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Navin Kundra is a British singer/songwriter, who writes, composes and performs songs in Hindi, Punjabi and English. With a strong fan based reach of over 3 million people and growing, Navin has achieved six number one singles in the Asian Charts, and won the 2013 'Entertainer of the Year' Award in the Houses Of Parliament. In 2011, he became an ambassador for the British Asian Trust, founded by HRH The Prince Of Wales and used his music to break a Guinness World Record raising £10,000 for the Trust. In 2012, Navin was appointed ambassador of the diabetes charity, Silver Star, founded by Keith Vaz MP whose patrons include Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shilpa Shetty. Since becoming one of their ambassadors, Navin has helped the charity raise in excess of £10,000 by performing at fundraising events across the UK. In 2013, he became the first ambassador for the newly formed charity Wishful Smiles. As a popular youth icon, Navin also uses his position as a role model to inspire the youth and delivers a number of talks at youth conferences across the UK. In October 2013, Navin became the first British Asian singer to be invited to St James' Palace to perform for TRH Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall along with other distinguished guests.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall host a pre-tour reception )〕 In 2015 Navin performed Jai Ho in Wembley Stadium for PM of India, Shri Narendra Modi 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=British singer Navin Kundra performs Jai Ho )〕 ==Career== His first break came on his 19th birthday when he represented the UK in an exclusive World Series of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa filmed in Dubai. This gave him the opportunity to showcase his talent to stalwart figures in the Indian music industry, such as Ghulam Ali, Zakir Hussain, Jagit Singh, O. P. Nayyar and Shaan, as well as presenting his singing talents to a worldwide television audience. Then he went on to win the BBC Asian Network's Unsung 2005 competition, which was one of his proudest moments. He performed live at the prestigious Birmingham Symphony Hall along with some of the biggest artists in Asian music including Gurdaas Maan, Jazzy B, Stereo Nation and the Rishi Rich Project. After his performance of 'Feel' by Robbie Williams, the judges, who included Rishi Rich, Nyrone Persaud, Adil Ray, Shin (DCS), and Mona Singh, declared Navin the winner of the competition. He also won the audiences' favorite award, as he was voted for by thousands of BBC Asian Network listeners. Navin has released six music videos - 'Zinda Hoon' (I am Alive) with dancers from the Eastern Illusion Dance Troupe, the following were co-written and produced by Mushtaq - 'Love Thing', 'Mehbooba', 'Jee Le', 'Shudaayi' and 'Hamesha'. Navin has also collaborated with Rishi Rich and Jay Sean on a track called 'Fade Away' which was going to be a special feature for his new album. However, he has chosen to use it as a tribute to the King of Pop Michael Jackson. (See info. and link under external links below). He is the first British Asian artist to perform at the seven star Burj-al-Arab Hotel, Dubai (2009). He became an ambassador for the British Asian Trust on July 7, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ambassador Navin Kundra )〕 In 2012, Navin was appointed ambassador of diabetes charity, Silver Star 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Village )〕 founded by Keith Vaz MP. Navin was awarded as an ambassador for Sewa Day at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Palace of Westminster, London, March 26, 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Navin Kundra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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