Vote for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on CNN’s icon Show

August 10, 2010

Hey, if you’re a fan of the legendary Pakistani Qawwali singer ‘Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan‘, famous for his Sufi devotional music was heralded by TIME as one of “Asia’s heroes. Now is the time to make your love known.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan utilized his six-octave vocal range prolifically, making a record-breaking 125 albums during his lifetime.

CNN’s first dedicated arts and culture show, “icon,” in conjunction with the music magazine “Songlines,” has shortlisted 20 globally renowned musicians from the past 50 years. Choose and vote for your top five most iconic musicians and then CNN will reveal the top five in “icon’s” interactive gallery at cnn.com/icon when their music show airs on August 25th. [Vote Here]


Each month, presenter Monita Rajpal will take viewers on a journey to meet iconic faces and their influence upon each other.

Watch the show on CNN International at the following times:

Wednesday 25 August: 0830, 1630, Saturday 28 August: 0830, 1700, 2030, Sunday 29 August: 0530, 1730, Monday 30 August: 0300 (all times GMT)

Vote now, there’s only a few days left!