# Manni Sandhu

Amrinder Singh Sandhu (born 26 September 1989), also known as Manni Sandhu, is a British record producer associated with Punjabi music. He is most known for working with a numorous Punjabi artists including Manak-E, the late Kaka Bhaniawala, Tegi Pannu, Bakshi Billa, Prabh Gill, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Navaan Sandhu, AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill, Himmat Sandhu and Akhil. He released his debut album My Time in February 2012 which included his No. 1 single with Bakshi Billa "Sona", and hit song with Manak-E "Door Ni Kulne", as well as six further tracks that charted in the official UK Asian Music Download Chart. Since releasing his first album, he has worked with a number of singers such as Prabh Gill, and later released his third album Against All Odds in 2014.

## Early life

Amrinder Singh Sandhu was raised in a Sikh family in Southall, London, and moved to Newcastle upon Tyne at a young age. He began his passion for music at the age of 13, remixing Punjabi music with hip hop, R&B, garage, and drum and bass. He released a number of underground mixtapes under the name 'Dj Manni' titled Solid Sounds and Supremacy. He then began DJing at live Punjabi events around Newcastle furthering his name in the local area and creating links with local DJs and producers. It was at the age of 15 when Sandhu began to produce his own music from his bedroom using a basic computer. As he progressed in the music production field he released a number of mixtapes titled Unsigned Hype and Mutual Concept, alongside JsL. Sandhu was signed to Brown Boi Music in December 2008 and began working on his debut album which was later titled My Time.

## Career
### Pawara (2008)

The first official track that Manni Sandhu has released ever was 'pawara' featured Major Chanalia on 16 April 2008. Most of people don't know but that was the first ever fully produced track that Manni Sandhu has made back in 2008.

### My Time (2012)

My Time was released on 23 February 2012. It featured the vocals of Manak-E, Lehmber Hussainpuri, the late Kaka Bhaniawala, Bakshi Billa, Jelly Manjitpuri, Jaswinder Daghamia, Ashok Gill, and Nirmal Sidhu. The first single from the album "Door Ni Kulne" featuring Manak-E was released in October 2010 and was essentially Sandhu's entry into the Punjabi music industry. It was a worldwide success and received over one million YouTube hits, making him one of the first UK born music directors to achieve this. The second single from the album "Sona" featuring Bakshi Billa was released in February 2012, and was No. 1 on the Official UK Asian Download Chart. Further songs that charted from the album were "Bottle" feat. Lehmber Hussainpuri, "Gidhian Di Rani" feat. Jelly Manjitpuri, "Pegg 2012" feat. Jaswinder Daghamia, "Balle Balle" feat. Ashok Gill, "Jaan Sadi" feat. Nirmal Sidhu, and "Husna Di Sarkar" feat. Kaka Bhaniawala, and "Mutiyaar" feat. Malkit Bulla.
On 7 May 2012, Sandhu took part in the Camden Crawl with BBC Radio 1 host Nihal.

### 2013–today

On 1 January 2013, Sandhu released a mixtape under Collab Creations Ltd. entitled Reload. The mixtape brought back the UK garage sound from the early 2000s, and was released as a free download.
In 2013, Abhishek Bachchan performed to Sandhu's song "Bottle" featuring Lehmber Hussainpuri at the TOIFA awards in Vancouver. It was the only Punjabi song used in the performance.
On 27 February 2014, Sandhu released "Friday" featuring Manjit Pappu. "Friday" went straight to number 2 in BBC Asian Network's Official Download Chart in its first week of release.
On 10 June 2016, He released his second album with the title Welcome To The Future featuring artists like Akhil, Prem Lata, Jordan Sandhu, Hustinder and Late(Diljaan).
In 2017 he won Best Single for "Gani" at Brit Asia TV Music Awards (BAMA). He won Best Music Producer at BAMA 2019.

### Controversy

In 2019, singer Dilraj Grewal, who previously was supposed to sing Verified Jatt, but later got dropped due to unknown reasons, had accused Manni Sandhu of stealing the song above. But after the legal process, the song which was produced by Sangra Vibes was completely rewritten and composed later. All of the accusations towards Manni Sandhu proved to be false in this way. The song was then sung by Gurj Sidhu.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Tracks |
| My Time | Released: 2012 Label:Brown Boi Music Format: CD, Digital download, streaming | 12 |
| Welcome to the Future | Released: 2016 Label: Collab Creations & Speed Records Format: CD, Digital download, streaming | 9 |
| Summer Vibes | Released: 2021 Label: Collab Creations Format: Digital download, streaming | Upcoming |

### Mixtape albums

| Title | Album details | Tracks |
| Reload | Released: 2013 Label: Collab Creations Format: CD, Digital download, streaming | 8 |

## Singles discography

| Title | Year | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Record Label | Album |
| Title | Year | UK Asian | UK Punjabi | Record Label | Album |
| "Door Ni Kulne" (with Manak-E) | 2010 | 2 | — | Brown Boi Music Ltd. | My Time |
| "Sona" (with Bakshi Billa) | 2012 | 1 | — | Brown Boi Music Ltd. | My Time |
| "Friday" (featuring Manjit Pappu) | 2014 | | — | Collab Creations Ltd | |
| "Makhaul (with Akhil) | 2015 | — | — | Speed Records | |
| "Gani (with Akhil) | 2016 | 1 | — | Speed Records | Welcome to the Future |
| Sardaar Bandey (with Jordan Sandhu) | 2016 | | | Speed Records | Welcome to the Future |
| Talk Is Cheap (with Dilraj Grewal) | 2018 | | — | Speed Records & Collab Creations | |
| In Demand (with Navaan Sandhu) | 2018 | 5 | — | Collab Creations | |
| Special Edition (with Navaan Sandhu) | 2018 | 5 | — | Collab Creations | |
| Karde Haan (with Akhil) | 2019 | 6 | | Crown Records & Collab Creations | |
| Verified Jatt (with Gurj Sidhu) | 2019 | 25 | | Collab Creations | |
| Radio (with Navaan Sandhu) | 2019 | | — | Collab Creations | |
| Do Pal (with Navaan Sandhu) | 2019 | 2 | 14 | Collab Creations | |
| Panjeba (with Jasmine Sandlas) | 2019 | 2 | 2 | Collab Creations | |
| Sandhu Takeover (with Navaan Sandhu & Amar Sandhu) | 2020 | | 2 | Collab Creations | |
| Quarantine Beat | 2020 | — | — | Collab Creations | |
| Mann Di Nahi (with Navaan Sandhu & Ezu) | 2020 | 13 | 5 | Collab Creations | |
| Majhail (with AP Dhillon & Gurinder Gill) | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Collab Creations | |
| Laara Lappa (with Himmat Sandhu) | 2020 | — | — | Himmat Sandhu | Sandhu Saab |
| Into You (with Tegi Pannu) | 2021 | 14 | — | Collab Creations | |
| Offensive (with Divrose) | 2021 | — | — | Collab Creations | |
| Schedule (with Tegi Pannu) | 2021 | 4 | 1 | Collab Creations | |
| Shinin' (with Tegi Pannu) | 2021 | 14 | 9 | Collab Creations | |
| Fully Loaded (with Tegi Pannu) | 2021 | 11 | 3 | Collab Creations | |
| Untouchable (with Tegi Pannu) | 2022 | 7 | 5 | Collab Creations | |
| Roll Deep (with Tegi Pannu) | 2022 | 6 | 3 | Collab Creations | |
| One Question (with Tegi Pannu) | 2022 | 8 | 7 | Collab Creations | Disturbing The Peace EP |
| Mood Swing (with Tegi Pannu) | 2022 | 14 | 12 | Collab Creations | Disturbing The Peace EP |
| Hold You Down (with Tegi Pannu featuring JJ Esko) | 2022 | 15 | 13 | Collab Creations | Disturbing The Peace EP |

## Production discography

| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
| Too Notorious | 2012 | Prabh Gill | Endless |
| Jaan | 2012 | Prabh Gill | Endless |
| Ijazat | 2016 | Raashi Sood | |
| Jind Mahi | 2018 | Diljit Dosanjh | |
| Addictive | 2020 | Navaan Sandhu, Raashi Sood | |