Hussain has an engineering degree and worked in a software development company for seven years, while doing music and school on the side as head of web Technologies. Hussain joined
JoSH, formed by
Rupinder Magon in 1998. The duo focused on fusing the musical genres of R&B, hip hop, drum n' bass, and qawwali such as that being created by
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He released one of his first compositions for
JoSH, "Main Hoon Tanha", which ended up being the title track for their eight track debut album released in 2001. JoSH's second album,
Kabhi was released in 2003 and awarded the
MTV India's 2004 "Immie" award for Best New Non-Film Artist. In 2006, Josh released the 11 track album
Mausam in 2006 that included the songs "Mahi Ve", "Rock Your World", and "Nasha Payar Da". After a 5-year hiatus, Josh returned with their fourth album
Beyond Kismat, which included the songs "Pyar Hogaya" and "Achi Ajeeb Ho Tum". Josh has collaborated with Grammy winner
Nelly Furtado with bhangra remixes of her singles "
Powerless (Say What You Want)" (2003), "
Promiscuous" (2006), and "
Maneater" (2006). They were also featured in Nelly Furtado's tour in India. In 2011, Hussain was appointed the music director for the Pakistani film,
Rangreza. He is the voice of lead character,
Bilal Ashraf, in the film, while performing four songs. In July, Hussain collaborated with the singer
Komal Rizvi on a reworking of the song "Desan Da Raja", which was originally sung by
Naseem Begum for the 1959 film
Kartar Singh. Qurram is married to Saima Chaudhry, and has a son named Keyaan and a daughter named Inaara. He resides in Toronto, Canada, and is of
Pakistani descent. He won the
Canadian Screen Award for
Best Original Song at the
12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024 for "Ishq Ki Na Koi Bhi Hud Hai", a song he contributed to the film
The Queen of My Dreams. == See also ==