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 was also used in the

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film Baar Bar Dekho.

Early life

Bilal Saeed was born in

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, to a Punjabi Muslim Syed family. He began his career as a music composer and 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. The album also featured Dr Zeus,

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. A single "Khair Mangdi" from the album was nominated as Song of the Year at

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. In 2013, for the first time he recorded songs for a film, i.e. "Tauba Tauba" and "Rattan Chitian" from Daddy Cool Munde Fool 2013 Punjabi film. In 2014, he released a single "Lethal Combination" with Roach Killa under Beyond Records in 2014. The single topped

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Asian Charts. 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

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Chart. He made his

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debut by composing a song "Chulbul" for Pakistani Film Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay. One more single of Bilal Saeed released in January 2017 "No Makeup", which featured

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. Later in 2017 he released another single "Twinkle Twinkle" along with Young Desi in August. In early November he released another single "Suroor" with

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on 3 November to be exact. 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

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under One Two Records. In November 2020, Bilal Saeed released the sequel of “Baari”, feat

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. Even he kicked a woman, whom he claims to be his brother's friend and throw mic on audience.

Discography

Albums

Album "Twelve" Tracks

Compositions

*breakup dj abbas bashi (17 mar 2015 ) *soniye dj abbas bashi (04 dec 2014 ) *Desi Thumka – Nouman Khalid ft. Osama Com Laude * Jugni – Nouman Khalid ft. Bilal Saeed (26 May 2013) * Choothi – Bilal Saeed ft. Waqar Ex (9 January 2014) * Bewafa – Irfan Nazar ft. Bilal Saeed (4 April 2014) * Lethal Combination – Bilal Saeed ft. Roach Killa (28 August 2014) * Kaash ( a wish ) – Bilal Saeed * Memories – Bonafide ft. Bilal Saeed (23 July 2015) *Paranday – Bilal Saeed (18 March 2016) * Blah Blah Blah – Bilal Saeed ft. Young desi *No makeup – Bilal Saeed ft.

(20 January 2017) * Twinkle Twinkle – Bilal Saeed ft. Young desi * Suroor – Neha Kakar ft. Bilal Saeed *Hokah Hokah – Bilal Saeed ft. Muhfaad

Film

Awards and nominations

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References

External links

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Bilal Saeed YouTube
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saeed, Bilal Living people Pakistani pop singers Pakistani male songwriters Pakistani songwriters Pakistani composers Pakistani record producers People from Sialkot Punjabi-language singers 1988 births