In 2015, Sonu Nigam claimed that
ZEE Music Company had banned him after he publicly supported
Kumar Vishwas on Twitter. On 16 April 2017, he tweeted a series of complaints about the amplified
azan, the Muslim call to prayer, describing it as "an enforced display of religion". He tweeted: In his later tweet, he stated that he stands by his statement. He later clarified that he does not oppose any specific religious ritual, but rather the use of loudspeakers on religious buildings. According to the law, he said, "the use of loudspeakers to create noise pollution should be prohibited at certain times of day, regardless of the source". Later, he posted a video of azan being practiced, recorded from his home, to further voice his dissent. Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi, vice-president of the West Bengal United Minority Council, offered a ₹10 lakh reward for shaving Sonu Nigam's head. In response, Nigam shaved his own head in order to claim the reward. He deactivated his Twitter account in 2017, citing lack of freedom of speech, and said that sensible discussions were not possible due to the polarised atmosphere. Following the death of actor
Sushant Singh Rajput in June 2020, Sonu Nigam posted a video in which he accused two major companies of monopolising the music industry and discriminating against him. He urged these companies to treat newcomers fairly. He went on to state that
malpractice in Bollywood was widespread and almost destroying the country's musical talent. Nigam later insisted that he had not named anyone, and was "merely expressing his opinion on malpractice within the Bollywood music industry". However, in a second video, he called out
Bhushan Kumar, the CEO of
T-Series. In February 2022, he was accused of collaborating with Rocky and Rehan Siddiqui, both of whom have been blacklisted by the
Consulate General of India for malpractice and for supporting Pakistan-based terrorist groups. When US-based concert promoter Rajender Singh Pahl approached him about performing at an event, he recommended Pahl contact Siddiqui. In December 2023, Omer Nadeem, a singer from
Pakistan, accused Nigam of plagiarising his song "Aye Khuda" from his track "Sun Zara" released by T-Series. Sonu further clarified and wrote that "Just so you all know, I have nothing to do with this. I was requested to do the song by KRK (
Kamaal R. Khan), who is my neighbour in Dubai . . . If I had heard Omer's version, I would have never sung it". In May 2025, Sonu Nigam faced backlash and an
FIR after linking the demand to sing in
Kannada at a concert in
Bengaluru to the
Pahalgam terrorist attack. This prompted outrage from pro-Kannada groups. In his defence, Nigam claimed that he had been threatened and insisted that he intended to condemn hate speech, not the Kannada community. == See also ==