Kashmir’s Own Salman Ali; Meet Aquib Bhat From Pulwama

Umran Hussain
Soulful voice of Aquib Bhat, a singing sensation from Jammu and kashmir’s Pulwama is making ripples on various online singing platforms.
With verified profile on various social media platforms, Aquib took inspiration from famous singers like Sonu Nigamji, Arijit Singhji, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Mohd Rafi since his early childhood days and later as a young singer as he grew his practice and precision, hardwork and efforts, his singing expertise was seen on Smule Global, a platform that enables all music lovers, singers, composers, directors to exhibit their talents.
He has more than 57 thousand followers on Smule Global. Today after 5-6 years of soul stirring and innovative singing be it any genre Aquib Bhat has left an everlasting mark in the world of music.
His first song on his Youtube channel was well appreciated, liked by his numerous followers and got more than 4 lakh views.
He is the only verified singer of J&K with over 57 thousand followers on Smule Global.
He is also a composer and his composed songs sung by Rap singing sensation of Kashmir Rapkid Arfat (Hoor and Yaar Tera was liked by all and received 1 million views.) “ Singer of Melancholy” was the title given by Smule India to Aquib Bhat.
One can listen to his magical voice on Spotify, Facebook, Instagram, Smule,Jio Saavn and Apple Music.
His voice in the Cover song Arziyaan-Bhar do Jholi was such a pious rendition that listeners and followers started calling him Salman Ali of Kashmir (Comparing him to the popular Indian Idol winner Singer Salman Ali.)