Conceived in Faisalabad, Khan had his first open execution at 16 years old, at his dad's chelum. He turned into the leader of the family qawwali party in 1971. He was marked by Oriental Star Agencies, Birmingham, England, in the mid 1980s. Khan went ahead to discharge motion picture scores and collections in Europe, India, Japan, Pakistan, and the US. He occupied with coordinated efforts and examinations with Western specialists, turning into an understood world music craftsman. He visited broadly, performing in more than 40 nations.  

 

Khan was conceived in a Punjabi Muslim family in Faisalabad in 1948, soon after the parcel of India in 1947 amid which his family had relocated to Pakistan from their local city of Jalandhar in East Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, India).Before segment his family lived in their tribal's home at Basti Sheik, Jalandhar. He was the fifth tyke and first child of Fateh Ali Khan, a musicologist, vocalist, instrumentalist, and qawwal. Khan's family, which included four more established sisters and a more youthful sibling, Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan, experienced childhood in focal Faisalabad. The custom of qawwali in the family had gone down through progressive eras for right around 600 years. At first, his dad did not need Khan to take after the family's business. He had his heart set on Nusrat picking a significantly more respectable profession way and turning into a specialist or architect, since he felt Qawwali craftsmen had low economic wellbeing. Notwithstanding, Khan indicated such an inclination for and enthusiasm for Qawwali, that his dad at last yielded. He started by taking in the tabla before proceeding onward to vocals. In 1964, Khan's dad kicked the bucket, leaving his musical instruction under the supervision of his fatherly uncles, Mubarak Ali Khan and Salamat Ali Khan.  

 

In 1971, after the demise of his uncle Mubarak Ali Khan, Khan turned into the official pioneer of the family Qawwali party and the gathering got to be known as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Mujahid Mubarak Ali Khan and Party. Khan's first open execution as the pioneer of the Qawwali gathering was at a studio recording telecast as a feature of a yearly music celebration composed by Radio Pakistan, known as Jashn-e-Baharan. Khan sang essentially in Urdu and Punjabi and once in a while in Persian, Braj Bhasha and Hindi. His first real hit in Pakistan was the melody Haq Ali, which was performed in a customary style and with conventional instrumentation. The melody included limited utilization of Khan's sargam act of spontaneities.  

 

In 1979, Khan wedded his first cousin, Naheed (the little girl of Fateh Ali Khan's sibling, Salamat Ali Khan); they had one little girl, Nida.  

 

In the late spring of 1985, Khan performed at the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) celebration in London. He performed in Paris in 1985 and 1988. He initially went to Japan in 1987, at the welcome of the Japan Foundation. He performed at the fifth Asian Traditional Performing Art Festival in Japan. He likewise performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York in 1989, acquiring him profound respect from the American gathering of people.  

 

In the 1992–93 scholastic year, Khan was a Visiting Artist in the Ethnomusicology division at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States.  

 

Khan cooperated with Peter Gabriel on the soundtrack to The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988, with Canadian artist Michael Brook on the collections Mustt (1990) and Night Song (1996). The group up with Peter Gabriel gave Khan the chance to stylise his melodies by mixing his qawwaliss with the Western music. Khan additionally assembled with Pearl Jam's lead vocalist Eddie Vedder in 1995 on two melodies for the soundtrack to Dead Man Walking.  

 

Dwindle Gabriel's Real World mark later discharged five collections of Khan's conventional Qawwali, together with some of his exploratory work which incorporated the collections Mustt and Star Rise. Khan gave vocals to The Prayer Cycle, which was assembled by Jonathan Elias, however passed on before the vocals could be finished. Alanis Morissette was acquired to sing with his unfinished vocals.  

 

His collection Intoxicated Spirit was named for a Grammy honor in 1997 for best conventional people collection. Same year his collection Night Song was additionally assigned for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, yet missed out to The Chieftains' collection Santiago.  

 

Khan contributed melodies to, and performed in, a few Pakistani movies. Without further ado before his demise, he recorded a melody each for two Hindi movies, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya work with vocalist Udit Narayan (in which he additionally sang 'Koi Jane Koi Na Jane' onscreen) and Kachche Dhaage. He sang "Saya Bhi Saath Jab Chhod Jaye" for Sunny Deol's motion picture Dillagi. The melody was discharged in 1999, two years after Khan's demise. He additionally sang "Dulhe Ka Sehra" from the Bollywood motion picture Dhadkan which was discharged in 2000.  

 

Khan contributed the melody "Masters of Peace" to the collection Vande Mataram, created by A. R. Rahman, and discharged to commend the 50th commemoration of India's autonomy. Rahman, who was a major enthusiast of Khan couldn't form further melodies with him. As a tribute, Rahman later discharged a collection titled Gurus of Peace, which highlighted "Allah Hoo" by Khan. Rahman's 2007 melody "Tere Bina" was additionally made as a tribute to Khan.  

 

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan became sick with kidney and liver disappointment on 11 August 1997 in London, while in transit to Los Angeles to get a kidney transplant. He passed on of a sudden heart failure at Cromwell Hospital, London on 16 August 1997, matured 49. His body was repatriated to Faisalabad, and his memorial service was an open issue.  

 

His wife, Naheed Nusrat, kicked the bucket on 13 September 2013 in Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Naheed had moved to Canada after the demise of her spouse. She is made due by their girl. Khan's musical legacy is presently conveyed forward by his Nephew, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.  

 

Khan is generally thought to be the most critical qawwal ever. In 1987, he got the President of Pakistan's Award for Pride of Performance for his commitment to Pakistani music. In 1995, he got the UNESCO Music Prize. In 1996 he was recompensed Grand Prix des Amériques at Montreal World Film Festival for extraordinary commitment to the specialty of silver screen. Around the same time, Khan got the Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. In 2005, Khan got the "Legends" grant at the UK Asian Music Awards. Time magazine's issue of 6 November 2006, "60 Years of Asian Heroes", records him as one of the main 12 craftsmen and scholars in the most recent 60 years. He additionally showed up on NPR's 50 extraordinary voices list in 2010. In August 2010 he was incorporated into CNN's rundown of the twenty most famous performers from the previous fifty years. In 2008, Khan was recorded in fourteenth position in UGO's rundown of the best vocalists ever.  

 

Numerous privileged titles were gave to Khan amid his 25-year music profession. He was given the title of Ustad in the wake of performing established music at a capacity in Lahore on his dad's demise commemoration.