His first visit to Japan took place in 1987, at the invitation of the Japan Foundation. His concerts in Paris in 19 were received with great enthusiasm as his amazing vocal performances produced a craze for his music throughout Europe. This new openness led to the popularization of Sufi music across both geographical and musical boundaries. His various experimentations, such as the use of scat-like singing improvisation, bought a fresh breeze into the traditional world of qawwali. After the success of that summer, he began to perform his music without regard to genre or tradition. Nusrat performed at the World Music Arts and Dance festival (WOMAD) in London, where he stood out as the most promising singer. In appreciation of his excellence, the Government of Pakistan awarded him the President's Pride of Performance in Art in 1987. He is also famous for his unparalleled repertoire, which extends to several thousands of songs. The superb singing talent and musical skill of this great master of qawwali, along with his strong command of Urdu, Farsi (Persian), and his native language, Punjabi, have enabled him to sing the mystic poetry written in these languages with fluency and expressiveness. In 1979, he was accorded the rare honor of performing inside one of the most prestigious shrines in the subcontinent, the shrine of Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, India. Nusrat continues to perform qawwali in religious rites-the original form in which qawwali is sung-at mausoleums of revered saints in Pakistan, which at the same time giving concerts at more conventional venues.
He is now known as the "Shahansha-e Qawwali"-the King of Qawwali.
However, since his debut in 1965 as the lead singer of his group, he has distinguished himself as a qawwal-a singer of qawwali music.
Nusrat began to seriously pursue a qawwali career only after the death of his father. His deceased father and uncles are still remembered as great masters of qawwali. He was born to a distinguished family from Jalandhar with a 600 year-long tradition of performing qawwali, Islamic songs of praise.
Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is a prominent Pakistani singer famous around the world.
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