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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Raghav
| image = Raghav - Behind The Scenes Pic 1.JPG
| landscape = yes
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Raghav Mathur
| alias =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981 |4|02|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| origin = [[Calgary]], Alberta, Canada
| genre = {{flatlist|
* Pop
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[reggae fusion]]
* [[Indian pop]]
}}
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Singer
* executive producer
}}
| years_active = 2003–present
| label = A&R/V2, [[Universal Music India|Universal]], Cordova Bay, Ultra, Mathurmatics
| website = [http://www.raghav.com/ www.raghav.com]
}}
'''Raghav Mathur''' (born April 2, 1981), known professionally as '''Raghav''', is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released three studio albums: the debut ''[[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]]'' in 2004, ''[[Identity (Raghav album)|Identity]]'' in 2009 and ''[[The Phoenix (Raghav album)|The Phoenix]]'' in 2012. His most known commercial success was with "[[Angel Eyes (Raghav song)|Angel Eyes]]" which peaked at number 7 in the UK in 2005. His singles "So Confused", "Can't Get Enough" and "It Can't Be Right" also reached the UK top ten in 2004. Raghav continues to have success on Canadian charts in 2010s with subsequent hits like "[[So Much (song)|So Much]]" with [[Kardinal Offishall]], "Fire", "Top of the World", "Woohoo" and "Until the Sun Comes Up" (featuring Indian actor [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and US artist [[Nelly]].

==Beginnings==
Raghav was born in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada to [[Hindu]] parents from [[India]]. His parents soon moved to [[Calgary]] and [[Fort McMurray]], Alberta, where he grew up.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.raghav.com/about-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823042355/http://www.raghav.com/about-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 23, 2010|title=Biog " Raghav|date=August 23, 2010}}</ref> Raghav attended [[Sir Winston Churchill High School]], and at the age of 15, music became a heavy feature in his life. Alongside Indian influences at home, he became heavily influenced by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]. By the time he was 16, he wrote a song that was awarded by the National Songwriters Association of U.S.A.<ref>[http://www.raghav.com/discography/ Raghav Discography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206003845/http://www.raghav.com/discography/ |date=December 6, 2010 }}</ref> At 17, he moved to Los Angeles, California, United States to develop his vocal skills with [[Seth Riggs]] who has trained, amongst others, [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Stevie Wonder]].<ref name="bio"/> A year later, he moved to [[Liverpool]], England where he studied at the [[Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts]].<ref name="bio"/> During his time in college, he joined R&B band 11/7 which was nominated for a [[Mobo Award]] for Best Unsigned Artist.<ref name="bio"/>

==Career==
{{more sources|section|date=September 2020}}
Raghav signed for A&R/V2 Records in 2003 and started working with the DJ and [[record producer|producer]], 2Play. This led to the production of his breakthrough single: "So Confused". The song was released in 2004, and reached number 6 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= modda
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 448}}</ref> The next release, "Can't Get Enough", entered the same [[record chart|chart]] at number 10.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> In August 2004, another collaboration with 2Play followed, releasing "It Can't Be Right" which reached number 8.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> Raghav released one more track under his name; "Let's Work It Out" (UK number 15)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> before his debut album ''[[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]]'' was released in September 2004. His final release off the album was "[[Angel Eyes (Raghav song)|Angel Eyes]]", inspired by a melody from "Murder She Wrote", by [[Chaka Demus & Pliers]], and featured Jucxi and Frankey Maxx. The track reached number 7 in the UK chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> The album also included [[Kardinal Offishall]] for the song "Sooner or Later", where he introduced the song and had his own verse in it.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}}. Raghav's worldwide tour of 2005 saw him perform in venues such as [[Karachi]], New York City also Africa, Australia, Canada, and many other countries. Raghav's ''[[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]]'' has sold 1.6 million copies worldwide.<ref name="bio"/> Raghav has been featured (along with songwriter [[D'Vinci]]) in the 2007 single "Lonely" by rapper Iceberg Slimm.

In 2009 Raghav announced that he had signed a recording contract with Universal Music India and subsequently released his second album ''[[Identity (Raghav album)|Identity]]''. The album was exclusively released in India. The lead single, "[[My Kinda Girl (Raghav song)|My Kinda Girl]]" was released as a downloadable track from his website raghav.com for overseas fans and featured [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] musician, [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]]. The album also featured a tribute song called "Quincy Jones" which was dedicated to the American record producer [[Quincy Jones]].

In 2010, Raghav signed his first North American record deal with Canadian label Cordova Bay and released his third album ''[[The Phoenix (Raghav album)|The Phoenix]]''. The first single from the album was the [[Labrinth]]-produced [[So Much (song)|"So Much"]], which was commercially released in Canada and features [[Kardinal Offishall]]. The song was nominated for "R&B/Soul Recording of the Year" at the 2011 Canadian [[Juno Awards]]. The song was released in conjunction with a Hindi song entitled "Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya" which featured a sample from the song "Hold Yuh" by [[Gyptian]]. The second single off the album called "Fire", was commercially released in Canada and peaked at number 38 on the [[Canadian Hot 100|Canadian Billboard Hot 100]] and No. 14 on CHR (Mediabase) making it Raghav's most successful single in North America to date. A viral video of the song was released on YouTube on August 23, 2011. He performed his song, "Top of the World" on [[Breakfast Television]] on March 22, 2012.

In early 2012, he collaborated with [[A. R. Rahman]] and [[Shilpa Rao]] for the song "Ishq Shava" from the 2012 Indian film ''[[Jab Tak Hai Jaan (soundtrack)|Jab Tak Hai Jaan]]'' . He collaborated with him again for the song "Mawalli Qawalli" for the film ''Lekar Hum Deewana Dil''. In September 2012, Raghav was signed to Ultra Records in New York City. Ultra released Raghav's single "Fire" in the USA and worldwide in January 2013.

In July 2013, Raghav and rapper Tom E were featured in the single "One More Round" by [[Michael Mind]], as well as on "Celebrate" by [[Apache Indian]] about a month later. On October 9, 2013, Raghav released a lyric video of his single "Woohoo" on his YouTube page<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVuZv04yXbk|title=RAGHAV – WOOHOO (LYRIC VIDEO)|last=RaghavWorldwide|date=October 8, 2013|via=YouTube}}</ref> followed by "Take Me Away" in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6I5a31vjq8|title=RAGHAV – TAKE ME AWAY (OFFICIAL VIDEO)|last=RaghavWorldwide|date=July 15, 2014|via=YouTube}}</ref>

In 2015, he released "[[Until the Sun Comes Up]]" featuring Indian film actor and playback singer [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and US artist [[Nelly]].

In 2016 he released the single "Do you Like", produced by UK producer [[Steel Banglez]] and featuring [[Moelogo]].

In September 2018 Raghav announced he had partnered up with [[JioSaavn]] to release "Maayera" on their Artist Originals platform. It has exceeded 10 million streams globally and spent 15 weeks straight in the top 15 of the streaming charts in India.

==Discography==

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9em;" | Album Title
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Canadian Hot 100|CAN]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]
|-
|2004
|align="left"|''[[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]]''
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 36
|-
|2009
|align="left"|''[[Identity (Raghav album)|Identity]]''
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|2012
|align="left"|''[[The Phoenix (Raghav album)|The Phoenix]]''
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Single Title
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Canadian Hot 100|CAN]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2004
|align="left"|"Can't Get Enough" (feat. [[Iceberg Slimm]])
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 10
|rowspan="3"| ''[[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]]''
|-
|align="left"|"Let's Work It Out" (with [[Jahaziel]])
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 11
|-
|2005
|align="left"|"[[Angel Eyes (Raghav song)|Angel Eyes]]" (feat. [[Jucxi]] & [[Frankey Maxx]])
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 7
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2008
|align="left"|"[[My Kinda Girl (Raghav song)|My Kinda Girl]]" (feat. [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]])
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="2"| ''[[Identity (Raghav album)|Identity]]''
|-
|align="left"|"Humrahee"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
|align="left"|[[So Much (song)|"So Much"]] (feat. [[Kardinal Offishall]])
|align="center"| 93
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="4"| ''[[The Phoenix (Raghav album)|The Phoenix]]''
|-
|align="left"|"Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya"
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2011
|align="left"|"Fire"
|align="center"| 38
|align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan=1| 2012
| align="left"| "Top of The World"
| align="center"| 82
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan=2| 2014
| align="left"| "Woohoo "
| align="center"| 76
| align="center"| —
| align="center"|Non-album release
|-
| align="left"| "Take Me Away"
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| TBA
|-
| rowspan=1| 2015
| align="left"| "[[Until the Sun Comes Up]]" (feat. [[Abhishek Bachchan]] & [[Nelly]])
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| Non-album release
|-
| rowspan=1|2018
| align="left"| "Maayera"
| align = "center"|
| align = "center" |
| align = "center" |
|-
|}

;As featured artist
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Single Title
! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Canadian Hot 100|CAN]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Austria|AUT]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Germany|GER]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[Switzerland|SWI]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2003
|align="left"|"So Confused" ([[Wesley Johnson (entertainer)|2Play]] feat. Raghav and [[Jucxi]])
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 6
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]]''
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2004
|align="left"|"It Can't Be Right" (2Play feat. Raghav and [[Naila Boss]])
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| —
|align="center"| 8
|align="center"|
|-
| rowspan=1| 2013
| align="left"| "One More Round" ([[Michael Mind Project]] feat [[Tom E]] and Raghav)
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| 53
| align="center"| 80
| align="center"| 40
| align="center"| —
| rowspan="1"|
|-
|}

;Soundtracks of Indian films
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Track Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Co-Singer
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Film
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Music Director
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2011
|align="left"|"Hey Na Na Shabana"
|align="center"| Solo
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="1"|''[[Hum Tum Shabana]]''
|rowspan="1"|''[[Sachin-Jigar]]''
|-
|-
| rowspan=1| 2012
|align="left"|"Ishq Shava"
|align="center"| [[Shilpa Rao]]
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Jab Tak Hai Jaan (soundtrack)|Jab Tak Hai Jaan]]''
|rowspan="1"|''[[A.R.Rahman]]''
|-
| rowspan=1| 2014
|align="left"|"Aaya Khwaab Ka Mausam"
|align="center"| Solo
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Kochadaiiyaan (soundtrack)|Kochadaiiyaan]]''
|rowspan="1"|''[[A.R.Rahman]]''
|-
| rowspan=1| 2014
|align="left"|"Mawali Qawwali"
|align="center"| [[Tanvi Shah]]
|align="center"| —
|rowspan="1"| ''[[Lekar Hum Deewana Dil]]''
|rowspan="1"|''[[A.R.Rahman]]''
|-
|}

==Awards==
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*1997: National Songwriters Association of America Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raghav.com/discography|title=Raghav Awards|access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref>
*2004: [[MOBO]] Award; Best Collaboration
*2004: Asian Achievers Award
*2005: [[Urban Music Awards]]; Best Chart Act
*2005: [[UK Asian Music Awards]]; Best Newcomer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wass-up.com/ukama2005.php|title=Artists unite to celebrate British Asian Music|access-date=August 24, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110150402/http://wass-up.com/ukama2005.php|archive-date=January 10, 2011}}</ref>
*2005: Southern Asian Music Awards; Best Artist
*2018: Anokhi Awards: Global Empowerment in Songwriting
*2018: [[Brit Asia TV Music Awards]]; Special Recognition<ref name=BAMA2018>{{cite news |last1=Anusha |first1=Nava |title=BritAsia TV Music Awards 2018 Winners |url=https://www.desiblitz.com/content/britasia-tv-music-awards-2018-winners |access-date=19 August 2020 |work=www.desiblitz.com |date=11 October 2018}}</ref>
;Nominations
*2000: [[MOBO]] Best Unsigned Act (11/7)
*2008: [[Global Indian Music Academy Awards]]: Best Album
*2011: "[[Juno Awards of 2011#R.26B.2FSoul Recording of the Year|R&B/Soul Recording of the Year]]" at the [[Juno Awards of 2011]] for his song "[[So Much (song)|So Much]]" featuring [[Kardinal Offishall]]
*2012: "Best Song" for CHR and Hot/Adult and Contemporary at the Canadian Radio Music Awards for the single "Fire"
*2012: "Single of the Year" at the Canadian Indie Awards again for "Fire"
*2013: "Recording of the Year" at the Western Canadian Music Awards organized by the Western Canadian Music Alliance for the album ''Phoenix''

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official|http://www.raghav.com}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Toronto]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian Hindus]]
[[Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Canadian singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Canadian musicians of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian pop singers]]
[[Category:Canadian contemporary R&B singers]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian singers]]
[[Category:21st-century male singers]]

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