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{{short description|Indian playback singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Multiple issues|{{BLP sources|date=March 2016}}
{{notability|Music|date=March 2016}}}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = K. K. Nishad
| image =
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| birth_name =
| origin = [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = [[Playback Singer]], [[Carnatic music]]
| occupation = [[Playback Singer]]
| years_active = 2001–present
| label =
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'''K. K. Nishad''' is an Indian [[playback singer]]<ref name=m1>{{cite web|url=http://en.msidb.org/songs.php?singers=Nishad&singtype=duet&tag=Search&limit=12 |title=Nishd |publisher=msidb.org }}</ref> from [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He started his career in 2002 as a playback singer in the [[Malayalam]] movie ''[[Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari]].''<ref name="hindu-Nishads Notes">{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/10/20/stories/2003102001540300.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20160506173537/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/10/20/stories/2003102001540300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 May 2016 |title=Nishad's Notes |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=20 October 2003 |accessdate=16 March 2016}}</ref>

==Career==

Prior to becoming a musician, he was a Guest Lecturer at the Devagari St. Josephs College, Kozhikode. He is a post-graduate in Mathematics.<ref name="hindu-Nishads Notes" />

Nishad debuted as a playback singer in 2002 with the song "Manassukal Thammil [Puthooram] ..." in Rajasenan's Malayalam film [[Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari]] under music director Benny Kannan.<ref name="hindu-Nishads Notes"/> It was followed by [[Swapnam Kondu Thulabharam]].<ref name="m1" />

== Discography ==

=== As composer ===

{| class = "sortable wikitable"
! Year !! Song !! Album !! Lyrics !! Music !! Co-singers
|-
| 2021 || Mahar Thannu Mayakkiyente... || Mahar <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/music/music-news/2021/01/05/mahar-music-video-sithara-krishnakumar-and-k-k-nishad.html?fbclid=IwAR3wbPYeFTLl3fs37BhBzZgs3eB69iMo-BXjTZtgTLIt8rvgk2sRUB0PF2E |title=KK Nishd's directorial effort, മഹറുമായി സിത്താരയും നിഷാദും |publisher=manoramaonline.com }}</ref> || Sathianarayanan Payyannur || K. K. Nishad || K. K. Nishad, [[Sithara (singer)|Sithara Krishnakumar]]
|-
| 2022 || Kunju Kanavukal... || Kurumbanz || Sathianarayanan Payyannur || K. K. Nishad || Adithya Nishad, Adithya Harikrishnan, Ayaan Nishad
|-
| 2022 || Malayirangi Varunnunde... || Kaadu|| Sathianarayanan Payyannur || K. K. Nishad || K. K. Nishad, Chithra Arun, Malavika, Henniza
|}

=== As singer ===

{| class = "sortable wikitable"
! Year !! Song !! Film !! Lyrics !! Music !! Co-singers
|-
|rowspan="1" |2016 ||''Kanavin Kanimala Kayari'' ||Pallikkoodam||Hari Narayanan||Tej Mervin
|-
|rowspan="1" |2015 ||''Govinda ...'' ||Chakravyooham||Rafi Mathira||S Thaman||Ajay Warrier
|-
|rowspan="1"|2013||''Ottaykku Paadunna [M] ...''||Nadan||Madhu Vasudevan||Ouseppachan||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2012||''Aadaadum ...''||Kunjaliyan||BR Prasad||MG Sreekumar||Akhila Anand, Sreenath
|-
|rowspan="1"|2011||''Naattuvazhiyorathe ...''||Gaddaama||Rafeeq Ahamed||Bennett, Veetrag||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2011||''Kaanakombil ...''||Violin||Rafeeq Ahamed||Bijibal||Elizabeth Raju
|-
|rowspan="1"|2011||''Anuraaga Then ...''||Vaadaamalli||Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma||Shyam Balakrishnan||[[Surmukhi Raman]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|2011||''Neeyo puzhapoleyen ...''||Vaadaamalli||Vayalar Sarathchandra Varma||Shyam Balakrishnan||Neetha Subhir
|-
|rowspan="1"|2010||''Oh Vaname ...''||[[Pulliman (2010 film)|Pulliman]]||Kaithapram||[[Sharreth]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2010||''Pranayanilaavinte ...''||Oru Naal Varum||Murukan Kattakkada||MG Sreekumar||Preethi Warrier
|-
|rowspan="1"|2010||''Evideyaanu Nee ...''||Varan||Siju Thuravoor||Mani Sharma||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2009||''Karmanye ...'' ||[[Passenger (2009 film)|Passenger]]||||[[Bijibal]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2009||''Entethaakumpol ...''||Ayyo Paavam||Siju Thuravoor||GV Prakash Kumar||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2009||''Priyathame ...''||Ayyo Paavam||Siju Thuravoor||GV Prakash Kumar||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2009||''Oru Chembakappon ...''||Simhakutty (Gangothri 2003)||Siju Thuravoor||[[M. M. Keeravani]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2008||''Aalolam Kanmani [M] ...''||Raathrimazha||Kaithapram||Ramesh Narayan||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2008||''Paalapoovithalil ...''||Thirakkadha||Rafeeq Ahamed||[[Sharreth]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2006||''Mayangippoyi [M] ...''||Nottam||Kaithapram||[[M. Jayachandran]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2005||''Manchaadikkompilinnoru Maina Paadi ...'' ||Lokanaathan IAS||Kaithapram||[[M. Jayachandran]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2005||''Salaam Salaam ...''||[[Sarkar Dada]]||[[Gireesh Puthenchery]], BR Prasad||[[M. Jayachandran]]||Afsal, Ganga
|-
|rowspan="1"|2005||''Kallu pattu ...''||[[Sarkar Dada]]||[[Gireesh Puthenchery]], BR Prasad||[[M. Jayachandran]]||Alex Kayyalaykkal
|-
|rowspan="1"|2005||''Omane ...''||Boy Friend||RK Damodaran||[[M. Jayachandran]]||[[Sujatha Mohan]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|2004||''Kandu Kandu [M] ...''||[[Mampazhakkalam]]||[[Gireesh Puthenchery]]||[[M. Jayachandran]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2004||''Pachakkilipadu ...''||Kanninum Kannaadikkum||[[S. Ramesan Nair]]||[[M. Jayachandran]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2003||''Pookkulayenthi ...''||Varum Varunnu Vannu||[[Yusufali Kechery]]||[[Ouseppachan]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2003||''Ormakale ...''||[[Swapnam Kondu Thulabharam]]||[[S. Ramesan Nair]]||[[Ouseppachan]]||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2001||''Kalarikkum ...''||[[Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari]]||[[S. Ramesan Nair]]||Benny Kannan||
|-
|rowspan="1"|2001||''Manassukal Thammil [Puthooram] ...''||[[Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari]]||[[S. Ramesan Nair]]||Benny Kannan||
|}

==References==
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Kozhikode]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Indian male playback singers]]
[[Category:Tamil-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:Singers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Film musicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male singers]]

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