title: Super Mario Bros. (film)

text: Directors Morton and Jankel considered leaving the project but decided to stay after talking it over with each other and realizing that no other director could at that point come on and understand the material enough to properly adapt it. Morton and Jankel also felt they owed it to the cast/crew and believed they could reclaim their vision during production. Rowe returned home to work on another project, but Solomon remained for several weeks to provide additional rewrites. Without invitation, Bennett and Runté took a road trip to Wilmington whereupon they were immediately re-hired. They would remain through production to provide final rewrites, dialogue for ADR, and the dialogue for the expository animated dinosaur opening. The intelligent fungus was inspired by both the Mushroom Kingdom from the games and tabloid reports of a discovered gigantic fungus. Production Designer David Snyder recalled: "As each script developed the fungus was sort of a metaphor for the mushroom element in a Nintendo game." Joffé reflected, "For me a screenplay is never finished [...] You work a screenplay all the time. When you bring actors in a screenplay goes through another evolution. So you can say that rather like the fungus in the movie the screenplay constantly evolves."


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text: After securing the rights to the film, Lightmotive went to work finding the casting for the characters. Initially, Dustin Hoffman expressed interest in portraying Mario. However, Arakawa did not believe that he was the right man for the role. Danny DeVito was offered both the role of Mario and the director's mantle. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Keaton were both approached to play Koopa, but both turned down the role. Tom Hanks was considered for the role of Luigi, but a string of recent box-office failures dropped him from consideration. Actors Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo were ultimately cast as Mario and Luigi.


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text: Initially, Hoskins disliked the script and did not want to do another children's film: "I'd done "Roger Rabbit". I'd done "Hook". I didn't want to become like Dick Van Dyke." Hoskins wondered how he would prepare for the role, saying "I'm the right shape. I've got a mustache. I worked as a plumber's apprentice for about three weeks and set the plumber's boots on fire with a blowtorch." Producer Roland Joffé kept sending Hoskins new script revisions until finally, the actor agreed. Co-director Jankel said, "Bob was a no brainer [...] Unabashed shameless physical type casting. Bob was brilliant at assuming the character, in a slightly amplified way that would be in keeping with his supposed subsequent game iteration."


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text: "What I liked about the script was the adventure and the action that was involved", said Leguizamo. He joked that "You always see a lot of Italians playing Latin people, like Al Pacino did in "Scarface". Now it's our turn!" Jankel said, "John was a brilliant up and coming stand-up comic and actor [...] We went to see him at Second City, and we were 100% sold. He had a wonderful combination of empathy and irreverence but was entirely without guile. It was not specifically scripted to be cast with a Hispanic or Latino actor, but it made perfect sense that the Mario Bros. themselves should be this contemporary unconventional family, so the small unit of just two, couldn't be pegged as one thing or another." According to Mojo Nixon, he was cast in the role of Toad because the production wanted an actual musician for the character, but their first choice Tom Waits was unavailable. Nixon's agent pitched him to casting as a "third-rate Tom Waits—for half-price".


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text: Several weeks before shooting was to begin, Disney purchased the distribution rights to the film and demanded significant rewrites. Morton said the final result was a script that was not at all like the script that he, Jankel, and the cast had signed on to film, and that the tone of the new script was not at all compatible with the sets, which had already been built. Leguizamo said, "It's eight-year-olds who play the game and that's where the movie needed to be aimed. [...] But [the directors] kept trying to insert new material. They shot scenes with strippers and with other sexually-explicit content, which all got edited out anyway."


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text: Principal photography of the film began on May 6, 1992, and wrapped on July 27, 1992. Contrary to many reports, directors Morton and Jankel did complete the contracted shooting of the film, though Director of Photography Dean Semler and several second unit directors provided additional reshoots. Morton and Jankel would even provide such instructions as what aperture the camera had to be at, to which Semler responded by questioning his employment on the production. Morton said, "I was locked out of the editing room [...] I had to get the DGA to come and help me get back into the editing room. I tried to get the editor to cut it digitally, but they refused. They wanted to edit on Moviola and Steenbeck machines, so the process was laboriously slow, which didn't help us get the special effect cut in on time."


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text: Production Designer David Snyder approached turning the Mushroom Kingdom into the live-action setting of Dinohattan (also known as DinoYawk or Koopaville) by "[taking] all the elements that are in the video game" and "[turning] them into a metaphor and [combining] them with 3-D and real characters". "Koopa gets a single glimpse of Manhattan at the beginning of the movie", according to Art Director Walter P. Martishius. This inspires Koopa to recreate Dinohattan, but "he didn't get it quite right. The place is twisted, off balance, different. And he doesn't even know it."


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text: Co-producer Fred Caruso located the deserted Ideal Cement Co. plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. Snyder found the location a unique opportunity: "In this building, with all the existing concrete structure, we could hang the scenery from the structure, and not have to build scaffolding, and could integrate the concrete structure into the film's design." Snyder said: "In "Blade Runner" (a film he was the Art Director on), the street was one level. Here I have a street level, a pedestrian walkway and above that Koopa's Room, plus six or seven stories in height. I have more flexibility in layering of levels. It's a major, major opportunity. You'd never be able to do this on a sound stage. There isn't a sound stage big enough." "We've designed this film with the idea of looking at New York while on some mind-altering drugs." The intelligent fungus was created from a fishing lure base and hot glue by prop designer Simon Murton.


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text: Lead creatures designer and supervisor Patrick Tatopoulos was aware of the concurrent "Jurassic Park" production, so he consciously designed the dinosaurs for "Super Mario Bros." to be more cute and cartoon-like with inspiration from "Beetlejuice". Tatopoulos described Yoshi as "an abstract, fantasy "T. rex"", and designed the baby dinosaur with large eyes to evoke a softer and less menacing quality. Lead SFX sculptor Mark Maitre compared Yoshi to a cross between "a Tyrannosaurus Rex and an iguana". Four versions of the Yoshi puppet were built: a stand-in, a wireless model, a half-puppet for the tongue, and a fully functional model. The fully functional puppet utilized 70 cables and nine operators, costing . Producers from "Jurassic Park" visited the set and were so impressed with the Yoshi puppet they briefly considered hiring its engineers for a second "Jurassic Park" creatures shop. Originally, the Goombas were only background characters, but their final designs were so impressive that directors Morton and Jankel promoted them to main characters with major stunts.


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text: "Super Mario Bros." innovated and introduced many techniques considered pivotal in the transition from practical to digital visual effects. It is the first film to have used the software Autodesk Flame, now an industry standard. It is also the first film scanned with a digital intermediate, allowing for the compositing of more than 700 visual effects shots. The disintegration effect for the inter-dimensional merge was inspired by the Transporter from "Star Trek".


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text: The film grossed in the United States and Canada, selling approximately tickets in the United States. In Asia, the film earned () from distribution rentals in Japan, and sold 106,083 tickets in the South Korean capital of Seoul City. In Europe, the film grossed () in the United Kingdom, sold 391,800 tickets in France, and sold 290,098 tickets in Germany. In total, the film grossed $17,997,000 internationally for a worldwide total of $38,912,465.


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text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's consensus states: "Despite flashy sets and special effects, "Super Mario Bros." is too light on story and substance to be anything more than a novelty." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 35 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B+" on scale of A+ to F.


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text: Michael Wilmington of the "Los Angeles Times" said "It's a movie split in two: wildly accomplished on one level, wildly deficient on another." He gave the film high marks for its effects and the "sheer density and bravura of the production design", but ultimately provided a low final score for poor writing. Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" also commended the film's visual effects, and suggested Bob Hoskins could "handle any role with grace and good humor", but concluded "it doesn't have the jaunty hop-and-zap spirit of the Nintendo video game from which it takes – ahem – its inspiration". "The movie's no stinker", asserted Mark Caro of the "Chicago Tribune", who lauded Hoskins and Leguizamo for their brotherly dynamic and called the Goombas "wonderfully daffy supporting characters". Hal Hinson of "The Washington Post" likewise praised the film for its performances and creatures effects, and proclaimed "In short, it's a blast."


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text: Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" and Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film two thumbs down on the television program "Siskel & Ebert At the Movies", citing tonal inconsistency and lack of narrative, and the film was on their list for one of the worst films of 1993. Stephen Hunter of "The Baltimore Sun" thought Yoshi had "more personality than all the human actors put together". Hal Hinson of "The Washington Post" declared the Goombas "the best movie heavies since the flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz"."


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text: "Super Mario Bros." was one of four Disney films under consideration for the Best Visual Effects award at the 66th Academy Awards, though the academy ultimately nominated "The Nightmare Before Christmas".


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text: The film was first released on VHS in 1994 and on DVD in the United States in 2003 and again in 2010. The quality of the DVD release was widely derided for being non-anamorphic and only English Dolby Digital 5.1. The film was released on Blu-ray by Second Sight Films in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2014. The film was re-released as a limited edition Blu-ray steelbook by Zavvi in the UK in February 2017. The film was released on Blu-ray in Japan on December 22, 2017, which featured the same features and extras as Second Sight Films' release. An Australian Blu-ray release by Umbrella Entertainment was released in October 2021, featuring the same bonus features as Second Sight's release, plus the film's original workprint including deleted scenes. Despite the distributors labeling it as a Region B copy, it is also the first region-free Blu-ray release of the film, and it can be played on systems from any region. , fan website "Super Mario Bros.: The Movie Archive" is working with original VFX Supervisor Christopher F. Woods on a 4K resolution transfer and restoration for a future Region A release.


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text: In a 2007 interview, Hoskins said "The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a fuckin' nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! Fuckin' nightmare. Fuckin' idiots." He and Leguizamo would get drunk before each day of filming and would continue to drink between takes. In a 2011 interview, he was asked, "What is the worst job you've done?", "What has been your biggest disappointment?", and "If you could edit your past, what would you change?" His answer to all three was "Super Mario Bros." His son, Jack Hoskins, is a fan of the film and praised his performance.


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text: Leguizamo prepared a video message for the film's 20th anniversary in 2013, saying "I'm glad people appreciate the movie [...] it was the first, nobody had ever done it before [...] I'm proud of the movie in retrospect." Hopper disparaged the production, recounting in 2008: "It was a nightmare, very honestly, that movie. It was a husband-and-wife directing team who were both control freaks and wouldn't talk before they made decisions. Anyway, I was supposed to go down there for five weeks, and I was there for 17. It was so over budget." Mathis said in 2018 for the film's 25th anniversary: "There are a lot of people who are really excited to meet me because I was Princess Daisy. That's all you can ask for as an actor—that your work, and something you were part of, left an impression on people and makes them feel good."


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text: Co-director Morton reflected on the movie in 2016 as a "harrowing" experience. Morton felt "very uneasy" being put in the position of having to defend the new script. In addition, working with Dennis Hopper was "really, really hard. Really hard. I don't think [Hopper] had a clue what was going on." He described the experience as humiliating, but Morton was proud of the film's originality. Speaking with "Game Informer" for the film's 20th anniversary, Morton said: "I wanted parents to really get into it. At that time, there was a very hardcore movement against video games, and a lot of anti-video games sentiment. I wanted to make a film that would open it up and get parents interested in video games."


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text: Co-director Jankel said, "I do feel in my heart, it was a hell of an achievement to have made it, under those circumstances, and it has in time, happily, achieved cult status [...] I am often hearing how many people loved it growing up, watch it repeatedly, and are genuine fans." Producer Joffé remains proud: "It's not that I defend the movie, it's just that, in its own extraordinary way, it was an interesting and rich artefact and has earned its place. It has strange cult status." Joffé never heard what Yamauchi or Nintendo thought of the finished product. He said, "They never phoned up to complain [...] They were very polite," though Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé said in 2017 that the film "left a really bad taste in the mouth of our developers" and that he had heard "horror stories" about its production from Nintendo employees. Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said: "[In] the end, it was a very fun project that they put a lot of effort into [...] The one thing that I still have some regrets about is that the movie may have tried to get a little too close to what the "Mario Bros." video games were. And in that sense, it became a movie that was about a video game, rather than being an entertaining movie in and of itself."


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text: Ryan Hoss, a longtime fan of the film, launched the fansite "Super Mario Bros.: The Movie Archive" in 2007, saying to "Playboy" for the film's 25th anniversary that "I had this collection, and the Internet was growing in terms of fansites during that era, the late '90s, and I always knew the "Mario Bros." movie was misunderstood and a sore spot in people's minds—at least, the way it was being portrayed on the Internet, the 'worst movie ever' kind of deal." He characterized the site: "It's a way to celebrate the film itself and showcase the work of all the people who had a part in it—warts and all, good and bad."


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text: In 2010 Steven Applebaum joined the site as editor-in-chief to help collect production materials and organize interviews. He said, "Most of the [cast and crew] were very happy about it because, at the time, it was a very revolutionary movie [...] They were introducing a lot of great special effects that hadn't been done before, and they had these really talented actors, and it was a project they were proud to work on. [...] Giving them a chance to talk about everything they did, it really helped them to share what they contributed and what they felt was important to the industry." The film returned to theaters through fan efforts in 2012, and in 2013 for the 20th anniversary. The "Nintendo Power" 20th anniversary retrospective issue states that the fact that the film was maderegardless of qualityshows how much the game series had impacted popular culture.


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text: Thomas Leitch has written that "Super Mario Bros." is an example of postliterary adaptation and that it "drops facetious references" to "The Wizard of Oz", "Star Wars", and "Doctor Zhivago". Stephen Hunter of "The Baltimore Sun" compared the Goombas to the winged monkeys of "The Wizard of Oz", suggesting they similarly evoke a "mix of pity and terror". The phrase "Trust the Fungus" from the film has been compared to "May the Force be with you" from "Star Wars".


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text: In 2013, fansite editors Steven Applebaum and Ryan Hoss teamed with one of the film's original screenwriters, Parker Bennett, on a fanfiction webcomic sequel. Development on the sequel began after a 2010 interview in which Bennett admitted the sequel hook was more an homage to the ending of the original "Back to the Future" and was not a serious indication of a potential continuation. However, Applebaum and Hoss later asked Bennett what he would have done if given the opportunity and Bennett provided broad points about the consequences of the first film and the themes that they would have explored.


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text: The adventure picks up with Mario and Luigi returning to Dinohattan to aid Daisy in defeating mad scientist Wart, the final boss from "Super Mario Bros. 2". "We did heavily discuss the world of the film, from its backstory to the character's motivations", says Applebaum. Bennett provided general direction before "[passing] the torch" to Applebaum and Hoss.


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text: On June 1, 2021, editor and film restorationist Garrett Gilchrist and members of The Super Mario Bros. (Movie) Archive released a "semi-official" restoration of the extended cut of "Super Mario Bros." The restorationists dubbed it "The Morton-Jankel Cut," since it was based on an earlier VHS workprint of the film which had been discovered. Gilchrist was hired to get the most quality possible out of the low-quality VHS. The film is extended by twenty minutes in this cut, with additional scenes including Koopa devolving a technician into slime for the crime of sneezing, Mario's rivalry with the mafia-affiliated Scapelli plumbing company, and an anti-Koopa rap by Spike and Iggy at the Boom Boom Bar, backed up with scantily-clad lizard dancers. While the "Morton-Jankel Cut" was theoretically intended as an official Blu-ray extra, there are currently no plans for this to happen, and it was leaked to The Internet Archive instead. The Australian Blu-ray by Umbrella (released October 2021) uses a raw edit of the VHS workprint rather than Gilchrist's restoration.


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text: The soundtrack, released on May 10, 1993, by Capitol Records, featured two songs from Roxette: "Almost Unreal", which was released as a single, and "2 Cinnamon Street", which is an alternate version of the song "Cinnamon Street" from Roxette's album "Tourism". The music video for "Almost Unreal" was inspired by the film, featuring scenes from the film and a de-evolution theme. "Almost Unreal" was originally written for the film "Hocus Pocus", but was never used and ended up attached to the "Mario" film instead. The change angered Roxette co-founder Per Gessle.


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text: Rumors of a theatrical animated "Mario" film began in late 2014, with leaked emails between film producer Avi Arad and Sony Pictures head Tom Rothman suggesting that Sony would be producing the film. On November 14, 2017, Universal Pictures and Illumination announced they will release a computer-animated "Mario" film. On January 31, 2018, Nintendo of America announced its partnership with Illumination, stating that the film will be co-produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri. On November 6, 2018, Meledandri stated that the film will be a "priority" for the studio, with a tentative 2022 release date, while reaffirming that Miyamoto will be involved "front and center" in the film's creation. Speaking of the challenge of adapting the series into an animated film, Meledandri stated the film would be "an ambitious task...taking things that are so thin in their original form and finding depth that doesn't compromise what generations of fans love about Mario, but also feels organic to the iconography and can support a three-act structure." On January 31, 2020, Nintendo stated that the film is "moving along smoothly" for release in 2022. Nintendo owns the rights to the film, and both Nintendo and Universal funded production.


title: Super Mario Bros. (film)

text: The first teaser trailer for the film was revealed live in a Nintendo Direct presentation. The film is currently slated for a North American release on April 7, 2023.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: Maria Vorontsova (, Mariya Vladimirovna Putina, Мария Владимировна Путина; born 28 April 1985), also referred to as Maria Faassen, is a Russian pediatric endocrinologist. She is the eldest child of Russian president Vladimir Putin.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: Vorontsova was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), the elder daughter of Vladimir Putin and Lyudmila Putina (née Shkrebneva). She attended German school at Dresden, East Germany, while her family lived there in the 1980s. After her family returned to Leningrad in the spring of 1991, she attended Peterschule (), a German gymnasium in Saint Petersburg. Later, during violent gang wars involving the Tambov Gang while it was taking control of Saint Petersburg's energy trade, she and her sister Katerina were sent by their father, who feared for their safety, to Germany where their legal guardian was former Stasi Matthias Warnig, who had worked with their father in Dresden as part of a KGB cell and established the Dresdner Bank branch in Saint Petersburg.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: She played the violin for a Russian consulate general of Hamburg sponsored diplomatic breakfast in 1995. Later, after her family moved to Moscow, she attended the German School Moscow, a school closely associated with the German Embassy in Moscow for children of diplomats. She graduated after 11 years of school. Three years later, she began her university studies, enrolling together with Katerina as first year students.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: Vorontsova studied biology at Saint Petersburg State University and is a graduate of medicine at Moscow State University in 2011. With () as her advisor, she was a PhD candidate at the Endocrinology Research Centre in Moscow, headed by Dedov and which runs the charity project Alfa-Endo, for children with endocrine diseases. Alfa-Endo is funded by Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman's Alfa-Bank of the Alfa Group.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: Between 2013 and 2015, Vorontsova co-authored five studies including "The status of blood antioxidant system in patients with active acromegaly". She also, in 2015, co-authored a book about idiopathic stunting in children. Vorontsova is credited to be Putin's advisor in genetic engineering, especially in the usage of CRISPR to create genetically-engineered babies.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: On 6 April 2022, because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vorontsova was sanctioned by the United States due to her being an adult child of Vladimir Putin. The United States Department of the Treasury stated, "Vorontsova leads state-funded programs that have received billions of dollars from the Kremlin toward genetics research and are personally overseen by Putin." On 8 April, the United Kingdom and the European Union also imposed sanctions on Vorontsova. On 12 April, Japan imposed sanctions on her. On 21 November, she was sanctioned by New Zealand.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: Vorontsova married Dutch businessman Jorrit Faassen in summer 2008 in Wassenaar in the Netherlands. They have a son, born August 2012. In 2013, they were living in a penthouse atop the highest residential building in Voorschoten. In 2014, Dutch residents called for Vorontsova to be expelled from the country after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine. In 2015, Vorontsova and Faassen were reported to be living in Moscow. In 2022, it was reported that they are no longer married.


title: Maria Vorontsova

text: Vorontsova is married to Yevgeny Nagorny, who works at the Russian oil and gas company Novatek. They have a son, born April 2017.


title: Arijit Singh

text: Arijit Singh (born 25 April 1987) is an Indian singer and music composer. The recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards, he has recorded songs in several Indian languages and has established himself as one of the leading playback singers of Bollywood.


title: Arijit Singh

text: Singh began his career when he participated in the contemporary reality show, "Fame Gurukul" in 2005, but didn't receive widespread recognition before the release of "Tum Hi Ho" and "Chahun Main Ya Naa" in 2013. He was declared the most-streamed Indian artist of 2020 and 2021 by Spotify. He was the most followed Asian soloist on Spotify.


title: Arijit Singh

text: Arijit Singh was born on 25 April 1987 in Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal to Kakkar Singh, a Punjabi Sikh father and Aditi Singh, a Bengali Hindu mother. His paternal family came from Lahore during the Partition. He began his music training at a very young age at home. His maternal aunt trained in Indian classical music, and his maternal grandmother used to sing. His maternal uncle played the tabla, and his mother also sang and played the tabla. He studied at Raja Bijay Singh High School and later at the Sripat Singh College, a University of Kalyani affiliate. According to him he "was a decent student, but cared more about music" and his parents decided to train him professionally. He was taught Indian classical music by Rajendra Prasad Hazari and trained in tabla by Dhirendra Prasad Hazari. Birendra Prasad Hazari taught him Rabindra Sangeet (songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore) and pop music. At the age of three, he started training under the Hazari brothers, and at the age of nine, he got a scholarship from the government for training in vocals in Indian classical music.


title: Arijit Singh

text: Growing up, he listened to Mozart, Beethoven and Bengali classical music. He idolized musicians like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Zakir Hussain and Anand Chatterjee, and enjoyed listening to Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar, and Manna Dey.


title: Arijit Singh

text: Singh's musical career began when his guru Rajendra Prasad Hazari, who felt that "Indian classical music was a dying tradition", insisted him to leave his hometown and participate in the reality show "Fame Gurukul" (2005) at the age of 18. He was eliminated by audience polling, finishing in sixth place.


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text: During the show, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali recognized his talent and had him sing "Yun Shabnami" a song scheduled to be used in his upcoming film "Saawariya". During production, the script changed and the song was no longer required. It was never released. After the "Fame Gurukul", Kumar Taurani, the head of Tips, signed him for an album which was never released.


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text: He participated in another reality show "10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil" and won. He chose to move to Mumbai in 2006 to freelance, staying in a rented room in the Lokhandwala area of the city. He invested the prize money of ₹"10 Lakh" from "10 ke 10 Le Gaye Dil" to build his recording studio. He became a music producer and began composing music and singing pieces for advertisements, news channels and radio stations.


title: Arijit Singh

text: Singh spent a part of his early musical career as a music programmer and music producer for music directors such as Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Vishal–Shekhar, Mithoon, Monty Sharma and Pritam. While working with other composers he supervised the vocals, and the chorus sections, but it was while working with Pritam, that he began to produce and program music by himself.


title: Arijit Singh

text: In 2010, Singh started working with Pritam on three films—"Golmaal 3", "Crook" and "Action Replayy". He started with singing scratches in the Telugu Film Industry with the 2010 film Kedi with the song "Neeve Na Neeve Na" composed by Sandeep Chowta. In 2011, Singh made his Bollywood musical debut with the Mithoon composition, "Phir Mohabbat" from "Murder 2", which though he recorded it in 2009 was released in 2011. The same year, when he was programming for the song "Raabta" from "Agent Vinod" (2012), Pritam asked him to sing as well. The part was retained in all four versions of the song, and he was made to sing the entire composition in one of the versions. Apart from "Agent Vinod", Singh dubbed for Pritam in three, other films released during the year: "Players", "Cocktail" and, "Barfi!".


title: Arijit Singh

text: He also sang for Chirantan Bhatt in "" for the song "Uska Hi Banana". "Glamsham" in its review of the song "Uska Hi Banana" wrote that Singh had sung the song intensely, emotionally and passionately and at a very high pitch.


title: Arijit Singh

text: He sang on Vishal–Shekhar's composition "Duaa" in the film "Shanghai". It won him the Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Male Playback Singer award. He was nominated in the same category for "Phir Le Aya Dil" from "Barfi!".


title: Arijit Singh

text: Singh's breakthrough came in "Aashiqui 2" where he was a lead and key vocalist and came to prominence with the release of the song "Tum Hi Ho" from the movie. The song won him several awards and nominations including Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer. In the same year his 3 songs from Telugu movie Swamy ra ra were also gained popularity.


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text: Singh continued to work with Pritam, singing "Dilliwaali Girlfriend", "Kabira" and "Ilahi" for "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani". Other than singing the encore version of "Kabira", he was the music producer of the track along with "Balam Pichkari" from the same film. Singh sang the song for "Phata Poster Nikhla Hero" titled "Main Rang Sharbaton Ka", also a composition by Pritam, as well as his song "Dhoka Dhadi" for "R... Rajkumar".


title: Arijit Singh

text: He sang for Shah Rukh Khan in the song "Kashmir Main Tu Kanyakumari" from "Chennai Express" which was composed by Vishal–Shekhar. Apart from rendering the duet version of "Har Kisi Ko" from "Boss" along with Neeti Mohan, the year marked his collaboration with Sharib–Toshi on the song "Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse" from "Jackpot", and with Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the semi-classical number, "Laal Ishq" from "". Later, Singh picked "Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse" as one of his favorite songs, he chose "Tose Naina" from "Mickey Virus" as "closest to his heart".


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text: In 2014, Singh got the chance to work with two of his favourite music directors, Sajid–Wajid and A. R. Rahman. He performed two tracks on "Main Tera Hero" and the song "Raat Bhar" from "Heropanti" for Sajid-Wajid, and dubbed the Hindi version of the song "Medhuvaagathaan" from "Kochadaiiyaan" titled "Dil Chaspiya" for A. R. Rahman. He rendered three re-mixed songs Amit Trivedi's "Hungama Ho Gaya", a song for "Yaariyan", Sharib-Toshi's "Samjhawan" for "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania", and "Mast Magan" for "2 States", as well as "Jiya" for "Gunday", and Arko Pravo Mukherjee's "Aaj Phir" for "Hate Story 2". Singh worked with Vishal Bhardwaj, recording two songs from "Haider" and with Sachin–Jigar on "Jaise Mera Tu" in "Happy Ending". The year marked his collaboration with many other music directors including Tony Kakkar and Palak Muchhal. During the year, he provided vocals for Mithoon on "Humdard" for "Ek Villain" and "Hai Dil Ye Mera" for "Hate Story 2". He worked with Vishal–Shekhar on "Manwa Laage" for "Happy New Year", and with Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy on "Sajde" for "Kill Dil". He sang two songs on Sharib-Toshi's "Zid", and on three tracks for Pritam Chakraborty's "" which was arranged by Singh himself. Jeet Gannguli's song "Muskurane" garnered him the most nominations for the year, while he received two Filmfare nominations for "Suno Na Sangemarmar" and the Sufi song "Mast Magan". Singh picked "Gulon Mein Rang Bhare"—originally sung by Mehdi Hassan and re-written for "Haider" by Vishal Bhardwaj—as his favorite track of the year.


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text: Singh made his Tamil debut in 2015 with the song "Neeye Vaazhkai Enbena" from the film "Pugazh". He also provided vocals for the Dance song "Sooraj Dooba Hain" from "Roy", which was composed by Amaal Mallik, and written by Kumaar. It was dubbed the "Party Anthem of the Year". During the year he sang a duet "Agar Tum Saath Ho" with Alka Yagnik, from the movie "Tamasha" which is composed by A. R. Rahman and written by Irshad Kamil. He worked again with Amaal Mallik on the song "Khwaishein" from "Calendar Girls". Apart from dubbing the Hindi version of the song "Pookkalae Sattru Oyivedungal" from Rahman's "I", along with Shreya Ghoshal, Singh teamed up with Gannguli and Bobby–Imran for "Khamoshiyan", where he performed the film's title song. He sang "Baatein Ye Kabhi Na" for Gannguli and "Tu Har Lamha" for Bobby-Imran. He collaborated with Gannguli on two other projects; "Teri Khushboo" for "Mr. X" and the title track for "Hamari Adhuri Kahani". Besides working with Chirantan Bhatt on "Teri Meri Kahaani" and Sachin–Jigar on "Chunar", he worked with some new composers like Bann Chakraborty, Khamosh Shah, Jatinder Shah, and Manj Musik. Moreover, Singh recorded a reprise version of Sonu Nigam's 1999 song "Deewana Tera" for "Ek Paheli Leela". The year marked the first collaboration between Singh and Himesh Reshammiya, on the song "Baaton Ko Teri" from "All Is Well". He voiced Bhardwaj in "Shaam Ke Saaye" and "Kya Pataa" for "Talvar" and "Drishyam" respectively, and he performed "Phantom"s "Saware" and "Sooiyan" from "Guddu Rangeela". As well as recording soundtracks, Singh released his second promotional single during the year. Titled, "Chal Waha Jaate Hain", the song is composed by Mallik and features Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon. Singh also made his Marathi debut with the song "Yaar Illahi – Qawwali" from the film "Katyar Kaljat Ghusali".


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text: In 2015, Chinmayi Sripada recorded a romantic duet titled "Sooiyan", written by Irshad Kamil and Amit Trivedi, with Singh for the Bollywood film "Guddu Rangeela". Arijit was the lead vocalist on the soundtrack of the 2015 film "Dilwale" singing "Janam Janam". He sang the duet song "Gerua" composed by Pritam and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya with Antara Mitra featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the music video, which received a good response. He sang the dance song "Tukur Tukur" on the movie "Dilwale" also composed by Pritam and written by Bhattacharya which was also well received.


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text: Arijit completed shooting for his directorial debut in 2015. Titled "Bhalobasar Rojnamcha", it is a Bengali feature film compiled with seven short films. Co-written by Singh, a work-in-progress version of the film has been sent to some film festivals abroad.


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text: In early 2016, Singh sang "Yeh Fitoor Mera" written by Swanand Kirkire composed by Amit Trivedi. "Firstpost" in its review spoke positively of the song calling it a trademark song from the "Fitoor" album. Firstpost also commended Singh's singing. Singh made his Gujarati debut with the song "Satrangi Re" from the film "Wrong Side Raju".


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text: Some of his noteworthy Hindi songs of 2016 included "Soch Na Sake" which is a duet with Tulsi Kumar from the movie "Airlift", composed by Amaal Mallik written by Kumaar, "Sanam Re" the title track of the movie "Sanam Re," composed and written by Mithoon, "Bolna" from the movie "Kapoor and Sons", and "Itni Si Baat Hain", a duet with Antara Mitra, composed by Pritam Chakraborty and written by Manoj Yadav.


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text: Singh was the key vocalist on the "Raaz Reboot" soundtrack and sang "Lo Maan Liya" composed by Jeet Ganguly written by Kausar Munir from it. He also sang the haunting melody "Raaz Aakhein Teri" and "Yaad Hain Na" from the same film.


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text: He sang the duet "Dharkhaast" from the film, "Shivaay" with Sunidhi Chauhan, the music is composed by Mithoon the lyrics are penned by Sayeed Quadri. "Daily News and Analysis" in their review of song "Dharkhaast" commended Singh and Sunidhi's singing.


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text: As the key vocalist on the film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil " Singh sang the popular the title track "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" composed by Pritam Chakraborty and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. He also sang "Channa Mereya", which garnered over 110 million views. He rendered another chartbuster hit "Nashe Si Chadh Gayi" from "Befikre". The promotional video for the song garnered over 330 million views on YouTube.


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text: He also sang "Naina" from "Dangal" at the end of 2016. In its review, Zee News wrote Arijit Singh's "Naina song from Dangal will touch your heart",


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text: In 2017, he sang for Shah Rukh Khan and performed a romantic duet with Harshdeep Kaur called "Zaalima", composed by Pritam's JAM8 and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya from the movie "Raees". Khan shared multiple teasers of the song before its full release. He provided vocals for Salim–Sulaiman's compositions "Kuch Parbat Hilayein" and "Babul Mora" written by Amitabh Bhattacharya from the inspirational movie "Poorna". He rendered "Alvida" from the film "Rangoon", which the "Deccan Chronicle" praised in its review of the movie.


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text: He also sang the song "Roke Na Ruke Naina", composed by Amaal Mallik written by Kumaar from the film "Badrinath Ki Dulhania", and the chorus song "Namami Brahmaputra" (English: I Bow to the Brahmaputra) composed by Papon and dedicated to the river Brahmaputra which flows in Assam and has high cultural, economic and social importance for the northeast Indian and Assamese people. He "Haareya", a song from the Hindi movie "Meri Pyaari Bindu". and the song "Murshida" from the "Begum Jaan" written by Rahat Indori and composed by Anu Malik.


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text: Singh sang "Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga", composed by Mithoon, with lyrics by Manoj Muntashir from the soundtrack of "Half Girlfriend". Zee Music Company released it before their planned date due to public demand. He also sang "Pal Bhar" which is a reprise and extended version of song from "Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga". "Pal Bhar" is written by Muntashir and composed by Mithoon.


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text: He was the lead vocalist on the film "Raabta" singing "Ik Vaari Aa", composed by Pritam, lyrics are penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The song is from the soundtrack of Indian film "Raabta". Singh lent his vocals and played acoustic guitar with Roland Fernandes for the song "Lambiyaan si Judaiyaan" composed by JAM8 and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, also on the film's soundtrack. He sang "Tera Hoke Rahoon" song composed by (Kaushik, Akash, Guddu) of JAM8, with lyrics by Bipin Das in the movie "Behen Hogi Teri."


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text: He sang "O Saathi", with the music composed and lyrics written by Mithoon from the Hindi film Shab, and the dance song, "Main Tera Boyfriend", with Neha Kakkar. It is written by Kumar and composed by Sourav Roy.


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text: Singh was the lead singer of the "Jagga Jasoos Soundtrack" singing the dance song "Ullu ka Pattha" composed by Pritam and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, a fun song titled "Galti Se Mistake", written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, and Pritam's composition "Jhumri Talaiyya" written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. He also sang "Phir Wahi" from "Jagga Jasoos" composed by Pritam and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.


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text: He sang for Shah Rukh Khan and performed the dance song "Beech Beech Main" from the film "Jab Harry Met Sejal" with additional vocals provided by Shefali Alvares and Shalmali Kholgade, as well as "Hawayein", composed by Pritam Chakraborty and written by Irshad Kamil. Indian media wrote that Singh's vocals in the song were "mesmerizing".


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text: Singh sang "Bairagi" for the film "Bareilly Ki Barfi". He also sang "Jaana Ve" and "Aaj Zid" for "Aksar 2". The music was composed by Mithoon and written by Sayeed Quadri. He also sang "Main Hoon Saath Tere" from "Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana", and sang and also made an appearance in the music video of the song "Pal", featured in the film "Monsoon Shootout". Singh's voice texture in the song garnered favorable reviews from the Indian media.


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text: In 2018, Singh sang "Aaj Se Teri" for the film "Pad Man", composed by Amit Trivedi and written by Kausar Munir. He sang "Binte Dil" for the film "Padmaavat" written by A. M. Turaz and composed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He also sang another chartbuster titled "Subah Subah" for the film "Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety" with Prakriti Kakar, composed by Amaal Mallik and written by Kumaar as well as "Tera Yaar Hoon Main". He also sang for the films "Dil Juunglee", "3 Storeys", "Hichki", "Raazi", "", "Veere Di Wedding", "102 Not Out", "Baazaar", "Kedarnath" and "Karwaan".


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text: In 2019 Singh sang "Ruan Ruan" from film "Sonchiriya" composed by Vishal Bhardwaj and penned by Varun Grover, followed by "Mere Pyare Prime Minister" from "Mere Pyare Prime Minister" on composition of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and lyrics of Gulzar.


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text: In March his song "Ve Maahi" with Asees Kaur from film "Kesari" composed by Tanishk Bagchi was released. The song garnered 200 million views on YouTube by July 2019.


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text: Then came "First Class" with Neeti Mohan and title song "Kalank" from film "Kalank" composed by Pritam Chakraborty and penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya.


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text: He rendered "Khairiyat" from the film "Chhichhore" composed by Pritam and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. It was released in September 2019.


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text: In October his song "Ghungroo" with Shilpa Rao was released from the movie, "War". Lyrics are written by Kumaar and music is given by Vishal–Shekhar


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text: In Late December 2019, he sang "Dariyaganj" with Dhvani Bhanushali in the film "Jai Mummy Di", composed by Amartya Bobo Rahut; written by Siddhant Kaushal.


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text: In January 2020, 10 of his songs were released. Three songs released from the film "Love Aaj Kal" : "Shayad", "Haan Tum Ho" and "Haan Main Galat", which are composed by Pritam; Title Track of "Chhapaak" along with "Khulne Do" and "Sab Jhulas Gaya" composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy written by Gulzar; "Dua Karo" from the film "Street Dancer 3D" is sang along with Bohemia; "Chal Ghar Chalen" is a song from the movie "Malang" composed by Mithoon; He has sung the songs "Azaadi Ke Liye" and "Mere Watan" from the Amazon Originals "The Forgotten Army".


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text: On 18 July 2020, Singh announced his upcoming venture in making non-film music under the banner "Oriyon Music".


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text: In August 2020, Singh's song "Dil Ko Maine Di Kasam" was released, composed by Amaal Malik featuring actors Asim Riaz and Himanshi Khurana.


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text: Singh released his first single "Rihaa" under his banner Oriyon Music on 4 October 2020; along with the Bengali version "Mukto Kore Dao" on 10 October 2020; with the Hindi lyrics written by Shloke Lal and the Bengali lyrics written by Singh himself.


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text: Singh also sang the songs "Aabaad Barbaad" and "Hardum Humdum" from "Ludo". The film is directed by Anurag Basu and composed by Pritam.


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text: On 12 March 2020, Singh revealed that he will be composing music for the film "Pagglait" under his banner Oriyon Music"," making it his first time venture as a music composer in Bollywood"." The soundtrack album was released on 15 March 2021 on various music streaming services. He also sang for other films like "83, Tadap, Sooryavanshi, ," etc.


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text: In January, Singh sang 2 songs "Soch Liya" and "Aashiqui Aa Gayi" from the movie "Radhe Shyam." Arijit Singh and Shreya Ghoshal have sung for the movie "Bachchan Pandey" composed by Amaal Malik and lyrics written by Kumaar. Singh also sang "Kesariya" from the movie .


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text: Arijit is often compared to singer Atif Aslam for similar voice texture and tone. Regarding this, Aslam said "If God's kind to someone you should also respect them. Arijit has been blessed and people should respect him. I am no one to control anyone. We need to understand there's no such thing as number one." Music director Amaal Malik said: "...can’t compare anyone to Atif Aslam, he is a senior and has been around for years". "Arijit is Arijit, Atif is Atif, they have their own styles and strengths"


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text: In an interview with "The Times of India", Singh mentioned that he has a "natural voice" and said he did nothing special to maintain it. He has described his voice as "nasal" and believes that it matches with all the actors. Shekhar Ravjiani of the music director duo Vishal–Shekhar wrote that Singh's "vocal texture is brilliant. The way he emotes and the soul he puts into each song is exemplary." "India Today" describes his voice as "raw and grainy", whereas the paper's Moeena Halim identifies his voice as soulful and baritone, while the "International Business Times" considers his voice "soothing". Koimoi, in a review, commended his voice. Bollywood Hungama, in a review of "Aashiqui 2", described Singh as a singer with a "rich texture and depth in his voice". However, they suggested he should "sing smoothly", without heavy breaths in between.


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text: Singh has said that he would most like to explore the classical music style. He has also said that he loves singing folk music and likes all genres except for heavy metal music—since it is too loud for him. Singh is most commonly known for his romantic songs and was associated with the tag "romantic singer". Regarding that, Singh said the tag of romantic singer is unintentional, as he has not planned his career. He is happy with the songs that come his way and tries to do his best. Singh does not believe that doing just one type of song is "hampering" his growth. However, through his career, he has explored different musical styles, including; a club party song "Raat Bhar", an electronic "Blame The Night", a Punjabi Folk "Samjhawan", a Sufi or Qawwali song "Mast Magan" and a ghazal titled "Gulon Mein Rang Bhare". Regarding the variety, "Hindustan Times" stated; "he can sing nice fun songs as well". According to Krsna "A vocalist needs to have all genres of music at his fingertips and Arijit has that." While reviewing the soundtrack of "Main Tera Hero", Bollywood Hungama felt he "shines" in the form, which is a "totally different setup" from what he has done before.


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text: Reviewing the song "Uska Hi Banana", Komoi described Singh's voice as "marvelous" and "Glamsham" wrote he sang it intensely, emotionally and passionately. Reviewing the emotional song "Chunar" dedicated to a mother from the movie "Any Body Can Dance 2" Komoi wrote Singh's voice "truly converse the pain and the Indian musical arrangements work their magic along with the emotionally rich lyrics. The song finds an instant connect with the listener."


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text: Singh's "mispronunciation" of the phonetic 'ta' syllable was criticized by "India West" while reviewing the song "Chunar". Similarly, Bollywood Hungama considered his pronunciation "flawed" in the title track of "Khamoshiyan". However the producer of the film "Khamoshiyan", Mahesh Bhatt said, "It is a sensational song. One of the best songs that I have heard in my lifetime and its poetry is simply brilliant."


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text: While reviewing the rest of his tracks in the film, "The Indian Express", felt that Singh's rendition of the song sounds as "he's on autopilot", though Rajiv Vijayakar from Bollywood Hungama felt his rendition was "emotional".


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text: Reviewing the song "Soch Na Sake" with music composed by Amaal Mallik from the movie "Airlift" Bollywood Hungama acclaimed Singh's rendition of the song.


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text: Singh insists on the presence of lyricists during recording sessions for a better understanding of the relevance of the words and feelings behind a song. He has said his favorite lyricists are Irshad Kamil, Sayeed Quadri, and Amitabh Bhattacharya. While talking with Subhash Ghai at a question and answers session at Whistling Woods International Campus on arts and technique of singing at the 5th Veda Cultural Hub, Arijit said "Singing is like talking. It is an art of expression. There are other factors too but they all follow on once you understand your lyrics and rhythm well. There are no rules. You just have to practice well." Sharing his childhood memories he said, "I mostly practiced modern Bengali and Indian classical music. My guru Rajendra Prasad Hazari inspired me to practice more of modern singing as according to him Indian classical was dying."


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text: Arijit has shared his fondness for singer Kishore Kumar, while citing Mohit Chauhan and Atif Aslam as inspirations with whom he is often compared. Though he has been inspired by many artists, Singh named KK as his favorite singer along with Ayushmann Khurrana. He named Pritam Chakraborty, Vishal–Shekhar, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Amit Trivedi, Mithoon and A. R. Rahman as his favorite music directors. Singh has idolized Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh and Mehdi Hassan.


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text: In an interview with "Filmbeat" in April 2013, he declared that he is the biggest fan of singer Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK). His desire to sing for Aamir Khan came to reality in 2016 with the song "Naina" from "Dangal". In an interview with "The Indian Express", Singh stated that he loves the work of Shalmali Kholgade, Shefali Alvares, and Irfan. He also mentioned that his "current favorite" singer is Chinmayi.


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text: In 2016 he appeared on the popular chat and comedy show "The Kapil Sharma Show" aired on Sony TV India. The show's host Kapil Sharma explained the difficulties he had bringing Singh on the show due to his shy nature.


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text: Singh has often been portrayed by the Indian media as a "small-town boy who made it big". He had also been trolled on social media to which he replied "I use my social media sparingly for things that are close to my heart. I don't read the comments. My team filters out the comments for me, I don't involve myself a lot into paying attention to criticism on social media. I speak what I want to speak and my team lets me know the needful."


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text: Arijit enjoys listening to retro songs by singers Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and the classical and ghazal songs along with the music of Coldplay. He expressed his desire to work with artist Norah Jones someday as he loves her music. He says he is uncomfortable with all the attention that fame has brought.


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text: In an interview music director and composer, Pritam said: "Arijit is a good singer, a smart musician, and an intelligent musician as well." Vishal Dadlani of the music director duo Vishal–Shekhar said Singh is a phenomenal singer. In another interview, he said "Arijit has the ability and the openness needed to make every recording a genuine collaboration. He's also a really nice guy, with no ego. That helps" Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali in an Interview with "The Hindu" said, "Arijit Singh is very special".


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text: Shreya Ghoshal remarked that he "is versatile and has a soulful voice". Shankar Mahadevan said "I knew him before he became Arijit Singh. He is an educated musician, he understands his Sargam, and he has got depth. Suresh Wadkar praised him as one of the "great singers of this generation".


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text: Singh currently resides in Andheri, Mumbai. Singh says apart from being a singer, he is a badminton player, a writer, a movie freak and a documentary maker. He also likes cricket and cites Sachin Tendulkar, Lance Klusener, Sourav Ganguly, and Jonty Rhodes as his favorite sportsmen. He is an ardent football fan, and a Manchester United fan. He has also expressed a wish to sing the anthem for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In badminton, he likes Saina Nehwal


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text: Singh's mother, Aditi Singh, was admitted and underwent treatment for COVID-19 and recently tested negative but died due to a cerebral stroke on 20 May 2021.


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text: Singh said in an interview that he would love to serve people through his NGO named "Let There Be Light" which works for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) community. His NGO aims to include activities like blood bank camp (with proof and records and photographs of all the blood being delivered properly), distribution of clothes, books, stationery, etc. to Below Poverty Line children on a huge scale and seasonal human ground activities.


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text: Some of his popular songs include "Channa Mereya", "Tum Hi Ho", "Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga", "Uska Hi Banana", "Aayat", "Raabta", "Ik Vaari Aa", "Main Tara Boyfriend", Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", "Gerua", "Janam Janam", "Khamoshiyan", "Hamari Adhuri Kahani", "Samjhawan", "Sooraj Dooba Hain", "Khairiyat ", "Zaalima", "Laal Ishq" , "Muskurane" , "Pachtaoge" , "Rait Zara Si" , "Shayad" , "Tumse Bhi Zyada", "Aashiqui Aa Gayi" , "Dhokha", "Phir Na Aisi Raat Aayegi" and "Kesariya".


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text: At the start of his singing career, he received nominations for the Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year award at the 2013 Mirchi Music Awards for renditions of "Phir Le Aya Dil" and "Duaa", winning the award for the latter. Singh was awarded the Wizcraft Honour for the Best Live Performer, and was one of the top 10 artists from across the world to be featured at The SSE Arena, Wembley in the SSE Live Awards 2016.


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text: Singh has received four Mirchi Music Awards, six Filmfare Awards, a Stardust Award, three IIFA Award, two Zee Cine Awards and two Screen Awards. He received Filmfare awards for five consecutive years from 2016 to 2020. He received nine awards from ten nominations for the song "Tum Hi Ho" from 2013 film "Aashiqui 2". He also won the (IIFA) award in the category of "The Best Male Singer" for the song "Tum Hi Ho" in 2014.


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text: In September 2014, The National Indian Students Union UK honored Singh with the Youth Icon – Music Award. He was named the most popular artist of 2014 by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment after winning an online poll conducted by music streaming website hungama.com. "Forbes India" magazine's 100 Celebrity List placed him at rank 15 in 2016.


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text: At the seventh Mirchi Music Awards in 2015, he was honored with the award for Best Male Vocalist for his rendition of the song "Samjhawan". He was nominated for the 60th Filmfare Awards, held in 2015 under Best Male Playback Singer category for two songs "Mast Magan" and "Suno Na Sangemarmar". He was voted online as the Best Male Singer by the readers of the "IBN Live" for the song "Muskurane". He won Best Male Playback Singer award at the 61st Filmfare Awards, held in 2016 for the rendition of the song "Sooraj Dooba Hain".


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text: The GiMA, honoured him with awards for his rendition of the song "Soch Na Sake", He was subsequently honored for his rendition of the most popular film and radio song "Gerua", and the most streamed song "Sanam Re". The Times of India Film Awards 2016, nominated him for his rendition of three songs "Aayat", "Chunar" and "Hamari Adhuri Kahani".


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text: In late 2016, Arijit received his first Stardust Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) for the song "Channa Mereya". In 2017, he was nominated at Mirchi Music Awards under Male Vocalist of The Year category for four songs "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", "Channa Mereya", "Bolna" and "Nashe Si Chadh Gayi". He won the award for the song "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil". He received a couple of nominations under Male Playback Singer category for "Channa Mereya" and "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" from "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" film in various award ceremonies in late 2016 and 2017.


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text: He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Tum Hi Ho" in 2014. He also won the (IIFA) award in the category of Best Male Singer for the song "Tum Hi Ho" in 2014. At the 7th Mirchi Music Awards 2015, he was awarded the Best Male Vocalist for his rendition of the song "Samjhawan".


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text: Arijit had won IBN Live Movie Award for the song "Muskurane" in the Best Playback Singer category. He won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Sooraj Dooba Hain" in 2016.


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text: The GiMA awarded him for his rendition of the song "Soch Na Sake", he was awarded for the song "Gerua", and the most-streamed song "Sanam Re".


title: Arijit Singh

text: In 2017, at the 62nd Filmfare Awards, he won Best Male Playback Singer Award for the title song "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", and also won the Male Vocalist of The Year award at 2017 Mirchi Music Awards, for his rendition of the song. He was awarded the Best Male Playback Singer award for the song at the Zee Cine Awards in 2017.


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text: At the 23rd Star Screen Awards, Singh was awarded the title of Best Male Playback Singer for his rendition of the song "Zaalima" and songs of "Jagga Jasoos".


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text: At the 63rd Filmfare Awards of 2018, he was awarded the Best Male Playback Singer for "Roke Na Ruke Naina" from "Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya" and was nominated for "Zaalima" from "Raees". With this win, he won the Filmfare award for four consecutive years.


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text: At the 66th National Film Awards of 2019, he was awarded with the Best Male Playback Singer for "Binte Dil" from "Padmaavat".


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text: Singh was awarded the Best Male Playback Singer for his rendition of the song "Ae Watan" from the film Raazi at the International Indian Film Academy awards. Arijit Singh is awarded Filmfare award for best male playback singer for the song "Kalank" from the movie "Kalank", with this he won the award for a record five consecutive times and six times overall.


title: Pentatonix

text: Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) is an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, currently consisting of vocalists Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee. Characterized by their pop-style arrangements with vocal harmonies, basslines, riffing, percussion, and beatboxing, they produce cover versions of modern pop works or Christmas songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. Pentatonix formed in 2011 and subsequently won the third season of NBC's "The Sing-Off," receiving $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. When Sony's Epic Records dropped the group after "The Sing-Off", the group formed its YouTube channel, distributing its music through Madison Gate Records, a label owned by Sony Pictures. Their YouTube channel currently has 19.8 million subscribers and 5.7 billion views. The group's video tribute to Daft Punk had received more than 364 million views as of November 17, 2022.


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text: Their debut EP "PTX, Volume 1" was released in 2012, followed by their holiday release "PTXmas" the same year, with Pentatonix's third release, "PTX, Vol. II", debuting at number 1 on "Billboard"s Independent Albums chart and number 10 on the "Billboard" 200 in 2013. In May 2014, Pentatonix signed with RCA Records, a "flagship" label of Sony Music Entertainment, while in the same year, the group released their fourth EP, "PTX, Vol. III", and two full-length studio albums; "PTX, Vols. 1 & 2", a compilation album released in Japan, Korea and Australia, and their second holiday release, "That's Christmas to Me", with the album certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), platinum on December 24, 2014, and double platinum on February 11, 2016, becoming the highest-charting holiday album by a group since 1962, and the fourth-best-selling album in the United States in 2014. The following year, Pentatonix released their eponymous album, their first consisting mostly of original material, which debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart for the first time in their career, followed by a third Christmas album, "A Pentatonix Christmas", in 2016, and a new EP, "PTX, Vol. IV – Classics", the year after.


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text: In September 2017, Avi Kaplan, the group’s original bass, left the group and was replaced by Matt Sallee, who was featured on their next album "". Sallee graduated from Berklee College of Music, where he had been a member of the a cappella group Pitch Slapped.


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text: Pentatonix have won three Grammy Awards: they were the first a cappella act to win Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella, doing so in 2015 and 2016, and Best Country Duo/Group Performance in 2017.


title: Pentatonix

text: Pentatonix began with Kirstin Maldonado (born May 16, 1992), Mitch Grassi (born July 24, 1992), and Scott Hoying (born September 17, 1991) who grew up together and were schoolmates at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas. For a local radio show competition to meet the cast of "Glee", they arranged and submitted a trio version of "Telephone," the hit song by Lady Gaga and featuring Beyoncé. Despite losing the competition, their singing sparked attention at their school, and they began performing. Their version of "Telephone" subsequently gained attention on YouTube.


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text: Hoying and Maldonado both graduated from Martin High School in 2010, Grassi in 2011. Hoying went off to the University of Southern California (USC) to pursue a degree in popular music performance, while Maldonado pursued a degree in musical theatre at the University of Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott Hoying joined group called SoCal VoCals. He found out about "The Sing-Off" from another member of the group, Ben Bram (also their arranger, producer, and sound engineer), and was encouraged to audition for the show. He persuaded Maldonado and Grassi to join him, but Bram suggested having a bass and beatboxer as well to support the group. Through a mutual friend, Hoying met Avi Kaplan (born April 17, 1989), a highly recognized vocal bass in the a cappella community. Then, the trio found Kevin Olusola (born October 5, 1988) on YouTube, where one of his videos in which he was simultaneously beatboxing and playing the cello (called "celloboxing") had gone viral. Olusola was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, and graduated pre-med from Yale University.


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text: The group met the day before the auditions for the third season of "The Sing-Off" began. The group successfully auditioned for the show and eventually went on to win the title for 2011 (season three).


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text: Pentatonix, as suggested by Scott Hoying, is named after the pentatonic scale, a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave, representing the five members of the group. They replaced the last letter with an "x" to make it more appealing. The quintet derives its influences from pop, dubstep, electro, reggae, hip hop, and classical music.


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text: Pentatonix performed the following songs on "The Sing Off". The group did not perform in Episode 1 or 3.


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text: Scott Hoying and Kirstie Maldonado dropped out of college in hopes of winning "The Sing-Off", while Mitch Grassi skipped his high school graduation to audition for the show. After they won, all of the members relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career as recording artists. The main goal of the group was to become the first mainstream a cappella group in recent times.


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text: In January 2012, having signed with Sony Pictures-owned label Madison Gate Records, the group began working on their first album with producer Ben Bram. During that six-month period of picking covers and writing originals, Pentatonix released covers of both popular and classic songs on YouTube. In interviews, the members mention that it was a way to stay relevant to their audience that enjoyed their work on "The Sing-Off", in addition to gaining new fans. Almost all of their covers, including "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra, "Gangnam Style" by PSY and "We Are Young" by Fun, went viral on YouTube.


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text: Their first EP, "PTX, Volume 1", was released on June 26, 2012, charting at number 14 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart and number 5 on the digital chart. It sold 20,000 copies in its first week of release. The group promoted the album through press appearances on "Access Hollywood", VH1 "The Buzz", Marie, and local television shows. Pentatonix were also featured on the Chinese version of "The Sing-Off" as guests where Kevin showcased his fluency in Mandarin. Pentatonix also embarked on their first national headlining tour in the fall of 2012. The tour was sold-out and spanned 30 cities. Opening acts consisted of Alexander Cardinale and SJ Acoustic Music.


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text: The group released their Christmas EP, "PTXmas", on November 13, 2012. The group released their video of an original arrangement of "Carol of the Bells" the following day. The group performed on "Coca-Cola Red Carpet LIVE! @ The 2012 American Music Awards" Pre-Show on November 18, the Hollywood Christmas Parade, and the "94.7 THE WAVE Christmas Concert Starring Dave Koz and Kenny Loggins" on December 16. The group was also featured guests on Katie Couric (ABC), "Home and Family" (Hallmark), "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", and Big D NYE. Ryan Seacrest's website named Pentatonix the 2012 "Featured Artist of the Year" for their expansive growth online in just one year. The Christmas album was re-released on November 19, 2013 as a deluxe edition containing two additional tracks. One of these, "Little Drummer Boy" charted in several "Billboard" categories including peaking at number two on the "Streaming Songs" chart and number one on the Holiday 100 chart, receiving a number of "Billboard" awards. "PTXmas" reappeared on the "Billboard" charts again in November 2014, placing No. 24 on the "Billboard" 200 and No. 4 on the Holiday charts, giving Pentatonix three albums on the "Billboard" 200 at the same time. On "Billboard"s 2014 Year-End charts, PTXmas was No. 8 on the "Catalogue Albums" chart and No. 119 on the Top "Billboard 200" Albums chart, with Pentatonix ranked as No. 46 on the Top "Billboard 200" Artists chart. As of December 24, 2014, PTXmas has sold 356,000 copies.


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text: The band went on their second national headlining tour from January 24, 2013 to May 11, 2013, and simultaneously wrote additional original material for their second EP, "PTX, Vol. II". The group released the first single, a cover of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Can't Hold Us" on August 20, 2013 which to date has over 90 million views. The group also promoted "PTX, Vol. II" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in November 2013, after the success of "The Evolution of Beyoncé" mashup on YouTube. That week, the band was featured on "Around the World with Diane Sawyer" and were named "Persons of the Week".


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text: In March 2013, Pentatonix and violinist Lindsey Stirling released their cover of the Imagine Dragons song "Radioactive", and won for Response of the Year at the YouTube Music Awards. In July of the same year, along with American Idol contestant and fellow Arlington Texan Todrick Hall, they released "The Wizard of Ahhhs", which mashes up several songs to create one song. The music video follows the story of the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" with the artists dressed as its numerous lead roles.


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text: "PTX Vol. II" was released on November 5, 2013 in conjunction with their second album single on YouTube: a medley of Daft Punk songs. The video went viral, garnering more than ten million views in the first week, and as of December 2018, had over 290 million views. The medley was later nominated for and won Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Cappella of the 57th Grammy Awards. "PTX, Vol. II" debuted at number ten on the "Billboard" 200 and number one on the Independent charts, selling 31,000 copies in the first week. Pentatonix subsequently re-released a deluxe version of PTXmas on November 18, 2013 with two new tracks, "Little Drummer Boy" and "Go Tell It On The Mountain". Their YouTube video of "Little Drummer Boy", released near the end of November, garnered more than ten million views in the first week and reached number ten on the iTunes top songs charts worldwide. The song both debuted and peaked at number 13 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart for the week ending December 21, 2013. The video has over 200 million views as of December 2018.


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text: In May 2014, Pentatonix signed with RCA Records, a "flagship" label of Sony Music Entertainment. On July 30, through the new label, the group released their first official album "PTX, Vols. 1 & 2" in Japan, containing all of the songs from their two namesake EPs and four additional tracks, previously released as singles. It was released in Australia on August 15 and in the Philippines on September 26.


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text: On August 7, 2014, Pentatonix announced that their third EP "PTX, Vol. III" would be released on September 23, 2014. The EP went up for pre-order on iTunes on August 11, 2014 and included a download of two tracks from the EP, "Problem" and "La La Latch". "PTX Vol. III" debuted at number 5 on the "Billboard" 200.


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text: The group also revealed on August a second full-length Christmas album, "That's Christmas to Me", titled after the title track of the album, an original song that was penned by Pentatonix themselves. The album was released on October 21, 2014 and peaked at number 2 on the "Billboard" 200, and number 4 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. A single from the album, the group's cover of "Mary, Did You Know?", both debuted and peaked on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart at number 26, at number 7 on "Billboard"s Adult Contemporary chart, and at number 44 on the "Billboard" Canadian Hot 100 chart. Another single ""That's Christmas To Me"", the title track from the album, also peaked at number 8 on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary chart.


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text: Pentatonix is also the first act to top both the Holiday Albums and Holiday Songs charts simultaneously since the Holiday 100 launched as a multi-metric tabulation in December 2011. The album is also the highest charting Holiday album by a group since 1962.


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text: During the holiday season, 7 songs from "That's Christmas to Me" charted on "Billboard"s Holiday Digital Songs chart. On December 10, 2014 "That's Christmas to Me" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. On December 24, 2014 the album was certified Platinum. By year's end (December 31, 2014), "Billboard" reported the album had reached a total of 1.14 million copies sold—becoming the 4th best selling album of 2014 by any artist of any genre (being surpassed only by Taylor Swift's "1989", the "Frozen Soundtrack", and Sam Smith's "In the Lonely Hour") and was the Top Selling Holiday Album for 2014. On February 11, 2016 the album was certified Double Platinum.


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text: In late December, Scott Hoying stated that for 2015, "Pentatonix is transitioning towards original music." A release of a full-length album consisting of only original material was planned. Hoying also stated, "We're at the point in our careers now [where] we must go to original music, and we want to go to original music; we have so much to say, and I think it's gonna be quite a journey."


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text: On August 28, 2015, Pentatonix announced on social media that a self-titled album, the group's third full-length album and first album made of mostly original music, would be released on October 16, 2015.


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text: On September 4, 2015, Pentatonix released "Can't Sleep Love" the first single from their upcoming album. On September 18, 2015, a second version featuring Tink was released online. On October 9, 2015, Pentatonix released their second single, a cover of Jack Ü and Justin Bieber's "Where Are Ü Now". The album ended up being released one day early as a surprise gift to their fans. On that same day, Pentatonix released their third single, "Sing".


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text: The album debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200. In the US, the album started with 98,000 units (88,000 in pure album sales). On February 8, 2016, the album was certified Gold.


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text: On April 14, 2016 the music video was released for Pentatonix's cover with Jason Derulo of Shai's "If I Ever Fall In Love". In August 2016, the music video of Pentatonix's "Perfume Medley," a medley of songs by the Japanese girl group Perfume, was also released. The medley consisted of the songs "Spending All My Time", "Pick Me Up", "Chocolate Disco", and "Polyrhythm".


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text: Their second full-length Christmas album, titled "A Pentatonix Christmas", was released on October 21, 2016. It features 11 songs, including the two originals "The Christmas Sing-Along" and "Good to Be Bad". It debuted on the "Billboard" 200 at number three with 52,000 albums sold in its first week, and later peaked at number one. The album also debuted atop the "Billboard" Holiday Albums chart, their second number one on that chart after "That's Christmas to Me".


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text: Their fifth EP, "PTX, Vol. IV – Classics", was released on April 7, 2017. It marked a departure from the group's typical sound, focusing on covers of standards of rock, blues, country, and older pop music.


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text: In May 2017, the band announced in a YouTube video that Avi Kaplan would leave the group following their upcoming tour. The split was amicable and centered on his inability to keep up with the touring demands of the group, and deal with the distance from his family.


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text: On July 31, the group released the single "Dancing on My Own", a cover of the song by Robyn, their first release without Kaplan (although he was still a member at the time, as the tour was ongoing). Olusola performed cello on the song in lieu of a bass vocalist.


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text: Kaplan performed his last concert with Pentatonix on September 3, 2017, in Essex Junction, Vermont. On October 13, Hoying introduced Matt Sallee as the group's new bass. The band's first official releases with Sallee were the songs from the deluxe edition of "A Pentatonix Christmas", which was released on November 27, 2017. Sallee is also featured on their cover of the Camila Cabello song "Havana", which was released as a single from their Top Pop Vol. 1 album on February 23, 2018.


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text: On February 27, 2018, the group announced via their social media the upcoming release a new album titled "" on April 13, 2018, to be followed by a tour in the summer. It marked their first album with Sallee and without Kaplan. It was preceded by three singles: their cover of "Havana", a medley of Dua Lipa's "New Rules" and Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" titled "New Rules x Are You That Somebody?", which they released along with a music video on March 9, and a cover of Charlie Puth's "Attention", which they released along with a music video on March 23.


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text: On September 20, 2018, the group announced their third full-length holiday album titled "Christmas Is Here!" to be released on October 26 of the same year and "The Christmas Is Here! Tour" to accompany the album. They also announced the first single from the album, a cover of "Making Christmas" from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" which was released on September 28. The album was released on October 26, 2018.


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text: On October 25, 2019, Pentatonix released their newest Christmas album, a greatest hits compilation album called "The Best of Pentatonix Christmas". It includes mostly older songs, plus some new ones, such as a cover of "Do You Hear What I Hear" with posthumous vocals from Whitney Houston and "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," the latter featuring Sallee on lead.


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text: On June 26, 2020, the group released another EP, "At Home", containing five new covers, plus a 13-song medley, a total of 6 tracks. The EP contains Pentatonix covering Billie Eilish's "When the Party's Over", Dua Lipa's "Break My Heart", the Cranberries' "Dreams", The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights", and Clean Bandit's "Cologne". Each member recorded their arrangement separately in their homes due to them having to quarantine because of COVID-19.


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text: On November 13, 2020, the group released their fourth Christmas-themed studio album, "We Need a Little Christmas." The album includes hits such as their covers of "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)," which was released as a single on November 25, 2020, and "12 Days of Christmas." It also includes an original song, "Thank You."


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text: On August 14, 2020, Pentatonix released "Happy Now", their first original single in five years, and the first of an upcoming album of original content. On October 14, Pentatonix released "Be My Eyes", and announced the date of "The Lucky Ones", the first full-length album of originals since 2015, for February 12, 2021. Like "At Home" and "We Need a Little Christmas", it was recorded in isolation because of the pandemic. A music video for "Coffee in Bed" was released on the same day as the album. The album received general critical acclaim. The deluxe version released on 10th September 2021 with new songs like "Anchor", "Petals", "Midnight in Tokyo" (ft. Little Glee Monster), and more.


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text: On September 27, 2021, Pentatonix announced their fifth upcoming Christmas-themed album, "Evergreen", and released the single "It's Been a Long, Long Time" on the same day. They later released their rendition of "I Just Called to Say I Love You" as a single. Their renditions of "Over the River" with Lindsey Stirling and "The Prayer" were also released as singles. The album was released on October 29, 2021. Its title track is an original song. The tour for the album, "Pentatonix: The Evergreen Christmas Tour 2021," began on November 27, 2021. The album was nominated for the best traditional pop vocal album at the upcoming 2023 Grammy Awards. Following the album the group released a 70-track compilation album of previously-released Christmas music called "White Christmas."


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text: On September 21, 2022, they announced their sixth Christmas album, "Holidays Around the World," and released the single “Prayers for This World” the same day. The album focuses on celebrating different cultures during the holiday season, and includes new versions of songs previously released by the band plus three originals: "Kid on Christmas" with Meghan Trainor, "Star on Top", and "Prayers For This World". The album was released October 28, 2022. The group also announced their 2022 North American Christmas tour "Pentatonix: A Christmas Spectacular". It was preceded by a one-off show at the Hollywood Bowl with Darren Criss on September 29. The tour began on November 17 in Oakland, California.


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text: On December 9, 2022 they released a second version of "Do You Hear What I Hear" with Matteo, Virginia, and Andrea Bocelli.


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text: Pentatonix embarked on their first national headlining tour in autumn of 2012. The tour was sold out and spanned 30 cities. Opening acts consisted of Alexander Cardinale and SJ Acoustic Music. The band went on their second national headlining tour from January 24, 2013, to May 11, 2013, and simultaneously wrote additional original material for their second EP, "PTX, Vol. II".


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text: In 2014, Pentatonix undertook an extensive tour that included the United States, Canada, Europe and South East Asia.


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text: In 2015, Pentatonix began the North American leg of their "On My Way Home Tour", which began February 25, 2015, in California and ended at Grand Prairie's Verizon Theatre on March 29. The group started a European tour in Portugal on April 9. This European leg ended in Glasgow on May 6. The Southeast Asian leg of the tour began in Seoul, South Korea on May 28. The last show of this leg was on Jun 16 in Osaka, Japan.


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text: Pentatonix opened for Kelly Clarkson on her Piece by Piece Tour. During Clarkson's set the group performed "Heartbeat Song" with her. Due to Clarkson's doctor's requests for vocal rest, the tour was canceled 15 shows early.


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text: In 2016, Pentatonix embarked on the first leg of their "Pentatonix World Tour" with Us The Duo. The tour began on April 2, 2016, in Chiba, Japan. The second leg ran from May 23 through June 26 in Europe before returning to Japan for two shows in August 2016. The third and fourth legs of the tour (in Oceania and Asia respectively) occurred in September 2016, followed by the fifth leg in North America from October 17 to November 22, 2016. The tour's 2017 shows kicked off in May with another five shows in Japan. The final leg of the tour began July 2, 2017 in Los Angeles and continued across the United States before concluding in Vermont on September 3, 2017. The last show marked Kaplan's final performance with the group.


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text: In September 2012, Pentatonix were invited to perform several of their songs ("Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye and "We Are Young" by fun.) on the Chinese edition of the Sing-Off. In addition, they covered the late Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng's song, Tian Mi Mi.


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text: Pentatonix appeared and performed on "The Today Show", "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno", "The Talk" and "Conan". The group also returned to "The Sing-Off", performing their cover version of Ellie Goulding's "I Need Your Love" during the Season 4 finale episode, which aired on December 23, 2013.


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text: In November 2014, Pentatonix were invited by Baz Luhrmann (director, producer and writer) to be involved with the Holiday Window display at Barneys in New York City. Each window had a theme such as "love," "beauty," "truth" and "freedom" with its own soundtrack, recorded by Pentatonix. Pentatonix also performed at the opening night, as well as the "after party" for invited guests.


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text: On November 27, 2014, Pentatonix participated in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York City, performing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" on the Homewood Suites float.


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text: Pentatonix also performed during NBC's annual "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" special on December 3, 2014, performing "Sleigh Ride" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".


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text: Pentatonix returned to "The Sing-Off", performing a medley of songs from "That's Christmas to Me" during the Season 5 holiday special, which aired on December 17, 2014.


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text: On December 7, 2014, Pentatonix appeared in The Kennedy Center Honors award presentation, as part of a presentation to actor Tom Hanks, singing the song "That Thing You Do", from Hanks' film of the same name. President and Mrs. Barack Obama were in the audience. The show was broadcast on CBS on December 30, 2014.


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text: On December 31, 2014, Pentatonix appeared as part of ABC Television Network's "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015", performing from the "Billboard "Hollywood party hosted by Fergie.


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text: In December 2014, Pentatonix were invited to perform on the final episode of "Wetten, dass..?", a longstanding entertainment show in Germany, performing a medley of songs from artists that have been on the program over the years.


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text: On August 1, 2019, Pentatonix played to their largest ever live crowd (as of August 2019) at the closing ceremony of the 24th World Scout Jamboree at Summit Bechtel Reserve in Glen Jean, West Virginia.


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text: On September 1, 2019, Pentatonix performed a rainy, nighttime show at the 173rd Canfield Fair in Mahoning County, Ohio, for more than 8,000 people. This set a "number of advanced sales," record for JAC Management Group, LLC since taking over Canfield Fair entertainment operations.


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text: Pentatonix were presenters at the 2014 American Music Awards, introducing a performance by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj. The group was also featured in the "YouTube Rewind 2014" video as one of the most subscribed YouTube music channels.


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text: Maldonado, Hoying, and Grassi appeared as members of a cappella groups in the Fox television show "Bones", in the episode "The Strike In the Chord" that originally aired on May 19, 2016.


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text: They made a guest appearance on "The Voice" on November 24, 2016 where they sang their rendition of "Jolene" alongside Miley Cyrus and the song's writer and original performer, Dolly Parton.


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text: On "The Muppets" [TV series 2015] They were guest stars on episode 7-'Pigs in a Blackout' as themselves. Air date: November 10th, 2015.


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text: On December 14, 2016, the group hosted their first Christmas special, titled around their current album, "A Pentatonix Christmas Special". The hour-long special aired on NBC and featured guest appearances by Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton and Kelly Clarkson. NBC broadcast Pentatonix Christmas specials in 2017 and 2018, as well.


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text: On October 14, 2020, Pentatonix performed "Higher Love" at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards with Kelly Clarkson and Sheila E.


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text: Pentatonix had a cameo role in "Pitch Perfect 2", released in May 2015, as the Canadian team competing against the Barden Bellas.


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text: Pentatonix also released a documentary about the group's journey titled "On My Way Home" (based on the original song of the same name from "PTX, Vol. III" and the group's 2015 tour) on June 18, 2015, which was promoted on social media through the hashtag #OnMyWayHomeProject.


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text: Disney announced at the D23 Expo event in Anaheim, California, a brand new holiday unscripted special, “Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays” that would come to Disney+ in the 2022 holiday season. It premiered on December 2, 2022. The plot of the special is that Pentatonix is struggling to find inspiration for their annual holiday album, but when they are sent on a whirlwind tour around the world, the group learns that "wherever we find ourselves, the holidays offer the perfect opportunity to discover how much we have in common and that it really is a small world, after all!" The special was produced by Done and Dusted, executive producers are Ashley Edens, David Jammy, Katy Mullan. The cast includes Pentatonix – Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, Matt Sallee and Nico Santos as the manager.


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text: During "The Sing-Off", Pentatonix visited the administrative offices of The Trevor Project, an American non-profit organization founded in 1998 and the leading national organization focused on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. The group members shared their experiences of overcoming bullying and recorded a public service announcement. A 60-second spot about The Trevor Project aired during the live finale, but it was met with considerable controversy as the producers edited out LGBTQ references and failed to acknowledge the orientations of Grassi and Hoying, who are both a part of the LGBTQ community.


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text: Pentatonix performed two shows in Rochester, New York, on December 11, 2011 in support of the University of Rochester YellowJackets' "United We Sing" Kenya project. The event, which also featured all-female octet Delilah, was hosted by the YellowJackets at Kodak Hall at the university's Eastman Theatre. Pentatonix was also invited to the A Cappella Palooza fundraiser in Boston in April 2012 (together with Ben Folds, Delilah, The Dartmouth Aires, North Shore and the Dear Abbeys from Boston University) in an effort to raise funds for the Mass General Cancer Center.


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text: Northern Cyprus (), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; , "KKTC"), is a "de facto" state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is considered by the international community to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.


title: Northern Cyprus

text: Northern Cyprus extends from the tip of the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast to Morphou Bay, Cape Kormakitis and its westernmost point, the Kokkina exclave in the west. Its southernmost point is the village of Louroujina. A buffer zone under the control of the United Nations stretches between Northern Cyprus and the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides.


title: Northern Cyprus

text: A coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island to Greece, prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to a unilateral declaration of independence by the north in 1983. Due to its lack of recognition, Northern Cyprus is heavily dependent on Turkey for economic, political and military support.


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text: Attempts to reach a solution to the Cyprus dispute have been unsuccessful. The Turkish Army maintains a large force in Northern Cyprus with the support and approval of the TRNC government, while the Republic of Cyprus, the European Union as a whole, and the international community regard it as an occupation force. This military presence has been denounced in several United Nations Security Council resolutions.


title: Northern Cyprus

text: Northern Cyprus is a semi-presidential, democratic republic with a cultural heritage incorporating various influences and an economy that is dominated by the services sector. The economy has seen growth through the 2000s and 2010s, with the GNP per capita more than tripling in the 2000s, but is held back by an international embargo due to the official closure of the ports in Northern Cyprus by the Republic of Cyprus. The official language is Turkish, with a distinct local dialect being spoken. The vast majority of the population consists of Sunni Muslims, while religious attitudes are mostly moderate and secular. Northern Cyprus is an observer state of ECO and OIC under the name "Turkish Cypriot State", PACE under the name "Turkish Cypriot Community", and Organization of Turkic States with its own name.


title: Northern Cyprus

text: A united Cyprus gained independence from British rule in August 1960, after both Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed to abandon their respective plans for (union with Greece) and (Turkish for "partition"). The agreement involved Cyprus being governed under a constitution which apportioned Cabinet posts, parliamentary seats and civil service jobs on an agreed ratio between the two communities. Within three years, tensions began to show between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in administrative affairs. In particular, disputes over separate municipalities and taxation created a deadlock in government. In 1963 President Makarios proposed unilateral changes to the constitution, via 13 amendments. Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots rejected the proposed amendments, claiming that this was an attempt to settle constitutional disputes in favour of the Greek Cypriots and to demote Turkish status from co-founders of the state to one of minority status, removing their constitutional safeguards in the process. Turkish Cypriots filed a lawsuit against the 13 amendments in the Supreme Constitutional Court of Cyprus (SCCC). Makarios announced that he would not comply with the decision of the SCCC, whatever it was, and defended his amendments as being necessary "to resolve constitutional deadlocks" as opposed to the stance of the SCCC.


title: Northern Cyprus

text: On 25 April 1963, the SCCC decided that Makarios's 13 amendments were illegal. The Cyprus Supreme Court's ruling found that Makarios had violated the constitution by failing to fully implement its measures and that Turkish Cypriots had not been allowed to return to their positions in government without first accepting the proposed constitutional amendments. On 21 May, the president of the SCCC resigned due to Makarios's stance. On 15 July, Makarios ignored the decision of the SCCC. After the resignation of the president of the SCCC, the SCCC ceased to exist. The Supreme Court of Cyprus (SCC) was formed by merging the SCCC and the High Court of Cyprus, and undertook the jurisdiction and powers of the SCCC and HCC. On 30 November, Makarios legalised the 13 proposals. In 1963, the Greek Cypriot wing of the government created the Akritas plan which outlined a policy that would remove Turkish Cypriots from the government and ultimately lead to union with Greece. The plan stated that if the Turkish Cypriots objected then they should be "violently subjugated before foreign powers could intervene".


title: Northern Cyprus

text: On 21 December 1963, shots were fired at a Turkish Cypriot crowd that had gathered as a Greek police patrol stopped two Turkish Cypriots, claiming to ask for identification; two Turkish Cypriots were killed. Almost immediately, intercommunal violence broke out with a major Greek Cypriot paramilitary attack upon Turkish Cypriots in Nicosia and Larnaca. Though the TMT—a Turkish resistance group created in 1959 to promote a policy of (division or partition of Cyprus), in opposition to the Greek Cypriot nationalist group EOKA and its advocacy of (union of Cyprus with Greece)—committed a number of acts of retaliation; historian of the Cyprus conflict Keith Kyle noted that "there is no doubt that the main victims of the numerous incidents that took place during the next few months were Turks". Seven hundred Turkish hostages, including children, were taken from the northern suburbs of Nicosia. Nikos Sampson, a nationalist and future coup leader, led a group of Greek Cypriot irregulars into the mixed suburb of Omorphita/Küçük Kaymaklı and attacked the Turkish Cypriot population. By the end of 1964, 364 Turkish Cypriots and 174 Greek Cypriots had been killed.


title: Northern Cyprus

text: Turkish Cypriot members of the government had by now withdrawn, creating an essentially Greek Cypriot administration in control of all institutions of the state. After the partnership government collapsed, the Greek Cypriot led administration was recognised as the legitimate government of the Republic of Cyprus at the stage of the debates in New York in February 1964. In September 1964, the then United Nations Secretary General, U Thant reported that "UNFICYP carried out a detailed survey of all damage to properties throughout the island during the disturbances; it shows that in 109 villages, most of them Turkish-Cypriot or mixed villages, 527 houses have been destroyed while 2,000 others have suffered damage from looting". Widespread looting of Turkish Cypriot villages prompted 20,000 refugees to retreat into armed enclaves, where they remained for the next 11 years, relying on food and medical supplies from Turkey to survive. Turkish Cypriots formed paramilitary groups to defend the enclaves, leading to a gradual division of the island's communities into two hostile camps. The violence had also seen thousands of Turkish Cypriots attempt to escape the violence by emigrating to Britain, Australia and Turkey. On 28 December 1967, the Turkish Cypriot Provisional Administration was founded.


title: Northern Cyprus

text: On 6 July 1974, Makarios accused the Greek government of turning the Cypriot National Guard into an army of occupation. On 15 July 1974, the Greek military junta and the Cypriot National Guard backed a Greek Cypriot military coup d'état in Cyprus. Pro-Enosis Nikos Sampson replaced President Makarios as the new president. The Greek Cypriot coupists proclaimed the establishment of the "Hellenic Republic of Cyprus". Turkey claimed that under the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, the coup was sufficient reason for military action to protect the Turkish Cypriot populace, and thus Turkey invaded Cyprus on 20 July. Turkish forces proceeded to take over the northern four-elevenths of the island (about 36% of Cyprus's total area). The coup caused a civil war filled with ethnic violence, after which it collapsed and Makarios returned to power.