The title might not be 100 percent true but when I rephrase, it will be 100 percent true: “There are more popular Nepali singers in USA than in Nepal“. A lot of popular singers have gone to the USA and haven’t returned back to Nepal.
[Video report coming soon.]
One of the earliest and most popular singer Prem Raja Mahat is a celebrity in USA among Nepali people. He is considered a link to meet new and old Nepalese in the Eastern USA.
The singer of the popular song ‘Saili ..’, Hemanta Rana has also been living in the USA for a while. He sang the song when he was in a vacation in Nepal. According to reports, the musician and one of the judges of Nepal Idol, first season, Nhyhu Bajracharya has also got Green Card and has moved to USA. He had composed the music of the popular song ‘Phulko Aankhama Phulai Sansara … ”
Other popular singers include Sapana Shree, Sanjeep Pradhan and Sarishma Amatya. Nalina Chitrakar, comedy singer Ratan Subedi, Jagadish Samal and a lot of other singers.
Here is the full list of Nepali singers, musician and lyricists – who were popular in Nepal before they went to the USA. If you know more singers and musicians please comment so that I can update this list (The list is randomly arranged – the number attached to the name is random and doesn’t represent any meaning, used just to count the artists):
- Prem Raja Mahat
- Sapana Shree
- Jagadish Samal
- Nalina Chitrakar
- Ram Prasad Khanal
- Ratan Subedi (comedy singer)
- Harish Mathema
- Nisha Sunar
- Sanjeep Pradhan
- Sarishma Amatya
- Raju Lama (married actress Pooja Chand)
- Mohan Bhusal
- Roshan Gurung
- Pawan Oli
- Srijan Tamrakar
- Meen Darlami
- Bhagawan Bhandari
- Sabitri Shah
- Suman Budhamagar
- Shanti Bhandari
- Shyam Gurung
- Shyam Nepali
- Sangita Mukhiya
- Bishow Tenzing
- Pabita Pariyar
- Nirmala Bhandari
- Sarita Dangi
- Meen KC
- Om Karmacharya
- Nar Bahadur Dahal
- Sangita Thapa Magar
- Bikash Bista
- Prakash Acharya
- Meera Gurung
- Dhana Lama
- Shakun Gwyali
- Ramesh Thapa
- Basanti Rai
- Rajendra Rai
- Nhuchhe Narayan Dongol
- Geeta Barlakoti
- Prem Senchury
- Anggelu Sherpa
- Tilak Shrestha
- Ganesh Parajuli
- Sirjana Lama
- Bimal Dangi
- Yam Baral
- Narandra Pyasi
- Abhaya Dhungel
- Kanhaya Singh
- Binod Roka
- Anjana Gurung
- Bambu Sherpa
- Karna Daas
- Nhyu Bajracharya
- Nima Rumba
- Tilak Bam Malla
- Surendra Man Singh (Karma Band)
- Hemanta Rana (Saili .. )
- Shyam Sundar (Timilai Chahanu maile mero bhul ho bhane)
Please comment if I there are singers who are missing in the list or if some of them are not in USA or, if any of them is not a singer or musician. Thank you.
