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Winner of 2012 Best Indian Act At MTV Europe Music Awards

Recipient of Governor’s Award 2015 for Distinction in Music.

Alobo Naga is an Artist, composer and a songwriter and one of the most refined & popular & well-known Artistes from North East India. He started expressing his passion for music at the tender of 5 and by the age of 12 years he began performing his original composition. Besides being a performing artiste he is a composer/producer & write music for films, serials etc. With over 500 performances across the world over a span of 5 years, he is one of the most demanding artistes from North East of India. 148 performances just in 2015 is one of the highest by any artiste in India in a year.

Alobo Naga holds a Licentiate in Music performance certificate in Contemporary Vocals (LRSL), from Rock School, London, the first from India to pass the exam.

Alobo Naga is the brand Ambassador for the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan for Nagaland appointed by the Governor of Nagaland in 2015. He is also the Nagaland State Icon for the SVEEP Campaign in the state awarded by the Election Commission of India. He did SVEEP Campaign concert all over the 11 district of Nagaland, spreading awareness through music in the recent Lok Sabha election 2014.

Alobo Naga besides being a Solo Artiste, he is also the front man of the band,”Alobo Naga & The Band (ANTB), an Indian rock outfit from Dimapur, Nagaland. The band rose to fame in 2011 with their video single ‘Painted Dreams’ which was an instant hit; it was premiered in August 2011 at VH1. The popularity of the video also helped the band to earn themselves MTV Europe Music Awards 2012 nominations for Best worldwide Best Act and winning the “Best Indian Act” award.

Besides being an artiste, he is a philanthropist who does many charitable works through his music. Some of his few contributions are: Sponsoring 17 orphans to school for academic year of 2015 from Bright morning star children Home, Kohima. Raised money for Manipur Earthquake victims 2016, Nepal Earthquake victims, Raised fund & operated 10 children with clef palate at Mon district, Poor patient fund, Mokokchung Hospital, Children with cancer, Kohima Naga Hospital, churches, Raised funds for the education of children at the refugee camp affected by Rengma-Karbi conflict and many more.

Studio Efforts

1. Yesterday Today Forever (Various Artiste) 2001

2. Summer Jam 2003

3. Achumis 2003

4. Icons (Various Artiste) 2008)

5. Road of a Thousand Dreams (2010) 6. Kohima Komets Anthem 2012

7. General Election Theme Song 2013

8. Painted Dreams (2010) Record Sale of 10,000 copies 7,000 downloads of the hit song ‘Painted Dreams’ across various mobile networks like Vodafone, Aircell, Aitel, Nokia OVI store, Artist Aloud.com

9. Beyond : OST of Bollywood Movie “Beyond”

10. Pal : OST, Te Amo (Bollywood)

11. The Anushree Experiment (OST)

12. 2 a.m. at lokhandwala (OST)

13. Painted Dreams (Dub Step Version) ft. DJ Ina (2012)

14. Laughter & Tears (Single) 7th Sept 2013

15. All we have is now (2014) collaborated with Tim Palmer, Grammy Nominee Producer, sound engineer.

16. Anthem song for NorthEast United FC (ISL) with various artiste from North East India

17. Chasing Ghosts (2015)

Awards & Nominations:


 * Indihut Artist of the year 2014 & 2015
 * Winner MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), 2012 as Best Indian Act and
 * Nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), 2012 Worldwide Best Act –
 * Middle-east-India-Africa
 * Top 30 Vocalist from India 2014
 * Best Rock Band Nomination – Artist Aloud.com 2011
 * Best Folk Fusion song for “Kumsujulo” at Nagaland Music Award 2011
 * Best Rock Song Of The Year, Best Rock Band Of the Year, Best Producer of the year – ‘Painted Dreams’ – Nagaland State Music Awards 2011

Recognitions


 * The video single ‘Painted Dreams’ was ranked at Top 4 weekly countdown at VH1 Top Ten International Weekly Countdown.
 * MTV/VH1 India portrayed the band as ‘Best Indian Act Going International’ tag
 * Nominated for Artistaloud Music award 2012, Best Rock band.
 * The video single ‘Painted Dreams’ was ranked among Top 50 international  music videos of 2011 by VH1 India
 * The band was documented in Artist Aloud.com’s Thank God Its Rock On Friday (TGIRF) Season 2
 * Composed titled track for the Bollywood movie ‘Beyond’ in 2011
 * Composed the OST “Its alright” for the movie “The Anushree Experiment: 2015.
 * Composed the Election Theme song for Nagaland state General election 2013
 * Composed the Anthem song for the famous football club from Nagaland “ Kohima   Komets”
 * Composed the official Folk Fusion Dance music for Hornbill Festival 2011/2012.
 * Sang the Anthem song for North East United FC (ISL) with various Artiste.
 * 30 Top Vocalists in India 2014

SOME OF THE IMPORTANT GIGS

•	Opened for Hoobastank, Shillong •	Opened for MLTR, Delhi •	Opened for Jennifer Batten, Guitarist of Michael Jackson •	Opened for Petra (John Schlitt ) •	Fringe Festival Scotland UK •	Military Tattoo Festival Edinburgh, UK •	Handshake Concert Jakarta, Indonesia •	Obama’s Pub Festival, Singapore •	Tawadang, Singapore •	Hongkong •	Macau •	Octave Festival Goa 2015 •	Mati Ki Rang Festival 2015 •	Karbi Youth Festival 2015 •	Itanagar Statehood day Festival 2015 •	Naga Fest Mumbai 2015 •	Rock Show Aizawl 2015 •	NorthEast Song & dances festival, Indra Gandhi Stadium Delhi 2015 •	Kokrajhar Bodoland Rock Fest 2015 •	Hornbill Festival 2011-2014 •	VH1 Band Festival, Someplace else ,Kolkata 2014 •	North East Carnival Bangalore •	Phoenix City, Bangalore •	Turquoise Cottage, Delhi •	Christmas Concert, Siri Fort Auditorium Delhi •	North East Fashion Festival 2013, NSIC Ground Delhi •	North East Festival, IGNCA Ground •	Free Handed Concert •	Hindu College Fest, Delhi University •	Jamia Milia Islamis University Fest, New Delhi •	Glorio Deo Concert, Thyagraj Stadium Delhi •	Naga Fest Talkatora stadium Delhi •	Tamchon Trophy, Ambedkar Stadium Delhi •	Naga Fest •	Great Escape Festival, Uttarkhand •	Break Free Tour (Live jam) •	Sophie @ Sunshine Goa •	Furtados Goa •	100 Pipers Free Bird Music Festival Hyderabad •	WORME Festival, Kolkata •	Shillong Autumn Festival •	Turquoise Cottage, New Delhi •	Talkotara Stadium, New Delhi •	Club Rhino, Gurgaon •	Someplace Else, Kolkata •	KINK, Noida •	Fireball Guwahati •	Live Jam, New Delhi •	IIT Alcheringa, Guwahati