is honoured with the "Shromani Punjabi Lok Gaaiki Award 2010" in November; she is the 12th to receive that award. She received others including Sangeet Samrat award on Prof. Mohan Singh Mela. She was nominated for the PTC Channel Punjabi's music awards 2006, for "Best Folk Oriented Vocalist (Female)" (for her song "Mirza") and "Best Oriented Folk Album (Female)" (for her album Gallan Pyar Dian) and awarded as best folk vocalist female 2006.[3]
She started her career with the album named Keemti Cheez in 1990 and released several albums since then.[4]