Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu (11 June 1993 - 29 May 2022), known professionally as Sidhu Moose Wala,was an Indian rapper, singer and songwriter. He worked predominantly in Punjabi-language music and cinema. He is generally regarded to have been one of the greatest Punjabi artists of his generation and to many, amongst the greatest Punjabi artists of all time. Moreover, he was considered a key figure in opening the door for Punjabi artists into mainstream music.
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2017
Moose Wala released his first song "G Wagon" in 2017 while living in Brampton, Ontario.Later that year, Moose Wala had his breakthrough with the song "So High", a gangster rap with music producer Byg Byrd.The song won him the 2017 Best Lyricist award at the Brit Asia TV Music Awards.
Following this, Sidhu joined Brown Boys Records along with
Sunny Malton & Byg Byrd.
2018
He began to perform live shows in India from 2018, and performed numerous shows in Canada. He continued his success with singles like "Issa Jatt", "It's All About You", and "Just Listen". In May 2018, Moose Wala released the single "Tochan", followed by "Famous" which entered Top 40 Uk Asian Charts.
At the 2018 PTC Punjabi Music Awards, he was nominated for the Best New Age Sensation award for "Issa Jatt". In August 2018, he launched his first film soundtrack song, "Dollar", for the film Dakuaan Da Munda.
Following the various successful songs with Humble Music, Moose Wala started releasing songs independently in 2018. He released the first song "Warning Shots", which was a diss track targetting Karan Aujla's track "Lafaafe". In October 2018, Sidhu released his debut album PBX 1 under T-Series, in the pop music genre with a touch of hip-hop.The album charted on the Canadian Albums Chart,and won him the Best Album Award at the 2019 Brit Asia TV Music Awards.The album was followed by the release of most of his tracks under his own label, as well as tracks from other artists.
2019
In February 2019, Sidhu released "Legend", under his own record label. It won him the Britasia TV Kuflink Best Track of
the Year Award that year.In the same month. he released "Chosen" and "Outlaw". In April 2019, Sidhu released "East Side
Flow", which was followed by "Mafia Style" with Aman Hayer.
In June 2019, his concert at the Surrey Music Festival was canceled due to violent activities that had happened in his
past performances.
In August 2019, Moose Wala collaborated with Bohemia for "Same Beef".
In September 2019, he released two film soundtrack songs: "Dogar" for Teri Meri Jodi and "Jatti Jeone Morh Wargi",
featuring Sonam Bajwa, for Ardab Mutiyaran.
In October 2019, he released "47", featuring Mist and Stefflon Don, which entered the top 20 on UK Singles Chart. The
song also charted on the New Zealand Hot 40 singles chart.
In 2019, Spotify included Sidhu in the list of the most popular artists in Punjab, along with Maninder Buttar and Karan
Aujla.
2020
In January 2020, Sidhu along with Nseeb featured on Prem Dhillon’s track "Old Skool". The song was followed by "Tibeyan
Da Putt", which topped the iTunes charts and was ranked at number 8 on the Apple Music charts in India. His second
studio album, Snitches Get Stitches, was released under his own label in May 2020. That same month, he released the
single "Dear Mama" on the occasion of his mother's birthday.
In June 2020, he collaborated with Amrit Maan on the song "Bambiha Bole", whose music video was viewed over ten million
times within twenty-four hours. The song topped in India and entered the top 50 in Canada and New Zealand on the Apple
Music chart. It topped the UK Asian charts, and also entered the top 5 of the Global YouTube charts.
On 31 August 2020, Moose Wala officially launched his record label, 5911 Records.
In September 2020, Moose Wala released "Game" with Shooter Kahlon, which became his first song to chart on the Canadian
Hot 100 by Billboard.
2021
In May 2021, Moose Wala released his third studio album, Moosetape. The album charted on New Zealand Albums Chart by Recorded Music NZ. Singles from the album charted on various international charts including Billboard Global 200, Canada Hot 100, and New Zealand Hot Singles chart. On 12 September 2021, he performed at the Wireless Festival in London with British rapper Mist. Moose Wala was the first Indian singer to perform at this festival.
2022
In April 2022, Moose Wala released the EP No Name featuring AR Paisley, Mr. Capone-E and Sunny Malton, which debuted at
No. 73 on Billboard Top Canadian Albums. His songs "The Last Ride", "Levels", "Never Fold", and "295" entered the
Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart. "The Last Ride" peaked at No. 26 and "Levels" on 32, and "Never Fold" on 97th rank.
Three of his songs also featured on Billboard Global Excl. US chart, "The Last Ride" peaked at 103, "295" peaked at 73,
and "Levels" peaked at 195.
In June 2022, his single "SYL" (based on Satluj Yamuna link canal) posthumously peaked at 27 on Canadian Hot 100, 81 in
Australia, 3 in India, and 200 on Global Excl. US chart.
DEATH
