Qurat ul Ain Balouch
Returning to Coke Studio for the fifth time are the powerhouse vocals of Quratulain Balouch, who lends her voice to the platform’s ongoing journey of experimentation and exploration. A seasoned artist, Quratulain was discovered when her cover of Reshma Jee’s Akhiyan Nu Rehn De went viral in 2011, which led to her Coke Studio collaboration with the band, Jal. Not long after, she saw massive success with her track, Wo Humsafar Tha, which was sung for the original soundtrack of Humsafar. Early on in her career, Quratulain won Pakistan’s Youngest Achievement Award UK and Europe in Britain, and embarked upon her first world tour in 2011. Considered as an artist with a diverse range of talent, Quratulain’s unique vocal ability has crossed genres with ease – from covers of old classical tunes to the Football World Cup song she featured in with Jason Derulo in 2018. Her peers and critics regard her as a natural talent who has never required training.
An accident in 2013 led doctors to believe she would never be able tosing again but the artist bounced back, proving herself as a force to be reckoned with, willing her recovery into a career that is here to stay.
For Quratulain, singing is a means to translate what holds true inside:
“Music has enabled me to feel. It has simplified emotions for me. It has helped me understand life.”