| Ustad Ahmed Hussain Mohammed Hussain | |
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| Born | 1951, 1953 Rajasthan, India |
| Genres | Ghazal, Classical, Devotional, Folk |
| Occupations | Composer, Singer, Music Director, Activist, Entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Vocals, Harmonium, Tanpura, Piano |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Labels | EMI, HMV, Saregama, Universal Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Polydor, TIPS, Venus, T-Series |
Ahmed Hussain and Mohammed Hussain are ghazal singers from Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan state in India. Ahmed and Mohemmad Hussain are two brothers who sing classical ghazals. Born in Rajastan as sons of the famous ghazal and thumri singer Ustad Afzal Hussain,[1] the duo touches genres like Indian classical music and bhajan as well as ghazal. They started their singing career in 1958 [2] as classical and thumri artists. Their first album Guldasta was released in 1980 and was successful. Since then they have released about 50 albums. They attempted popularizing their music by turning to tempo music in Maan bhi ja.
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Ustad Ahmed and Mohemmad Hussain are a unique phenonmenon in the world of ghazals. They are two brothers who sing ghazals together. They have a classical background and sing ghazals in the good old classical style. [4] Their sons Javed Hussain, Mazzam Hussian and Imran Hussain are also singer.[5]
They have recently released a new album "Khwab Basera" under Saregama label.[6] Album contains selected Ghazals from Dr. Hariom's "Dhoop Ka Parcham" as well as some new ghazals.
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