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Abida Parveen (Sindhi: عابده پروين‎; Urdu: عابدہ پروین; born 20 February 1954)[2][3] is a Pakistani singer, composer, and musician of Sufi music. She is also a painter and an entrepreneur. Parveen is one of the highest- paid singers in Pakistan.[4] Her singing and music have earned her many accolades, and she has been dubbed the 'Queen of Sufi music'.

Abida Parveen
NI HI SI PP
عابده پروين
Abida Parveen in 2016
Born
20 February 1954 (age 70)
Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan
Other names
Living legend of Pakistan
Queen of Sufi music[1]
Occupations
Singermusicianentrepreneurcomposer
Musical career
Origin
Pakistan
Genres
Sufikafighazalqawwali
Instrument(s)
Vocalsharmoniumpercussions
Years active
1973–present
Labels
Coke studio, PTV, etc
Website
abidaparveen.com.pk
Born and raised in Larkana into a Sindhi Sufi family, she was trained by her father, Ustad Ghulam Haider, who was a famous singer and music teacher. She plays the Pump organ, Keyboard, and Sitar. Parveen started performing in the early 1970s and came into global prominence in the 1990s. Since 1993, Parveen has toured globally, performing her first international concert at Buena Park, California.[5] She has also performed in Churches, several times. Parveen features in Pakistan's popular musical show Coke Studio and was a judge on the pan-South Asia contest show Sur Kshetra[6] alongside Runa Laila and Asha Bhosle, hosted by Ayesha Takia. She had appeared in various Indian and Pakistani music reality shows, including Pakistan Idol, Chhote Ustaad, and STAR Voice of India. Parveen is among The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world and has the power to induce hysteria in her audience. She is a "Global Mystic Sufi Ambassador." In the last few years, she has sung in a Pepsi commercial, collaborating with Atif Aslam for this.

Parveen is regularly referred to as one of the world's greatest mystic singers.[7] She sings mainly ghazals, thumri, khyal, qawwali, raga (raag), Sufi rock, classical and semi-classical music, and her specialty, kafi, a solo genre accompanied by percussion and harmonium, using a repertoire of songs by Sufi poets.[8] Parveen sings in Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi, Arabic, and Persian.[9][10][11] Parveen notably sang a famous song in Nepali language called "Ukali Orali Haruma", originally by Nepali singer Tara Devi, in a concert in Kathmandu, Nepal, and in 2017, she was designated a 'Peace Ambassador' by SAARC.

Parveen is best known for singing in an impassioned, loud voice, especially on the songs Yaar ko Humne from the album Raqs-e-Bismil and Tere Ishq Nachaya, which is a rendition of Bulleh Shah's poetry.[12] She was bestowed Pakistan's second highest civilian award, Hilal-e-Imtiaz, in 2012[13] and the highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in March 2021, by the President of Pakistan.[14
She had performed at the Holland Festival 2014 in Stopera, Amsterdam.
Praveen was the grand performer of the Dhaka International Folk Fest, 2015 in Bangladesh, where she also received an award.
In the Sindh Literature Festival, 2016, she performed the grand show and cut the ribbon on its inauguration alongside SLF chairperson.
In the same year, she performed at the 2nd International Sufi Festival at Karachi.
In 2016, she collaborated with Indian music director duo Salim–Sulaiman and an orchestra in Toronto (Canada) for a special song called "Noor e Illahi," released on Eid.
In 2017, on New Year's Eve Abida released 'Mulk e Khuda, a patriotic song featuring the natural sites and landscapes of Pakistan.
She performed in the finale of the Alchemy Festival 2017 at the Southbank Centre in London.
In the same year, a music video of the romantic gazal "Ahat Si" was released by Abida feat. Saima Ajram.
Her performance includes the annual Faiz International Festival on the death anniversary of Faiz Ahmad Faiz.
Coke Studio appearances
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Parveen began performing on the internationally acclaimed Pakistani show Coke Studio in 2010. She sang three songs: "Ramooz-e-Ishq", "Nigah-e-Darwaishaan," and "Soz-e-Ishq" in episodes 1 (reason), 3 (conception), and 5 (realization), respectively of season 3. Parveen said she admired the programme because it offered a Dargahi environment. She commented:[25]
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