Sonu Nigam akaberekwa musi wa 30 Chikunguru 1973 kuna Agam Kumar Nigam naShobha Nigam, muguta reFaridabad, Haryana. Baba vake vaibva kuAgra uye amai vake vaibva kuGarhwal. Hanzvadzi yake Teesha Nigam zvakare muimbi ane hunyanzvi.Nigam akatanga basa rake rekuimba aine makore mana, paakabatana nababa vake Agam Kumar Nigam pachikuva kuti vaimbe rwiyo rwaMohammed Rafi Tera "Kya Hua Wada".Nigam akatanga kuperekedza baba vake pakuimba kwake pamuchato nemapato. Akatamira kuMumbai nababa vake kuti atange basa rake rekuimba muBollywood aine makore gumi nemasere. Akadzidziswa naHindustani classical muimbi Ulam Ghulam Mustafa Khan.Nigam akaroora Mishra Madhurima musi wa 15 Kukadzi 2002.
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