Ahmad Hussain

Ahmad Hussain was born on 9 November 1981 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. His family is Pakistani. He is a British Nasheed singer-songwriter, executive, producer of Pakistani descent. He is the founder and managing director of IQRA Promotions. He is also known across the world for his kind and charitable nature. In 2003, Ahmad released a fusion album containing many underground singles; the record established musical influences from Eastern sounds and Western beats that carved their way out of traditional music into mainstream audience. Later that year his 28-year-old elder sister, Shazia Hussain died during a sports meet in Middlesbrough. It was a turning point in life of Ahmad and this tragedy made him question about himself. He departed from a mainstream music scene to pursue a kind of cultural desert island but also discovered this metabolism in spiritual songs.

Ahmad also chose to devote and use the blessings in helping others less abled around the world serve highly decent causes humanitarians. In 2009 Ahmad released his debut single "Aye Khuda" which topped the charts on TV for almost five weeks. His debut album, I Turn to You was released in July 2010 with songs appearing in Arabic, Urdu, and English. 2013 saw the release of two singles and videos, "Ya Taiba", Ilyass My Beloved. The latter is a song dedicated to his mother who was diagnosed with cancer, curiously enough this song features Gary Barlow's Cheshire mansion in its video. He released his second album in June 2014, called My Beloved, and containing songs sung in Urdu, Arabic and English. In August 2015, he released a single called Zara Chere se. Ahemad released his most awaited album in 2016 called “Nur”. It was a spiritually uplifting album. Then in 2018, his fourth album Dua was released which was followed by a collaboration with famous Bollywood singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. In 2021 his sixth album Ummati was released.