Quratulain Balouch, the new girl in the block, reknowned as "QB" is a flourishing Pakistani singer. The 24-year old won the ‘Pakistan’s Youngest Achievement Award UK and Europe 2011’ in Britain last year. Recently she has also won “Best song of the year for Humsafar” and “Best OST for Humsafar” in Lux Style Awards 2012. She has earned a bachelors degree in IT essentials Multimedia from George Mason University Washington DC. Even though she has had no classical training and does not belong to a musical background, but QB has some very strong vocals. She is heavily inspired by Sufi musicians such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Reshma and Abida Parveen.
She is an American citizen but she was raised in Pakistan. She was born in Iran with a Persian paternal background and a Pakistani maternal background. She came back to Pakistan last year from USA with a mission to make her mark in Pakistan's music industry. After covering tracks like "Akhiyan Nu Rehn de" and "Maaye Ni Main Kinu" she has risen to fame by singing the title song for drama serial "Humsafar" which had views over 8.5 million on youtube in just 6 months (Sept 18.2011-March 17.2011). She was part of the Coke studio season 4, where she collaborated with Jal band for the song “Teray Ishq Main Jo Bhi Doob Gaya”. She has also collaborated with singers like Khawar Jawad, Saad sultan, Bilal Khan and Shajar Fakhar. She currently did some new songs like "Nach Baliye" from Urdu Feature Film Rangeen, "Lal o Gauhar" title song of a talk show by a renowned NGO Aurat Foundation, "Dhamak" soundtrack from drama series "Dhamak" on A Plus and “Behkawa” another OST from a drama series on Geo Tv.
Sufi Folk is not her only forte but her passion. Qb can do equally good covers of tracks by Adele, Cranberries, Kailash Kher and a few others. Her first album is due this year with a few other projects aswell. She was also part of the Bridal Couture Week last year where she stole the limelight when she sang Akhiyan Nu Rehn De and also performed Humsafar in PFDC L’oreal Bridal Fashion Week 2011.
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Sara Jamil
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