Nazia Hassan

{{Short description|Pakistani singer (1965–2000)}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox person<!-- Please do not change this "infobox person" because changing this infobox causes other info not appearing in it. ---> | name = Nazia Hassan | honorific_suffix = PoP | image = Nazia Hassan (2iZNCNItbk4 - 1920x1080 - 0m35s).png | caption = Hassan {{circa}} 1990s | native_name = {{Nastaliq|نازیہ حسن}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1965|4|3}}<ref name="guardian"/> | birth_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2000|8|13|1965|4|3}}<ref name="guardian"/> | death_place = London, England | citizenship = Pakistani | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list |Richmond University |University of London}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | background = solo_singer | genre = {{flatlist| * Filmi * Disco<ref name="gaana.com">{{cite web |url=https://gaana.com/playlist/gaana-dj-pop-diva-nazia-hassan |title=Pop Diva Nazia Hassan Music Playlist: Best MP3 Songs on |publisher=Gaana.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-19 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324051304/https://gaana.com/playlist/gaana-dj-pop-diva-nazia-hassan |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Pop<ref name="gaana.com"/> }} | instrument = Vocals }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * songwriter * philanthropist * political analyst * lawyer }} | years_active = 1980–2000 | awards = Pride of Performance (2002) | relatives = Zoheb Hassan (brother) | spouse = {{marriage|Mirza Ishtiaq Baig|1995|2000|reason=divorced}} | children = 1 }}

'''Nazia Hassan''' (3 April 1965 – 13 August 2000)<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/23/guardianobituaries |title= Obituary: Nazia Hassan |access-date=23 April 2025|author= Jai Kumar|date= 23 August 2022|newspaper=The Guardian newspaper|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226145826/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/aug/23/guardianobituaries|archive-date=26 February 2025|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a Pakistani-English singer, songwriter, and philanthropist. Regarded as the "Queen of South Asian Pop,” she is considered one of the most influential musical figures in Pakistan history who completely overturned the music industry in the late 70s and 80s,and is the subcontinent's first ever pop star.<ref name=Tribune3/><ref>{{cite journal|title=Women Year Book of Pakistan|journal=Women Year Book of Pakistan|date=1990|volume=8|page=405|publisher=Ladies Forum Publications|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/NRI-TV-presenter-gets-Nazia-Hassan-Award-/articleshow/1299893.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235816/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-11-18/indians-abroad/27850544_1_presenter-awards-indian-high-commission|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-08|work=The Times of India|title=TV presenter gets Nazia Hassan Award|access-date=2017-06-02}}</ref> Starting in the 1980s, as part of the duo Nazia and Zoheb, she and her brother Zoheb Hassan, have sold over 65 million records worldwide.<ref name="Dawn" /><ref>{{cite news |title=NRI TV presenter gets Hassan Award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/NRI-TV-presenter-gets-Nazia-Hassan-Award-/articleshow/1299893.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235816/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-11-18/indians-abroad/27850544_1_presenter-awards-indian-high-commission|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 March 2012|access-date=4 March 2011|author=PTI|work=The Times of India |date=18 November 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/indians-abroad/NRI-TV-presenter-gets-Nazia-Hassan-Award-/articleshow/1299893.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308235816/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-11-18/indians-abroad/27850544_1_presenter-awards-indian-high-commission|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-03-08|work=The Times of India|title=NRI TV presenter gets Nazia Hassan Award|access-date=2017-06-02}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{Cite web|title=BBC World Service - Witness History, The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4xk9 |access-date=2025-04-23|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108195403/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4xk9|archive-date=8 November 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/why-pakistani-singer-nazia-hassan-was-the-ultimate-queen-of-south-asian-pop/cid/1946731|title=What made Nazia Hassan the ultimate 'Queen of South Asian Pop'|website=Telegraph India|date=20 October 2023}}</ref>

Hassan made her singing debut with the song "Aap Jaisa Koi", which appeared in the Indian film ''Qurbani'' in 1980.<ref name="thevinylfactory">{{cite news |title=12 x 12: The 12 best Bollywood disco records |url=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/12-x-12-the-12-best-bollywood-disco-records/ |work=The Vinyl Factory |date=28 February 2014}}</ref> She received praise for the single, and won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer at the age of 15 in 1981, becoming the first Pakistani to win and currently remains the youngest recipient of the award to date.<ref name=Dawn/> Her debut album, ''Disco Deewane'', was released in 1981, and charted in fourteen countries worldwide and became the best-selling Asian pop record up at the time.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name="gopal_moorti" /> The album included the English-language single "Disco Deewane" which led her to be the first Pakistani singer to make it to the British charts.<ref name=Dawn>(Associated Press of Pakistan) {{cite news|date=2014-08-14|title=Aap Jaisa Koi: Remembering Nazia Hassan - Pop Queen Nazia Hassan Remembered on 14th Death Anniversary|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1125104|access-date=2025-04-24|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814063658/https://www.dawn.com/news/1125104|url-status=live|archive-date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

Hassan followed up with the albums ''Boom Boom'' in 1982,<ref>{{cite journal|title=India Today|journal=India Today|date=1982|volume=7|issue=13–16|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKiVAAAAIAAJ|publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited|language=en}}</ref> part of which was used as the soundtrack of the film ''Star'' (1982), ''Young Tarang'' in 1984,<ref name="Pakistan-Review">{{cite journal|title=Pakistan Hotel and Travel Review|journal=Pakistan Hotel and Travel Review|date=1983|volume=6-8|page=45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blBQAAAAYAAJ|publisher=Syed Wali Ahmad Maulai|language=en}}</ref> and ''Hotline'' in 1987. The track "Dum Dum Dede" from ''Young Tarang'' was used in closing scene of the 2012 Indian film, ''Miss Lovely'' by Ashim Ahluwalia.<ref name="IndiaToday"/> Her last album, ''Camera Camera'' in 1992, was part of a campaign against drugs.<ref>{{cite web|title = Nazia Hassan, our disco queen – The Express Tribune Blog|url = http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/1054/nazia-hassan-our-disco-queen/|website = blogs.tribune.com.pk|date = 11 August 2010|access-date = 2016-02-10}}</ref> Along with her brother, she also appeared in several television programs. In 1988 she appeared in ''Sung Sung'' with music maestro Sohail Rana. They also hosted the first-ever pop-music stage show, ''Music '89'', produced by Shoaib Mansoor.<ref name=Dawn2>{{cite news|title=In memoriam: Nazia Hassan was born 50 years ago today|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1173684|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|date=2015-04-06|access-date=2025-04-24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150406092519/https://www.dawn.com/news/1173684|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 April 2015}}</ref> Her success played a key role in shaping Pakistani pop music scene.<ref name=Dawn2/>

Throughout her singing career spanning over 15 years, Hassan became one of South Asia's most popular celebrities. She was a recipient of Pakistan's civilian award, Pride of Performance Award posthumously in 2002.<ref name=Dawn3/> In addition to singing, she also engaged in philanthropic activities, and was appointed by UNICEF as its cultural ambassador in 1991.<ref name=Dawn2/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/1054/nazia-hassan-our-disco-queen/ |title=Nazia Hassan, our disco queen – The Express Tribune Blog |website=blogs.tribune.com.pk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815021442/http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/1054/nazia-hassan-our-disco-queen/ |archive-date=2010-08-15}}</ref>

Hassan was married to businessman Ishtiaq Baig from 1995 to 2000, with whom she had a son. She died on 13 August 2000 at the age of 35 due to lung cancer in London.<ref name="cinestaan.com"/>

==Early life== Hassan was born in Karachi, Pakistan on 3 April 1965,<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=Dawn2/> and brought up in Karachi and London. She was the daughter of Basir Hassan, a businessman, and Muniza Basir, an active social worker. She was the sister of singers Zoheb Hassan and Zara Hassan.<ref name=Jazbah>{{cite web |url=http://www.jazbah.org/naziah1.php |title=Nazia Hassan – Women of Pakistan |publisher=Jazbah.org |access-date=24 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024181845/http://www.jazbah.org/naziah1.php |archive-date=24 October 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career== Hassan's professional music career started at the age of fifteen - and she was first discovered by Indian actress Zeenat Aman, who she had come to meet as a fan, accompanied by her mother and brother. Through Zeenat Aman, she met film director Feroz Khan at a party in the United Kingdom, who later requested that she audition with Biddu, a London-based Indian music composer, for his film ''Qurbani''. Biddu then signed her up for "Aap Jaisa Koi", a song he composed for the film.<ref name="gopal_moorti">{{cite book |title=Global Bollywood: travels of Hindi song and dance |author=Sangita Gopal |author2=Sujata Moorti |year=2008 |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |isbn=978-0-8166-4579-4 |pages=98–9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19JBf6oDOy0C&pg=PA99 |access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='We'd wonder how the girls could go out with five guys who smelt so much of onions' |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100214/jsp/7days/story_12103803.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120917212452/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100214/jsp/7days/story_12103803.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 September 2012|access-date=12 February 2010 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=Calcutta, India |date=14 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="thevinylfactory" /> The song turned to be a huge success in India, and Hassan quickly gained recognition and acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/sep/27nazia.htm |title=Bollywood News: Bollywood Movies Reviews, Hindi Movies in India, Music & Gossip |work=Rediff.com |date=September 2000 |access-date=3 September 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Nazia Biddu Shashi Gopal.jpg|thumb|Nazia with Biddu and others in Mumbai, 1994]] Hassan promptly collaborated with Biddu on numerous other projects; in 1981, she became the first playback singer to release an album. Her first album was ''Disco Deewane''. The album broke sales records in Pakistan and India and even topped the charts in the West Indies, Latin America and Russia, becoming an international success. The album became a mega-hit and Hassan became an established pop singer in Pakistan; the album also featured vocals by her brother Zohaib Hassan. Nazia and Zoheb were signed by EMI Group and were the first South Asian singers to be signed by an international music company.<ref name="Bollywood.Net" /> At the height of ''Disco Deewane'' fever, she frequently drew large crowds, such as 50,000 to 100,000 people greeting her at Calcutta Airport.<ref name=TelegraphIndia>{{cite news|author=Amit Roy|date=27 November 2005|title=The legacy of Nazia|language=en|work=Telegraph India newspaper|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/style/the-legacy-of-nazia/cid/1667574|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926170323/https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/style/the-legacy-of-nazia/cid/1667574|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2018|access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref>

After the release of ''Disco Deewane'', Biddu offered Zoheb and her a chance to act in the movie ''Star'' in 1982, but they refused and instead chose to perform the soundtrack. The soundtrack album, ''Star/Boom Boom'', was released. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, although this time she did not win. The album was successful and increased the popularity of Hassan and Zohaib in Pakistan and India.

Hassan's third album, ''Young Tarang'', was released in 1984.<ref name="Pakistan-Review" /> It was the first album in Pakistan to feature music videos, which were made in London by David Rose and Kathy Rose. The album became one of the most popular in Asia. "Ankhien Milane Wale" was a popular song from the album. After the release of ''Young Tarang'', she returned to singing for Bollywood movies as a playback singer. Her fourth album, ''Hotline'' was released in 1987. ''Aa Haan'' was the most popular song of the album. In 1988, she and her brother Zohaib appeared with music maestro Sohail Rana in his television program, ''Sung Sung''.

In 1989, she and Zohaib hosted the show ''Music '89''. The show was produced by Shoaib Mansoor. It was the first-ever all pop-music stage show to be aired on television. The show launched the careers of many new rising bands and singers and became popular in Pakistan. She hosted another show, ''Dhanak'' on PTV in the same year.

In 1991, Hassan and her brother Zohaib recorded her fifth album, ''Camera Camera''. Before the album's release, she and Zohaib announced that it would be their last album. The album was released in 1992. After the album's release, she left her singing career to focus on her personal life. Biddu composed a song, "Made in India" and he wanted Nazia to sing it. But the retired Hassan refused to sing a song that might offend Pakistan.<ref name="timesofindia1">{{cite news |title=Made for Nazia, sung by Alisha |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/192704.cms |access-date=9 September 2011|newspaper=Times of India|date=20 September 2001}}</ref> The song was then offered to Alisha Chinai.<ref name="timesofindia1" />

==Personal life == Hassan received her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics from the Richmond American University in London. In 1991, she became an intern in the Women's International Leadership program at the United Nations. Later, she went on to work for the United Nations Security Council. She held a London University Law (LLB) degree.<ref name="guardian" /><ref name=Dawn/>

Nazia Hassan married Karachi-based businessman Mirza Ishtiaq Baig on 30 March 1995. It was an arranged marriage. Hassan's marriage was full of problems and difficulties,<ref name="cinestaan.com">{{cite web|title=Ishtiaq Baig told pop icon Nazia Hassan she would be worth more to him dead than alive|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/sep/19/15730 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823104203/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/sep/19/15730 |url-status=dead|archive-date=23 August 2021|access-date=24 April 2025|website=Cinestaan.com website|language=en|author=Mayur Lookhar}}</ref> and she divorced Baig 3 months before her death. She accused her ex-husband of physical abuse and for poisoning her in a testimony given to the UK High Court before her death. Baig claims that Nazia Hassan was his wife until death.<ref name="cinestaan.com"/>

On 21 June 2000, Pakistan's newspaper Daily Jang published an interview with Nazia Hassan. In the interview Hassan opened up for the first time about difficulties she faced during her marriage. She accused her husband of cheating on her with a Pakistani actress. She revealed how her ex-husband forced her to give statements to the media that they were living happily. In a similar interview Hassan stated that her husband refused to bear the expenses of her cancer treatment and that she was looked after by her parents. Hassan said that she would rather die than live with Ishtiaq Baig as he caused her more pain than her cancer.

The marriage to Nazia was Ishtiaq Baig's third. He has a son Imran Baig (born in 1984) with his first wife Hazel who was a Filipina dancer. Ishtiaq Baig was also briefly married to Pakistani actress Shazia.<ref name="cinestaan.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Nazia Hassan finally laid to rest|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20000907/iin07060.html |access-date=9 April 2014 |website=Expressindia.indianexpress.com |language=en}}</ref> These two marriages were kept secret from Nazia Hassan's family.

Ishtiaq and Nazia Hassan had a son, Arez Hassan, born on 7 April 1997.<ref name="trib-never" />

In an interview later, her brother Zoheb Hassan related that Nazia's personal life was filled with turmoil and she fought personal battles incessantly.<ref name="trib-never"/>

== Philanthropy == Hassan used her abilities to promote social causes. She worked for children, youth and women in distress residing in the underprivileged areas of Karachi. She supported the Inner Wheel Club of India and helped raise funds for it. In Pakistan, together with her brother, Zoheb, and British social entrepreneur, Sophia Swire, she established the organization ''BAN'' (Battle Against Narcotics) and became an active member of organizations such as Voice of Women, National Youth Organisation (Pakistan). She is credited for her part in the introduction of mobile clinics in Lyari Town, to make medicine more accessible to the deprived people.

Hassan worked with Javed Jabbar, former Information minister, to raise funds for children in Tharparkar and Rajasthan. She went to a large number of schools to hand out toys to poor children and gave talks on the subject of social awareness for the under-privileged.

In 1991, she joined the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City and worked there for two years. In her third year, she offered her services at UNICEF. Her social and academic excellence won her a scholarship in Columbia University’s Leadership Program, but she was unable to take up the offer because around this time she was diagnosed with cancer.

In 2003, Hassan’s parents created the Nazia Hassan Foundation to further their daughter’s efforts to make the world a better place for everyone, regardless of caste, creed and religion; they decided to open school for street children would help in the grooming and education of working street children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://khaleejtimes.com/international/pakistan/pakistani-pop-star-nazia-hassans-family-to-open-school-for-street-children|title = Pakistani pop star Nazia Hassan's family to open school for street children}}</ref>

==Death== Nazia Hassan died of lung cancer in London on 13 August 2000 at the age of 35.<ref name="guardian"/><ref name=Dawn/><ref name=Tribune3/> She had been admitted to the North London Hospice three days earlier when her condition deteriorated. She showed signs of mild recovery the day before she died and it was thought that the doctors would allow her to go home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.samaaenglish.tv/news/334626|title=Nazia Hassan's 10th anniversary today|website=Samaa TV|date=15 August 2022}}</ref>

The next day, her mother Muniza was called to the hospital where her daughter had started coughing heavily at around 9:15&nbsp;am. She died within minutes of having a pulmonary embolism. Following a funeral prayer at Hendon Mosque, Nazia was buried in the Muslim section of Hendon Cemetery, London on 5 September 2000 as per Islamic rites. In an interview with ''The Express Tribune'' newspaper, her brother Zoheb revealed "She died an unhappy person, she died in pain".<ref name="trib-never">{{cite news|title=I will never forgive her: Zoheb Hassan (for dying so soon and leaving us)|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/421130/i-will-never-forgive-her-zoheb-hassan/|access-date=24 April 2025|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|date=12 August 2012|author=Saadia Qamar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815081134/http://tribune.com.pk/story/421130/i-will-never-forgive-her-zoheb-hassan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2012}}</ref>

Zoheb Hassan said later that she kept the family in the dark about her marriage problems until she was finally divorced days before her death.<ref name="trib-never" />

==Impact and achievements== === Influence and legacy === Pakistan's vibrant contemporary pop music scene owes itself to Nazia Hassan's redefinition of pop; for her contributions to the genre, she has since been referred to as the "Queen of Pop" in South Asia. She is also known as the "Sweetheart of Pakistan".<ref name="trib-sweetheart">{{cite web|author=Web desk|date=3 April 2012|title='Pakistan's sweetheart': Nazia Hassan's 47th birthday|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/359133/pakistans-sweetheart-nazia-hassans-47th-birthday/|access-date=9 April 2014|work=The Express Tribune|publisher=Tribune.com.pk}}</ref> She is frequently compared to Princess Diana, as she was known to possess a "heart of gold".<ref>{{cite web|title=PTV CLASSICS Yes Sir No Sir|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmwjyUA5f-4|access-date=22 April 2011|publisher=youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> ''India Today'' magazine voted her as one of the top 50 influential people. "She set – well ahead of its time – the personal album trend in India, spawning the likes of Alisha Chinai, Lucky Ali and Shweta Shetty", the magazine noted at the time.<ref name="Bollywood.Net">{{cite web |last=Bollywood.Net |title=Remembering 'Aap Jaisa Koi' girl Nazia Hasan |url=http://www.bollywood.com/remembering-aap-jaisa-koi-girl-nazia-hasan |access-date=13 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nazia Hassan: In memory of an iconic pop singer |url=http://www.voiceofindia.in/content/view/5509/80/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020510/http://www.voiceofindia.in/content/view/5509/80/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2017 |access-date=14 August 2009 |newspaper=Voice of India }}</ref>

On 9 March 2002, Nazia Hassan Tribute Concert was held in Karachi, the classic line-up of Vital Signs and Jupiters performed together on stage – for the first time in almost 7 years. The concert was attended by an enthusiastic audience. In 2007, Ahmad Haseeb created the documentary ''A Music Fairy'' in a tribute to Hassan which was screened at Kara Film Festival and University of Ankara. In 2009, Director Faraz Waqar paid a tribute to Nazia for her work in music and making Pakistan proud.

On 31 October 2014, Global Voices Online named her as "Young, Independent women who made a space for themselves in Pakistan Music Industry".<ref>{{cite web|title = How Young, Independent Women are Making a Space for Themselves in Pakistan's Music Industry|url = http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/10/31/how-young-independent-women-are-making-a-space-for-themselves-in-pakistans-music-industry/|website = Global Voices|date = 31 October 2014|access-date = 2015-07-30}}</ref> On 9 November 2014, the Delhi Pop line, showed at the TDAP's Aalishan Pakistan fashion show in Delhi paid ode to Nazia Hassan.<ref>{{cite web|title = Kayseria's prêt aspirations – TNS – The News on Sunday|url = http://tns.thenews.com.pk/kayserias-pret-aspirations/#.VGztwGc5tkg|website = TNS – The News on Sunday|access-date = 2015-07-30|archive-date = 2 February 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202015943/http://tns.thenews.com.pk/kayserias-pret-aspirations/#.VGztwGc5tkg|url-status = dead}}</ref> On 16 November 2014, ''Coke Studio Pakistan'' paid a tribute to Nazia Hassan in ''season seven'' with the song "Jaana" sung by Zoheb Hassan and Zoe Viccaji. The song was well received by critics and audiences alike. The song was high on the music charts and is popular on music channels and radio stations. On 17 November 2014, Hassan was named as one of ARY News's "one of the 11 female pioneers of Pakistan."<ref>{{cite web|title = 11 female pioneers of Pakistan {{!}} ARY NEWS|url = http://arynews.tv/en/11-female-pioneers-pakistan/|website = arynews.tv|date = 17 November 2014|access-date = 2015-07-30}}</ref> Also in 2014, the posthumous honorary degree of doctorate from Richmond American University, London, was received by her son Arez Hassan in her honor.

An ''India Today'' article titled "Nazia makes a lovely comeback" celebrated Nazia Hassan's music appearing in the cult 2012 film, ''Miss Lovely'' that had premiered at the Cannes Film Festival: "The film has made the audience nostalgic over Ahluwalia's use of the song "Dum dum de de" from Hassan's 1984 album, ''Young Tarang''."<ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/nazia-hassan-miss-lovely-niharika-singh-ashim-ahluwalia-177488-2014-01-19|title=Nazia makes a lovely comeback|first1=Priyanka |last1=Srivastava|website=India Today|date=19 January 2014 }}</ref> ''Miss Lovely'' director, Ashim Ahluwalia, described keeping the original track untouched: "The song symbolises the '80s and the lyrics of the song were in sync with the mood of the film. [We] retained the original voice of Nazia. We didn't want to remix this song because the original was perfect."<ref name="IndiaToday"/>

In 2018, Google honoured her with a doodle on what would have been her 53rd birthday that "imagines her performing with her famous flowing hair and dupatta, and the disco balls of the 80s glinting behind her." It was shown to Google users in Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 April 2018|title=Nazia Hassan's 53rd Birthday|url=https://doodles.google/doodle/nazia-hassans-53rd-birthday/}}</ref> In 2020, actress Meesha Shafi covered Hassan's single "Boom Boom" in her memory, which was praised by Zoheb.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meesha Shafi elated after her 'Boom Boom' cover gets a thumbs up from Zoheb Hassan|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/759007-meesha-shafi-elated-after-her-boom-boom-cover-gets-a-thumbs-up-from-zoheb-hassan|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2020-12-16|title=Zoheb is all praises for Meesha's tribute for his sister Nazia|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/702383/zoheb-is-all-praises-for-meeshas-tribute-for-his-sister-nazia/|access-date=2020-12-17|website=Daily Times|language=en-US}}</ref>

On 19 August 2022, she was honoured in New York and was shown at Times Square billboards on her 22nd death anniversary, courtesy of Spotify and remembered as one of the most influential singers of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2372033/queen-of-pop-nazia-hassan-lights-up-times-square|title=Queen of Pop Nazia Hassan lights up Times Square|website=The Express Tribune|date=20 August 2022}}</ref>

=== Awards and honours === Hassan received a Filmfare Award in 1980 for Best Female Playback Singer.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=Tribune3/><ref name=Dawn2/><ref>{{cite web|title=How late icon Nazia Hassan created pop - EasternEye|date=18 June 2020|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/how-late-icon-nazia-hassan-created-pop/|access-date=2020-12-17|language=en-GB}}</ref> as well as another nomination for the same award in 1983.

* In 1988, Nazia was awarded Nigar Award for Best Compere.<ref>{{cite journal |title=نگار ایوارڈز سال 1988|journal=Nigar Weekly |date=2000 |volume=Golden Jubilee Number |page=297 |language=ur}}</ref> * In 1989, she was awarded PTV Silver Jubilee Award at 9th PTV Awards for her contributions to the Music Industry.<ref>{{Citation|title=Nazia & Zoheb Hassan received PTV Silver Jubilee Award 1989|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNXLBqHDBHU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121185733/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNXLBqHDBHU|archive-date=21 November 2023|url-status=bot: unknown|website=Pakistan Television Corporation|date=11 August 2019|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>

* Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2002 (award was accepted by her mother Muneeza Basir for late Nazia Hassan).<ref name=Dawn3>{{cite news|date=2002-03-24|title=President gives away civil, military awards (for 2002)|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/27371/president-gives-away-civil-military-awards|access-date=2025-04-23|url-status=live|archive-date=18 September 2008|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918030250/http://www.dawn.com/2002/03/24/nat25.htm}}</ref><ref name=Tribune3>{{cite news|date=2020-08-13|title=Nazia Hassan's death anniversary: 20 years since we lost the Queen of Pop|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2259332/nazia-hassans-death-anniversary-20-years-since-we-lost-the-queen-of-pop|access-date=2025-04-23|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819050756/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2259332/nazia-hassans-death-anniversary-20-years-since-we-lost-the-queen-of-pop|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 August 2020}}</ref> The award was presented to Muniza Basir, Hassan's mother, from the President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf in an official ceremony held at Islamabad in 2002.<ref name=Dawn3/> *Golden Disc Award (South Korean Music Award)<ref name=Dawn/> * On 24 November 2022, she was awarded the ''Lux Changemaker Award'' at 21st Lux Style Awards; the award was given to her family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/25-Nov-2022/lollywood-stars-shine-at-lux-style-award|title=Lollywood stars shine at Lux Style Awards 2022 red carpet|website=Daily Pakistan|date=19 July 2023}}</ref>

==Discography== === Studio albums === * ''Disco Deewane'' (1981) (charted in 14 countries became the best-selling Asian pop record at the time)<ref name=Tribune3/><ref name=BBC/><ref name=Dawn/><ref name="cinestaan.com"/><ref name=Dawn2/> * ''Boom Boom'' (1982)<ref name=Tribune3/><ref name=Dawn/> * ''Young Tarang'' (1984) (This was the first album to feature music videos in Pakistan)<ref name=Tribune3/><ref name=Dawn/> * ''Hotline'' (1987)<ref name=Tribune3/><ref name=Dawn/><ref name=Dawn2/> * ''Camera Camera'' (1992)<ref name=Dawn/>

=== Extended plays === * ''Our Love Last Forever'' (1981) * ''Get a Little Closer'' (1982) * ''Dreamer Devane'' (1983) * ''Dil Ki Lagi''<ref name=Dawn2/> * ''Then He Kissed Me'' (1988)

=== Film soundtracks === * ''Qurbani'' (1980) (''Aap Jaisa Koi'', her first popular song from this film)<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=Tribune3/><ref name=Dawn2/> * ''Star'' (1982)<ref name=Dawn/> * ''Dilwaala'' (1986) * ''Ilzaam'' (1986) * ''Main Balwaan'' (1986) * ''Adhikar'' (1986) * ''Sheela'' (1987) * ''Saaya'' (1989) * ''Student of the Year'' (2012)<ref name=Dawn/> * ''Miss Lovely'' (2012)

== See also == * Strings * Nazia and Zoheb

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0367876|name=Nazia Hassan}}

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